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Movie Preview: A new take on Ibsen’s “Hedda”
Tessa Thompson stars in a role that challenges and rewards like few others, the “heroine” of Norwegian Henrik Ibsen’s play, “Hedda Gabler,” one of the great “unhappily married women” in all of literature and theater. Imogen Poots, Tom Bateman and … Continue reading
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Documentary Review: Not just a band, but Prophets Warning of a Grim, Dumb American Future — “Devo”
Some kids dug the beat and found it “easy to dance to….” just so long as you knew The Robot. The cool kids loved the performance art kitsch of it all, groups of five dressing up in yellow ponchos or … Continue reading
Movie Preview: Daniel Day-Lewis returns! “Anemone”
Sure, he’d have you believe that he’s ended his “retirement” to do a movie for a lad director named Ronan Day-Lewis. But we’re not fooled. He jumped at the chance to play an old soldier haunted by his past with … Continue reading
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Movie Review: Post WWI Germans learn there’s no recreating “Eden”
The setting is forbidding, the political parable heavy-handed and human nature “inevitable” in “Eden,” Ron Howard’s dip into real history for a sociology lesson that can apply to today. It’s an all-star rendering of a true story of Germans who … Continue reading
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Movie Review: Corporate Villains Kept at Bay via “Relay”
Every thriller needs a good hook, and “Relay” has a doozy. How can you protect your anonymity and preserve your identity in the modern surveillance state, when data harvesting, phone bugging and tracing has moved from the state into the … Continue reading
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Thursday Movie Matinees — “Relay” with Riz, or Opie Goes to “Eden”
The dog days of summer cinema occasionally produce a gem. “A Constant Gardener” was an Oscar winner that came out in late August, after all. Maybe it’s “A Little Prayer,” opening next weekend. Austin Butler has an action comedy next … Continue reading
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Movie Preview: A little girl, a Mutt and a Quest to Save the Aussie Family Farm with the help of a “Runt”
“Where you come from doesn’t matter” when it comes to doggy obedience trials. Does it? Jai Courtney, Deborah Mailman and Jack Thompson are the big names in the cast of this Down Under family film, with Craig Silvey writing a … Continue reading
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Movie Review: New Yorkers Connect, but Avoid Attraction, Love “Or Something” Like It.
“Or Something” is a not-half-bad indie romance in the “Before Sunrise,” “In Search of a Midnight Kiss” tradition. Two strangers are thrown together for a long day of trying to collect a debt. They talk and talk and try to … Continue reading
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Movie Preview: Michael Chiklis is “The Senior,” a former football star looking to finish high school
Fiftysomething, a contractor, and “I’m eligible.” “Eligible for what?” He’s “like a 59 year old ‘Rudy.’” Mary Stuart Masterson and Rob Corddry co-star in this version of the true “redemption” story of Mike Flynt, which was finished a couple of … Continue reading
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Movie Preview: Relationship Horror about what Constitutes a “Keeper”
The director of “Longlegs” and “The Monkey,” Osgood Perkins, parks Tatiana Maslany (“Stronger,” the “Perry Mason” remake) and another son of Donald Sutherland in his latest, which arrives in theaters just in time for the holidays (11-14). The horror. The … Continue reading
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