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She flips off the nuns who took her in and educated her, is fond of profanity and wasn’t above a little premarital sex. It was the “Swinging Sixties,” after all. By any measure, Christina Noble was not your average heroine … Continue reading →

The world long ago figured out who this Arnold Schwarzenegger fellow is supposed to be on the big screen. And the actor has always been comfortable with this image. “The most heroic guy in the biggest action movie of the … Continue reading →

There’s an alien feel to “Slow West,” an unconventionally convention Western about a romantic tenderfoot provided safe passage to the frontier by a grizzled, unsentimental gunman. Credit the New Zealand locations — fresh and convincingly Western with nary a hobbit … Continue reading →

“Avengers: Age of Ultron” did spectacular business late Thursday and all day Friday. It’s now projected to open just below the first “Avengers”, the second best opening weekend of all time at the U.S. box office. Deadline.com suggests that Saturday … Continue reading →

See Helen Hunt surf. Check out how well-preserved Helen Hunt looks in a wetsuit. Remember how good Helen Hunt handles biting, witty banter. See Helen–or her character — try a little pot and get giggly. Yes, “Ride” is the very … Continue reading →

The enthusiasm for the “Avengers” franchise has waned a bit. At least among critics, perhaps even among cast and crew. Not that they so much show it, but you can sort of feel a “do my bit, do it well, … Continue reading →

Spandau Ballet launched the “New Romantics” movement in pop’s New Wave, the music that blended punk and disco and fashion and paved the way for the “hair metal” and hip hop that followed as reactions to it. But Duran Duran, … Continue reading →

Charlotte Gainsbourg has always had a flinch in her acting, a twitch that suggests she’s bracing for that next blow — physical or psychological. It made her the perfect Jane Eyre, perfect as Sean Penn’s I-know-he’ll-leave-me wife in “21 Grams,” … Continue reading →

Glowing reviews are nothing new to English rose Carey Mulligan. The star of “An Education,” damsel in distress of “Drive” and Daisy Buchanan of the recent “Great Gatsby” is used to the sort of notices she’s earning for her turn … Continue reading →

Thomas Hardy’s romantic Victorian novel of class, labor and the fickle finger of love, “Far From the Madding Crowd,” earns a stately yet earthy and full-blooded film treatment from the Danish director Thomas Vinterberg. The film makes a fine showcase … Continue reading →