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That’s not the object of the plot of this (limited) August 16 release. It’s something our hero has to do to face down the guys who have his kids. I mean, I think that’s what it’s about. Freeman may be … Continue reading →

Hart, in particular, has been on a run of late —shyte shoveled on top of shyte, with the little man standing on top of the piles tailor-made for him. But slap him in an antic sci-fi action comedy with two … Continue reading →

There was the famous relative in the music business — Art Garfunkel — whose name he never tired of dropping, the airline that had no actual planes, the blimp business whose German-built airships kept crashing and then the boy band … Continue reading →

Props for doing his own singing and growing his own hair into a Dylanesque mop. Scoot McNairy is the dying legend Woody Guthrie, Elle Fanning is Sylvie (renamed version of Suze Rotolo), Monica Barbaro is Baez, Boyd Holbrook takes a … Continue reading →

Nicholas Tse stars in and choreographs the fights of “Customs Frontline,” a big budget Chinese shoot-em-up that features arms smuggling, a submarine, air raids and an African war fought over fishing rights. The only people who stand in the way … Continue reading →

A fin de sicle Western,, with horses and murder and snow and Tin Lizzies? Dinklage is a bounty hunter? Juliettte Lewis and Arliss Howard also star in this Tarantinoesque stomp through snow and violence, due out from Samuel Goldwyn Sept. … Continue reading →

The Woke Wars are far from over. Ask any white-wellies Nazi runt in Florida about that. But if the defiantly queer, teasingly trans indie drama “National Anthem” accomplishes nothing else, it seizes “patriotic” iconography from the pick-up truck decoratin’ rednecks … Continue reading →

Rare is the vintage French history-of-champagne romance that winds up in the loving hands of tiny distributor Vertical Releasing. So when a “Widow Clicquot” comes along, one simply must pop a cork and indulge. One must. Director Thomas Napper earned … Continue reading →

A terminally ill American in search of a phantom massacre of WWII. Josh Hutcherson and Danny Huston are among the co stars. A much delayed drama finally making it our way.

Willa Fitzgerald finds a one night stand that goes ever so wrong in this demonic serial killer thriller. Kyle Gallner is “The Demon.” With Barbara Hershey and Ed Bagley Jr in support. Aug. 23.