THE ROVER Opens Friday
Glenn McDonald
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Movie review: Palo Alto
Palo Alto ★★1/2 Now playing Teenagers are pitiful, terrible creatures. Hmm, that sounds a bit harsh, but here’s what I mean: They’re pitiful in that they deserve pity, and terrible in that they’re simply incomplete. They’re not fully formed people yet, and as such they don’t function very well. It’s a miracle any of us […]
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Time-traveling mutants in X-Men: Days of Future Past
It’s a sobering moment in a nerd’s life when the comic book movie finally loses its appeal. X-MEN: DAYS OF FUTURE PAST is the latest installment in the superhero franchise, and it’s about as well-done as these movies can be. The story is tight, the characters are compelling and the action sequences are bananas.
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The last (outdoor) picture show
I was precisely 8 years old the last time I went to a drive-in movie. I remember because it was my birthday, and my mom forced my older brother Kenny, 18 at the time, to bring me along on a date with his girlfriend. Kenny, as you might expect, was not enthused. Once we parked, […]
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Movie review: God’s Pocket
God’s Pocket ★★½ Now playing Mickey Scarpato is having a bad week. A barely employed trucker in the hardscrabble Philly neighborhood known as God’s Pocket, Mickey hustles fast cash by working with low-level gangsters to steal sides of beef off delivery trucks. Mickey’s friends owe him money, but they also owe the mob money—and the […]
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Stylish vampire romance in Only Lovers Left Alive
ONLY LOVERS LEFT ALIVE Opening Friday Tilda Swinton and Tom Hiddleston play aging, anxious vampires in ONLY LOVERS LEFT ALIVE, the new joint from relentlessly stylish filmmaker Jim Jarmusch. Darkly funny and perfectly cast, the film seems to pretend that no other vampire movies have been made in the last 50 years, which is both […]
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New film Joe has deep roots in North Carolina
Advance word on Joe, the new film from director David Gordon Green, has been that it’s a return to form for both the director and its star, Nicolas Cage. It tells the story of an ex-con (Cage) who befriends a 15-year-old (Tye Sheridan) who’s on the brink of following his father into a brutal life […]
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An amazing performance by Scarlett Johansson anchors a smart, ambitious sci-fi riddle
UNDER THE SKIN Opening Friday
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DVD+Digital: Aging, apocalypse and After People
courtesy of History channel Ever since aging through the sad end of the 18-35 demographic, I find my television tastes have drifted. When clicking around these days, I tend to linger on the pop scholarship offered by basic cable stations like History, Discovery, National Geographic and Animal Planet. My conclusion is that I like reality […]
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DVD+Digital: Mel Brooks, political correctness and The Producers
courtesy of Shout! Factory As a filmmaker, Mel Brooks’ brand of comedy is often broad, usually excessive and always delivered in the spirit of goofiness. In his best genre parodies — Young Frankenstein, Blazing Saddles, High Anxiety — no gag is too obvious, no joke is too dumb. Brooks’ first movie, though, was different. Released […]
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