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  • A Disappearing Act: Gary Oldman on “Darkest Hour”

    by - Nov 20, 2017
    With roles like Lee Harvey Oswald, George Smiley, Dracula and Commissioner Gordon in his resume, Gary Oldman has made a special career out of his chameleon-like approach to acting. His latest endeavor is none other than...
  • 60 Minutes on: “Wonder Woman”

    by - Nov 19, 2017
    One of the most powerful moments in the original “Superman, the Movie” finds Christopher Reeve’s Kryptonite-weakened Superman drowning in a swimming pool in Lex Luthor’s underground hideout while Valerie Perrine’s Miss Techmacher looks on, debating whether...
  • Video Interview: Carey Mulligan on “Mudbound”

    by - Nov 19, 2017
    Since Dee Rees’ film “Mudbound” debuted at the 2017 Sundance Film Festival, it has been receiving glowing reviews for its historical but yet still contemporary look at hot button racial issues in this country. Based on...
  • Home Entertainment Consumer Guide: November 16, 2017

    by - Nov 17, 2017
    6 NEW TO NETFLIX “9””Chasing Trane””The Dinner””The Homesman””The Journey””Killing Ground” 8 NEW TO BLU-RAY/DVD “Atomic Blonde” Charlize Theron always had a strong, charismatic presence on screen, but her transformation into a true action star in the...
  • Mudbound

    by - Nov 16, 2017
    “Mudbound” is all about perception. How it can foster empathy and engender contempt, sometimes in the same person. How it can cause one man to look at his land with life-affirming pride and another man to...
  • Netflix’s Marvel Spin-off “The Punisher” is a Lightweight

    by - Nov 16, 2017
    A guy gets punched, then punched again, then punched again and again and again. The result: face soup. It’s soundtracked by a lot of wet noise and some primal, guttural grunting, a slow and deliberate mining...
  • Highlights from the 2017 Los Cabos Film Festival

    by - Nov 15, 2017
    Walking along the Los Cabos Film Festival’s sixth opening gala, the shadows of a teeming red carpet press corps grapple for position as grayscale titans on a building across a desert field from the Pabellón Cultural...
  • The Messy Women of “Thor: Ragnarok”

    by - Nov 15, 2017
    “Thor: Ragnarok” is an irreverent, very funny romp that has some sly things to say about the legacies of colonialism and a reminder of how underused Chris Hemsworth is as a comedic actor. But two of...
  • Deadline’s The Contenders 2017 Kicks Off Oscar Season

    by - Nov 15, 2017
    Deadline’s seventh annual The Contenders event in Hollywood plays an especially crucial role in kicking off Oscar season in the absence of consistently touted frontrunners. 35 films from 19 studios and distributors were sampled at the event...
  • “Call of Duty” and “Wolfenstein” Redefine the Modern WWII Game

    by - Nov 15, 2017
    Playing war games, especially those based on real-life conflicts, reminds one of the famous Francois Truffaut theory that “there is no such thing as an anti-war film.” The point was that all war films, even ones...