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by | Aug 4, 2017

Building and holding tension in a film is a difficult art. Just this year we have seen plenty of failed…

by | Jul 28, 2017

Billboard, which debuted its first songs-sales chart 77 years ago this week, more recently debuted a concert-sales chart that shows…

by | Jul 21, 2017

The early buzz about Dunkirk has been strong. Long before the movie’s release, its Twitter account started garnering followers. Comparisons…

by | Jul 14, 2017

Shooter had a rough start. The television show starring Ryan Phillippe as the former marine Bob Lee Swagger was slated…

by | Jul 10, 2017

Everything is so dour. By everything, I mean our entertainment. Overwrought, over-thinking, cynical and determined to have a “realistic” ending…

by | Jul 7, 2017

We now have more than enough big superhero movies to put together a list of must-haves. A good Marvel or…

by | Jun 30, 2017

Like millions of film and car fans, I love movies with the words fast and furious in the title. The…

by | Jun 23, 2017

In the excellent “The Big Sick” Kumail Nanjiani tells an immigrant’s love story. His faith stays where it belongs: in the personal, not the public space.

by | Jun 2, 2017

We never see war in Churchill. World War II is the dark heart of this film about the 96 hours…

by | May 8, 2017

Diederik van Hoogstraten has done a fine job in these pages reviewing Norman  for dramatic content and performances, particularly the challenging…

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