Movies
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Sam Elliott gives absorbing performance in lackluster 'Hero'Jun 16, 2017 6:00 am - At the beginning of "The Hero," Lee Hayden, the aging Hollywood Western actor played by Sam Elliott, is recording a radio spot for barbecue sauce. And he's really, reall...
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Is 'Beatriz at Dinner' a political Rorschach test?Jun 16, 2017 6:00 am - The conflict that rages over a supper in "Beatriz at Dinner" goes far beyond class warfare, left vs. right, Republicans vs. Democrats, even capitalism vs. socialism. It ...
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Raunchy 'Rough Night' lacks originality, but still delivers the laughsJun 15, 2017 3:00 pm - The concept of “Rough Night” isn't an especially original one. With its story about a Miami bachelorette party that goes outrageously off the rails, comparisons to “The ...
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Bruce Willis skates through comically flatlined dog story 'Venice'Jun 15, 2017 6:00 am - In "Once Upon a Time in Venice," tough guy Bruce Willis gets tied up, punched, knocked out, made up to look like a homely redhead and forced to ride a skateboard down pu...
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Zoe Lister-Jones turns marital woes into music in 'Band Aid'Jun 15, 2017 6:00 am - Most marital arguments, in the worldview of the couples-therapy dramedy "Band Aid," consist of refrains so repetitive that they might as well be set to music. That's the...
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'Book of Henry' a misguided mish-mash of family drama, vigilante thrillerJun 15, 2017 6:00 am - There's genre-bending, and then there's genre breaking. Director Colin Trevorrow made a modest splash with his 2012 theatrical feature debut, "Safety Not Guaranteed," an...
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'Switch' kills sci-fi potential with video game tacticsJun 15, 2017 6:00 am - "Kill Switch" throws so many provocative visuals at us - hey, why are all the signs written backward? - you might be asking the same question frequently posed by heroic ...
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'Recall' an amusingly bad flying saucer thrillerJun 15, 2017 6:00 am - "The Recall" is the kind of bad flying saucer movie you almost enjoy as much as a good one, just because it's so unaware of its own cheesy dumbness. Take the scene in th...
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'Singin' in the Rain' showing, kids movies highlight upcoming film eventsJun 15, 2017 6:00 am - A glorious feeling The Genesee Theatre celebrates the 65th anniversary of what some critics say is the greatest musical ever committed to celluloid, "Singin' in the Ra...
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'Women's Balcony' examines religious, gender dividesJun 15, 2017 6:00 am - Set in an Orthodox Jewish community in Jerusalem, "The Women's Balcony" centers on the literal breakdown of a synagogue. Structural damage to the women's seating section...