There are a handful of moments in director Joe Wright’s prequel take on the “Peter Pan” story that are absolutely terrifying. One is when Hugh Jackman appears on screen as the child-kidnapping pirate Blackbeard and starts singing Nirvana for no apparent reason. Read more...
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There’s no better place to keep a finger on the pulse of arts and entertainment happenings than Los Angeles. The A&E world is alive – it’s always buzzing, sometimes ready to implode with a hint of a surprise album or a celebrity’s controversial statement. Read more...
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Strobe lights pulse hypnotically as the camera pans to Victoria swaying on the dance floor. Only the pumping bass breaks the silence, beating like her heart as she gathers her long hair and tosses it over her head. Read more...
Photo: The film “Victoria” was screened at the James Bridges Theater on Tuesday night. Shot in one take and without a script, the film was directed by Sebastian Schipper and stars Laia Costa as Victoria, a Spanish girl who leaves her life as a concert pianist after being kicked out of musical school. (Adopt Films)
A wrinkled old man sits on a park bench in Brooklyn, painting the bridge he faces across the water. After a few deft strokes of his brush, he leans forward and pries a quarter stuck on the underside of the bench. Read more...
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Flip on a news channel and you’re likely to see characters with perfectly coiffed hair making fantastical claims directly at the camera. But how far does this connection between political figures and entertainment go? Read more...
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Generally speaking, documentary plot lines are hard to spoil, but definitely not impossible to. Great documentaries provide insight into the overlooked details of a subject, interwoven into a storyline that fits seamlessly with the cinematic format. Read more...
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There are four people primarily responsible for what the cinematic version of Andy Weir’s bestselling novel “The Martian” ended up being: Weir, obviously; director Ridley Scott, coming off a streak of overwrought audience displeasures; screenwriter Drew Goddard, known for throwing absurdity into his stories; and Matt Damon, known for wandering into onscreen absurdity. Read more...
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