An excellent filmmaker when it comes to pensive, low-key dramas, Clint Eastwood never quite locates the proper beat for this tale.
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KidSyc gets real
“When people that you don’t even know are telling you ‘Man, you are great,’ after it happens a few times it’s like ‘Well, hey … maybe I am.”
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Our Top Five Fake Rock Films
These are entirely fictional films about rock ‘n’ roll bands. Because the movies are so good, the bands seem realer than real. But, of course, they aren’t.
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Review: 22 Jump Street
The film’s four writers work overtime to ensure that the majority of the gags are fresh and that the recycled ones are given enough of an extra spin to make audiences laugh all over again.
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Review: How to Train Your Dragon 2
How to Train Your Dragon 2 really pops in 3-D, yet the animation is so stunning that those hoping to save some cash won’t be cheated if they opt to check it out in one less dimension.
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Review: Chef
It’s a road trip story, a male-bonding movie, and a food comedy with no unpleasant aftertaste.
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Review: Maleficent
Any weaknesses melt in the wake of Jolie’s excellent work as the title figure. With dabs of CGI enhancing her already striking visage, Jolie moves through the film with the ease and confidence of a panther through the jungle.
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Lady sings the blues: Ruthie Foster
“Everybody else was doing traditional folk songs. I wanted to do something really different. I guess that kinda started the mix for me.”
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This week: The Swedish Fish, Carn and Ghent
Unlike other sacred steel players, Ghent plays the brutally raw-sounding slide guitar strapped around his neck. He drapes his left hand, his fretting hand, OVER the neck.
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A particularly peculiar Dance
It’s more innovative and unique than most anything else in theaters in 2014.
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The man who would be Miggs
“I’m going to pick and choose what aspects of that artistry I enjoyed, but I’m not gonna tell tales of a life that I didn’t experience.”
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Blitzen Trapper’s sinister beauty
“Townes never stepped away from tragedy. Every song he ever sang has these tragic aspects to it. He sings about death 90 percent of the time.”