Everyone gets into the spirit of silliness, and some of them even manage to stay classy while doing so.
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Review: Saving Mr. Banks
In truth, Travers was so offended by the movie and by Disney’s treatment of her that she refused to ever do business with him again.
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Review: Nebraska
Payne has allowed Bruce Dern to recapture the spotlight, and Dern responds with an excellent performance of the lived-in kind, free of artifice.
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Review: Black Nativity
Hudson’s singing and Whitaker’s acting compensate somewhat for the simplistic storyline, drab camerawork, and amateurish central performance by Latimore.
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Pickin’ on Junior Brown
“When I got into this thing, I had this self-confidence and a fantasy of becoming successful. Well, that self-confidence and fantasy hasn’t changed any. I’m older now, but I can still cut the mustard.”
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Dana Fuchs: Black, white & blues
The Across the Universe star and her band are on the Dec. 7 bill at the Screven Motor Sports Complex.
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Review: Frozen
As is often the case with CGI cartoons, the backgrounds are rendered in more convincing detail than the human characters’ expressions; here, the animation team kicks it up a notch, creating a wintry wonderland that’s dazzling to behold.
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Review: The Hunger Games: Catching Fire
Yes, it’s that good. Bucking the laws of diminishing returns when it comes to sequels, it’s even better than last year’s The Hunger Games, itself no slouch in the entertainment department.
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Review: Delivery Man
Vaughn proves to be a dull leading man, shooting blanks in a feeble attempt to arouse audience sympathy.
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Review: All is Lost
It’s a strikingly physical performance, more so coming from a man who’s 77, and it ably demonstrates that Redford hasn’t lost a step over the course of his durable career.
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Review: About Time
It feels, often, like Curtis is trying a little too hard to work up some of his earlier movie’s magic pixie dust.
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Capsula’s ‘beautiful chaos’
“Some songs and writings, because of the poetry, have the power of catching visions from the past but also from the future so it makes sense that those songs can connect with you any time, everywhere.”