Movies love heroes and people with integrity and tales of lawbreakers brought to justice. Think of To Kill a Mockingbird or Bridge of Spies, just to name a couple.Read More
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Okay, here’s the thing. I couldn’t wait to see Grandma, so I just dropped into the Music Hall of Saturday and watched it.
I loved it.Read More
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This is an unusual week for the film discussion series at The Music Hall for a couple of reasons. First, this week’s discussion is being held on Thursday, rather than the customary Tuesday. But second, the film we have to discuss Thursday night is unusual all on its own.Read More
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Well, welcome to June. Your humble correspondent is back from vacation and ready to start talking about movies again. And what a lineup we have this month!Read More
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Sometimes I like to think that there are movies that are so attractive that they sell themselves.
It’s not true, of course, especially with a movie whose title—Magician—doesn’t give the slightest clue about its content once the subtitle is edited out for length. The complete title is Magician: The Astonishing Life and Work of Orson Welles. And that should do the trick, right?Read More
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James “The Amazing” Randi obviously doesn’t mind deceiving people; it’s what he does for a living. As a magician and escape artist, Randi has baffled and delighted audiences everywhere. And he’s quite open about the lying that’s a part of his act.Read More
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One thing we don’t really expect from movies these days is surprise. About as close as most MallPlex movies get to it is knocking off an unexpected person in one of its “serious” presentations.
Tomorrow night, we will be discussing A Most Violent Year, a critically acclaimed drama about a man trying to get started in the oil delivery business in New York City in the 1980s.Read More
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Ambrose Bierce, the 19th century writer whose mordant wit still stings in the 21st, wrote once that “War is God’s way of teaching Americans geography.”
If that’s true, then aging must be God’s way of teaching us medicine.Read More
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