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“Searching for Sonny”? Here’s a New Clue
The word's out from local filmmaker (and Weekly profilee) Andrew Disney. For the low, low price of $5, you can get a sneak peek...
Tarantino-esque
In the way that sharks come with remoras and roadkill with crows, Quentin Tarantino films are usually followed with a tail of aesthetic imitators...
FIlm Shorts
OPENING
Apollo 11 (G) Todd Douglas Miller’s documentary chronicles the first space mission to land people on the Moon. (Opens Friday at AMC Grapevine Mills)
Beers...
Atonal Music
I must confess, Freddie Highmore is starting to scare me a bit (in a good way, though).
The London native is 15 years old...
The Token Meryl Streep Oscar Nomination
Had enough of all the wailing and gnashing of teeth that accompanied last Tuesday’s Oscar nominations? Don’t worry, I’m not going to join them,...
Ragas and Riches
I had an opening paragraph all ready to go for my review of Slumdog Millionaire, saying how all the hype about India as a...
Up, Up, and Away
In 2006, the characters in Superman Returns did not use the phrase “truth, justice, and the American way” because the Iraq war had left America’s...
Iron Fists: Wu, No!
Before he called himself RZA and conquered a big swath of the hip-hop world, Robert Fitzgerald Diggs was a teenager in New York, escaping...
Film Shorts
OPENING:
Biutiful (R) The latest drama by Alejandro González Iñárritu (Babel, 21 Grams) stars Javier Bardem as a small-time criminal in Barcelona seeking ...
Custodial Interference
Saying that The Lookout is a terrific little film may sound patronizing, but it’s actually high praise.
To be sure, this film is a...
