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Sunday, December 28, 2025

Hollywood Round-Up

Film Shorts

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Keira Knightley works a street corner (no, not like that) in "Laggies."

Gone Girl

I like the new Keira Knightley. She’s so much more fun than the old one. The old one never would have played the sort...

Film Shorts

OPENING  Ala Vaikunthapurramuloo (NR) Trivikram Srinivas’ thriller is about the family entanglements of an Indian billionaire (Jayaram) and his driver (Allu Arjun). Also with Pooja...

Strait Fighters

This past weekend, the movie known in this country as The Admiral: Roaring Currents became the biggest box-office hit in South Korean history, surpassing...

Film Shorts

OPENING  Damascus Cover (R) Jonathan Rhys-Meyers stars in this spy thriller about an Israeli agent in the Cold War years who goes undercover into Syria....

Film Shorts

Opening Big Stone Gap (PG-13) Ashley Judd stars in this drama as an Appalachian eccentric who discovers a secret in her past. Also with Patrick...

Dream Supreme

When Dreamgirls debuted on Broadway in 1981, it won over an entire generation of theatergoers, African-American and not, with songs by Henry Krieger and...

Blinded by The Lighthouse

This seems to be the year for acclaimed horror directors to make their second films: Jordan Peele with Us, Ari Aster with Midsommar, Jennifer...

Film Shorts // February 9-15, 2022

OPENING   Badhaai Do (NR) Rajkummar Rao and Bhumi Pednekar star in this Indian comedy as a couple who are in a sham marriage to disguise...

Angels in Denton (Maybe)

There's nothing unusual about a screening of Wim Wenders' 1987 masterpiece Wings of Desire, except for the suspense over whether it'll happen. Through his...

Delysia of Grandeur

So we're all in love with Amy Adams now. And why not? She's lovable. Her newly attained stardom is probably the main reason that her...