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Thursday, April 9, 2026

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Chadwick Boseman receives his numbered Brooklyn Dodgers jersey in "42."

42: Mister Robinson

Joaquin Phoenix is flabbergasted by the complexity of his newest case in "Inherent Vice."

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Film Shorts

OPENING  Along With the Gods: The Last 49 Days (NR) Wow, this is all over the place. This Korean movie was shot concurrently with its...

Mini Marvel

Movie fanboys, including me, were disappointed when Edgar Wright, the British cult director of Shaun of the Dead, Hot Fuzz, and The World’s End,...

Film Shorts

OPENING: GasLand (NR) Partially filmed in North Texas, Josh Fox’s documentary totes up the environmental costs of gas drilling in America. (Opens Friday in Dallas) The...

Godzilla vs. Kong: Monster Smackdown

I have to say, this current series of Hollywood movies about Godzilla feels like the wrong kind of throwback. Taken as a whole, ...

Old Woman With the Knife: Roach Killer

The Korean thriller The Old Woman With the Knife opens at AMC Grapevine Mills this weekend. That evocative title will sound familiar to those...

Blade Runner 2049: One of Us

The original Blade Runner was a box-office flop when it came out in 1981. Sometimes this gets forgotten about movies that acquire the reputation...

The Debt Doesn’t Pay

When it comes to spy agencies, Americans are typically familiar with four: the CIA, the old KGB, Britain’s Ml6, and Israel’s Mossad. This last...

Live by Night: Rum Reasons

Okay, now I'm worried about Ben Affleck, the director. You can understand why Warner Brothers might have been excited to put out his latest...

Mini Femme est Grande Brat

This week’s ”Night and Day” piece by Kristian Lin gives historical background to The Modern’s two-weekend ”Catch the Wave” festival of French New Wave...

Go Bigger

Well, you figured Magic Mike would get a sequel. You figured it would be on a larger scale. You just didn’t figure it would...