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Wednesday, January 21, 2026

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Katie Robertson’s Time

Everyone’s heard of the classic Clinton-era parlor game Six Degrees of Kevin Bacon. The premise: Connect any random Hollywood actor to the Footloose star in...

The Expendables: One Country for Old Men

All you need to know about The Expendables is that it delivers exactly what you would expect, no less and no more: terrible dialogue,...

Film Shorts // February 1-7, 2023

OPENING   All Quiet on the Western Front (R) Erich Maria Remarque’s World War I novel was made into a movie that won the Best Picture...

Fire on Celluloid

I try to take movies on their own terms. That's not the easiest thing to do when it comes to Quentin Tarantino. If you...

Not Too Late

Amid all the publicity that Gravity is pulling in, let’s not lose track of Enough Said, which is expanding into local theaters this week....

Film Shorts

OPENING  Cats (PG) Tom Hooper (Les Misérables) adapts the Andrew Lloyd Webber musical to film. Starring Francesca Hayward, Idris Elba, Judi Dench, Ian McKellen, Rebel...

In the Land of Azrael

For a moment I was going to start this review with something like, “What a pity that Samara Weaving looks so much like Margot...

Film Shorts

OPENING: Barney’s Version (R) Paul Giamatti stars in this adaptation of Mordecai Richler’s comic novel as a Canadian TV producer who gets into trouble looking...

Happiest Season: Straight Faces

Gay people have many movies to call their own but not a Christmas movie. When you consider that Lifetime, Hallmark, and Netflix put out...

Film Shorts

OPENING The Disappointments Room (R) Kate Beckinsale stars in this horror film as a mother who unleashes supernatural forces in the attic or her new...