“Call Me By Your Name” is a vividly-drawn coming-of-age story that captures both the exhilaration and melancholy ache of first love. It’s one of 2017’s most purely pleasurable films.
Armie Hammer
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Sharp shooting
Released nationwide this week after making a splash on the festival circuit last fall, the movie “Free Fire” is an over-the-top crime-thriller about a black market arms deal that goes horribly, unexpectedly wrong in 1978 Boston. The film has earned a great deal of praise for its cast — which includes recently-minted Oscar-winner Brie Larson, […]
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Film Review: “The Man from U.N.C.L.E.”
When filmmaker Guy Ritchie first hit the scene in the late 90’s with his flashy cinematic calling card, “Lock, Stock & Two Smoking Barrels,” he seemed like England’s answer to Quentin Tarantino, though possibly just an amped-up knockoff. (Plus Ritchie presented us with Jason Statham, really a gift that keeps on giving.) But in the […]
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“The Lone Ranger”
As history demonstrates, the law of the conservation of matter applies magnificently to Hollywood, where nothing, it seems, is ever wasted, lost, or forgotten. The Lone Ranger galloped through decades of radio shows, comic books, television series, and movies, yet returns once again, with his faithful Indian companion Tonto and his white horse Silver, only […]
