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Charlize Theron plays Marlo, an overwhelmed 40-something wife and mother of two children, with a third on the way. Fearing for his sister’s well-being, Marlo’s brother hires night nanny Tully — a
millennial Mary Poppins.
The stylish “Atomic Blonde” has much in
common with its protagonist: it’s brutal and glamorous, though somewhat hollow
at its core
What the hell, Vin Diesel? No, I’m not mad that you’ve ignored my four prior letters; I know you’re busy cranking out forgettable cash-grabs like “The Last Witch Hunter” or whatever sequel you’ve decided to beat to death. But why am I only now learning that your Dominic Toretto character is not actually of Italian […]
Acting is sort of an unspoken agreement between the thespian and the audience: He or she pretends to be someone else, and we pretend we don’t know about the pretending. Unfortunately, however, there are some actors whose stratospheric celebrity is making it increasingly difficult for us to hold up our end of the bargain. George […]
During a Q&A following the premiere of “Mad Max: Fury Road,” director George Miller namechecked film historian Kevin Brownlow and his seminal book, “The Parade’s Gone By,” citing it as a crucial instructional tool for any director of modern action films. That book, focusing on the silent film era, provides a clue as to why, […]
“Family Guy” creator Seth MacFarlane has got to be one of the most frustrating entertainers working in Hollywood today. His projects tend to rely on the shock value of politically incorrect humor while pandering to the lowest common denominator with endless barrages of dick and fart jokes. But at the same time, he manages to […]
“Palo Alto” marks the debut of the third generation of filmmakers from the Coppola family, with the first feature from writer-director Gia Coppola. Her film takes inspiration from a collection of short stories by James Franco, but don’t let that scare you off, as Coppola delivers a remarkably assured depiction of aimless youth stumbling through […]
