It’s been 12 years since we last checked in with Bridget Jones, the lovably hapless British romantic heroine and controversial feminist icon. The third film based around author Helen Fielding’s enduringly popular character bears no resemblance to Fielding’s third book — which picked up with Bridget in her 50’s and a widow. Rather, the charming […]
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Film Review: “Kingsman: The Secret Service”
The end of Oscar season is finally in sight, and after months devoted to covering a parade of prestige pictures (nothing against those films, which nobly cover a wide range of deadly serious topics — from racism to disease — with varying degrees of artistry), even we critics welcome a bit of mindless, palate-cleansing fun. […]
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Film Review: “Magic in the Moonlight”
The experience of watching Woody Allen’s annual movie, “Magic in the Moonlight,” suggests that last year’s “Blue Jasmine” represents something of an anomaly in his long, prolific career. In that picture he abandoned a number of his perennial subjects — the upper West Side ambiance, the preoccupation with sexual inadequacy, the tendency to rely on […]
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“The Railway Man”
Wars never really end, and as Faulkner said, the past is not even past — almost 70 years after the Japanese surrender in World War II, the horror of the conflict and the behavior of the enemy toward their Allied prisoners continue to trouble the memories of the survivors. A number of histories, memoirs, and […]
