With three different live-action iterations of the web-slinging hero appearing across six different films over the span of the last 15 years, it was hard to work up enthusiasm for another. But fresh characterizations and an appealing cast set the new Spider-Man film apart.
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Keaton to introduce “Beetlejuice” screening at Dryden
The George Eastman Museum has announced that actor Michael Keaton will introduce the film “Beetlejuice” at a screening on Wednesday, June 8, at 8 p.m., at the Dryden Theatre. Keaton will be in Rochester to receive the 2016 George Eastman Award in a ceremony and gala reception held on June 9. “Beetlejuice” stars Geena Davis […]
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Film Review: “Birdman”
It is of course tempting, if a bit too facile, to construct a comparison between the situation in “Birdman” and the realities of Michael Keaton’s career. He began performing as a comic, then as an actor in some entertaining film comedies — “Night Shift,” “Johnny Dangerously,” and “Mr. Mom,” for example — then achieved great […]
