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Veteran actor to share tales at festival salute to Westerns
Published 5/24/2012 at 6:16 p.m. 0 comments
Born Justice Ellis McQueen Jr. in Beaumont, Texas, lanky character actor L.Q. Jones borrowed his professional name from the character he played in his debut film, the World War II action epic "Battle Cry," in 1955.
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Film Review: Aliens offer the fun in ‘Men in Black 3’
Published 5/24/2012 at 4:30 p.m. 0 comments
Perhaps reflecting a national yearning for the type of unifying heroism and epic achievement represented by the space program, "Men in Black 3" is the second film in as many years to incorporate the Apollo 11 moon landing into its ...
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Film Review: Old age is outsourced to 'Exotic Hotel'
Published 5/24/2012 at 12:34 p.m. 1 comment
I don't want to suggest that only old people read newspapers, but I sure have gotten a lot of inquiries during the past few weeks about "The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel," an autumn-years comedy-drama intended to put a spring in ...
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Film Review: 'Battleship' weighed down by cliches, idiocy
Published 5/17/2012 at 4:40 p.m. 0 comments
A production of Hasbro (in collaboration with Universal Studios), "Battleship" is a $200 million military-hardware science-fiction action epic inspired by a board game played with tiny plastic pegs and miniature toy boats.
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Film Review: Stillman's comeback odd, ingenious -- and irritating
Published 5/17/2012 at 2:23 p.m. 0 comments
In writer-director Whit Stillman's much-anticipated return to filmmaking, "Damsels in Distress," the lead damsel, Violet Wister (played by Greta Gerwig, the former "It girl" of the mumblecore movement), attends a literature class in which the professor is discussing an early ...
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Film Review: 'Dark Shadows' a campy vampire revamp
Published 5/10/2012 at 4:55 p.m. 0 comments
In "When Panthers Roamed in Arkansas," a 1997 recording, folk singer Kate Campbell croons: "Every afternoon I'd watch 'Dark Shadows' on TV/ Scared to death that Barnabas would take a bite of me." She wasn't the only one.
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Film Review: 'Avengers' is spectacular, witty, action-packed triumph
Published 5/3/2012 at 4:57 p.m. 1 comment
With a cast of literal heavy hitters, The Avengers" registers in the red on the Nerdgasmatron.
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Film Review: 'Deep Blue Sea' weighs choices, outcomes
Published 5/3/2012 at 3:07 p.m. 0 comments
English actor Tom Hiddleston appears in two movies that open in Memphis today. In "The Avengers," which apparently everybody in the world is destined to see, probably at least twice, he is Loki, evil trickster god of Asgard. And in ...
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Orpheum Summer Movie Series has new twist
Published 5/2/2012 at 2:37 p.m. 0 comments
For the first time, the Orpheum has joined with Indie Memphis to present a series of Thursday night “cult” favorites.
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Film Review: Somber drama 'Footnote' adds healthy doses of humor
Published 4/26/2012 at 4:55 p.m. 0 comments
In what likely represents its movie debut, the word "homeoteleuton" -- referring to a specific type of copyist's error that occurs during the transcribing of a text -- appears in "Footnote." I tell you this because the word gives an ...
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Film Review: 'Blue Like Jazz' a faith-based romp through college awakenings
Published 4/19/2012 at 2:28 p.m. 0 comments
"Blue Like Jazz" soft-pedals its Christian theme, but not the message of hope it offers to would-be filmmakers: Publicists proudly point out that the movie was launched with $345,000 in contributions raised in 30 days on Kickstarter, the crowd-funding website. ...
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Film Review: 'Bully' a caring look at distressing problem
Published 4/19/2012 at 1:02 p.m. 0 comments
A heartbreaking documentary about the cruelty some children inflict on those they perceive to be weak or "different," and the almost criminal ineptitude of an adult establishment that defines peer torment as "boys will be boys" hijinks, "Bully" was controversial ...
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Robert Townsend's inspirational 'In the Hive' proves timely
Published 4/12/2012 at 6:05 p.m. 0 comments
When Robert Townsend — who will be in Memphis on Thursday — and Spike Lee emerged as feature filmmakers in the late 1980s, the actors-writers-directors often were twinned by critics and fans hopefully anticipating a new vanguard of purposeful yet ...
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Film Review: 'W.E." is intriguing, but disjointed movie
Published 4/12/2012 at 4:19 p.m. 0 comments
"Directed by Madonna" is a phrase more likely to inspire curiosity than confidence. Such skepticism is justified by "W.E.," the Material Girl's intriguing but erratic second feature film as a director.
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Film Review: Action nonstop, brutal in Indonesian thriller
Published 4/12/2012 at 2:29 p.m. 0 comments
How high is the body count in "The Raid: Redemption," a punishing nonstop Indonesian action showcase of spectacular martial-arts combat and less-appealing firearms frenzy? So high that most people in the end-credits cast list are identified by numeral: "Hole Drop ...
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