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‘Mother Mary’ is a beautiful oddity
Pop stars often burn brightly and quickly across our cultural night sky, and the longer they burn, the greater the odds of personal collateral damage.
‘Doubt’ shows how elusive truth can be
Sometimes it is simply impossible to know the truth. That’s why being in the audience for a work of fiction
‘Light in the Piazza’ a good night of theater
In musical theater, there is nothing new under the sun. In fact, some of the most recent and most successful
Jack’s back: Duck and cover
Jack is back and the world is a little bit safer. Actually, that’s not true. Jack is back and a
‘Mamma Mia!’ delivers the fluff perfectly
Scandinavia has always struck me as an odd place. Strange accents, long winters, and musically they seem only capable of
‘Cats’ is a dog of a musical
Musical theater requires a suspension of disbelief. Letting go of logic and reality is essential if you’re going to buy
‘The Good Shepherd’: Foreign-policy food for thought
Spying is an ugly business. Beyond the fictionalized glitz of tuxedos and rocket cars is a world of patience, tedium,
‘We Are Marshall’ reminds us that sometimes it’s more than a game
It’s only a game. We as a nation — heck, we as a city — tend to over-emphasize the importance
You might need a break from this ‘Holiday’
Ahh, the chick flick. What a dependable genre you are. You’ll laugh, you’ll cry, you’ll fall in love and you’ll
As a movie, ‘Fast Food Nation’ little more than empty calories
“Fast Food Nation” has a lot working against it. Sure it’s got an all-star cast and a quality director, but
‘Tenacious D’ rocks your socks off
Once in a generation, the rock gods descend from their heaven and swing the mighty Scepter of Rock to crown
Crowe breaks new ground with ‘A Good Year’
From white-knuckle, blood-and-guts director Ridley Scott and rough-and-tumble actor Russell Crowe, the duo that brought you the slash-and-smash epic “Gladiator,”
‘Spamalot’ every bit as entertaining as ‘Holy Grail’
Nerds of the world, rejoice! For you, and anyone else for that matter can see “Monty Python and the Holy
‘Santa Claus 3’ a good movie to escape from
Christmas is just around the corner. Don’t believe me? Just take a trip down to your local movie plex and
‘Infamous’ suffers in shadow of ‘Capote’
A movie should always be judged on its own merits. This is how one can consider “Dumb and Dumber” a
‘Guardian’ doesn’t do justice to real heroes
It is common knowledge that movies get green-lit in Hollywood sometimes based on little more than a concept, a plot