‘Hope Gap’ Has Strong Cast, Weak Story
By Lynn Venhaus She quotes poetry and he combs through books for his classes in their well lived-in cottage by the sea. Their grown son,...
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‘The Way Back’ Is Not Just Another Sports Redemption Story
By Lynn Venhaus“God grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change; the courage to change the things I can; and the wisdom...
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Insufferable Satire ‘Greed’ Lacks Laughs
By Lynn VenhausA satire of the super-rich, “Greed” focuses on Sir Richard “Greedy” McCreadie (Steve Coogan), a snotty prep school dropout (Jamie Blackley in flashback)...
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‘Ordinary Love’ Shows Us ‘All the Feels’ of a Longtime Married Couple in Crisis
By Lynn VenhausElevated by beautifully nuanced performances from award-worthy Lesley Manville and sturdy Liam Neeson, “Ordinary Love” shows us “all the feels” between a longtime...
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‘Olympic Dreams’ Scores With Inside Look
By Lynn Venhaus Alternately charming and frustrating, “Olympic Dreams” squanders its spectacular setting with a scattershot romance that ultimately is a letdown. Two strangers in...
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Chilling ‘Incitement’ Gets Inside Mind of Itzhak Rabin’s Assassin
By Lynn Venhaus Based on true events, writer-director Yaron Zilberman chronicles the disturbing descent of a promising law student into a delusional ultranationalist obsessed with...
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Movie List Monday: Favorite Movie Presidents
On this President's Day, let's look back at the films centered around an American President, and what actors were best at portraying the Commander-in-Chief –...
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‘The Assistant’ a Quiet Film that Speaks Volumes on #metoo
By Lynn Venhaus A quiet film whose topic speaks volumes, “The Assistant” is a dramatic recreation of something that goes on in countless offices across...
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‘Love Story’ at 50: The Iconic Romance Revisited
By Lynn Venhaus Where do I beginTo tell the story of how great a love can be-- Carl Sigman and Francis Lai, “(Where Do I...
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Acting Elevates True Crime Drama ‘Just Mercy’
By Lynn VenhausAttorney Bryan Stevenson’s own account of the Walter McMillian case, as recorded in the 2014 bestselling nonfiction book “Just Mercy: A Tale of...
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