Meryl Streep disappears so uncannily into former British prime minister Margaret Thatcher that her Oscar-winning performance overpowers the movie. Filmgoers who come to see Streep in action will see only that: an actress delivering a bravura performance but not a thoughtful, provocative portrait of one of the most consequential figures of the 20th century.
Brad Marchand says he was too drunk to be interviewed for the Bruins’ commemorative DVD.
Re “Comcast stiffs fans of classic movies” (Editorial Notebook, Feb.
Ryan Gosling delivers a slow, white-hot burn of a performance in “Drive,” a nervy, understated ode to one of Hollywood’s most cherished archetypes, the sad-eyed man of few words.
In “Super 8,” J.J. Abrams’ love letter to the Steven Spielberg films that inspired him as a kid, a chubby would-be director named Charles (Riley Griffiths) keeps running around his small Ohio hometown, framing its cul-de-sacs and tract homes with his hands and calling for “more production value.”
The day is coming where you will have little or no choice. Much like VHS in the past, DVD technology will be weeded out in favor of Blu-ray. But that could be years from now