Movies opening Friday, Feb. 22
Movies opening Friday, Feb. 22 Chronicle of My Mother: A writer with an iron grip on his family must confront his resentments when his mother shows signs of dementia
Movies opening Friday, Feb. 22 Chronicle of My Mother: A writer with an iron grip on his family must confront his resentments when his mother shows signs of dementia
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Movies opening Feb. 10 Opening Thursday Beautiful Creatures Escape From Planet Earth A Good Day to Die Hard Safe Haven Opening Friday 56 Up A Glimpse Inside the Mind of Charles Swan III Yossi
What’s new on DVD and Blu-ray Alex Cross An indifferent story and script are elevated somewhat by action director Rob Cohen, who makes the most of every opportunity in this tale of a madman assassin and the cop out to catch him. Celeste and Jesse Forever Old-fashioned and modern, funny and melancholic, this witty, heartfelt romantic comedy involves a couple (the excellent Rashida Jones and Andy …
DVD review: ‘Following’ On the same day that Warner Bros. released the gargantuan caped-crusader instant classic “The Dark Knight Rises,” the Criterion Collection released a black-and-white, $25,000-or-so psychological thriller from 1997 with no stars.
New on DVD and Blu-ray, Jan. 25 End of Watch David Ayer’s (“Street Kings”) riveting thriller about L.A. cops stars Jake Gyllenhaal and Michael Peña as decent young officers patrolling the hood
Movies opening Friday, Jan. 25 Witch Hunters Fairy tale figures Hansel (Jeremy Renner) and Gretel (Gemma Arterton) bust out of that old-school gingerbread world with weapons blazing
New on DVD and Blu-ray, Jan. 22 Inferno (2012), Dirty Energy (2012), Don Giovanni (1979), End of Animal (2010), End of Watch (2012), Fat Kid Rules the World (2012), For a Good Time, Call ..
DVD review: ‘West of Broadway’ A few years ago, it would have been impossible to imagine this 1931 MGM film ever coming to home video. Gilbert is known as the greatest casualty of the transition to sound, and it’s true, and yet I have always preferred his wry, wistful, proud talkie persona to his dashing silent incarnation.
Movies opening Friday, Jan. 11 Amour This Cannes Film Festival and critics’ favorite depicts retired music teachers Georges and Anne doing their cultivated thing in their 80s.