ArtsBeat: This Week’s Movies : March 22
Times critics on “Admission,†“Olympus Has Fallen†and “Gimme the Loot.â€
March 23, 2013
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Times critics on “Admission,†“Olympus Has Fallen†and “Gimme the Loot.â€
It’s been a busy few years for Radric Davis (a/k/a Gucci Mane). The enigmatic Atlanta trap rapper and anti-establishment figure was incarcerated, institutionalized, had an ice cream cone tattooed to his face, signed with a major record label and embraced the system while reeling off a prolific run of ambitious mixtapes outside of it.
It’s a maze out there.
When a film is dealing with a specific historical event, one in which we already know the outcome, the trick is in finding another avenue in which to captivate your audience. That was Director Kathryn Bigelow’s challenge with Zero Dark Thirty, detailing the hunt for al-Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden, and she succeeds with flying colors…
Rent It The Movie: Futureworld , Richard T. Heffron’s 1976 sequel to Michael Crichton’s 1973 hit Westworld , was made for AIP and distributed though MGM
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DVD Talk Collector Series THE MOVIE: Please Note: The images used here are taken from a previous standard-definition DVD release, not the Blu – ray edition under review. I’ve always considered Badlands , the 1973 debut of writer/director/producer Terrence Malick, to be a little outside the rest of his oeuvre.
Recommended An unusual choice for indie distributor Twilight Time to sublicense from 20th Century-Fox, Pony Soldier (1952) is a once popular, now all but forgotten “Northwestern” starring Tyrone Power.
Highly Recommended Reviewed by Glenn Erickson Zero Dark Thirty is exactly what the ads say it is, a realistic account of the decade-long search for the 21st century’s first global enemy number one, Osama bin Laden. Unlike its Oscar competition Argo , the facts have not been teased in the interest of greater audience involvement; the details of this story are fascinating on their own. Director …
No longer will new theatrical releases be delivered to movie theaters on hard drives. Starting later this year, theaters will start getting some of the latest flicks by way of satellite download.