Gerry Lopez (R), chief executive of AMC Entertainment, listens to a question next to Wang Jianlin, president of Wanda Group, during a media conference after an official signing ceremony in Beijing May 21, 2012.
Family-friendly and free.When putting together Wellington’s amphitheater summer schedule, those are the words that are always swirling around Joe Piconcelli’s head.
RATING: (POLITE APPLAUSE) Hit So Hard This documentary tries to be two movies in one: an intimate look into the world of grunge rock in the 1990s and a redemptive tale about talented drummer Patty Schemel surviving drug…
Whores’ Glory A graphic and depressing but engrossing documentary that explores the lives of prostitutes in Bangkok, Bangladesh and Mexico.
“Chariots of Fire”? Sure
RATING: (WILD APPLAUSE) Assane, a young Senegalese man, stands 7 feet tall and dreams of basketball stardom. But only 21 percent of the youth in West Africa even enter high school, and Assane realizes that to achieve…
Up on the screen, in black and white, a vivacious starlet projects not with her voice or her body language but with her entrancing eyes.
Polisse Maiwenn Le Besco directs this fascinating police drama that explores the personal lives of officers who work in Paris’ child protection unit and see the worst side of humanity imaginable. Not rated.
Pre-ordered copies of the DVD “Dream Season,” a documentary about the 2011 Northwest Missouri State football team, are available for $25 online at www.dreamseasonmovie.com.
Summer Movies in the Park, the County program that shows great movies outdoors for free, kicks off its 2012 season with an adventure for the whole family — a special showing of “Raiders of the Lost Ar