RATING: (POLITE APPLAUSE) There’s a disturbing obstacle that might prevent one from enjoying this NBC comedy series, and perhaps that’s why it lasted just one season. The blockage: one’s political views.
Rare is the actor who doesn’t mind being upstaged, especially by an animal. After all, animals, like children, don’t have to work at it
Another Happy Day This family drama has its ups and downs, but it has two considerable assets – a willingness to go for the jugular and a standout performance by Ellen Barkin, doing the best work of her career.
The Artist This is the month they release the masterpieces, and that’s what this film is. A silent film with musical accompaniment, it tells the story of a silent star (Jean Dujardin) on the way down and a young talkie…
Another Happy Day Golf in the Kingdom New Year’s Eve Outrage The Sitter A Warrior’s Heart
RATING: (WILD APPLAUSE) Ingmar Bergman announced his retirement after making this film in 1982. A family epic, it begins on Christmas 1907 and revisits all the grand Bergman subjects – God, death, marriage, infidelity,…
RATING: (ALERT VIEWER) Another Earth A mirror Earth pops up in the night sky – and a young woman (co-writer Brit Marling) stares at it, crashing into a family and killing all but the dad (William Mapother). In its most…
Feature: “Another Earth” (2011), “The Art of Getting By” (2011), “Cave of Forgotten Dreams” (2010), “Chillerama” (2011), “Eclipse Series 30: Sabu!” (various dates), “5 Days of War” (2011), “From Dusk Till Dawn:…
Adele laughs often and heartily in her sublime new concert DVD, and each time reminds you why the 23-year-old British singer has been so irresistible this year: What you see is exactly what you get. â€Live at the Royal Albert Hall,” out next Tuesday, was filmed in September in Adele’s native London, and the hometown honor is not lost on her.
RATING: (SNOOZING VIEWER) Conan the Barbarian This is a laughable, ineptly made remake of the 1982 Arnold Schwarzenegger epic, with newcomer Jason Momoa as a barbarian bent on revenge. Rated R