Fall in love with 'The Big Sick'
Thursday, 6 July 2017, 12:22
Last update: about 10 years ago
That two people could overcome centuries-old cultural obstacles, the perils of modern dating and a critical illness and end up together is a great story. That those two people also managed to adapt...
'House of Names' is family drama on a mythic stage
Thursday, 6 July 2017, 12:12
Last update: about 10 years ago
In the days before the gods lost interest in human folly, King Agamemnon summoned his daughter Iphigenia to wed Achilles. His wife, Clytemnestra, believed his ruse and led their young daughter to what...
Rogue + Jaye debut 'Pent Up' is graceful, expressive
Wednesday, 5 July 2017, 12:56
Last update: about 10 years ago
Zach Rogue and Courtney Jaye express themselves just fine on their debut, sprinkling "Pent Up" with a little indie dust over a graceful mix of pop, country and folk. Rogue has released a handful...
Despite delays, timing just right for Tupac biopic star
Wednesday, 5 July 2017, 12:22
Last update: about 10 years ago
Demetrius Shipp Jr. never acted before playing Tupac Shakur in "All Eyez on Me." But his connections to the rapper, and to acting, go back to his childhood. Shipp's uncanny resemblance to Shakur...
"Here and Gone" is terrifyingly realistic
Wednesday, 5 July 2017, 12:11
Last update: about 10 years ago
The vulnerability of a family - in this case a woman and her two children escaping an abusive home - is at the center of Haylen Beck's "Here and Gone," a tension-laden, sometimes disturbing story with...
Rub-a-dub-dub and much more from Imelda May
Tuesday, 4 July 2017, 12:54
Last update: about 10 years ago
Imelda May's marriage of 18 years recently ended, and "Life, Love, Flesh, Blood" finds her on the romantic rebound. As May gets back into the game, she makes even the words "rub-a-dub-dub" sound...
'Baby Driver' is a toe-tapping, engine-revving jolt
Tuesday, 4 July 2017, 12:20
Last update: about 10 years ago
There's nothing like an epic getaway chase to kick a movie into high gear, and the first five minutes of "Baby Driver " are pure movie magic. A driver named Baby (Ansel Elgort) sits coolly in a...
Characters get better with age in 'The Accomplished Guest'
Tuesday, 4 July 2017, 12:10
Last update: about 10 years ago
A woman drinks iced tea on the veranda with her weary parents. A husband and wife select attire for an out-of-town wedding. An uncle drives his niece to dinner. In each scenario, it seems as though...
Steve Earle revisits his roots in all the best ways
Friday, 30 June 2017, 16:24
Last update: about 10 years ago
Steve Earle bills his new album as the philosophical heir to "Guitar Town," and the DNA connecting it to that landmark 1986 record can't be missed. Texas-born and Nashville-raised, at least musically,...
'The Book of Henry' loses sight of its own plot
Friday, 30 June 2017, 15:58
Last update: about 10 years ago
When film students in the future search for terrible movies in 2017, they'll have a hard time locating "The Book of Henry." Not because it's good - trust us, it isn't - but because it will be hard to...