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February 9, 2017
John Wick Chapter 2
A little bit of a spoiler alert here: this time the dog does not die. Other than that, "John Wick Chapter 2" is pretty much what you saw in the first "John Wick." Once again, this is a movie about a good guy who happens to be an assassin, going after the bad guy assassins, in an assassin demimondaine with cool details but mostly a lot of assassining. Director Chad Stahelski, a martial arts instructor turned...
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Fifty Shades Darker
Ibsen had it right in "A Doll's House." When his heroine walked out and slammed the door at the end of the play, he left it there. She didn't come back in two sequels. Anastasia Steele (Dakota Johnson, wearing bangs, the universal signifier of adorkability), despite her name, is not that resolute. In "Fifty Shades of Gray" she was a shy college student introduced to the Red Room of Pain and the world of bondage and submission by fabulously handsome and fabulously wealthy and fabulously troubled...
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A United Kingdom
In Shakespeare's "A Midsummer Night's Dream," Lysander says, "aught that I could ever read/Could ever hear by tale or history/The course of true love never did run smooth." It may just seem that way because the most enduring loves are those where challenges bring the couples together instead of tearing them apart. To quote Shakespeare again, this is the love that "looks on tempests, and is never shaken." "A United Kingdom" tells the true story of a love that triumphed over the most intense...
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Behind the Scenes: The LEGO Batman Movie
February 8, 2017
Trailer: Contemporary Color
In the summer of 2015, legendary musician David Byrne staged an event at Brooklyn's Barclays Center to celebrate the creativity of Color Guard: synchronized dance routines involving flags, rifles, and sabers, colloquially known as “the sport of the arts.”
Byrne recruited performers including the likes of St. Vincent, Nelly Furtado, Devonté Hynes, Zola Jesus, Ad-Rock, tUnE-yArDs, and Ira Glass to collaborate on original pieces with 10 color guard teams from across the US and Canada....
Byrne recruited performers including the likes of St. Vincent, Nelly Furtado, Devonté Hynes, Zola Jesus, Ad-Rock, tUnE-yArDs, and Ira Glass to collaborate on original pieces with 10 color guard teams from across the US and Canada....
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February 7, 2017
Classics of African-American Cinema Now on Netflix
Netflix has a superb collection of early films made by and for African-Americans, including the silent film, "Body and Soul," with Paul Robeson as twins. These are a treat any time, but especially appropriate for Black History Month.
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PBS: John Lewis — Get In the Way
Congressman John Lewis was the youngest person to speak at the March on Washington organized by the Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. This week, PBS will show a documentary about Lewis, a key figure in the civil rights movement of the 1960s and a genuine statesman and hero. Despite more than 40 arrests, physical attacks, and serious injuries, John Lewis remained a devoted advocate of the philosophy of nonviolence. He was one of the leaders of the SNCC and a Freedom Rider and his
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February 6, 2017
The LEGO Batman Movie
"The LEGO Batman" movie is not just sure to be one of the funniest movies of the year, with laugh lines that come so fast it is impossible to catch your breath before the next one. It is also the most astute mash-up of love letter and take down of a popular culture icon since the brilliant "Galaxy Quest."
"The LEGO Movie" was an unexpected blockbuster, sweet and very funny, surprisingly ambitious in scope. This spin-off is more focused, its basic structure very much in the tradition of the...
"The LEGO Movie" was an unexpected blockbuster, sweet and very funny, surprisingly ambitious in scope. This spin-off is more focused, its basic structure very much in the tradition of the...
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Trailer: Speech and Debate
Frustrated by the hypocrisy they see in their parents, teachers, and the entire school board, an unlikely trio set out to find a common truth and make their voices heard as they revive a defunct school club and take on the world....
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February 5, 2017
Super Bowl Commercials 2017
The best Super Bowl commercials this year:
Most touching: Audi pays tribute to girl power and great dads.
Also: Tributes to the diversity of America with Airbnb's #weaccept and Coke's "America the Beautiful"
Cutest: Justin Bieber explores "unlimited" touchdown dances for T-Mobile.
Best moves: Mr. Clean.
Most timely: Anheuser-Busch reminds us of the courage and energy immigrants bring to our country.
Runner-up: Jon Lovitz and avocados from Mexico
Most...
Most touching: Audi pays tribute to girl power and great dads.
Also: Tributes to the diversity of America with Airbnb's #weaccept and Coke's "America the Beautiful"
Cutest: Justin Bieber explores "unlimited" touchdown dances for T-Mobile.
Best moves: Mr. Clean.
Most timely: Anheuser-Busch reminds us of the courage and energy immigrants bring to our country.
Runner-up: Jon Lovitz and avocados from Mexico
Most...
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