PhotosA warm Kaiser role from Christopher Plummer
Knew more about Wilhelm II than the movie reveals
Scott Marks 3:09 p.m., June 23
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A warm Kaiser role from Christopher Plummer
Knew more about Wilhelm II than the movie reveals
The last time San Diegans saw Christopher Plummer perform was as fictional Nazi hunter Zev Guttman in Atom Egoyan's Remember. This time around he plays an exiled Kaiser Wilhelm II in The Exception which opens ...
Beatriz at Dinner makes the history books
Salma Hayek’s Beatriz has the worst haircut of the actress’s career
I’m not alone in my observation that Beatriz at Dinner will make the history books as the first narrative feature released since Trump took office that takes direct aim at the billionaire-game-show-host-turned-POTUS. It also has ...
Beatriz at Dinner is served
Director Miguel Arteta feasts on Salma Hayek
Sometimes the first impression of an artist whose work one will later grow fond of drops anchor in the unlikeliest of places. Such was the case of Miguel Arteta, whose latest, Beatriz at Dinner, opens ...
Let’s get younger females to see a movie about war
Director Gabriela Cowperthwaite and producer Pete Shilaimon discuss Megan Leavey
Read the review and enjoy a few words about Megan Leavey (and Blackfish) from director Gabriela Cowperthwaite and producer Pete Shilaimon. Scott Marks: You got a lot of nerve, sister, showing your face in this ...
Megan Leavey, a damn fine little combat picture
Her and Rex. Bring Kleenex.
According to the TV spot, Elle and People magazines are going slug-nutty over Megan Leavey, proclaiming the fact-based girl-and-her-dog war drama both “inspiring” and “heartfelt.” Do I heed the advice of these venerated strongholds of ...
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Strict review embargo on Captain Underpants
Why was there no review of Captain Underpants: The First Epic Movie in this week’s print edition? Studio’s orders. Admittance to last week’s screening hinged on one minor condition. According to the email: “The global ...
A talk with Bambi and Thumper
On the occasion of Walt Disney’s Bambi turning 75
Walt Disney’s Bambi turns 75 this year. To mark the June 6 release of its Signature Collection Blu-ray combo pack, the studio made available for interviews the original voices of young Bambi and Thumper, Donnie ...
That Movie You Love, Part Four
The analysis will include John Rambo and Ethan Hunt
If Part Two is a sequel and Part Three a threequel, what term describes a film franchise’s fourth installment? Four-Shit would be a fitting brand, seeing as most of them are, but my editor will ...
Long Strange Trip, one night only
Get the untold story of the Grateful Dead on Thursday, May 25
Not unlike an actual Grateful Dead concert, Amir Bar-Lev’s candid Dead doc Long Strange Trip plays one night only — Thursday, May 25 — and runs just slightly over four hours. My initial interest in ...
