— by BEV QUESTAD — My 47-year-old long-haired musician-adventurist son, James T, asked me to take him to “A Complete Unknown” on Christmas Day. Dylan represents my generation, but James claims him too. Four days prior, his band was rockin’ out with the crowd joining in, “Any day [...]
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Review: Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny
— by WILLIAM STERR — If it wasn’t apparent from the title, here is what gives it away. Prof. Jones (Indy) is infiltrating a Nazi unit responsible for transporting looted art, including precious antiquities. He is caught and hung within a chamber at the top of a tower, while the command[...]
Four Clips from ‘Knight and Day’
— by KATHLEEN COLLINS — It’s hard not to feel completely underwhelmed by the movies that have arrived in theaters this summer. The past few summers offered quite a few hits that should stand the test of time, but this summer has been awash in mediocrity. One movie that has people h[...]
Trailer Talk: ‘Knight and Day’
— by TOM ELCE — With the lousy “Identity,” director James Mangold suggested a gift (quite accidentally) for the preposterous, and so it’s no surprise that his forthcoming film “Knight and Day,” an action-comedy that immediately looks preferable to films like[...]
Poster Peek: ‘Knight and Day’
— by SEAN GERSKI — There are people who will try to tell you that Tom Cruise is no longer a big movie star. Don’t buy it. If you want to play a fun game, listen when directors, other actors or movie studio executives talk about movies. Whenever they need to reference a movie star[...]