‘Iris’ review: Celebrating a singular New York style sensation
She was never a great beauty, a model or magazine editor, never married anybody famous. But somehow, Iris Apfel was anointed a New York "fashion icon." That Apfel achieved this...
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‘Where Hope Grows review: Routine but watchable melodrama
"Where Hope Grows" is a sometimes moving and generally watchable melodrama about a drunken ex-ballplayer who finds purpose and a friend back in his home town. But unlike most faith-based...
‘Echoes of War’ review: Civil War tale surrenders to predictable storyline
Take away the armies and artillery, and a low-budget Civil War movie turns into a Western. The makers of the upcoming "The Keeping Room," with Brit Marling, Sam Worthington and...
‘Lambert & Stamp’ review: Alternative history of The Who is an eye-opener
There have been better, more thorough documentaries about the seminal rock band The Who. "The Kids Are Alright" set the standard in '79, and "Amazing Journey: The Story of The...
Review: Hot Pursuit
Cheap, short and slow, "Hot Pursuit" is a comedy that never lets you forget that pairing up Sofia Vergara with Reese Witherspoon should have worked better than this. A mismatch-misfire...
Review: ‘5 Flights Up’
The considerable cinematic charms of Diane Keaton and Morgan Freeman are no match for the hell that is the New York real estate market in "5 Flights Up," a middling...
Review: ‘The D Train’
In "The D Train," Jack Black plays a guy who never forgot his first high school "man crush." Dan Landsman was the awkward lump nobody remembers. And the object of...
Review: ‘Tangerines’
"Tangerines," Estonia's Oscar nominee for best foreign language film this past year, is a parable of peace set during the Georgian civil war. That's when Muslim Chechnya declared its independence...
Review: ‘The Age of Adaline’
Hollywood long ago ceded "love that stands the test of time" to the realm of science fiction and fantasy, so "The Age of Adaline" falls neatly into a genre that...
Review: ‘The Forger’
The stakes shouldn't feel as low as they do in "The Forger." An art theft thriller about stealing one of the most famous paintings by Claude Monet should have been...