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'The Last Shift' review: Sharp drama dissects life's struggles
It's a low-key rest-stop story that appreciates life's banalities and the struggles of ordinary people.
Actually, stoner Woody Harrelson makes a pretty good president
Rob Reiner’s “LBJ” is just the humanizing portrait of the 36th president you’d imagine from the “Princess Bride” director. It’s as workmanlike as Lyndon B. Johnson was as a politician;...
McDormand shines in four-star 'Olive Kitteridge'
There isn’t a guy in the movie business who would have green-lit a project like “Olive Kitteridge.” First of all, it’s not about men. Second, the heroine actually ages —...
Predictable drama 'Lullaby' spotlights euthanasia
Following on the heels of the abortion-centric “Obvious Child,” this quiet drama digs into another taboo: assisted suicide. But writer/director Andrew Levitas needlessly pads this captivating theme with over-used tropes,...
Superb Hoffman anchors dark comedy 'God's Pocket'
In one of his final film roles, a typically rumpled and sympathetic Philip Seymour Hoffman anchors the black comedy “God’s Pocket.” Making his directorial debut, “Mad Men” star John Slattery...