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Front Row at the Movies: Springsteen: Deliver Me From Nowhere
“Springsteen: Deliver Me from Nowhere” is very much a period piece, “an evocation of both a moment in Springsteen’s career and an era in pop music that have both long receded into history.”
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Tropic Sprockets: Roofman
This is an even and entertaining portrait of a somewhat capricious and rebellious yet oddly sincere man who heads for the roof more often than Santa Claus.
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Front Row at the Movies: Roofman
“I hope that Jeff loves the movie,” Tatum says. “I hope that Jeff loves the spirit in which we made it, because we tried to walk the line of not making him the hero – and also loving him.”
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Tropic Sprockets: A House of Dynamite
Kathryn Bigelow’s “A House of Dynamite” details the very real unreality of a nuclear missile attack launched from an unknown nation and headed to Chicago. No nation takes responsibility for the rogue launch, but one thing is horridly clear: the superpowers want a response from the United States.
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Tropic Sprockets: The Smashing Machine
Dwayne Johnson is superb in this role, his most compelling and nuanced performance yet. He is a concussion factory, yet outside the ring, he is reserved and reticent.
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Front Row at the Movies: The Smashing Machine
Suppose you wanted to make a biopic about a former wrestler who became a champion mixed martial arts fighter – literally a smashing machine? Who would be the perfect cast? How about Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson – former WWE champion and bankable A-list movie star?
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Tropic Sprockets: The Lost Bus
Director Paul Greengrass is a poet of non-fiction anxiety and he pulls no punches here.
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Tropic Sprockets: One Battle After Another
“One Battle After Another” is a dense and visual character study that is as comical as it is immersive. It is full of cinematic references, twists and turns and it is visually impactful.
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Front Row at the Movies: The Lost Bus
Based on the book “Paradise: One Town’s Struggle to Survive an American Wildfire” by Lizzie Johnson, “The Lost Bus” shares the extraordinary tale of a bus driver trying to navigate a vehicle carrying 22 children and their teacher to safety through the 2018 Camp Fire.
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Tropic Sprockets: Eleanor the Great
Some will pine for more shadow and subversiveness with seniority, but for those wanting more delight with their helping of deception, this easeful film sprinkled with June Squibb’s salty insults will fill the appetite for generational friendships.
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