It’s surprisingly entertaining in its failings, and makes for a great date movie if your idea of a date movie involves frequently looking in utter disbelief towards your date for a shared moment of, “Wait, that really just happened?”
Tag: Ben Affleck
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The unbearable lightness of Justice League
The number-one movie in America is a missed opportunity for transcendent (or even dynamic) popular art.
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Live by Night is a period piece, but the period is right now
Ben Affleck’s new drama about 1920s bootleggers has a remarkably modern mindset.
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Resolution, The Trump Card, and nine more new theater reviews
A drama from Pride Films and Plays and Mike Daisey’s election monologue are among this week’s best bets.
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Bill Simmons is good at being Bill Simmons on HBO’s Any Given Wednesday
The famous sports columnist and podcaster gets a half-hour slot on the cable network.
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Batkid Begins gives all for one and none for all
In Dana Nachman’s documentary, the Make-A-Wish Foundation makes one kid’s dream come true. But what about all the other kids?
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Jon Stewart, fake news, and real trouble
Jon Stewart’s Rosewater is less significant as a movie than as an act of atonement.
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How David Fincher and Gyorgy Palfi, two different filmmakers, use digital video to uncanny effect
Free Fall and Gone Girl: New adventures in hi-def
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Our top picks for fall movies
Our top picks for fall movies: Young Charlton Heston in a Chicago-shot Julius Caesar, Jon Stewart’s directorial debut, and more
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V-Day Issue: A power couple like Matt Damon and Ben Affleck, but better
V-Day Issue: Lynn Rondeau and Katy Bird are the type of people who’ll parallel park your car for you.
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The wolf, the leopard, the turkey, and the rest of this week’s screenings
New reviews and notable screenings in this week’s issue
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Chicago International Film Festival, and the rest of this week’s movies
New reviews and notable screenings in this week’s issue
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Comeback kid
Chicago International Film Festival: Ben and Casey Affleck arrive in town for the Chicago premiere of Gone Baby Gone.