New reviews and notable screenings in this week’s issue
Tag: Meryl Streep
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Let the Stars Do the Heavy Lifting
I have a new respect for the system of rating films by giving them stars: it can spare critics the bother of saying more than they need to say about a movie.
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Madam, I’m Adam
In this week’s issue, Cliff Doerksen reviews Max Mayer’s romantic comedy Adam, with Hugh Dancy as a young man who suffers from Asperger’s syndrome and Rose Byrne as the young woman who finds him attractive. “Like many films of its genre,” Cliff writes, “it’s less interesting as a movie than as a map of gender […]
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6/27 — Outdoor sing-along screening of Mamma Mia!
A sing-along screening of the 2008 film “Mamma Mia!” Saturday evening at Osterman Beach
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Meryl cast as Julia, Nora to direct
Meryl Streep is to play Julia Child in Nora Ephron’s upcoming adaptation of Julie & Julia.
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Right performer, wrong film
Meryl Streep wins another Golden Globe–but not for the role she should have.