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'Good Luck to You, Leo Grande' gives Emma Thompson a grand showcase

4 years 3 months ago
Emma Thompson lays herself bare in the dramedy "Good Luck to You, Leo Grande," but it's the emotional aspects that deserve the most attention, in this funny and sensitively told two-hander that, understandably, is making its debut on Hulu. Taking place almost entirely inside a hotel room, it's a movie bathed in poignance and sweetness as well as sex and longing.

'Spiderhead' is a lousy name for a not-much-better movie

4 years 3 months ago
"Spiderhead" was made for promos -- Chris Hemsworth! Miles Teller! The director of "Top Gun: Maverick!" The writers of "Deadpool!" -- without adding up to much of a movie. Produced for Netflix, it's another sci-fi concept set about 10 minutes in the future, although its techno-babble about manipulating the brain doesn't help in selling what's on screen.

Watergate at 50: A viewers guide to remembering the scandal

4 years 3 months ago
Watergate is having another made-for-TV moment, in concert with the 50th anniversary of the original break-in that ultimately led to Richard Nixon's resignation. Combine that with a new round of televised hearings about alleged White House corruption, and everything old really does seem new again.

Jeff Bridges brings life to the spy drama 'The Old Man'

4 years 3 months ago
The spy genre is so well worn one would think there's not much new to be done, but "The Old Man" largely confounds those expectations, thanks to the stellar combination of Jeff Bridges and John Lithgow. Seeking a precedent for this FX series, the best might be "Robin and Marian," in which Robin Hood's swashbuckling met up with the cold realities of creaking bones and geriatric limitations.
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