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'The Mystery of Marilyn Monroe' revisits her life and death 60 years later through unheard tapes

4 years 5 months ago
Hello again, Norma Jean, as the 60th anniversary of Marilyn Monroe's death brings renewed opportunities to revisit her life and legacy, without really bringing anything substantially new to the party. "The Mystery of Marilyn Monroe: The Unheard Tapes" has one hook in recorded interviews with those who knew her, but offsets that with a clumsy device to illustrate those conversations.

'The Survivor' focuses on Harry Haft's remarkable Holocaust story

4 years 5 months ago
The underlying story is better than the movie in "The Survivor," but that material is so harrowing as to win on what amounts to a split decision. Timed to Holocaust Remembrance Day, the film isn't equal to the awards bait HBO has traditionally offered in the TV-movie genre, but it should inspire plenty of googling about the remarkable tale of Harry Haft.

'The Wire' merges with Baltimore policing's reality in 'We Own This City'

4 years 5 months ago
If "The Wire" defined the futility of the drug war -- and not incidentally ranks as one of the greatest series ever made in the eyes of a loyal few -- its fictional look at policing Baltimore merges with a fact-based version in "We Own This City," a spare but bleak window into a culture of corruption that plagued the city's police department.
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