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Down from the mountain
Like his characters, David Mamet applies his code of conduct to an unforgiving world
By Theodore Witcher
“Everything has a force. Embrace it or deflect it. Why oppose it?”
Thus instructs Chiwetel Ejiofor’s jujitsu teacher to an aging, bitter movie star played by Tim Allen in David Mamet’s latest, Redbelt, the celebrated dramatist’s 10th... >more
A sickly sweet confection by Mike D'Angelo
Speed Racer’s eye candy will soon give you a headache
Movie adaptations of ancient TV shows generally appeal to folks who bear some degree of nostalgic affection for the original series. But Speed Racer, the Wachowski brothers’ mega-budget, CGI-heavy reimagining of the ’60s anime import, seems likely to connect only with two radically disparat... >more
What Happens in Vegas by Josh Bell
Audiences never had to sit through Where’s the Beef: The Movie or a big-screen take on Can You Hear Me Now?, but a bastardized version of our fair city’s advertising slogan (the actual phrasing is “What happens here, stays here”) is now the inspiration for this forgettable romantic... >more
Young @ Heart by Benjamin Spacek
Despite its title, Young @ Heart has nothing to do with Frank Sinatra. Rather, the documentary follows a group of Massachusetts-based retirees (with an average age of 80, the director informs us) who have formed a unique sort of chorus. Although the members admit that they prefer classical ... >more
Redbelt by Mike D'Angelo
In a notable essay he wrote for the Village Voice a couple of months back, playwright and filmmaker David Mamet formally renounced his long-held status as a “brain-dead liberal.” Which is fine, I suppose, given the guy’s privileged degree of wealth and comfort, but I can’t help ... >more
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5th World
Livandrea Knoki, Sheldon Silentwalker, Ernest Tsosie III. Directed by Blackhorse Lowe. 75 minutes. Not rated. Two young Navajos hitchhike home through the Navajo reservation, falling in love along the way. Clark County Library, 1401 E. ... >more
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Anime Academy for Adults
Showings of Japanese animated movies and TV shows for ages 18+. This month, favorites voted for by patrons. Clark County Library, 1401 E. Flamingo Road, 507-3458. 4/19, 2 pm, free.
The Big Read 1920s Film... >more
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A smooth ride by Josh Bell
Taxi to the Dark Side makes its incendiary case in a calm manner
This year’s Academy Award-winner for Best Documentary, Alex Gibney’s Taxi to the Dark Side is yet another film about the war in the Middle East, and another treatise that’s critical of U.S. policy. Delivered in a subdued, almost sedate tone, Gibney’s film is the opposite of a gimmicky Micha... >more
CJ7 by Mike D'Angelo
Clearly conceived as an affectionate homage to E.T., CJ7, the latest aggressively digital comedy from Hong Kong superstar Chow (Shaolin Soccer, Kung Fu Hustle), so slavishly follows Spielberg’s boy-and-his-alien template that it sometimes threatens to turn into a subtitled... >more
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