Skip ‘Batman v Superman’ and read ‘Dark Knight Returns’ instead
“Batman v Superman” arrived at the box office Friday dogged with scathing reviews and a 30 percent rating on Rotten Tomatoes, with The Post’s Lou Lumenick calling it a bloated mess in which Ben...
View ArticleEnough already with all the TV after-shows
Saturday’s announcement that “Orphan Black” is launching a weekly post-show called “After the Black” left us scratching our heads. The BBC America thriller about human cloning peaked in terms of buzz...
View Article‘Empire’ is finally back, but was it worth the wait?
“Empire” may never be the sensation it was a year ago, when people made sure they were in front of their TVs on Wednesday nights. But executive producer Danny Strong has taken tentative steps to...
View ArticleAnna Kendrick and Sam Rockwell’s chemistry is off the charts in ‘Mr. Right’
Chemistry counts for an awful lot in a romantic comedy, and I’d be hard-pressed to name a more compatible recent screen couple than Anna Kendrick and Sam Rockwell (in spite of their nearly 17-year age...
View ArticleThe grief is honest and beautiful in ‘Louder Than Bombs’
An acutely observed song of sorrow that shares much with “Ordinary People” (including the name of a protagonist), “Louder Than Bombs” studies a family in transition after the death of a loved one....
View ArticleHigh-energy ‘High Strung’ just wants to dance
There is an unintentionally hilarious moment at the start of “High Strung” in which a shirtless male violinist (Nicholas Galitzine) plays music furiously in bed after waking up; “If it stays trapped...
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