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Mitchell Zuckoff, author of the newly published “Robert Altman: The Oral Biography,” will discuss the life and career of the Kansas City-born film director in a free presentation Monday. For the book, Zuckoff interviewed more than 200 of Altman’s friends, co-workers, enemies and family members.
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John Cusack and Amanda Peet face the end of the world in "2012."
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Now we know how the world ends — with a whimper, a very loud whimper. That’s the conundrum of “2012”: We’re so bored by the human characters we end up rooting for the apocalypse.
All windup and no delivery, “Pirate Radio” puts a bunch of eccentric characters in a confined space and hopes that will be enough. It isn’t, but the film has its moments.
Some actors are so much fun you’ll even watch them in a film you didn’t care about. Michael Sheen is one of those performers.
First features don’t get much more ambitious than the St. Louis-shot “Streetballers,” which comes to the Tivoli after racking up kudos on the festival circuit. Matt Krentz’s debut reminds a bit of Edward Burns’ “The Brothers McMullen.” In both cases a multiple-threat filmmaker (Krentz wrote, directed, produced and stars) handles material with which he is familiar and comfortable.
With computer effects, Zoe Saldana becomes a fetching alien in James Cameron's "Avatar" (Dec. 18).
For young to old, funny to serious, our holiday movie guide is stuffed with gifts for all sorts:
