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Front Row at the Movies: Jane Austen Double Feature
Which film is better? I lean toward the performances in “Sense and Sensibility,” but have always preferred the storyline in “Pride & Prejudice.” The simple answer: See them both. Your English Lit professor would approve.
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Tropic Sprockets: Jane Austen Double Feature
Both “Sense and Sensibility” and “Pride & Prejudice” make torturous twins in the ways of the heart with a mother’s spirit steadfast and always at the ready.
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Tropic Sprockets: Housekeeping for Beginners
While one’s senses might be quick to label the domestic entanglements nonsensical, braying, and chaotic, the naturalistic approach is absolutely authentic, textured in reality. Young Mia, glib and irreverent, single-handedly saves the film with her innocently amoral one liners, free of judgment.
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Front Row at the Movies: The Fall Guy
David Leitch considers the movie to be a love letter to stunts. “We knew we had to be authentic in that world.” The film broke a Guinness World Record for the most cannon rolls in a car, with eight and a half rolls performed by real-life stunt driver Logan Holladay.
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Tropic Sprockets: The Fall Guy
Blunt has never been better, while Gosling sparkles across the screen with absolute comical charisma. Not since Indiana Jones or “The Blues Brothers” has so much action exploded upon the screen.
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Front Row at the Movies: Challengers
This may be Luca Guadagnino’s most accessible film, despite its leave-you- wondering ending. Game … set … love?
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Front Row at the Movies: The Mark of Zorro
Rathbone was reasonably impressed with Tyrone Power’s swordsmanship. He said, “Power was the most agile man with a sword I’ve ever faced before a camera. Tyrone could have fenced Errol Flynn into a cocked hat.”
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Front Row at the Movies: Macbeth
As directed by Shakespeare stalwart Simon Godwin, this production of “Macbeth” is an updated retelling, where Shakespeare’s 11th-century battleground is turned into a modern-day war zone.
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Tropic Sprockets: Monkey Man
Patel is engaging and likable, but his Jekyll and Hyde role is not enough to quell the torrents of epileptic flashing and hyperactive bloodshed.
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Tropic Sprockets: Challengers
This is another fine outing from Guadagnino, exploring the toxins of jealousy, ego, and sexual dependence.
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