Therefore, you’re forgiven if you’d think “Falco,” about the Austrian singer best-known for the ’80s smash “Rock Me Amadeus,” was a put-on. It’s not. And it’s also not half-bad. After a lonely, miserable childhood in which his mom calls his cheating dad “Dr. Manwhore,” Hans Hölzel (Manuel Rubey) grows up to be a musician in the […]
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Of Gods and Men
While not a documentary, “Of Gods and Men” focuses on a group that is nonetheless real: French monks. Either way, you can’t get further from “Fast Five” this weekend. Hope you like subtitles. Opening Friday exclusively at AMC Quail Springs Mall 24, 2501 W Memorial, the Cannes Film Festival winner from writer/director Xavier Beauvois […]
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Love and Other Drugs
As real as her body is, her performance isn’t up to snuff. Ed Zwick’s film is half a good movie; see it for the “and Other Drugs” part that kicks it off. That’s the portion infused with effervescence, pulling back the curtain on the cutthroat world of pharmaceutical reps that Jamie Randall (Jake Gyllenhaal) jumps […]