Take Two

Take Two

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Take Two episodes

  • Take Two: “Vice” (R)

    Writer/director Adam McKay (“The Big Short”) offers a tongue-in-cheek portrait of former Vice President, Dick Cheney. “Vice” starts Christian Bale (“The Dark Knight”) as Cheney, Amy Adams (“Sharp Objects”) as […]

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    2 min
  • Take Two: “Ben is Back” (R)

    Filmmaker Peter Hedges (“Pieces of April”) has fashioned a drama about how drug addiction affects a family. “Ben is Back” stars Julia Roberts and Lucas Hedges in the story of […]

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    2 min
  • Take Two: “The Favourite” (R)
    Emma Stone, Rachel Weisz and Olivia Coleman star in "The Favourite," a caustic comic drama about two ladies of the 18th century court of Queen Anne who employ Machiavellian means as they vie for the queen’s favor. It was directed by Greek filmmaker Yorgos Lanthimos, best known for the quirky arthouse entry, "The Lobster."
    2 min
  • Take Two: “Maria By Callas” (PG)

    Celebrated operatic diva Maria Callas tells her own story in the documentary “Maria By Callas.” Footage from home movies, interviews and film and television appearances are edited together to allow […]

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    2 min
  • Take Two: “Widows” (R)

    Director Steve McQueen (“12 Years a Slave”) and screenwriter Gillian Flynn (“Gone Girl”) join forces for a gritty, realistic heist film, “Widows.” Viola Davis plays a woman whose husband (Liam […]

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    2 min
  • Take Two: “Beautiful Boy” (R)

    Duel memoirs by father and son writers David and Nicholas Sheff provide the basis for this drama that marks the first English-language film by Belgian director Felix Van Groeningen. Steve Carell […]

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    2 min
  • Take Two: “Wildlife” (PG-13)

    If understatement is a virtue, then “Wildlife,” a film adaptation of Richard Ford’s 1990 novel, has virtue to spare. This drama about the dissolution of a marriage marks the directorial debut […]

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    2 min
  • Take Two: “Can You Ever Forgive Me?” (R)

    Comedienne Melissa McCarthy makes a rare dramatic turn as famed author Lee Israel in the intriguing story, “Can You Ever Forgive Me?” The screenplay is based on Israel’s book that […]

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    2 min
  • Take Two: “First Man” (PG-13)

    “First Man” is the first collaboration between writer/director Damien Chazelle and actor Ryan Gosling since their acclaimed work on “La La Land.” This biopic is about Neil Armstrong, the first […]

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    2 min
  • “The Hate U Give” (PG-13)

    Amandla Stenberg (“Everything, Everything”) stars in a Young Audiences story of a young African American girl who lives in the ghetto and attends an upscale school on the white side of town. […]

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    2 min

About Take Two

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The "Take Two" short segment reviews independently made films and art-house movies currently showing in Kansas City. Take Two first went on the air in 2012 and is co-hosted by Russ Simmons, producer of the “Freeze Frame” short segment, and Susan Sanders.