Take Two

Infamous French writer Colette (1873 – 1954) is the focus of this well-produced biopic starring Kiera Knightly (“Atonement”) and Dominic West (TV’s “The Wire). It was written and directed by […]

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The fourth big screen adaptation of the old Hollywood backstage story is both a critical and box office hit. Bradley Cooper (“The Hangover”) and pop music’s Lady Gaga play romantically […]

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Two-time Oscar winner Emma Thompson stars in “The Children Act,” based on the novel by Ian McEwan. Thompson plays an English judge whose marriage to her professor husband (Stanley Tucci) is […]

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The surprise box office hit “Crazy Rich Asians” features an international cast of actors, all of Chinese ancestry. This familiar but fun romantic comedy treads new ground only in one […]

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A new film noir thriller has a comic touch. “A Simple Favor” stars Anna Kendrick (“Pitch Perfect”) as a widowed housewife and Blake Lively (“The Shallows”) as a femme fatal […]

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The new thriller “Searching” stars John Cho (“Star Trek”) and Debra Messing (TV’s “Will and Grace”). Cho plays a father whose teenage daughter goes missing. He breaks into her computer […]

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“Operation Finale” is a historical drama from filmmaker Chris Weitz (“About a Boy”). It tells the true story of Israel’s intelligence agency Mossad and their efforts to capture the Nazi SS […]

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Chloë Grace Moretz (“The Equalizer”) stars in a coming of age drama adapted from Emily M. Danforth’s novel,”The Miseducation of Cameron Post,” that received acclaim at the Sundance Film Festival. […]

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Scotty Bowers published a book in 2012 called “Full Service” that claimed to have chronicled his life as a pimp during Hollywood’s golden age and how he operated a brothel out […]

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The remarkable true story of Ron Stallworth has been brought to the big screen by director Spike Lee and co-writer Kevin Willmott, who is professor of film at KU. John […]

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