Our critics’ selections
Inside Job A riveting chronicle of the financial crash of 2008 and its continuing aftershocks, Charles Ferguson’s documentary has all the twists and turns of a classic heist drama. PG-13
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Lou Catron taught theater and life
Retired Prof. Louis E. Catron died Oct. 30 after a long illness. He was noted for his direction of popular William & Mary Theatre musicals, classical plays, modern dramas and comedies.
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Sapphire, Woman Behind ‘Precious’ Movie, Signs Deal To Do ‘Push’ Sequel
Filed under: Fiction , Publishing News Last year’s Academy Awards-garnering drama ‘Precious’ has provided the woman who originated the story with a great leverage opportunity. Sapphire , legally known as Ramona Lofton , has signed a major deal for the harrowing story’s sequel. A New York City-based poet, who has also published three collections of poetry, sold her first novel, ‘Push,’ to Vintage …
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Review: ‘Unstoppable’
For their fourth collaboration, in 2009, director Tony Scott and star Denzel Washington made a train-themed thriller. For their fifth collaboration, in 2010, Scott and Washington made a train-themed thriller. Who says there are no new ideas in Hollywood?
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