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MOVIE REVIEW: Radioactive

By Kurt Jensen Rosamund Pike stars in a scene from the movie "Radioactive". Photo: Amazon Studios/CNS. The key to any good film biography of a scientist is found in the montages that show the discovery or invention that gained the subject fame. On that score, Radioactive (Amazon), the story of Marie Curie (Rosamund Pike), the first woman to be awarded the Nobel Prize for physics, does...
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Yes, God, Yes

Sex is more fun than being Catholic. That’s the basic message of writer-director Karen Maine’s semi-autobiographical drama Yes, God, Yes (Vertical).

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Palm Springs

There’s an adolescent quality to the nihilism that underlies director Max Barbakow’s feature debut, the romantic comedy Palm Springs (Neon/Hulu). Its frivolous and degraded view of matters sexual is equally immature.

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Greyhound

The novels of British author CS Forrester (1899 to 1966) have proved a rich resource for Hollywood. In 1951, for example, Gregory Peck took the title role in Captain Horatio Hornblower, playing the protagonist of Forrester’s popular series of books about the Napoleonic Wars.

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Wasp Network

The furtive world of Miami-based activists working either on behalf of or against the Castro regime in Cuba in the 1990s is lazily re-created in the undisciplined drama Wasp Network (Netflix).

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Irresistible

While it may not be all its title promises, TV comedian-turned-writer-director Jon Stewart’s clever political satire Irresistible (Focus) is certainly appealing.

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Saint Frances

A grotesque treatment of abortion and a misguided view of faith are the most notable elements of Saint Frances (Oscilloscope).

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7500

Viewers’ reaction to the hijacking thriller 7500 (Amazon) might depend on how far the memory of 9/11 has receded for them.

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Artemis Fowl

In the hands of such great artists as British novelist JRR. Tolkien or Irish poet WB Yeats, the elements of medieval lore have been deployed to great effect.

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‘Sweet Magnolias’, streaming on Netflix

The problems are manageable and the characters generally sympathetic in the pleasantly enjoyable, though slightly bland, series Sweet Magnolias. Ten hour-long episodes of the drama, created by Sheryl J Anderson, are currently streaming on Netflix.

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