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Film Shorts // April 28-May 4, 2021 OPENING Cliff Walkers (NR) This Chinese spy thriller by Zhang Yimou ( Hero) is about a group of agents (Qin Hailu, Yu Hewei, Zhang Yi, and Zhu Yawen) who return to their Japanese-occupied country in the 1930s to find that they’ve been betrayed by persons unknown. Also with Liu Haocun, Li Naiwen, and Ni Dahong. (Opens Friday at AMC Grapevine Mills) Four Good Days (R) Rodrigo Garcia delivers yet another dull, earnest drama about white people living on the Wes...

Film Shorts // April 21-27, 2021 Mortal Kombat (R) A second film adaptation of the 1990s arcade video game, this martial-arts movie is about an evil overlord (Chin Han) who summons the world’s best fighters to a tournament. Also with Lewis Tan, Jessica McNamee, Joe Taslim, Hiroyuki Sanada, Josh Lawson, Tadanobu Asano, Ludi Lin, Max Huang, Sisi Stringer, Nathan Jones, and Mehcad Brooks. (Opens Friday)  Photo courtesy of YouTube.com OPENING Demon Slayer the Movie: Mugen Train (R) A big-screen ...

Benedict Cumberbatch Is a Spy With Soul in The Courier—But Hes Not the Only Reason to Watch Time 1 hr ago © Courtesy of Lionsgate Merab Ninidze and Benedict Cumberbatch in The Courier The trappings of spycraft we see in the movies—the tiny cameras, the furtive code words uttered into pay phones, the trench-coated figures darting about in the shadows—are now so familiar that they come across as anything but secretive. But in real life, a spy has to merge into his or her surroundings l...

Film Shorts // April 14-20, 2021 Vanquish (R) This thriller stars Ruby Rose as a former mob drug courier who becomes the target of extortion after a retired cop (Morgan Freeman) kidnaps her daughter. Also with Patrick Muldoon, Nick Vallelonga, Ekaterina Baker, and Julie Lott. (Opens Friday) Photo courtesy of YouTube.com OPENING Jakob’s Wife (NR) The latest horror film by Travis Stevens ( Girl on the Third Floor) stars Barbara Crampton as a small-town minister’s wife who rediscovers her yout...

From London to Moscow, ’The Courier’ unveils the real life of a Cold War spy From London to Moscow, ’The Courier’ unveils the real life of a Cold War spy For a generation of movie and television fans a spy is someone who jets around the world, flirting with the opposite sex and getting into the occasional fight or car chase. Whether your favourite spy be Sidney Bristow, XXX or the leader of the pack James Bond they all live pretty much the same life. The weird thing that in comparison t...

Heres whats playing — April 9-15 — at in-person and virtual cinemas in the Berkshires and environs. Where films have been reviewed, the capsules include the name of the film critic and the day the full review was posted on berkshireeagle.com. All reviews are by Associated Press critics. GODZILLA VS. KONG (PG-13) Let the epic monster battle begin! Kong and his protectors undertake a perilous journey to find his true home. Along for the ride is Jia, an orphaned girl who has a unique and...

Film Shorts // April 7-13, 2021 The Man Who Sold His Skin (NR) Nominated for the Oscar for Best International Film, this Tunisian drama is about a Syrian refugee (Yahya Mahyani) who becomes a living art exhibit in a museum. Also with Dea Liane, Koen de Bouw, Saad Lostan, Christian Vadim, Darina al-Joundi, and Monica Bellucci. (Opens Friday in Dallas) Photo courtesy of YouTube.com. OPENING   Held (NR) Jill Awbrey and Bart Johnson star in this horror film as a couple trying to repair their marri...

Film Shorts your username OPENING Assault on VA-33 (R) This thriller is about a PTSD-afflicted veteran (Sean Patrick Flanery) who is forced into action after the VA hospital that he’s in is taken hostage by armed terrorists. Also with Michael Jai White, Mark Dacascos, Weston Cage Coppola, Gina Holden, Brittany Underwood, and Rachel True. (Opens Friday in Dallas) Every Breath You Take (R) Casey Affleck stars in this thriller as a psychiatrist who allows the brother (Sam Claflin) of a recently ...

The new Cold War film “ The Courier ” about a Soviet whistleblower and the British businessman who helped transport information to Western intelligence agencies is both based on real events and people and also is very much the product of a screenwriter’s imagination. That’s not to criticize the film written by Tom O’Connor (“The Hitman’s Bodyguard”) and directed by Dominic Cooke (“On Chesil Beach”). It’s simply to say that it is more histor...

Skip to main content Currently Reading The Courier is a throwback to the kind of solid yet fun spy thriller they dont make anymore Ann Hornaday, The Washington Post March 17, 2021 FacebookTwitterEmail 3 1of3Benedict Cumberbatch, left, plays real-life Cold-War spy Greville Wynne in "The Courier."Liam Daniel/Lionsgate and Roadside AttractionsShow MoreShow Less 2of3Jessie Buckley in "The Courier."Liam Daniel/Lionsgate and Roadside AttractionsShow MoreShow Less 3of3 Benedict Cumberbatc...