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Muddled, tricksy and cheap: The Corn is Green at the Lyttelton Theatre reviewed

The Corn is Green by Emlyn Williams is a sociology essay written in 1938 about a prickly tyrant, Miss Moffat, who tries to civilise Wales by setting up a village school where sooty-faced miners are taught to read and write. Miss Moffat is an unmarried English layabout who has money to burn and time on

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Benedict Cumberbatch im Kalter-Krieg-Thriller „Der Spion"

Benedict Cumberbatch: "Der Spion": Er wird zum Amateur-Geheimdienstler

Pinterest In der heißen Phase des Kalten Kriegs rekrutieren westliche Geheimdienste einen gewöhnlichen britischen Geschäftsmann, um Informationen eines ehemaligen hochrangigen Offiziers der Sowjetunion nach Großbritannien zu schmuggeln. Die Geschichte von "Der Spion" klingt wie der reißerisch erfundene Stoff eines Hollywood-Drehbuchautors, dabei basiert die Handlung des Thrillers von Regisseur Dominic Cooke (55) auf wahren Begebenheiten. Der packende Film lebt vom grandiosen Zusammenspiel des Duos Benedict Cumberbatch (44, "Sherlock") und Merab Ninidze (55, "Doktor Ballouz") - und der Geschichte selbst. Eine ungewöhnliche (und gefährliche) Freundschaft zwischen Ost und West: Die Handlung Anfang der Sechziger steht die Welt kurz vor einem Atomkrieg. Oleg Penkowski (Ninidze), ein sowjetischer Ex-Offizier mit Freunden im Kreml, füttert die westlichen Geheimdienste mit brisanten Informationen. Um ihn aus der direkten Gefahrenzone zu nehmen, beschließen CIA und MI6, ihm einen unauffälligen Kontaktmann zur Seite zu stellen. Die Wahl fällt auf den Briten Greville Wynne (Cumberbatch), einen Geschäftsmann, der mit Spionage nichts am Hut hat und erst überzeugt werden muss. Nachdem sich die beiden anfreunden und Penkowski aufzufliegen droht, versucht Wynne, ihn gegen den Rat der Geheimdienste aus Moskau herauszuholen.

Film Shorts // May 19-25, 2021

Film Shorts // May 19-25, 2021 OPENING   Counter Column (PG-13) This Christian drama is about a drug dealer (Chris Gonzales) who tries to escape his life by joining the army. Also with Nathan-Andrew Hight, Michael Kaiser, Zane Castor, Ella Haslett, Madeleine Martinez, Diego Medina, and Lars Nielsen. (Opens Friday at Movie Tavern Hulen) The Dry (R) Eric Bana stars in this thriller as a federal agent who returns to his drought-stricken hometown for a funeral and has to reckon with a decades-old unsolved murder. Also with Genevieve O’Reilly, Keir O’Donnell, John Polson, Julia Blake, Bruce Spence, and William Zappa. (Opens Friday in Dallas)

Film Shorts // May 12-18, 2021

Film Shorts // May 12-18, 2021 OPENING   Army of the Dead (R) The latest film by Zack Snyder is about a group of mercenaries who decide to rob a Las Vegas casino after the city is overrun by zombies. Starring Dave Bautista, Ella Purnell, Garret Dillahunt, Nora Arnezeder, Ana de la Reguera, Hiroyuki Sanada, Omari Hardwick, Raúl Castillo, and Tig Notaro. (Opens Friday) The Djinn (R) This horror film stars Ezra Dewey as a mute boy trapped in an apartment with a sinister spirit after he makes a wish. Also with Rob Brownstein, Tevy Poe, John Erickson, and Donald Pitts. (Opens Friday in Dallas)

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Fort Worth Weekly The Paper Tigers (PG-13) This martial-arts comedy is about three middle-aged former kung fu prodigies (Alain Uy, Ron Yuan, and Mykel Shannon Jenkins) who are forced to revive their talents to solve the murder of their master. Also with Yuji Okumoto, Jae Suh Park, Roger Yuan, Peter Adrian Sudarso, Yoshi Sudarso, and Matthew Page. (Opens Friday in Dallas) Image courtesy of YouTube.com OPENING   Above Suspicion (R) This thriller based on the first American conviction for the murder of a federal agent stars Jack Huston as an FBI man who has an illicit affair with his informant (Emilia Clarke). Also with Sophie Lowe, Austin Hébert, Thora Birch, Omar Benson Miller, and Johnny Knoxville. (Opens Friday in Dallas)

Film Shorts // April 28-May 4, 2021

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 West Coast. Glenn Close stars as a mother who takes in her estranged, opioid-addicted daughter (Mila Kunis, looking emaciated with bleached-blonde hair and blackened teeth) to help her stay clean for four days prior to receiving a shot of naltrexone that will prevent her from getting high. The film doesn’t drag, but every argument in this movie feels like something you’ve heard from a thousand other movies about drug addiction. The performances here aren’t enough to lift the film above those, and the direction by Garcia (