At the Avon "Nomadland" a major contender for more than one Academy Award, will play through Friday, April 8 at 6:20 p.m. Don't miss this great movie. Go for a double-header Friday, when the theater will show the best documentary shorts at 3:10 p.m. Grab
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4/7/21
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At the Avon
THE FATHER
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(Joyce)***½
(Don) It can be a bit disconcerting, two 80-somethings watching a film about an octogenarian dealing with dementia.
Co-writer and …
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3/24/21
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TOM AND JERRY *** Animated/live feature I grew up with Tom and Jerry cartoon shorts. So did my kids. So did my grandkids. Well, they're back - this time in a combination animated/live action feature that you can catch at the Warwick Showcase or on HBO
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3/3/21
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NOMADLAND **** We have been waiting months for this Golden Globe nominee starring Frances McDormand, which has been a big hit at dozens of film festivals. "e;Nomadland"e; is one of those films that is hard to categorize - part fiction and very much a
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2/24/21
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TWO OF US
***½ (Joyce)
*** (Don)
The French know how to make romantic movies.
This one is about two aging women who have found love together and have made it work for decades …
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2/17/21
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THE NEXT THREE DAYS
***½
This 2010 Netflix film provides a couple of hours of escapism with an A list of stars and an exciting if implausible plot.
Elizabeth Banks plays the mother …
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2/10/21
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SUPERNOVA
*** (Don)
***½ (Joyce)
This poignant tale about early onset dementia has two great performances by Colin Firth as Sam and Stanley Tucci as Tusker, two aging men who have …
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2/3/21
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NAVIGATING NETFLIX There are no new movies at the only two movie theaters open in Rhode Island. Half the movies at Showcase are streaming on TV at a cost below what you would pay at the box office ("e;One Night in Miami,"e; for example). Like many others, we
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1/27/21
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On Netflix LILYHAMMER Seasons 2 and 3 continue the story of the NYC mobster who becomes a leading citizen in a Norwegian town. The stories get darker and darker, and unfortunately a bit too much quirkier and kinkier. The language, violence and sex reach
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1/20/21
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On Netflix RECTIFY **** Michael O'Neil plays Daniel Holden, a death row inmate who was accused of rape and murder at the age of 18, and is released on a technicality after 19 years. The four-season 2013 show, originally seen on the Sundance Channel, is a
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By DON AND JOYCE FOWLER
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1/13/21
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At the Showcase NEWS OF THE WORLD **** Moving Western tale Tom Hanks stars as Captain Jefferson Kyle Kidd, a Texan who travels from small town to small town a few years after the Civil War to bring "e;The News of the World"e; to the townsfolk (hence the
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By JOYCE & DON FOWLER
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1/6/21
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BLACK BOTTOM****
Rhode Island’s own Viola Davis teams with the late Chadwick Boseman to bring August Wilson’s “Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom” to the screen in this …
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12/30/20
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