“A Kid Like Jake” handles a complicated topic with sensitivity and grace. This is not an after-school special. In depicting the life of a Brooklyn couple (Jim Parsons and Claire Danes) whose kindergarten-bound son, Jake (Leo James Davis), enjoys dressing in tutus and pretending he’s a Disney princess, director Silas...
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Oscar Nominations 2016
So it’s Oscar nomination day, an annual event I always looked forward to back when I had a day job. The announcement comes super-early — 5:38 a.m. Pacific time, to be exact, all the better to take advantage of morning TV news programs — but everyone’s in a good mood...
Read moreRogerEbert.com — Fort Tilden
Harper and Allie are terrible people: selfish, clueless Brooklyn 20somethings who are so inept, they can’t go for an afternoon bike ride to the beach without turning it into a debacle. But by the end of this vicious indie comedy, you’ll surprisingly find yourself caring about whether they make it...
Read moreWhat the Flick?! — The Drop
Based on a Dennis Lehane short story (and Lehane himself wrote the script), this is a totally solid crime drama which may seem a little familiar with its low-life figures and working-class setting. But it’s so well-made, well-cast and well-acted that not only will you not mind, you’ll be thoroughly...
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