Pete Davidson authentically channels grief in ‘The King of Staten Island’
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“Staten Island” follows Davidson as Scott, a 20-something amateur tattoo artist whose life fell off track after the death of his father.
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‘Frankie’ understatedly explores family dynamics in wake of impending loss
While this seems to be a set up of high emotions and tumultuous melodrama, “Frankie” moves at a slow pace so that the characters have the appropriate space and scenes to give a glimpse into their issues without overshadowing Frankie and her own dilemma, which Huppert portrays with graceful, almost regal, ambivalence.
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Daily Cal Arts’ 10 films to see in theaters this week
It’s the height of summer, but theaters around the Bay Area are currently resplendent in a wide variety of amazing pictures right now, from tentpole superhero movies to quiet, meditative micro-budget films
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Marvel’s ‘Spider-Man: Homecoming’ puts the amazing back in Spider-Man
The normalcy of Peter Parker (excellently portrayed by bright-eyed Tom Holland) carries this film and helps create a new blueprint for superhero movies — movies more interested in the lives of all of the people, rather than the spectacle of putting those lives at stake.
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