With another Black Friday (er, Thursday) in the books, the national media has Walmart on the brain, but this year it’s not just stories of deal-seeking grannies elbowing their fellow citizens out of the way.
David Ramsey
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Sunday To-Do: Moscow Ballet’s ‘The Nutcracker’
The Moscow Ballet’s production of “The Nutcracker” comes to Robinson Center Music Hall Sunday.
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Saturday To-Do: Quintron & Miss Pussycat
Quintron & Miss Pussycat play at Low Key Arts in Hot Springs Saturday.
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Film Seeks Local Talent for Role of Patsy Cline
Chase Film Productions will be in town this Saturday holding auditions for the role of country legend Patsy Cline.
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Thursday To-Do: Lost Bayou Ramblers
The Lost Bayou Ramblers play White Water Tavern Thursday.
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‘Scott Pilgrim’ v. himself
A good concept gets undone by an unlikable protagonist.
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Extra pulp
“Shutter Island” doubles down on the trashy pulp, all swagger and light on emotional import; it’s as if Scorsese feels obligated to make up, film by film, for the mushy Oscar-bait (“The Age of Innocence,” “Kundun,” “The Aviator”) that befuddled many fans.
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Childhood distilled
In the beautifully understated opening sentence of Maurice Sendak’s “Where the Wild Things Are,” we learn that the young protagonist, Max, “makes mischief of one kind and another.”
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A wacko masterpiece
“There Will Be Blood,” Paul Thomas Anderson’s nightmare vision of an oil tycoon’s rise and fall, is an unwieldy and tonally spastic film. It is at times ponderous and almost always laughably over the top. It’s also terrific.