The Streaming Wars Are On! AppleTV+ Debuts, But Should We Sign Up?
NOVEMBER 14, 2019 The first shot fired on November 1: The debut of AppleTV+. It introduced four new streaming series, with the promise of many more as the week’s progress.…
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There’s a Powerful Film On Teen Drug Addiction Buried Somewhere Inside “Beautiful Boy,” But This One Ain’t It
NOVEMBER 12, 2018 “Beautiful Boy,” a story about a young man’s deepening drug addiction and his father’s desperate attempt to pull him back from the abyss, seems designed to…
10 Best Actors You Should Put On Your Oscar Radar
SEPTEMBER 7, 2018 Welcome to the fourth in Exact Change Today‘s series of the 10 best early Oscar contenders in each of the four acting categories. For the past…
Richard Linklater’s “Last Flag Flying” — Three Veterans Hit the Road for Their Last Mission
NOVEMBER 13, 2017 Writer/director Richard Linklater is nothing if not wide-ranging in his taste. From the stoner comedy “Dazed and Confused,” the achingly romantic “Before…” trilogy and the Academy…
Emma Stone and Steve Carell Shine in the Entertaining “Battle of the Sexes”
SEPTEMBER 28, 2017 It all seems so quaint now, but in 1973, it was a circus. If you were there at the time, you’ll never forget the spectacle in…
“The Big Short” — How Do You Make a Movie About Subprime Mortgages Sexy? Cast Pitt, Bale, Carell and Gosling
DECEMBER 28, 2015 I know that there was a movie about subprime mortgages screaming to be made, but I didn’t expect “The Big Short.” When in 2013, it was…
