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Anyone approaching Jersey Boys expecting a toe-tapping, hand-clapping greatest hits parade à la Rock Of Ages and Mamma Mia! should deflate their chests now: Clint Eastwood’s adaptation of the Tony award-winning musical is a rather sombre drama spiked with moments of gentle humour (and songs). Charting the turbulent career of …

Notorious as the movie that shot United Artists down in flames and sank the career of director Michael Cimino, 1980’s Heaven’s Gate ran spectacularly over-budget and opened to some of the harshest reviews ever. (“An unqualified disaster,” said The New York Times). A grandiose Western based on the Johnson County …

“Face the truth” sighs the lead character in Dark Horse , an overweight, thirty-something underachiever who still lives with, and off, his long-suffering parents. “We’re all horrible people and humanity’s a cesspool!” So far, so Solondz. Yet those expecting another helping of misanthropic cruelty from the Happiness auteur may be …