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2 weeks ago | 
nystagereview.com | Frank Scheck
Contrary to what you might assume from the poster art showing him erupting in an anguished scream, John Krasinski doesn’t play the title role in Angry Alan, the new play being presented at off-Broadway’s Studio Seaview. In this (mostly) one-person drama written by British playwright Penelope Skinner and (as the credits put it) “created with” Don Mackay, Krasinski plays Roger, a middle-aged man who’s hit hard times.
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2 weeks ago | 
hollywoodreporter.com | Frank Scheck
Social media identities, gun laws and the blue state/red state divide are but some of the issues touched on in Our Hero, Balthazar, the zeitgeist-tapping dark comedy receiving its world premiere at the Tribeca Film Festival. Alternately disturbing and brutally funny, and ending with the sort of capper that perfectly encapsulates its provocative ethos, this marks an auspicious directorial debut for Oscar Boyson.
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msn.com | Frank Scheck
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2 weeks ago | 
hollywoodreporter.com | Frank Scheck
It’s been a particular pleasure to watch the blossoming of Nick Offerman’s acting career in recent years. The actor, who rose to fame with his hilariously droll performance as Ron Swanson in the hit series Parks and Recreation, has never stopped working.
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2 weeks ago | 
yahoo.com | Frank Scheck
It’s been a particular pleasure to watch the blossoming of Nick Offerman’s acting career in recent years. The actor, who rose to fame with his hilariously droll performance as Ron Swanson in the hit series Parks and Recreation, has never stopped working.
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2 weeks ago | 
flipboard.com | Frank Scheck
Chris Pratt, 45, Shocks With Shaggy Hair and Beard in Shocking TransformationWe didn't even realize it was him! Chris Pratt may be known for his clean-cut good looks, but the Guardians of the Galaxy star, 45, can easily …
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3 weeks ago | 
hollywoodreporter.com | Frank Scheck
Stop me if you’ve heard this one before. A young priest who’s recently suffered a personal tragedy and is struggling with issues of faith teams up with an older, veteran priest to perform an exorcism on a young girl who’s been exhibiting disturbing signs of demonic possession. The younger priest is skeptical, believing that her manifestations could be the result of psychological disturbance. The older priest is resolute, determined to once more do battle with the Devil. No, I mean it, stop me.
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3 weeks ago | 
yahoo.com | Frank Scheck
Generate Key TakeawaysStop me if you’ve heard this one before. A young priest who’s recently suffered a personal tragedy and is struggling with issues of faith teams up with an older, veteran priest to perform an exorcism on a young girl who’s been exhibiting disturbing signs of demonic possession. The younger priest is skeptical, believing that her manifestations could be the result of psychological disturbance. The older priest is resolute, determined to once more do battle with the Devil.
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3 weeks ago | 
hollywoodreporter.com | Frank Scheck
A Viking warrior, a Japanese ninja and a Hispanic World War II fighter pilot walk into a bar… It’s not the beginning of a bad joke, but rather the unlikely connective tissue in the new animated Predator movie directed by Dan Trachtenberg, who has undeniably given the franchise new creative life.
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3 weeks ago | 
nystagereview.com | Frank Scheck
In the opening moments of Donald Margulies’ new play, we see a character in the shadows, sobbing profusely. That turns out to be the most dramatic moment in Lunar Eclipse, which depicts an evening-long conversation between a long-married couple as they watch the titular event. It might sound like the recipe for a listless evening in the theater, but when those two characters are played by Reed Birney and Lisa Emery it’s anything but.
