Stephen Schaefer
Film Critic and Entertainment Writer at Boston Herald
Contributing Writer at Hartford Courant
Film critic, entertainment writer, movie mad
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bostonherald.com | Stephen Schaefer
At 16, Germany’s Helena Zengel rates as an acting veteran who leads the way with Friday’s theatrical family fantasy film “The Legend of Ochi.”Berlin born and raised, Zengel is known in America for her remarkable work as a Kiowa speaking orphan opposite Tom Hanks in the 2020 Western “News of the World.”“Ochi,” which costars Willem Dafoe and Finn Wolfhard (“Stranger Things”), finds Zengel’s Yuri on a farm in a remote village in Carpathia where live the elusive animal species, Ochi.
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bostonherald.com | Stephen Schaefer
“Star Wars: Andor” S2 streams on Disney+ April 22, continuing the winning streak of this prequel to the prequel “Rogue One: A Star Wars Story,” (which is a prequel to the 1977 “Star Wars” film that started it all). Why, we asked the actors who play the series’ two malicious villains, Kyle Soller (Sryil Karn) and Denise Gough (Deedra Meero), does George Lucas’ continually expanding saga endure nearly a half century since it launched?
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3 days ago |
bostonherald.com | Stephen Schaefer
Friday’s sequel to “The Accountant” reunites Ben Affleck, 52, with Jon Berthnal, 48, and Cynthia Addai-Robinson, 40, from the 2016 original. This time, Affleck’s autistic mathematical savant Christian Wolff must partner with his long estranged, hired assassin brother Brax (Bernthal) and U.S. Treasury Deputy Director Marybeth Medina (Addai-Robinson) to expose and survive a deadly conspiracy and its corps of assassins.
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4 days ago |
bostonherald.com | Stephen Schaefer
“Sneaks,” the all-star animated adventure of a designer sneaker trying to reunite with its mate, was a no-brainer for Macy Gray. The singer with the distinctively throaty voice said an immediate Yes to voicing slinky Adriana, the ex-wife of JB (Martin Lawrence). “It was just one of those lucky days,” Gray, 57, reflected in a Zoom interview. “They sent me the script, and it was very in the beginning stage.
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4 days ago |
bostonherald.com | Stephen Schaefer
“Étoile,” the French word for “star,” is Amy Sherman-Palladino and her husband Daniel Palladino’s new series. A follow-up to their popular, award-winning “The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel,” “Étoile” pivots on two world-class ballet companies – one in New York, the other in Paris – deciding to dramatically switch their starry soloists to see what happens creatively, financially and personally. Among the large ensemble, France’s Charlotte Gainsbourg, 53, leads the pan-oceanic way as Genevieve La Vie.
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