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The hour-or-so special makes for an ideal aperitif to wash away the aftertaste of a brutal work week. Even high-brow productions such as HBOвЂ™s вЂњMare of EasttownвЂќ arenвЂ™t spared. ItвЂ™s discussed with a sly wink and loaded with hilarious examples. вЂњAttack of the Hollywood Cliches!вЂќ: Rob Lowe takes us on a diverting jaunt through the tried and tired formulaic screenwriting tricks from the вЂњmeet cuteвЂќ to the вЂњmaverick copвЂќ to the вЂњtalking to tombstonesвЂќ scene. Details: 3ВЅ stars now playing in select theaters. This is a director with moxie to burn and the talent to back it up. If you thought DucournauвЂ™s first feature вЂњRawвЂќ was bizarro, you havenвЂ™t seen anything yet. But this is a gorgeous slab of filmmaking, never boring, always fascinating. The less said about what all goes on the better. The hard-R-rated film (how it escaped NC-17 is beyond me) operates on fury and fire and artistry, as the protagonist Alexia flees the scene of a horrific crime and then gets close with a firefighter daddy figure (Vincent Lindon). Filmmaker Julia DucournauвЂ™s sophomore feature stunned and wowed the crowd at the Cannes Film Fest, where it took home the Palme dвЂ™Or, and itвЂ™s easy to see why. вЂњTitaneвЂќ: A psychotic young woman (Agathe Rousselle, put through the wringer) with a titanium plate surgically embedded in her angry head gets impregnated by a car. And you might just swear off lamb chops for good. вЂњLambвЂќ is visually striking and moody, a well-made curiosity that youвЂ™ll ponder days after you see it and wonder what the hell it means and why it affected you so. Of course, complications, weirdness and emotional turmoil ensue. Noomi Rapace and Hilmir SnГ¦r GuГ°nason play an farming couple without a kid who вЂњtake inвЂќ a lamb-boy child and raise it as their own. вЂњLambвЂќ: Equal parts freaky Icelandic folk tale and dour parable on messing with Mother Nature, Valdimar JГіhannssonвЂ™s chilly debut is another resolutely odd entry in film studio A24вЂ™s canon. Details: 3 stars out of 4 in theaters Oct. HeвЂ™sВ a softie, now, and thatвЂ™s fine with us. And In вЂњNot Time to Die,вЂќ his 007 realizes a new day is dawning in the spy world and that his priorities in life need to shift. The globetrotting action set pieces are showstoppers, but the whiff of melancholy permeates every frame since this is CraigвЂ™s last hurrah. Oakland-born Cary Joji Fukunaga directs with precision in both the action and emotional department, but the romantic canoodling fails to light one match.

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You almost wish she, Q or Lynch would get their own series The serpentine plot gets punched up by a few clever lines that - we suspect - resulted from the fact that вЂњFleabagвЂ™sвЂќ Phoebe Waller-Bridge signed on as a co-screenwriter.ДЄlong with Lynch, the real scene stealers are gadgetry wizard Q (a delightful Ben Whishaw) and newbie CIA operative Paloma (Ana de Armas). Meanwhile, a new 007 (Lashana Lynch) is on the job and impressing the hell out of her boss M (Ralph Fiennes). Like seemingly everyone else in this movie, she, too, is nursing a traumatic past.Д«ond is drawn back into the spy biz after a scientist goes missing and a CIA buddy (Jeffrey Wright) seeks his help. Meanwhile Bond reunites with his latest flame, psychologist Madeleine (Lea Seydoux) whom he quickly dumps soon after the thrilling opening chase scene. He comes out of retirement to battle another nasty villain in the form of Lyutsifer Safin (Rami Malek), a sufferer of a terrible childhood with the prerequisite hankering for world domination/annihilation. вЂњNo Time to DieвЂќ: Daniel CraigвЂ™s fifth and final mission as Ian FlemingвЂ™s super suave/sexy 007 is one of the actorвЂ™s best in the series - but itвЂ™s not as good as вЂњCasino RoyaleвЂќ or вЂњSkyfall.вЂќ вЂњDieвЂќ is a fitting if overlong finale with an older James Bond facing his own mortality and dealing with a metaphysical crisis. New movies: Daniel Craig gets worthy send-off in 'No Time'