FAIRFIELD-SUISUN, CALIFORNIA
Review: ‘News of the World,’ Paul Greengrass’ odd-couple Western, is an admirable but bumpy ride [Los Angeles Times :: BC-NEWS-WORLD-MOVIE-REVIEW:LA]
“We’re all hurting. These are difficult times.”
That’s Capt. Jefferson Kyle Kidd, a bearer of mostly bad tidings played with grizzled wit and warmth by Tom Hanks, and he isn’t exaggerating. A deadly epidemic has broken out. Racist violence is a daily scourge. A long and brutal national conflict has come to an end, but Texas, like many other Southern states, is none too keen to accept the outcome or its legislative implications. Some locals scowl in disbelief at the news that Kidd brings them, clinging stubbornly to their certainty that the future is theirs and theirs alone to determine.
Gift Local in San Antonio this Holiday Season
Belle & Union Co.
Letterpress cards by co-owner Meg Sutton are printed on an antique press that sits behind a glass window in the Quarry shop. Find creative holiday cards plus sentiments for every occasion from birthdays to new babies.
$6 per card,
Manola & Maria
The San Antonio sisters are known for screen printing the work of other artists but they’re also well-established artists in their own right. Order a set of South Texas Christmas cards or a screen print that can be gifted as a card or framed as art
. $9 for cards, $10-$45 for prints,
Film Review: News of the World – SLUG Magazine slugmag.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from slugmag.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
While Captain Kidd is a character who has seen combat, the greatest weapon he possesses is his charisma, wit, and gravitas, and nobody delivers that like [Tom] Hanks.
News of the World Review: A Well-Acted, But Predictable Tom Hanks Western movieweb.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from movieweb.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.