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Film Reviews: New Releases for Jan. 10
Den of Thieves: Pantera, Better Man, The Last Showgirl
O'Shea Jackson Jr. and Gerard Butler in Den of Thieves: Pantera Better Man ***1/2 Count me all-in on the trend—after the “Pharrell-as-LEGO” documentary Piece by Piece and this oddball endeavor—of bypassing the Walk Hard musical biopic clichés through imaginative representation of the central figure.
In this case, that figure is British pop icon Robbie Williams, whose life story—from lower-class kid to boy-band icon to troubled superstar—is chronicled by turning Williams into a digitally animated chimpanzee (voiced by Williams, and motion-capture performed by Jonno Davies).
The character logic…
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