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Film reviews: New Releases for Jan. 9
Greenland: Migration; Is This Thing On?; Primate; Father Mother Sister Brother; People We Meet on Vacation
Gerard Butler, Morena Baccarin and Roman Griffin Davis in "Greenland: Migration" Lionsgate Films Will Arnett in "Is This Thing On?" Searchlight Pictures Johnny Sequoyah in "Primate" Paramount Pictures Father Mother Sister Brother **1/2 Jim Jarmusch is no stranger to an anthology format ( Night on Earth , Mystery Train ), but this triptych centered around family relations just kind of sits there without much emotional punch, or even any of Jarmusch’s deadpan humor.
Each segment involves some kind of distance between parents and their adult children: two siblings (Adam Driver and Mayim Biyalik)…
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