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Film reviews: New releases for Oct. 2
Digger; Verity; The Influencer Project; The Incomer; The Last First: Winter K2
Digger *1/2 Alejandro G. Iñárritu has always been a big swinger as a filmmaker, but it’s not as though the result is an occasional home run; he’s closer to a 6-year-old flailing at a tee-ball who, if he actually made contact, wouldn’t know which direction to run.
Here he casts Tom Cruise as Digger Rockwell, an oil tycoon whose irresponsible operations in Greenland result in a calved iceberg that may cause an environmental catastrophe. Or maybe that’s a play-within-the-play, with Cruise playing an actor preparing for opening night of a play about Digger.
The distinction should matter, as this…
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