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All Is Lost; Burton and Taylor; Who Is Harry Kellerman and Why Is He Saying Those Terrible Things About Me?
All Is Lost
(Lionsgate, $27)
Robert Redford gave “arguably his most moving performance” in this recent drama about a sailor alone at sea on a damaged yacht, said the Chicago Sun-Times. The film now ranks as “one of the most engrossing and unforgettable one-man adventures in the history of cinema.”
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Burton and Taylor
(BBC, $25)
Dominic West and “the ever-malleable” Helena Bonham Carter star in this smart BBC production about Richard Burton and Elizabeth Taylor, said The Washington Post. Here, we see the celebrity couple only in a compelling late chapter, as they reunite for a 1983 Broadway stage pairing.
Who Is Harry Kellerman and Why Is He Saying Those Terrible Things About Me?
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(Paramount, $20)
This “lost” Dustin Hoffman comedy from 1971 seems to have been forgotten “for no good reason,” said the New Orleans Times-Picayune. It’s not great, but Hoffman’s enjoyable enough as a pop star undone by a mysterious detractor.
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