When Jon Burroughs (Domhnall Gleeson) first sees Frank (Michael Fassbender), the lead singer of a ragtag little rock band for which he is randomly hired to play keyboards, his reaction is probably that of most of the audience watching the film Frank: What the hell? Here is a man with a giant, cartoonish fake head…
dvr this AMC, Sunday, Aug. 3, 10 p.m. In the season finale of Mad Men in the 1980s with Computers in Dallas, the team of craven salesman Joe (Lee Pace), bungling techie Gordon (Scoot McNairy), and punk-rock coder Cameron (Mackenzie Davis) are about to send their proto-laptop to the manufacturer. They have been at each…
dvd of the week This under-seen crime drama is Andrew Dominik’s follow-up to the under-seen, but brilliant The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford. This one isn’t as powerful, but it’s just as amazing to look at, taking the slow-motion violence style to the pinnacle of the artform. Brad Pitt plays a…
