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By Rex Reed 11/27/12 7:44pm

California Solo: A Melancholic Tale of a Britpop Star on the Skids

The versatile, underrated Scotsman Robert Carlyle finally gets a starring role in California Solo, an unusual character study about a retired Britpop guitarist from the 1990s who moved to America after his band broke up and has been living for the past 15 years or so as a reclusive, alcoholic laborer, haunted by private demons Read More

By Rex Reed 12:00am

Hungry? Skip Ravenous … Planes, Trains, Runaway Grooms

Hungry? Skip Ravenous

We’ve had vampires in Brooklyn and werewolves in Central Park, but cannibals in California is a new one on me. Get ready for Ravenous , a bloody, pretentious and paralyzing bore about soldiers in 1847 who feast on each other like blue-plate specials, turning fellow officers into stews and spareribs. The point Read More

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California Solo: A Melancholic Tale of a Britpop Star on the Skids

Hungry? Skip Ravenous … Planes, Trains, Runaway Grooms

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