NEW ON DVD AND BLU-RAY “DUE DATE,” starring Robert Downey Jr. and Zach Galifianakis. Loosey-goosey retooling of “Planes, Trains and Automobiles” reteams “Hangover” director Todd Phillips and star Galifianakis, adding straight man Downey to the mix as an expectant father forced to hitch a comically disastrous ride with guess who in order to attend the […]

Portland has a lot going for it if you’re a film fan. Apart from the usual offerings at the chain theaters, we’ve got Space Gallery, the Movies at the Museum, Geno’s, the Apohadion and the State Theatre, all committed to bringing us the most offbeat and often downright eccentric independent cinema around. And of course […]

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Dave Mason is best known for being a founding member of the legendary rock-jazz band Traffic, crafting the 1977 solo hit “We Just Disagree” and providing session work on some of the most iconic rock anthems of all time, including “Street Fighting Man” by The Rolling Stones and “All Along the Watchtower” by The Jimi […]

Ugliness earns the label “art” in “Biutiful,” a film so gritty, grungy and depressing as to stand alone in a cinema built around beauty. Lovely but downbeat in the extreme, this seemingly personal project from Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu (“Amores Perros,” “21 Grams,” “Babel”) is the biggest movie downer since “Never Let Me Go,” and less […]

OPENING FRIDAY “DRIVE ANGRY 3D” (1:44) (R) Stars Nicolas Cage, Amber Heard and William Fichtner. Directed by Patrick Lussier. A felon breaks out of hell for one last chance at redemption: to prevent the cult who murdered his daughter from sacrificing her baby in three days’ time. He’s aided by a young waitress and her ex-boyfriend’s […]