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OPENING FRIDAY “Severe Clear” (NR) (1:34) Stars Mike Scotti. Directed by Kristian Fraga. As part of the first wave in the War on Terror, 1st Lt. Mike Scotti served on the front lines during the 21-day advance on Baghdad, This film was shot by him on his Mini-DV camera, and is told through his journal […]

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Movies at the Museum

MOVIES AT THE MUSEUM THIS WEEK at the Portland Museum of Art’s Movies at the Museum: WHEN: 6:30 p.m. Friday, 2 p.m. Saturday and Sunday ON THE WEB: www.moviesatthemuseum.org “THE MOST DANGEROUS MAN IN AMERICA,” directed by Judith Ehrlich and Rick Goldsmith. In 1971, Daniel Ellsberg, a high-level Pentagon official and Vietnam War strategist, concludes […]

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Stiller rises to challenge of role that veers away from silliness

Something went wrong once for Roger Greenberg. Something big. It happened years before, and its result is as plain as every bug-eyed twitch on Roger’s face. He’s a guy devoured by the terror of expectations. At 41, unlike his peers, he never learned to “embrace the life you never planned for.” “Greenberg,” the latest writing-directing […]

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Bonding males find unexpected insight

“Hot Tub Time Machine’s” title may say it all. But just in case it doesn’t, here’s an alternative – “Back to the Hangover.” A sloppy, raucous, time travel farce in the grown-men-gone-wild “Hangover” style, it’s a surprisingly satisfying, if not exactly a laugh riot. Nick (Craig Robinson) works at a dog grooming parlor, ’Sup Dawg. […]

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Ready, set, go

TODAY MARCH 25 “Orgasm Inc.” Liz Canner’s witty documentary, “Orgasm Inc.,” explores the lengths the medical industry will go to create and treat a new disease: “female sexual dysfunction.” A discussion follows the film’s screening tonight. Go to www.space538.org for information. When: 7:30 tonight and 1 p.m. Friday Where: Space, 538 Congress St., Portland How […]

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‘Chloe’ could have left more to the imagination

Atom Egoyan, Canada’s hit or miss or miss-by-a-mile cinema surveyor of the terrain of sex, finds mild chills and modest surprises with “Chloe,” a soft-core variation on “Fatal Attraction.” The filmmaker noted for occasionally fetishizing young starlets in awkwardly twisted films such as “Exotica” and “Where the Truth Lies” here semi-successfully remakes the kinky French […]