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If you’re not into the Oscars, there’s always Survivor.
Kate Hudson plays a sports exec and franchise heir trying to steady a glitzy pro-basketball team in this thinly veiled hagiography of Los Angeles Lakers owner Jeanie Buss. Directed by action vet Kenji Kamiyama ( Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex, Jin-Roh, and Blade Runner: Black Lotus) and rubber-stamped by LOTR screenwriter Philippa Boyens, the new film follows the tale of Héra, an ancient shield maiden of Rohan, as she and her father, Helm Hammerhand (yes, he of the legendary Horn and the even more famous Deep), battle against a hill-tribe horde. When the corners of his mouth curled up, this split-second pause before the unveiling told you something thrilling was about to happen, but he was so inventive that you never knew quite what.” —Matt Zoller Seitz on Hackman’s power to transform himself as an actor
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