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  • Encores and New Horizons Band

    Encores and New Horizons Band0

    “Encores” is the Williamsport version of New Horizons Band, an international organization offering “entry points to music-making for adults, including those with no musical experience.” That’s from the NHB mission statement, which also invites older folks who once played an instrument but haven’t done so since they were young. And it even covers those who

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  • The Other “Tom Terrific”: A Few of Cruise’s Offbeat Winners0

    Early fall is typically a dead time at the movies. So now that Tom Cruise’s latest vehicle is no longer showing, your Webb critic offers a few of the actor’s other titles to tide you over till Kenneth Branagh’s “Haunting in Venice,” Martin Scorsese’s “Killers of the Flower Moon” and Ridley Scott’s “Napoleon” later this

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  • “Barbie”: Worse Than Weird0

    I was prepared to find “Barbie” somewhat silly, perhaps even weird or surreal. But I did not expect it to be so politically ambitious, so morally bankrupt — or so utterly infuriating. While the summer’s surprise smash-hit has a couple of worthy features, it is little more than a feminist rant: shrill, shallow, preachy, propagandistic

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  • Oppenheimer: 18 Reasons – and Then Some0

    Here are 17 reasons to see “Oppenheimer”: Cillian Murphy, Emily Blunt, Matt Damon, Kenneth Branagh, Florence Pugh, Josh Hartnett, Matthew Modine, Jason Clarke, Casey Affleck, Rami Malek, Tom Conti, Alden Ehrenreich, Dane DeHaan, Benny Safdie, David Krumholtz, Gary Oldman and Robert Downey Jr. But here’s another reason that is even more important: Christopher Nolan. The

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  • Ford Explorer: In Search of the Actor’s Finest Roles0

    Last week, your Webb critic honored the passing of Alan Arkin with a selection from that actor’s sprawling filmography. In this issue, with the fifth Indiana Jones film still going strong, we’ll pay similar homage to Harrison Ford — though happily, he remains very much alive. Side-stepping blockbusters, let’s highlight 10 of Ford’s lesser-known titles

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  • Dial of Destiny: A Fitting Finale for Indiana Jones0

    When I saw David Koepp’s name in the closing credits of the new Indiana Jones film, that explained a lot. In particular, it explained why my wife and I loved this movie — especially the final half-hour, which is absolutely spot-on. Koepp is the veteran screenwriter whose many blockbusters have netted $3.2 billion. These include

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