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Neely Swanson

Prepare to laugh out loud at the antics of your favorite Looney Tunes characters, particularly Wile E. Coyote and his nemesis the Road Runner, and their straight-faced human counterparts in this live-action/animation hybrid as they pull you into a David and Goliath courtroom drama in

Agnieszka Holland’s films are always challenging, whether it’s the story she’s telling or the way she chooses to tell it.

I just can’t seem to get ahead. Well, that’s not entirely true because I watched several of these long enough ago that I had to do a quick refresher.

“Late Fame” is a small movie with an oversized punch, an Academy Award-worthy performance by Willem Dafoe and an engaging script by Samy Burch, a former casting director whose first screenplay, “May-December,” was nominated for an Oscar.

July openings on the small screen are either wonderful or dreadful, with very little in between.

For me, the tentpole of the summer was going to be Christopher Nolan’s “The Odyssey.”

ome of you will be too young to remember the “British Invasion” when the Beatles opened the floodgates in the early ‘60s for other British pop groups and dominated the charts and concert stages.

The opening shots of “Rose of Nevada” reveal a village by the sea that prosperity has left behind.

June is busting out all over, with tentpoles, romance, animated chaos, family fare and even an occasional film for adults.

Occasionally there are luscious and delectable offerings that underscore the beauty of the limited series when the storytelling justifies the length.