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  • BRUCE R. MILLER bmiller@siouxcityjournal.com

Movie critic Bruce Miller says "Poor Things" may be one of the most bizarre films of the year, but it's also a springboard for some of the best acting work of the year.

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SZA, Taylor Swift and Phoebe Bridgers top the Grammy list. Get predictions of who will win on music's big night

Women lead the major categories at the Grammys this year – names like SZA, Taylor Swift, Victoria Monét, Phoebe Bridgers, Olivia Rodrigo and Brandy Clark top the list.

But who will take home music’s most coveted trophies on Sunday?

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The real 'Real Housewives': 'Capote' looks at author's feud with society mavens

Tom Hollander knew he didn’t look or sound like Truman Capote, so he searched for bits and pieces they both shared and tried to meet the character “somewhere in the middle.”

In “Feud: Capote vs. the Swans,” he focused on some of the bigger moments of the author’s story in order to embrace the quieter ones.

“Get the flamboyance and the classic stuff in early so the audience feels reassured that they’re seeing the person they imagined they were going to see and then, later, you can start being your version,” Executive Producer Ryan Murphy told him.

“So there was a sort of strategy there – you’ve got to nail some big moments where he had to be sufficiently flamboyant and then I could find other moments where I could just be listening or doing smaller behavioral things where I was still,” Hollander says.

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Mark Critch recalls his childhood and plays his dad in 'Son of a Critch'

It doesn’t take much for Mark Critch to reminisce about his junior high years.

“The more doors you open, the more doors open up on their own,” the creator of “Son of a Critch” explains. “It makes you reflect on things a bit more.”

One anecdote, in essence, leads to another. He could be talking with the show’s writers about a nun he remembers and that could lead to a story about his brother working at a radio station. “There’s a little epiphany….and something will happen.”

Critch’s nostalgia journey began when he wrote the memoir, “Son of a Critch.” It hit the bestseller list in 2018, then prompted a Canadian TV adaptation. Last year, The CW bought the show for U.S. audiences. Now, it’s in its third year in both countries.

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DVD REVIEW: 'The Inventor' goes inside the mind of a genius

“The Inventor” wasn’t nominated for Best Animated Film in this year’s Oscar race but that doesn’t mean it’s not worth watching.

Artistically, directors Jim Capobianco and Pierre-Luc Granjon use two kinds of animation to show how the genre’s wheels turn and what they produce. The subject is Leonardo da Vinci, the multi-hyphenate who enjoyed taking flights of fancy to understand the way man works.

As inventive as it is telling, “The Inventor” even brings da Vinci’s celebrated portrait, Mona Lisa, into the picture. She gets a song — and a prominent role in the artist’s life.

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