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15.03.2019 fri Movies: Triple Frontier Books: “Daisy Jones &The Six” by Taylor Jenkins Reid Music: Cash Cabin Sessions, Vol. 3 by Todd Snider Wine: The Land of the Eagles II Travelog: Across Baghdad Macau Daily Times | Edition 3249 | 15 Mar 2019 Local newspapers fading away WaynesvilleThe case of Last September, Waynesville became a statistic. With the shutdown of its newspaper, the Daily Guide, this town of 5,200 people in central Missouri joined more than 1,400 other cities and towns across the U.S. to lose a newspaper over the past 15 years X2 PÁTIO DA ILUSÃO illusion DRIVE IN Jake Coyle AP Film Writer NEWS OF THE WORLD ive minutes late, Darrell Todd Maurina sweeps into a mee- IN ‘TRIPLE FRONtiER,’ A SPECIAL-OPS HEIST GOES AWRY ting room and plugs in his Flaptop computer. He places a Wi-Fi hotspot on the table and turns on a ob opportunities seldom Davis is a divorced, heavy- digital recorder. The earplug in his diverge as greatly as they drinking real estate broker Jdo for the former special for- with little talent for it. Miller AP PHOTO left ear is attached to a police scan- ces operatives of J.C. Chan- is getting his face kicked in ner in his pants pocket. dor’s “Triple Frontier.” The- as a cage fighter. He wears a tie; Maurina insists upon re is selling condos or taking “I say we deserve better,” professionalism. contract work in an African Garcia tells Davis. “You’ve He is the press — in its entirety. warzone. There’s stocking been shot five times for your Maurina, who posts his work to Fa- shelves at Walmart or taking country and you can’t pay cebook, is the only person who has down a South African drug off your truck.” lord. And you thought your “Triple Frontier,” a Netflix come to the Pulaski County cour- LinkedIn profile had incon- release playing in theaters thouse to tell residents what their sistencies. for a week before streaming, commissioners are up to, the only Yet those are exactly the was first scripted by Mark one who will report on their delibe- kinds of choices facing a Boal with plans for Kathryn rations — specifically, their discus- quartet of ex-military vete- Bigelow to direct. Both re- sions about how to satisfy the Fede- rans who are rounded up, main executive producers Oscar Isaac (left) and Ben Affleck in a scene from the film ral Emergency Management Agency “Blues Brothers”-style, by and Boal is a co-writer alon- Santiago “Pope” Garcia (Os- gside Chandor. in South America (the tit- Almost as soon as the mis- Chandor, who has made mo- so it will pay to repair a road inunda- car Isaac), their former bro- That “Triple Frontier” origi- le refers to the junction of sion — more ragtag than ney an ever-present subtext ted during a 2013 flood. ther in arms who now works nated from the team behind Brazil, Argentina and Para- what they signed up for in crime dramas (“A Most Last September, Waynesville beca- for a mysterious company “The Hurt Locker” and “Zero guay) where they plot, with — gets started, regret be- Violent Year,” with Isaac me a statistic. With the shutdown contracted vaguely by “a fo- Dark Thirty” isn’t surprising. the help of an insider (Adria gins to creep in. Launched as an ambitious heating-oil of its newspaper, the Daily Guide, reign government.” It’s similarly attuned to the Arjona), to take down a lon- with a mix of altruistic and businessman) and survival this town of 5,200 people in central With the promise of that under-rewarded sacrifice of g-elusive drug lord named capitalistic intentions, the tales (“All Is Lost”). His old temptation — “one last elite American soldiers. But Lorea at his jungle hideaway expedition begins to mir- debut, “Margin Call,” was Missouri’s Ozark hills joined more job” — and the potential it’s also a larger leap into and make off with millions. ror other American inter- about a Wall Street invest- than 1,400 other cities and towns for a major payday, Garcia genre. Bountiful in dudes, But “Triple Frontier” is only national overreaches, and, ment bank in the tumult of across the U.S. to lose a newspaper gathers each old pal — Tom guns and action scenes, “Tri- part heist movie. Its second not unlike in Afghanistan a financial crisis. over the past 15 years, according to “Redfly” Davis (Ben Af- ple Frontier” is the kind of half, a militaristic riff on or Iraq, the former soldiers an Associated Press analysis of data fleck), William “Ironhead” proudly macho movie that’s “The Treasure of Sierra Ma- find themselves leaving sta- “Triple Frontier,” a Netflix compiled by the University of North Miller (Charlie Hunnam), perhaps too familiar to mo- dre,” tailspins into a existen- cks of cash to compensate release, is rated R by the Motion Carolina. Ben Miller (Garrett He- viegoers — though such a tial, survivalist thriller about for the deaths of villagers. Picture Association of America dlund) and Francisco “Ca- starry, big-budget thriller is greed and combat addiction. Things turn dark and in for “violence and language Blame revenue siphoned by online tfish” Morales (Pedro Pas- more novel for Netflix. For many of the guys, espe- a frantic escape over the throughout.” Running time: 125 competition, cost-cutting owner- cal) — with little trouble. “Triple Frontier” is both cially Affleck’s Redfly, being Andes, the value of money minutes. ship, a death spiral in quality, sheer Once at the pinnacle of their more and less than what it drawn back into the field is plummets. disinterest among readers or reasons profession, they’re all strug- seems. The crew heads sou- like relapsing. Trigger fingers Allegories of capitalism Premiered yesterday on Netflix peculiar to given locales for that de- gling to adapt to civilian life. th to an unspecified country again get itchy, to tragic ends. have proven a passion for Macau velopment. While national outlets worry about a president who calls the press an enemy of the people, many Americans no longer have so- meone watching the city council for them, chronicling the soccer exploits BOOK IT tTUNES of their children or reporting on the kindly neighbor who died of cancer. Local journalism is dying in plain ‘DAISY JONES AND JOHNNY CASH’S CABIN IS sight. THE SIX’ WILL DRAW YOU IN SEttiNG FOR fiNE TOdd rock outcropping painted by A a local tattoo artist to resemb- le a frog greets visitors who follow ike a poignant song SNidER ALBUM the old Route 66 into Waynesville. with lyrics that speak Lto your soul, “Daisy Jones AP PHOTO he microphone pops Along with its sister city St. Robert, & The Six” by Taylor Twhen Todd Snider the military towns are dominated by Jenkins Reid will transport delivers an especially AP PHOTO the nearby Fort Leonard Wood, whi- you to another place and emphatic lyric, and his ch has kept the county’s population time. chair creaks under the steadily around 50,000 for the past Set in the drugs and rock weight of his performan- decade. ‘n’ roll culture of 1970s, ce. The rustic charm of Five of Waynesville’s eight city cou- the story begins with an the setting — Johnny LA “it girl” named Daisy Cash’s recording stu- ncil members are former military, Jones whose big blue eyes dio in Hendersonville, and Mayor Luge Hardman says the and copper hair get her into Tennessee — is audible meetings run efficiently as a result. all the hot spots. She falls throughout an album “This is a small town where you can into music but with a gritty that ranks with Snider’s be from somewhere else and not feel voice like Janis Joplin and best work. like an outsider,” said Kevin Hill- a gift for songwriting, she On “Cash Cabin Ses- Todd Snider, “Cash Cabin Sessions, Vol. 3” actually belongs there. sions, Vol. 3,” Snider is (Aimless/Thirty Tigers) man, Pulaski County prosecuting Then there’s a band called clearly inspired by his attorney. The Six whose lead singer historic surroundings, and he came armed with marvelous material The Daily Guide, which traces to Billy Dunne is the defi- “Daisy Jones &; The Six” (Ballantine to enhance the intimate front-porch feel. (The album title is a bit con- 1962, was a family owned paper nition of a rock star: he’s Books) by Taylor Jenkins Reid fusing, because there was no Vol. 1 or 2, and the CD jacket sports a into the 1980s before it was sold to moody, arrogant and hand- photo of Snider holding a single finger aloft.) a series of corporate owners that some. The 34-minute set features mostly a one-man band, with occasional culminated with GateHouse Media Through a series of events, the two acts come together and form backing vocals from Jason Isbell and Amanda Shires. Snider accom- Daisy Jones & The Six. The group skyrockets with critical and panies himself with Cash’s Martin guitar, a 12-string guitar, mando- Inc., the nation’s largest newspa- popular acclaim, hit songs and a sold-out tour, until they suddenly, lin, harmonica and a four-string banjo that’s perfect on “The Blues on per company. Five of the 10 largest inexplicably break up. Banjo” even though he can barely play it. newspaper companies are owned by Now, all those involved, from the band members to their friends As usual, Snider’s best instrument is his sharp wit. He sings a song hedge funds or other investors with and loved ones, look back and share their version of events in the about a song, fondly remembers an Elvis roadie, reflects on the history several unrelated holdings, and Ga- first-person.