Movies
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‘Orion and the Dark’ loses itself in the leap from children’s book to animated filmFeb 01, 2024 6:00 am - To say the hero of Netflix's new animated movie “Orion and the Dark” is fearful is an understatement. One thing that scares Orion the most is darkness. And that is where things get going in this very uneven movie.
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‘Argylle’ won’t blow your socks offFeb 01, 2024 5:45 am - Crisscrossing patterns of ridiculousness and self-satisfaction run through “Argylle,” a tiresome meta movie that puts an awful lot of zest into an awfully empty high-concept story.
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Film society to show film noir classic ‘Key Largo’ Feb. 7Jan 31, 2024 10:43 pm - Celebrating its second school year and gaining in popularity, Lake Park High School's Film Appreciation Society aims to engage the community in the presentation, explorat...
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Batavia Public Library goes sci-fi for One Book, One Batavia 2024 selectionJan 29, 2024 5:23 pm - The Batavia Public Library goes all-in on 1980s pop culture and vintage video games with this year’s science fiction selection for One Book, One Batavia. This year’s choi...
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Documentary on ‘We Are the World’ goes deep inside recording session of 1985 charity singleJan 29, 2024 11:47 am - Thirty-nine years ago, the biggest music stars in the world crammed into a recording studio in Los Angeles for an all-night session that they hoped might alter music history.
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What to stream this week: Donald Glover, Run-D.M.C., ‘Choir’ and bye to ‘Curb Your Enthusiasm’Jan 29, 2024 5:45 am - The final, cringeworthy season of “Curb Your Enthusiasm” and a documentary on Run-D.M.C. are some of the new television, movies, music and games headed to a device near you.
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A quiet weekend at the box office, with ‘The Beekeeper’ on top and some Oscar boostsJan 28, 2024 3:03 pm - Movie theaters and audiences settled for seconds this weekend. With no new wide releases on the schedule, a mob of holdovers sustained the box office, which was led by “The Beekeeper.”
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Snoop Dogg leads a group of sassy kids as a youth football coach in ‘The Underdoggs’ filmJan 26, 2024 12:52 pm - Snoop Dogg’s new movie, "The Underdoggs," was inspired by Dogg’s real-life experiences through his Southern California-based Snoop Youth Football League he founded more than a decade ago.
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Oscar nomination for ‘20 Days in Mariupol’ is a first for the 178-year-old Associated PressJan 26, 2024 12:38 pm - “20 Days in Mariupol,” Mstyslav Chernov’s harrowing chronicle of the besieged Ukrainian city and the international journalists who remained there after Russia's invas...
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How (and where) to watch Oscar-nominated films onlineJan 26, 2024 8:07 am - The winner in the Oscar nominations race Tuesday after a bruising year for the film industry was “Oppenheimer” with 13 nods, followed by the otherworldly “Poor Things” wi...