Movies
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And the Oscar goes to ... a movie most people have seenMar 07, 2024 1:36 pm - The Oscars are poised to do something on Sunday that they haven’t done in a very long time: Hand its top award to a blockbuster.
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John Cena gets the laughs in middling comedy ‘Ricky Stanicky’Mar 07, 2024 12:59 pm - Peter Farrelly’s “Ricky Stanicky” feels like one of those lesser 2000 comedies that wanted so badly to be “There’s Something About Mary.” One of the problems is that it is filmed with all the artfulness of a yogurt commercial.
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Oscars producers promise cameos and surprises for Sunday’s (1 hour earlier) show
Mar 07, 2024 12:22 pm - With just a few days to go until the 96th Academy Awards on Sunday (airing one hour earlier at 6 p.m.), the show’s producers are feeling good about what they’ve put together.
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‘Kung Fu Panda 4’ is a sweet, fun and well executed passing of the torch
Mar 07, 2024 5:45 am - “Kung Fu Panda 4” finds our trusty, rotund hero Po at a career crossroads and he’s nervous. “Kung Fu Panda 4” also finds the franchise at an inflection point, but there’s no reason for us to be nervous. DreamWorks knows what it’s doing.
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After a decade in limbo, Zac Efron and John Cena’s buddy comedy ‘Ricky Stanicky’ hits streaming
Mar 06, 2024 3:50 pm - Director Peter Farrelly, who made “There’s Something About Mary” more than 25 years ago, is banking on that same thirst for vulgarity and depraved humor for “Ricky Stanicky,” his latest buddy comedy starring Zac Efron and John Cena that hits Prime Video on Thursday.
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Q&A: Jimmy Kimmel is hosting the Oscars again. This time, it’s an election year
Mar 05, 2024 2:24 pm - Through one of the most tumultuous periods in Oscars history, through flub and slap, Jimmy Kimmel has emerged as the steadying hand and abiding face of the Academy Awards.
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Oscars 2024: Film critic Dann Gire predicts who will win and who should winMar 05, 2024 6:13 am - Christopher Nolan’s historical epic “Oppenheimer” will dust the competition during the 96th Academy Awards, film critic Dann Gire says. See if he’s correct when the Oscars air live at 6 p.m. Sunday, March 10, on ABC.
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What to stream this week: Ariana Grande, ‘Wonka,’ Garth Brooks, animal queens and ‘Poor Things’
Mar 04, 2024 5:45 am - Emma Stone's “Poor Things” landing on Hulu and Garth Brooks taking viewers behind the scenes to the opening of his bar in Nashville are some of the new television, movies, music and games headed to a device near you.
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Early opening just first of thrilling perks planned at McHenry OutdoorMar 03, 2024 11:01 pm - After his first foray into an extended season earned rave reviews, the owner of the McHenry Outdoor Theater in Lakemoor is raring to go for his earliest-ever season open...
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‘Dune: Part Two’ brings spice power to the box office with $81.5 million debut
Mar 03, 2024 3:19 pm - Movie theaters were looking for a savior and “Dune: Part Two” is delivering on the promise.