Movies
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Top 10 movies of 2023 a mixed bag of genresDec 28, 2023 9:29 am - To no one’s surprise, 2023 will go down as the year of “Barbenheimer,” the cleverly cute portmanteau that mashes together “Barbie” and “Oppenheimer,” the titles of two p...
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Gail Borden: Top titles in 2023 with a sampling from the pastDec 26, 2023 8:33 pm - Closing out 2023, here are the top circulated titles of the Gail Borden Public Library District. As the library district enters its 150th year of service, library staff a...
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Michael Mann still has another gear. At 80, he’s driving ‘Ferrari’Dec 25, 2023 1:34 pm - NEW YORK — Michael Mann, who gave Crockett a white Ferrari on “Miami Vice,” pummeled cars with bullets in the shootout in “Heat” and set the thriller “Collateral” in a ta...
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On the weekend before Christmas, ‘Aquaman’ sequel drifts to firstDec 25, 2023 12:39 pm - “Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom” led a crowd of new releases at the box office on the weekend before Christmas Monday. The DC and Warner Bros. superhero sequel starring Jas...
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What to stream this week: ‘America’s Got Talent: Fantasy League,’ Barbenheimer and ‘Night Court’Dec 25, 2023 6:00 am - The return of “Night Court” and new music from the K-pop act TVXQ are some of the new television, movies and music headed to a device near you. Also among the streaming o...
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‘The Color Purple’ is a stirring big-screen musical powered by its spectacular castDec 25, 2023 5:00 am - Exuberant performances from a cast led by Fantasia Barrino, Taraji P. Henson and Danielle Brooks breathe life into Blitz Bazawule’s stirring “The Color Purple,” adapted f...
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Clooney’s ‘Boys in the Boat’ is an underdog saga that’s both stirring and a tad stodgyDec 24, 2023 8:17 am - Director George Clooney both begins and ends “The Boys in the Boat ” on a sun-dappled lake. It’s a seductive sight, calm and soothing, and aptly reflects the ethos of a f...
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Auto pioneer Enzo Ferrari gets a solid biopic, but it doesn’t make the heart raceDec 24, 2023 5:45 am - “Ferrari” — 2 stars Napoleon Bonaparte. Leonard Bernstein. Willy Wonka. Aquaman — there are a ton of Guy Movie Heroes out there as 2023 ends. And yet up zooms a...
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Oscars shortlists revealed: Here are the films one step closer to a nominationDec 22, 2023 7:13 am - The “Barbie” power ballad “I’m Just Ken” and AP and Frontline’s documentary “20 Days in Mariupol” just got one step closer to an Oscar nomination. The Academy of Motion P...
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If this is goodbye, ‘Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom’ keeps its trident highDec 22, 2023 6:26 am - It's perhaps appropriate that the latest Aquaman movie is about a lost kingdom. In many ways, this mini-franchise is just that, a Jason Momoa kingdom that could just quie...