Movies
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‘Madame’ a Marvel mess, but it looks prettyFeb 13, 2024 12:36 pm - Toss together some inadvertently ludicrous situations, a sophomoric, overwritten screenplay and eye-rolling chase scenes and you get a curiously sedate Dakota Johnson starring in 50 shades of nay in “Madame Web.”
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Movie review: Food, glorious food in ‘The Taste of Things’
Feb 13, 2024 5:45 am - “The Taste of Things” is a cinematic expression of the art of cuisine. The sounds of cooking provide the score. The visuals seem to transcend the screen in a very mystical way.
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Q&A: Gloria Gaynor on ‘I Will Survive,’ the move from disco to gospel, her new film and new music
Feb 13, 2024 5:45 am - The new film “Gloria Gaynor: I Will Survive” celebrates her legacy by examining her long road to “Testimony” and her traumatic past.
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What to stream this week: ‘Young Sheldon,’ Amy Schumer, ‘Oppenheimer’ and lots and lots of JLo
Feb 12, 2024 5:45 am - Christopher Nolan's “Oppenheimer” arriving on Peacock and a documentary and album from Jennifer Lopez are some of the new television, movies, music and games headed to a device near you.
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‘Lisa Frankenstein’ fails to revive North American box office on a very slow Super Bowl weekend
Feb 11, 2024 10:52 am - “Lisa Frankenstein” didn’t come to life at the North American box office in its first weekend in theaters. The horror comedy written by Lemont native Diablo Cody and star...
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Christopher Nolan, Celine Song, AP’s Mstyslav Chernov win at Directors Guild Awards
Feb 11, 2024 10:21 am - Christopher Nolan was awarded the top prize at the Directors Guild Awards for “Oppenheimer” Saturday, solidifying his front-runner status for next month’s Oscars.
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Emagine Batavia to offer movie experience for those living with dementia and their caregiversFeb 10, 2024 11:16 pm - Once a month, Emagine Entertainment will be offering dementia-friendly screenings, providing those with dementia and their caregivers a safe and enjoyable cinematic exper...
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Ed Dwight was to be the first Black astronaut. At 90, he's finally getting his due
Feb 09, 2024 11:06 am - NEW YORK — Ed Dwight grew up in segregated 1930s Kansas on a farm on the edge of town. An airfield was within walking distance, and, as a boy, he’d often go to marvel at ...
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Movie review: ‘Lisa Frankenstein’ lurches from idiocy to whimsy and ends up unwatchableFeb 08, 2024 6:26 am - It will come as no surprise that the new movie “Lisa Frankenstein” is a real monster — stitched together from previous movies, painfully incoherent and deeply, deeply dumb.
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Movie review: A village in Bhutan learns about democracy and teaches us, too, in ‘Monk and the Gun’Feb 08, 2024 5:45 am - For a piercing refresher lesson on democracy, one wouldn’t necessarily think of rural Bhutan as the first place to look. Writer-director Pawo Choyning Dorji centers his delightful, moving and clever new satire on a moment in 2006 when officials first fan out into the countryside to introduce this concept called “election.”