Movies
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Biden awarding 1st batch of arts, humanities medals Tuesday
Mar 20, 2023 1:00 am - WASHINGTON - Bruce Springsteen has a Presidential Medal of Freedom and a coveted Kennedy Center Honor. He has won multiple Grammys and Golden Globes, plus an Academy Awa...
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Dafoe's 'Inside' asks how art helps us escape isolation
Mar 19, 2023 11:00 pm - LOS ANGELES - Willem Dafoe has said that, for him, the process of making a movie always eclipses the finished product. But after more than 130 film credits, the 67-year-...
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'Shazam! Fury of the Gods' stumbles with $30.5 million debutMar 19, 2023 1:00 am - "Shazam! Fury of the Gods" felt the fury of the marketplace in its theatrical debut this weekend. The New Line Cinema and Warner Bros. superhero movie opened to a disapp...
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Actor Lance Reddick dies at 60
Mar 17, 2023 1:00 am - NEW YORK - Lance Reddick, a character actor who specialized in intense, icy and possibly sinister authority figures on TV and film, including "The Wire," "Fringe" and th...
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Light laughs, dark drama don't mix well in awkward 'Moving On'Mar 16, 2023 6:00 am - “Moving On” - ★ ★ This slightly cringey, comically tone-deaf movie doesn't quite qualify as a black comedy. More like a gray-beigey one that falls far short of its inte...
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New 'Shazam!' has more everything, but less charm
Mar 16, 2023 6:00 am - “Shazam! Fury of the Gods” - ★ ★ ½ Sequels, by nature, are more. Whatever the original had, just add more, the rule seems to be. Even more words in the title - how ofte...
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U2 documentary marred by an oddball American
Mar 16, 2023 6:00 am - “Bono & The Edge: A Sort of Homecoming, with Dave Letterman” - ★ ★ ½ David Letterman joins Bono and The Edge in a new streaming documentary about U2 and one obviou...
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Movie legend John Williams returns for the 'scary honor' of conducting the CSOMar 15, 2023 11:00 pm - Movie maestro John Williams will conduct the Chicago Symphony Orchestra Friday, March 24, in a sold-out concert at Symphony Center. Tickets to see the 91-year-old legend...
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Spark Aurora screening film March 22 about early educationMar 14, 2023 1:00 am - Spark Aurora will host a community screening of the 2019 documentary "No Small Matter" on Wednesday, March 22, at Copley Theatre, 8 E. Galena Blvd. in Aurora. The film, ...
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New to streaming: 'Ted Lasso,' reimagined U2 and 'The Boston Strangler'
Mar 13, 2023 5:00 am - Here's a collection curated by the Associated Press' entertainment journalists of what's arriving on TV, streaming services and music and video game platforms this week....