Movies
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‘Avatar’ and ‘Marty Supreme’ propel strong ticket sales to wrap a turbulent 2025 for Hollywood
Dec 28, 2025 2:58 pm - Hollywood wrapped up a turbulent year with big ticket sales for “Avatar: Fire and Ash” and a box-office hit for Timothée Chalamet with “Marty Supreme” over a busy holiday weekend in movie theaters.
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The Korean satire ‘No Other Choice’ is a masterful thriller from Park Chan-wook
Dec 26, 2025 10:02 am - Leaves and bodies fall in “No Other Choice,” Park Chan-wook’s masterfully devilish satire with a chilling autumnal wind blowing through it.
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And here they are: The best movies of 2025, ranked by AP film writers
Dec 26, 2025 8:27 am - The bean counters might say otherwise, but 2025 was a good year for movies. Here are The Associated Press’ Film Writers Lindsey Bahr’s and Jake Coyle’s picks for the best movies of 2025.
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Will Arnett finds therapy at the open mic in ‘Is This Thing On?’
Dec 24, 2025 5:30 am - It’s often the tiniest things in the debris field of a failed relationship that trigger the most pain. Bradley Cooper clearly believes this, and repeatedly goes for the smaller-scale choice in “Is This Thing On?,” his third feature as director — a deeply felt film about one teetering marriage, and a work whose power sneaks up on you slowly.
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The Neil Diamond-inspired ‘Song Sung Blue’ hits all the wrong notes
Dec 24, 2025 5:15 am - Hugh Jackman and Kate Hudson are slumming to play the slightly batty couple in the big-hearted but misguided “Song Sung Blue,” a baffling adaptation of a very moving 2008 documentary.
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An electric Timothée Chalamet is the consummate striver in propulsive ‘Marty Supreme’
Dec 24, 2025 5:00 am - “Marty Supreme,” Josh Safdie’s nerve-busting, adrenaline jolt of a movie, stars a never-better Timothée Chalamet in a delicious synergy of actor, role and whatever fairy dust makes a performance feel both preordained and magically fresh.
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Snake prattle: ‘Anaconda’ flawed but meta fun reboot of snaky 1997 cult comedyDec 23, 2025 11:06 am - Why do studio killjoys sadistically ruin our entertainment experience by revealing a film’s key surprises and plot twists in commercials? Tom Gormican’s meta-comic “Anaconda” contains two key shockeroonie surprises, both revealed in the trailers.
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Oscar contender ‘The Secret Agent’ capitalizes on the rise of Brazilian cinema
Dec 22, 2025 3:45 pm - Directed by Kleber Mendonça Filho, “The Secret Agent” has been hailed by critics as one of the year’s best films and arrives amid a renewed international interest in Brazilian cinema. The film is backed by major wins at the Cannes Film Festival for both Mendonça Filho (best director) and Wagner Moura (best actor).
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What to stream: ‘Stranger Things,’ Jennifer Lawrence, ‘Ne Zha II’ and Kate Winslet
Dec 22, 2025 8:31 am - Jennifer Lawrence playing a new mother whose behavior becomes increasingly erratic in “Die My Love” and three more “Stranger Things” episodes are some of the new television, films, music and games headed to a device near you.
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‘Cool when it’s recognized’: Rom-com filmmakers return to LibertyvilleDec 21, 2025 8:45 pm - The team that created the romantic-comedy “The Exes of Christmas Past” have returned to Libertyville for its latest feature, “Christmas at the Zoo.”