Movies
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Cute, quick Quaid weaponizes a handicap in ridiculously violent, quirky action comedy ‘Novocaine’Mar 11, 2025 1:31 pm - The cheerfully violent, stunt-stuffed “Novocaine,” starring Jack Quaid as a normal guy who suffers from the inability to feel physical pain, sets its entertainment sights fairly low, then wildly exceeds them for most of its brisk and bloody running time, film critic Dann Gire says.
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Lake Park film society to show Christie classic, ‘Murder on the Orient Express’Mar 10, 2025 12:22 pm - Lake Park High School’s Film Appreciation Society presents the Agatha Christie classic, “Murder on the Orient Express,“ on Wednesday, March 12.
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What to stream: ‘Moana 2,’ John Mulaney, ‘Confessions of Octomom,’ Amanda Seyfried and ‘Dope Thief’
Mar 10, 2025 5:30 am - “Moana 2” and Amanda Seyfried playing a Philadelphia patrol officer fighting rampant opioid addiction in Peacock’s “Long Bright River” are some of the new television, films, music and games streaming this week.
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Robert Pattinson sci-fi ‘Mickey 17’ opens in first place, but profitability is a long way off
Mar 09, 2025 12:38 pm - Bong Joon Ho’s original science fiction film “Mickey 17” opened in first place on the North American box office charts. The Robert Pattinson-led film earned $19.1 million, which was enough to dethrone “Captain America: Brave New World.”
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Repressed memories and grand opera are dance partners in ‘Seven Veils’
Mar 07, 2025 3:52 pm - In “Seven Veils,” Amanda Seyfried puts her wide, unblinking eyes to good use as a woman staring at the present and unable to see anything but the past. The movie’s tension is built on an uncertainty: Is this a portrait of an artist having a nervous breakdown or the story of a woman using art to confront and exorcise her demons?
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The most anticipated movies of spring 2025
Mar 06, 2025 4:58 pm - Good and evil, love and hate — these are perennial themes of cinema. But this spring, the dualities seem sharper, at times with literal on-screen twinning. Robert De Niro (“The Alto Knights”) and Michael B. Jordan (“Sinners”) are each playing double roles.
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‘There’s Still Tomorrow’ is an Italian hit but an English-language miss
Mar 06, 2025 9:50 am - “There’s Still Tomorrow,” an alleged comedy-drama about spousal abuse in post-World War II Rome, is the directorial debut of its star, Italian actress Paola Cortellesi. Unfortunately, the film did not make a seamless transition from one culture to another.
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Hey, ‘Mickey’ you’re not so fine: Ambitious sci-fi comedy disappoints with restrained laughs, muddled metaphorsMar 05, 2025 10:52 am - After watching Bong Joon Ho’s slightly too-lengthy and bombastically zany sci-fi black comedy “Mickey 17,” this question came to me. Could Robert Pattinson be simultaneously nominated for Best Actor and Best Supporting Actor for playing two different versions of the same character in a single movie?
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What to stream: Lady Gaga, Daredevil, the Duchess of Sussex and evil Hugh Grant
Mar 03, 2025 6:00 am - Lady Gaga’s seventh studio album “Mayhem” and a new lifestyle series on Netflix from the Duchess of Sussex called “With Love, Meghan” are some of the new television, films, music and games headed to a device near you.
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Ariana Grande goes full Glinda, 'Wicked' bestie Erivo does Elphaba proud in green on Oscars carpet
Mar 02, 2025 10:54 pm - NEW YORK (AP) — Ariana Grande did her Glinda proud in a pale pink stunner, and her “Wicked” bestie Cynthia Erivo honored Elphaba in deep forest green on the Oscars carpet...