Movies
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In 2020, the best entertainment was like eating grilled cheese and tomato soupDec 24, 2020 5:00 am - Tasked with producing an end-of-year list of some kind, I keep coming back to one word that best sums up my screentime in 2020: comfort. Comfort is hard to come by in a ...
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Action-packed 'Wonder Woman 1984' a mixed blessing for superhero film fansDec 24, 2020 5:00 am - “Wonder Woman 1984” - ★ ★ Just when we needed a pure escapist superhero movie to lift us out of our pandemic malaise and inspire us with some truth, justice and American...
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George Clooney impresses as star and director in moving 'The Midnight Sky'
Dec 22, 2020 9:00 am - “The Midnight Sky” - ★ ★ ★ ★ Netflix is on a roll this year, with “Mank,” “Ma Rainey's Black Bottom,” “Da 5 Bloods” and “The Trial of the Chicago 7” all garnering Oscar ...
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New to streaming this week: 'Soul,' 'Wonder Woman 1984' and more
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'Nomadland,' the late Chadwick Boseman win Chicago Film Critics awardsDec 21, 2020 10:00 pm - "Nomadland" topped the Chicago Film Critics Association 2020 Awards, taking five awards including best picture, best director and best actress for Frances McDormand. Ch...
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The unbreakable gaze of Steve McQueen: 'I'm asking you, please, look'
Dec 21, 2020 5:00 am - There's a moment in “Education,” the final installment of Steve McQueen's anthology series “Small Axe,” that goes from absurd to surreal to tragic in the time it takes f...
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'Wonder Woman 1984' hopes to lasso a little holiday joy
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AP Breakthrough Entertainer Anya Taylor-Joy living in Narnia
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Chadwick Boseman brilliant in final film 'Ma Rainey's Black Bottom'
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Widescreen: Another holiday tradition taken away by 2020Dec 17, 2020 5:00 am - Ten years ago this weekend, I spent Friday morning seeing "TRON: Legacy" twice - once just after midnight, once just before noon - both times sitting in the front row of...