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'Zappa' and 'Mank' have a genius for avoiding accountability

By Ann Hornaday The Washington Post
Nov 30, 2020 5:00 am - In the new documentary “Zappa,” a very young Frank Zappa admits in an interview that of course he cheats on his wife, Gail, nonchalantly adding that if he “gets the clap...
'Love Story' a trip down memory lane with Timothy Leary's companion

By Ann Hornaday The Washington Post
Nov 29, 2020 6:30 am - “My Psychedelic Love Story” - ★ ★ ★ If Joanna Harcourt-Smith hadn't existed, a screenwriter might have had to invent her. Harcourt-Smith, who died recently at the ...
Some think watching holiday movies feels sad this year, while others started in March

By Ashley Fetters and Lisa Bonos The Washington Post
Nov 29, 2020 6:28 am - David Gowan, 30, has long been known to bust out his favorite Christmas movies a little on the early side, often just before Thanksgiving. "Elf." "National Lampoon's Chr...
Testing new release strategy, 'The Croods' opens to $14.2M

By JAKE COYLE
Nov 29, 2020 6:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - Testing a novel release strategy, Universal Pictures' animated sequel 'œThe Croods: A New Age'ť had one of the best opening weekends of the pandemic, gro...
Clea DuVall wanted to see more queer Christmas movies - so she made one herself

By Sonia Rao The Washington Post
Nov 28, 2020 6:28 am - Part of what makes holiday movies so appealing is the promise of comfort. The genre is known for producing warm and fuzzy feelings, derived from twinkly winter settings ...
Hunker down with Fonzie, Mr. Phelps and more old friends for free this weekend

By Sean Stangland
Nov 27, 2020 5:00 am - Pluto TV, a free video service from ViacomCBS, has launched six new streaming channels dedicated to classic TV shows. The ad-supported app and website (pluto.tv) looks l...
'Zappa' documentary makes case for musician's brilliance

By Ann Hornaday The Washington Post
Nov 27, 2020 5:00 am - “Zappa” - ★ ★ ★ In “Zappa,” actor and filmmaker Alex Winter provides an economical, uncritical documentary about the eponymous musician, who died at 52 in 1993. Fr...
The pandemic is changing Hollywood, maybe forever

By Jake Coyle AP Film Writer
Nov 26, 2020 10:00 pm - NEW YORK — “No New ‘Movies' Till Influenza Ends” blared a New York Times headline on Oct. 10, 1918, while the deadly second wave of the Spanish Flu was unfolding. A cent...
Humanity, hilarity hang in the balance in Melissa McCarthy's so-so 'Superintelligence'

By Jake Coyle AP Film Writer
Nov 26, 2020 5:00 am - “Superintelligence” - ★ ★ ½ It's a demonstrably difficult task to find a comic screen partner worthy of standing opposite Plainfield native Melissa McCarthy, so yo...
'Happiest Season' a breezy, lighthearted, rewatchable rom-com

By Lindsey Bahr AP Film Writer
Nov 25, 2020 9:00 am - “Happiest Season” - ★ ★ ★ Who we are with our parents and who we are in a romantic relationship can seem like different people. For Harper (Mackenzie Davis), a newspape...

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