Movies
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'The Craft: Legacy' casts better, smarter spell than original cult classic
Oct 29, 2020 11:00 am - “The Craft: Legacy” - ★ ★ ★ More than a few Halloweens ago - two dozen to be exact - came a film that looked like a treat but ended up as a trick. “The Craft” was about ...
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Chicago singles make dating pact in Netflix's raunchy rom-com 'Holidate'
Oct 29, 2020 6:00 am - “Holidate” - ★ ½ If it didn't actually exist, “Holidate” would sound like one of those fake movies within a movie. A couple of attractive singles decide on a low-stakes...
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Widescreen: When horror and politics collideOct 28, 2020 11:00 pm - Here it is, the scariest time of the year: No, not Halloween, Election Day! This year's one-two punch of Halloween and Election Day feels more like a one-two-eight-10, g...
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New to streaming: Baby Yoda, 'Come Play' and more
Oct 27, 2020 6:00 am - Here's a collection curated by The Associated Press' entertainment journalists of what's arriving on TV, streaming services and music platforms this week. Movies • Many ...
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Sandra Oh celebrates Asian culture in film 'Over the Moon'
Oct 25, 2020 11:00 pm - NEW YORK - Sandra Oh's role in the new animated feature "Over the Moon" may not be her largest, but it has deep meaning. The story is set in China and Oh voices the step...
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12 horror-free Halloween films for these scary-enough times
Oct 24, 2020 6:00 am - Halloween is somehow one of the least scary things going on this month, so we understand if you'd rather not turn on a horror movie right now. This writer counts hersel...
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Inventive time-travel thriller 'Synchronic' compromised by conventionsOct 23, 2020 6:00 am - “Synchronic” - ★ ★ ★ Most people might drop “Synchronic” into the time-travel genre, but it has more in common with the first “Star Wars” trilogy than it does “Loo...
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Netflix's 'Over the Moon' charts new course, but gets a little lost in orbit
Oct 23, 2020 6:00 am - “Over the Moon” - ★ ★ ★ The acclaimed animator behind such powerful figures as Ariel, Aladdin, Tarzan and Rapunzel has a new heroine and she's going further than a...
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Netflix's 'Rebecca' remake a pale specter of Hitchcock's film classic
Oct 22, 2020 6:00 am - “Rebecca” - ★ ½ “Rebecca,” Alfred Hitchcock's 1940 adaptation of the novel by Daphne du Maurier, is one of the greatest, most influential movies ever made. A masterwork ...
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'Borat' is back — and on a mission of mayhem through a much-changed America
Oct 22, 2020 6:00 am - “Borat Subsequent Moviefilm: Delivery of Prodigious Bribe to American Regime for Make Benefit Once Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan” — ★ ★ ★ Since Sacha Baron Cohen f...