Movies
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Suspense film 'The Room' offers view of horrific fantasyJul 21, 2020 6:00 am - "The Room" - ★ ★ ★ Starring: Olga Christian Volckman's "The Room" sucks us into a vortex of unpredictable, imaginative fantasy as it explores what happens to a happily m...
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Streaming this week: Julia Garner is 'The Assistant,' out on Hulu
Jul 20, 2020 1:00 pm - 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 “The A...
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Naperville's Ogden 6 owner plans to reopen Kendall 11 theater in OswegoJul 20, 2020 1:00 am - It won't be exactly on Ogden anymore, and it won't have the same name. But the company behind Naperville's longtime Ogden 6 has bought another theater and intends to re...
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Warner Bros. postpones 'Tenet' release in U.S. in sign of covid concerns
Jul 19, 2020 11:00 pm - The saga of "Tenet" took another turn Monday as Warner Bros. said it was taking the anticipated Christopher Nolan thriller off its planned mid-August release date, confi...
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Gina Prince-Bythewood is the first black woman to direct a comic book movie. It looks like the future.
Jul 19, 2020 7:27 am - Conventional wisdom would have it that a violent, fantastical action thriller about a group of supernatural mercenaries doesn't lend itself to personal filmmaking. But w...
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London animation studio adapts to finish Disney film
Jul 18, 2020 7:24 am - LONDON - Hanging under blankets for audio soundproofing and working around patchy home Wi-Fi, a London animation studio is following the British motto of "keep calm and ...
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'Painted Bird' brings a disputed novel to grim life
Jul 17, 2020 6:00 am - Václav Marhoul's “The Painted Bird” begins with utter bleakness, but over the course of its 169-minute running time, keeps finding lower depths of misery. The movie is ...
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Lazy editing makes 'Fatal Affair' a lame affair
Jul 16, 2020 6:00 am - If you're of a certain age, much of the new Netflix thriller “Fatal Affair” will be very familiar. That's because it's really just a diluted retelling of another, simila...
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Handsome, broken Aussies connect in 'Dirt Music'
Jul 16, 2020 6:00 am - Everyone is sad in the Australian indie “Dirt Music,” a sprawling story about a small fishing town, an affair and the dark secrets that tie everyone together. But at lea...
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Best Bets: See 'Big Lebowski,' 'Fast Times' at the Sears Centre drive-in this weekendJul 15, 2020 11:00 pm - Double features See the film “Fast Times at Ridgemont High” and “Predator” on Friday or “Spaceballs” and “The Big Lebowski” on Saturday separately or as part of a double...