Movies
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Amazon's 'Vast of Night' a smart, moody blast from the past of space filmsMay 28, 2020 6:00 am - This impressively confident, nuanced first feature from Oklahoma City native Andrew Patterson takes place during the '50s in the small town of Cayuga, New Mexico, but it...
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HBO Max's 'On the Record' documentary adds powerful #MeToo chapter
May 28, 2020 6:00 am - “On the Record” - ★ ★ ★ The documentary “On the Record” spends quite a bit of time introducing former music executive Drew Dixon before Russell Simmons and rape are ment...
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Unlikely rom-com 'High Note' strikes the right chords in troubling times
May 28, 2020 6:00 am - There may have been a point — say, oh, a few months ago? — when we'd have demanded a lot more edge from a movie like “The High Note” and been less forgiving of its more ...
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Widescreen: Six ways to capture the magic of summer from your couchMay 27, 2020 11:00 pm - It's not even June, but summerlike weather has already arrived. Normally, this would be cause for celebration, but this summer will be unlike any other summer we've expe...
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Perry's studio moves toward reopening while industry waitsMay 25, 2020 6:00 am - LOS ANGELES - Tyler Perry is planning to make his Atlanta-based mega studio one of the first domestic filming grounds to reopen during the coronavirus pandemic. But whil...
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Ben Schwartz, your favorite fool on 'Parks and Recreation,' is ready for the spotlight
May 24, 2020 7:30 am - Before Ben Schwartz and Thomas Middleditch stride onstage to do long-form improv, the comedy duo, at Schwartz's behest, always share a hug. "I love you," Schwartz utters...
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Kumail Nanjiani is finding his way through 'The Weirds'
May 21, 2020 11:00 pm - NEW YORK - Kumail Nanjiani has a few names for quarantine life. He has divided time firmly between "pre-Hanks/Wilson" and "post-Hanks/Wilson," referring to the early COV...
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Issa Rae, Kumail Nanjiani do right by Netflix's night-gone-wrong romp 'The Lovebirds'
May 21, 2020 6:00 am - “The Lovebirds” stars Issa Rae and Kumail Nanjiani are two of the most exciting voices working in film and television today, as actors, writers and creators. Rae's “Inse...
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Coogan, Brydon spar once more in endearing 'The Trip to Greece'
May 21, 2020 1:00 am - Most franchises that have made it to four films have by then traipsed the galaxy, pulled off a series of daring heists or freed Willy many times over. The movies of “The...
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Widescreen tidbits: When Captain America rode the 'Snowpiercer,' plus 'Ghost' resurrectedMay 20, 2020 11:00 pm - Six years before “Snowpiercer” was a TNT series (Episode 2 airs at 8 p.m. Sunday) starring Jennifer Connelly and Daveed Diggs, it was an audacious film co-written and di...