Movies
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Dear Oscar voters: Don't let the buzz die down on 'Rocketman'Nov 22, 2019 5:00 am - It's almost movie awards season, which means it's almost time for a very famous person to be honored for playing another very famous person. This season's surest bet arr...
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Movie review: '21 Bridges' covers all-too-predictable action-thriller route
Nov 22, 2019 5:00 am - “21 Bridges” — ★ ★ ½ The movie “21 Bridges” opens with a bang. Not literally — it's just a close-up of a 13-year-old boy's tear-streaked face, as he listens to the ...
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Movie review: Shia LaBeouf's 'Honey Boy' chronicles his painful Hollywood childhood
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Tom Hanks didn't want to be Mr. Rogers. Then he met Marielle HellerNov 22, 2019 5:00 am - NEW YORK - Tom Hanks has never played a superhero. But when the actor recently donned a very simple cardigan sweater, and the slacks to go with it, he felt like one. "I ...
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From 'Knives Out' to Bond, Ana de Armas is on the riseNov 22, 2019 5:00 am - LOS ANGELES - Ana de Armas is fumbling with a packet of sugar and talking about her breakneck schedule on a recent afternoon in Los Angeles when her already enormous alm...
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Venezuelan filmmaker to speak Dec. 12 at St. Charles libraryNov 22, 2019 12:00 am - The St. Charles Public Library will present "Venezuela La Verdad" with filmmaker Stephanie Rodrigues at 7 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 12, in the library's Carnegie Community Roo...
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Helen Mirren, Ian McKellen relish roles in 'The Good Liar'Nov 21, 2019 10:00 pm - NEW YORK - Roles for older actors can fall into some predictable tropes, but Helen Mirren and Ian McKellen say their film, "The Good Liar," let them brush aside cliches ...
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Movie review: Tom Hanks charms as Mr. Rogers in 'A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood'Nov 21, 2019 5:00 am - “A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood” - ★ ★ ★ ½ Director Marielle Heller frames “A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood” as if it were an episode of “Mister Rogers' N...
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Movie review: 'Waves' is an epic family drama, bursting with life in all its contradictions
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Movie review: Fans will warm to 'Frozen II,' but sequel doesn't deliver original's magicNov 21, 2019 5:00 am - "Frozen 2" - ★ ★ ½ You know a sequel's in trouble when its magical snowman Olaf, two gorgeously royal siblings and an oafish boyfriend engage in an mesmerizing game of...