Movies
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Netflix's 'Sergio' doesn't live up to its fascinating subjectApr 16, 2020 6:00 am - The United Nations diplomat Sérgio Vieira de Mello has been described as a cross between James Bond and Bobby Kennedy, which sounds like a compelling enough pitch for a ...
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How you can watch 'Dirty Dancing' and support furloughed movie theater workersApr 16, 2020 6:00 am - No one can say for sure when we'll be going back to a movie theater, or how many of them will survive this pause in the global economy. The largest movie theater chain i...
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Daring, provocative 'Selah and the Spades' reframes the teen comedy
Apr 16, 2020 6:00 am - One of the upsides of our new streaming-only world of movies is the chance to discover emerging talents, filmmakers whose feature debuts might otherwise have gone unnoti...
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Brian Dennehy, Tony-winning stage, screen actor, dies at 81Apr 16, 2020 1:00 am - NEW YORK - Brian Dennehy, the burly actor who started in films as a macho heavy and later in his career won plaudits for his stage work in plays by William Shakespeare, ...
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10 great baseball movies to stream when you can't enjoy the real thingApr 15, 2020 11:00 pm - Nobody will be taking anyone out to the ballgame any time soon, so when the seasonal urge for America's favorite pastime hits, you can break out the beer and brats at ho...
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Quibi stars have no quibble with new phone-only filmmaking
Apr 15, 2020 6:00 am - NEW YORK - They were skeptical. The name was weird. The concept was a little crazy - but it was intriguing. Oscar-winner Christoph Waltz and rising star Stephan James ea...
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Tzi Ma is changing what it means to be 'Hollywood's go-to Asian dad'
Apr 14, 2020 6:00 am - When actor Tzi Ma was in elementary school, his family moved from Hong Kong to New York, where they ran a Chinese restaurant on Staten Island. As the youngest of seven c...
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Not all Netflix movie suggestions are created equal - here's how to spot the bad ones
Apr 14, 2020 6:00 am - This is a story about betrayal. About how one night not long ago, while I was sheltering in place, Netflix suggested a film that presumably was watchable. It was called ...
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'Trolls World Tour' goes digital with candy-colored musical battle
Apr 10, 2020 2:00 pm - Music snobbery is making a comeback. On the heels of the excellent serial remake of “High Fidelity,” about a tasteful Brooklyn record store owner, comes “Trolls World To...
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In Netflix's 'Tigertail,' an intergenerational immigrant tale
Apr 10, 2020 11:00 am - Oh, to be the other “Tiger” on Netflix. Alan Yang's “Tigertail” is either blessed to arrive in the stormy wake of “Tiger King,” or doomed to be the other “Tiger” title N...