Movies
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Doggie drama wins out over human element in 'The Art of Racing in the Rain'Aug 07, 2019 6:00 am - “The Art of Racing in the Rain” - ★ ★ “Sometimes I hate who I am.” In most movies, an expression of such existential angst is to be expected from the lips of a tro...
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'Hobbs & Shaw' is No. 1 but trails pace of 'Fast & Furious'
Aug 04, 2019 7:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - The first spinoff of the 18-year-old "Fast & Furious" franchise, "Hobbs & Shaw," sped away with $180.8 million in its worldwide debut, including $60.8 mi...
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How true to life is the 'Once Upon a Time in Hollywood' ending?Aug 02, 2019 6:00 am - Warning: This story spoils the ending of "Once Upon a Time in ... Hollywood." • • • Quentin Tarantino's "Once Upon a Time in ... Hollywood" is an affectionate snapshot o...
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Widescreen: 'Avengers: Endgame' is now available for digital purchaseAug 02, 2019 6:00 am - The highest-grossing movie of all time is now available on digital purchase platforms and packed with special features to make it worth your $19.99. "Avengers: Endga...
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The supercharged evolution of the 'Fast & Furious' films from racing movies to global action flicksAug 01, 2019 11:00 pm - In "Fast & Furious Presents: Hobbs & Shaw," Dwayne Johnson's Luke Hobbs needs to keep a hovering helicopter from escaping, so he throws a chain around it from the back o...
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Ace cast commands tense family drama in 'Luce'Aug 01, 2019 6:00 am - “Luce” - ★ ★ ★ ½ “Be yourself” is a loaded idea for any 17-year-old, but especially for one Luce (pronounced “loose”) Edgar, the title character of director Julius Onah'...
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'Mike Wallace' documentary a timely, telling portrait of TV journalistAug 01, 2019 6:00 am - "Mike Wallace is Here" - ½ Avi Belkin's tight and hard-hitting journalistic profile "Mike Wallace is Here" begins with a classic square-off between the irascib...
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Dwayne Johnson and Jason Statham trade insults, punches in wildly inconsistent 'Hobbs & Shaw'Aug 01, 2019 5:00 am - “Fast & Furious Presents: Hobbs & Shaw” - ★ ½ I've never seen a movie title “present” another movie title before. How exactly does that work? Nonetheless, “Fast & Furiou...
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In praise of the messy, misunderstood masterpiece movie (and in search of the next one)Jul 28, 2019 7:28 am - With Hollywood in a continual state of technological, corporate and cultural ruction, will there still be enough room to bring the crazy? The question arises upon reflec...
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'Lion King' reigns above box office for second week