Movies
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Boxer Claressa Shields’ story is told in ‘The Fire Inside’
Dec 23, 2024 4:03 pm - “The Fire Inside,” about boxer Claressa “T-Rex” Shields, is not your standard inspirational sports drama, even if it feels like it for the first half of the movie.
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Bob Dylan biopic ‘A Complete Unknown’ is electric in more ways than one
Dec 23, 2024 12:08 pm - “A Complete Unknown” certainly lives up to its title. You are hardly closer to understanding the soul of Bob Dylan after watching more than two hours of this moody look at America’s most enigmatic troubadour.
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‘Sonic 3’ bests ‘Mufasa: The Lion King’ at the box office
Dec 23, 2024 6:50 am - In the holiday season battle of big-budget family movies, Paramount Pictures’ “Sonic the Hedgehog 3” sped past the Walt Disney Co.’s “Mufasa: The Lion King” to take the top spot at the box office ahead of the lucrative Christmas corridor in theaters.
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What to stream: ‘Squid Game’ returns, the movie ‘Bird’ and Mariah Carey teams up with the NFL
Dec 23, 2024 5:30 am - The long-awaited second season of “Squid Game” on Netflix and singing superstar Andrea Bocelli’s Christmas TV special are some of the new television, films and music headed to a device near you.
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Tyler Perry honors a WWII Black women’s battalion in ‘The Six Triple Eight’
Dec 20, 2024 10:21 am - “The Six Triple Eight” represents a leap in ambition for one-man movie studio Tyler Perry. It’s a period drama that casts a spotlight on a neglected chapter of World War II history: The 6888th Central Postal Directory Battalion of the Women’s Army Corps.
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The best Christmas movies for every mood
Dec 19, 2024 5:08 pm - Of course there are the obvious holiday movies playing on repeat on cable. But perhaps you are looking to go beyond the obvious this year. Here are the best Christmas films for every mood.
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New documentary focuses on Christa McAuliffe’s impact as a teacher in New Hampshire
Dec 19, 2024 2:27 pm - Before Christa McAuliffe was an astronaut, she was a vibrant teacher in New England keen on showing her students how everyday people left extraordinary marks on U.S. history.
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Questlove’s new documentary spotlights ‘SNL’ music performances
Dec 19, 2024 2:00 pm - Questlove has teamed up with Oz Rodriguez and NBC for a new film, “Ladies and Gentlemen … 50 Years of SNL Music,” celebrating 50 years of the program and spotlighting its memorable live music performances.
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These three new sports dramas punch above their weight
Dec 18, 2024 2:24 pm - The sports movie, like any genre, can easily fall victim to overly familiar story beats. But a trio of new movies brings some original moves, and a few curveballs, to a genre where tried-and-true formula often reigns supreme.
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Barry Jenkins on why he made ‘Mufasa’ and how it changed him as a filmmaker
Dec 18, 2024 12:11 pm - Made with virtual filmmaking tools, “Mufasa” essentially plopped one of the most groundbreaking filmmakers working today — Barry Jenkins — into an all-digital playground, with a budget more than a hundred times that of “Moonlight.”