Movies
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With ‘The Grand Finale,’ ‘Downton Abbey’ is really coming to an end
Sep 12, 2025 11:21 am - Julian Fellowes has been saying goodbye to “Downton Abbey” for nearly as long as it has existed. But 15 years, the creators are really, truly closing a chapter and saying farewell with “Downton Abbey: The Grand Finale,” which just opened in theaters.
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‘The Long Walk’ more like the long talk, with grisly violence thrown in
Sep 12, 2025 8:14 am - Where the “Hunger Games” franchise is an exercise in maximalist world-building, Stephen King’s book “The Long Walk ” is on the minimalist side and leaves much to the imagination. So does the new film, even though it covers more than 300 miles and five days.
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Grand, indeed: The Crawleys — and their matriarch — get a loving send-off in final ‘Downton Abbey’
Sep 11, 2025 6:11 am - Change comes slowly to the Downton Abbey universe and its Crawley family. Just watch Robert Crawley go flat-hunting in London. Wait, what? FLAT-HUNTING? Well, yes, and it’s the most amusing scene in “Downton Abbey: The Grand Finale.”
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So much for 11. ‘Spinal Tap II’ barely registers a 4.
Sep 11, 2025 6:11 am - In an early scene from “Spinal Tap II: The End Continues,” the blisteringly obtuse Nigel Tufnel asks his wife a question after he and his bandmates have reunited after many years: “I don't know whether this was a good idea or not.” Fans may ask that very same question.
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Emergency dental work prompts an unlikely rom-com in ‘The Baltimorons’
Sep 10, 2025 3:32 pm - “The Baltimorons” is one of those little movies you might stumble across and be surprised that it hooks you. It does so despite — or more likely because — of its complete lack of flashiness or any self-evident attempt to “hook you.” Instead, it manages that simply with low-key charm and a warm, unpretentious humanity.
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What to stream: ‘Only Murders in the Building,’ ‘The Girlfriend,’ Charlie Sheen doc and Borderlands 4
Sep 09, 2025 10:32 am - “Only Murders in the Building” returning for its fifth season and the Netflix two-part documentary “aka Charlie Sheen” are some of the new television, films, music and games headed to a device near you.
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‘The Conjuring: Last Rites’ creeps its way to another box office win for horror genre
Sep 08, 2025 6:21 am - It’s the year for horror and “The Conjuring: Last Rites” was no exception. Its opening weekend tipped the genre over $1 billion in earnings for this year’s domestic box office.
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‘Tina’ is uplifted by a powerhouse performance
Sep 05, 2025 8:51 am - “Tina” features a unique central character, a powerhouse star performance and some truly uplifting choral singing. Those are the good parts. The less good part is a script that pummels audiences with melodrama, manipulation and sentimental clichés.
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Sometimes, the price of fame is a fan like Matthew in ‘Lurker’
Sep 05, 2025 8:46 am - Of the two indie films about male-friendship stalkers now in theaters, “Lurker” is the creepy, better one. Better because beyond its immediate dramatic suspense, Alex Russell’s debut feature film arrives bearing uncomfortable truths about the symbiotic relationship between celebrities and hangers-on.
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Fall movie guide: Here are the films coming out from September to Christmas
Sep 04, 2025 1:50 pm - Daniel Craig’s Benoit Blanc is back. So are the stars of “Wicked” and the animals of “Zootopia.” Summer may be known as sequel season, but part twos, and threes, will play big roles this fall at the movies.