Movies
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Widescreen: After 'Mary Poppins,' there was 'Bedknobs and Broomsticks'Dec 21, 2018 5:00 am - Mary Poppins is back in the pop culture consciousness this week, starring in a sequel to the 1964 film that, like the magical nanny herself, is practically perfect in ev...
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The biggest hits and misses in Hollywood's 2018
Dec 20, 2018 6:00 am - A look at the biggest box-office hits and flops of 2018: HIT: "Black Panther": On a budget of $210 million, Ryan Coogler's superhero film - the first to feature a predom...
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In a record year, the movie theater strikes back
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Movie review: Opening your eyes can be deadly in the oddly dull 'Bird Box'Dec 20, 2018 5:00 am - “Bird Box” - ★ ½ There's loads of promise in “Bird Box.” Start with a killer cast, headlined by Sandra Bullock, and featuring John Malkovich, Jacki Weaver, Trevant...
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Movie review: Jason Momoa makes a splash in overelaborate, CGI-soaked 'Aquaman'Dec 20, 2018 5:00 am - “Aquaman” - ★ ★ Superheroes who travel by sea horse never get any respect. Since Paul Norris and Mort Weisinger first dreamed him up in 1941, Aquaman's fate has largely...
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Movie review: 'Transformers' gets a great savior in 'Bumblebee'Dec 20, 2018 5:00 am - “Bumblebee” - ★ ★ ★ The “Transformers” movie universe has lately been leaky and rusted out. It's become shorthand for bad blockbuster moviemaking - male-driven, mindles...
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Movie review: Step into 'Marwen,' where figurines help healDec 20, 2018 5:00 am - “Welcome to Marwen” - ★ ★ ½ In the 2010 documentary “Marwencol,” the world met Mark Hogancamp, the survivor of a vicious beating 10 years earlier who had turned to art ...
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Flying nanny returns in spirited sequel to 'Mary Poppins'Dec 18, 2018 2:30 pm - “Mary Poppins Returns” - ★ ★ ★ It may not be super, but it still qualifies as a califragilisticexpialidocious sequel to Walt Disney's 1964 live-action/animated mashup m...
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Gire on Penny Marshall: Hollywood's most unassuming, barrier-bashing directorDec 18, 2018 12:00 am - I asked budding filmmaker Penny Marshall back in the 1980s what she liked best about directing a movie. "Ooooohh, I'm trying to figure out what I like about it," she rep...
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Emily Blunt takes on 'daunting' challenge of playing 'Mary Poppins'Dec 16, 2018 6:25 am - Emily Blunt loves a challenge, and in the world of movie musicals there's no greater trial than following in the footsteps of Julie Andrews to bring one of her most icon...