Movies
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In 'Boy Erased,' Joel Edgerton wanted to look at the people behind the parentsNov 13, 2018 5:00 am - Joel Edgerton already knows who's going to see "Boy Erased." Based on the 2016 memoir of the same name by Garrard Conley, the movie details a gay teen's time at a "conve...
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Widescreen: For many fans, Marvel mastermind Stan Lee was a hero, tooNov 12, 2018 12:00 am - When Stan Lee died Monday at age 95, Marvel Comics lost its ambassador to the world, an exuberant, kindly voice of heroism both real and imaginary. In the same comic boo...
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'Dr. Seuss' The Grinch' makes off with $66M at box office
Nov 11, 2018 6:00 am - LOS ANGELES (AP) - You're a mean one - and you're number one - Mr. Grinch. "Dr. Seuss' The Grinch" sledded past mixed reviews and made off with $66 million for Universal...
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Movie review: 'Fantastic Beasts' sequel enchants, but conjures too many plot strandsNov 09, 2018 2:00 pm - “Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald” - ★ ★ ½ Like the bottomless trunk totted by “magizoolologist” Newt Scamander, “Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald”...
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Movie guide: 'The Grinch,' 'The Girl in the Spider's Web' & more open this weekendNov 09, 2018 5:00 am - Movies opening the weekend of Nov. 9: Rating guide: Four stars: superior. Three stars: good. Two stars: average. One star: poor. D (drug use), L (language), N (nudi...
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'Walking Dead' TV movie plan is foolhardy, but could it be foolish?Nov 09, 2018 5:00 am - Shortly after the episode hyped as Rick Grimes' final appearance on "The Walking Dead" ended last Sunday night, Variety broke some news about AMC's iconic zombie-apocaly...
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Movie review: Rosamund Pike delivers best performance of her career in 'A Private War'Nov 08, 2018 5:00 am - “A Private War” - ★ ★ ★ ½ For many years now, Rosamund Pike has elevated nearly everything she's in, often from the sidelines, whether as the good-hearted Jane Ben...
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Movie review: Benedict Cumberbatch's 'The Grinch' no match for animated originalNov 08, 2018 5:00 am - “The Grinch” - ★ ★ ½ You're not a mean one, Mr. Grinch. At least not mean enough to be called “a monster” in a song. Not near mean enough for lyricists to describe your...
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Movie review: Netflix's 'Outlaw King' a bloody — and bloody awful — historical epicNov 08, 2018 5:00 am - “Outlaw King” - ★ Set in early 14th-century Scotland, “Outlaw King” could be described as a spinoff of “Braveheart,” the stirring historical epic about Scottish re...
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Movie review: 'Boy Erased' a soulful look at conflicted teen, familyNov 08, 2018 5:00 am - “Boy Erased” - ★ ★ ★ “Boy Erased” is based on the true story of a young man whose Baptist family put him in a conversion therapy center to “cure” his homosexualit...