Movies
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With 'Bumblebee,' John Cena finds his stride in HollywoodDec 22, 2018 6:28 am - LOS ANGELES - John Cena doesn't believe in ego. How could he when he's used to tens of thousands of WWE fans chanting "John Cena sucks" every time he walks out to the ri...
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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...