Movies
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From transgressive to trope: 'Unlikable' women suddenly dominate filmsNov 29, 2018 10:00 pm - In "The Favourite," Olivia Colman, Rachel Weisz and Emma Stone play Queen Anne, Sarah Churchill and Abigail Hill, three women sparring, seducing and strategizing their w...
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Movie review: Emma Stone, Rachel Weisz delight in deliciously diabolical 'The Favourite'Nov 28, 2018 10:00 am - “The Favourite” - ★ ★ ★ ½ In “The Favourite,” a deliciously diabolical comedy of ill manners and outré palace intrigue, Olivia Colman plays Queen Anne, who in the ...
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Editorial: Take pride in local talent as Hollywood awards season kicks offNov 27, 2018 10:00 pm - For many movie lovers, the holiday season is indeed the most wonderful time of the year. That's because effects-stuffed summer blockbusters and Halloween horror flicks f...
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Coens stake their claim to the Western in 'Buster Scruggs'Nov 27, 2018 5:00 am - NEW YORK - No location is more central to the iconography of the Western than Monument Valley. Its majestic sandstone buttes, a revolving backdrop for John Ford, have be...
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How 'Ralph Breaks the Internet' spoofs the Disney Princess industrial complexNov 26, 2018 5:00 am - Pamela Ribon was so anxious about her idea, she had to pause to ask herself: If I write this, will it get me fired? As a storyteller, Ribon knows her way around a modern...
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In 'Creed II,' Dolph Lundgren is happy he has better linesNov 25, 2018 6:15 am - PHILADELPHIA - Being cast as the villain Soviet boxer Ivan Drago in “Rocky IV” launched Dolph Lundgren's acting career. But he had a brainier path if that didn't work ou...
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'Ralph Breaks the Internet,' 'Creed' fuel record holiday box office
Nov 25, 2018 6:00 am - LOS ANGELES - Movie sequels are having their own Thanksgiving feast at the box office and fueling record industry-wide grosses for the long weekend. "Ralph Breaks the In...
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Cinematic gifts: 7 new movies to put the HO HO HO in your holidaysNov 25, 2018 6:00 am - Every Christmas, Santa stuffs our movie theaters with an abundance of cinematic gifts, hoping to offer something for everyone's taste and interests. Here come seven of m...
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Michael B. Jordan, now a Hollywood heavyweight, punches upNov 24, 2018 6:00 am - NEW YORK - If Michael B. Jordan's path to this moment was condensed and edited, it might look, appropriately, like a training montage. Images of Jordan cutting his teeth...
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Five things I'm thankful for this year in entertainmentNov 22, 2018 5:00 am - Here are five things in the entertainment realm that I'm particularly thankful for in 2018: Rachel McAdams' performance in "Game Night." There's a lot to love about thi...