Movies
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Widescreen: 'Walk Hard' remains a perfect parody of music epics like 'Bohemian Rhapsody'Nov 02, 2018 5:59 am - The Hollywood biopic of British rock legends Queen and Freddie Mercury arrives this weekend in theaters to tepid reviews, some of which invoke the name of one of the mos...
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Movie review: 'In Search of Greatness' sports documentary lacks much-needed emotionNov 01, 2018 6:00 am - “In Search of Greatness” - ★ ★ What if everything you've been told about how to excel in sports is wrong? After picking the brains of some of the most gifted athletes of...
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Movie review: Plenty of blood, little terror in remake of cult classic 'Suspiria'Nov 01, 2018 6:00 am - “Suspiria” - ★ ★ The original “Suspiria” did a lot with a little. Dario Argento's 1977 film featured cheap-looking sets, badly dubbed dialogue, laughable overacting, blo...
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Movie review: 'Wildlife' depicts disintegrating marriage with elegance, empathyNov 01, 2018 6:00 am - “Wildlife” - ★ ★ ★ ★ It's fall of 1960 in Montana when we meet the Brinson family in “Wildlife,” a carefully considered and deeply moving adaptation of a Richard Ford no...
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Movie review: Disney's visually enticing 'Nutcracker' lacks dramatic crunchNov 01, 2018 6:00 am - “The Nutcracker and the Four Realms” - ★ ★ ½ Walt Disney's music-filled early holiday gift, “The Nutcracker and the Four Realms,” feels like a big-budget, large-studio s...
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Movie review: Horror film 'Monster Party' shocking - and awe-ful funnyNov 01, 2018 6:00 am - "Monster Party" - ★ ★ ★ Do you really want to know how horribly comic this horror movie can get? A sleazy guy gives one of those slow, sarcastic claps to young Iris (Vir...
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Movie review: Rami Malek will rock you, even if 'Bohemian Rhapsody' doesn'tOct 31, 2018 9:00 am - “Bohemian Rhapsody” - ★ ★ Where does a preening, pansexual rock god get his powers? The Freddie Mercury biopic “Bohemian Rhapsody” traces his sonorous majesty to an unli...
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The depiction of evil in 'Halloween' gets what made the 1978 original so scaryOct 29, 2018 6:00 am - Note: This contains a discussion of plot points from the new "Halloween"; as such, some spoilers appear below. --- "Halloween," which debuted to a staggering $77.5 milli...
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'Halloween' carves up another $32 million to top box office
Oct 28, 2018 7:00 am - NEW YORK - Michael Meyers - or is it Jamie Lee Curtis? - can't be stopped. "Halloween" dominated the North American box office for the second straight weekend, carving u...
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Movie guide: 'Mid90s,' 'Johnny English,' 'Can You Ever Forgive Me?' open this weekendOct 26, 2018 6:05 pm - Four stars: superior. Three stars: good. Two stars: average. One star: poor. D (drug use), L (language), N (nudity), S (sexual situations, references), V (violence). Rat...