Movies
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Streep, Hanks deliver vital newsroom drama with Spielberg's 'The Post'Jan 03, 2018 10:00 am - “The Post” - ★ ★ ★ ½ Washington Post executive editor Ben Bradlee (Tom Hanks, brandishing an array of smirks and a cheap haircut) suspects The New York Times might be u...
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Box Office Top 20: 'Star Wars' narrowly beats 'Jumanji'
Jan 02, 2018 6:00 am - LOS ANGELES (AP) - Facing stiff competition from "Jumanji," ''Star Wars: The Last Jedi" just barely topped the box office for the third weekend in a row with $66.8 milli...
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'Lady Bird's' Saoirse Ronan comes of age on screen, in lifeJan 02, 2018 5:00 am - BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. - Saoirse Ronan is eyeing the lobster salad at Spago in Beverly Hills and has a difficult decision to make regarding cherry tomatoes. She doesn't l...
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China's 2017 movie ticket sales rise 13.5 percent
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Anderson unravels love and work in 'Phantom Thread'Jan 01, 2018 5:36 am - NEW YORK - The day after last November's presidential election, Paul Thomas Anderson boarded a plane to London to go make a movie about love. "Phantom Thread," which beg...
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'Star Wars' passes 'Beauty and the Beast' as top 2017 earner
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Will Smith's star is fading. Can 'Bright' be the hit he needs?Dec 31, 2017 6:00 am - Will Smith used to be a dependable hitmaker. “Bad Boys,” “Independence Day,” “Men in Black,” “Hitch” — it was one monster success after another. Recent years have been m...
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Will 2018 be more of the same at the movies?Dec 31, 2017 6:00 am - As film exhibitors begin to draw a curtain on 2017, they can look ahead to an uncannily similar slate of blockbusters in 2018. The North American box office is holding f...
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The most interesting part of 'The Post' is its portrait of the Washington swampDec 30, 2017 6:26 am - There's a lot to like about "The Post," Steven Spielberg's new movie about The Washington Post's role in publishing the Pentagon Papers. Obvious Oscar bait it may be, an...
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The year's box office drops, but still third highest gross in history