Movies
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Guns, violence and the NRA to be focus of documentary film at Tree of Life UUApr 08, 2018 11:00 pm - "Making a Killing: Guns, Greed, and The NRA," a documentary film by Robert Greenwald, will be shown at 7 p.m. Friday, April 13, at the Tree of Life Unitarian Universalis...
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'A Quiet Place' roars at box office with $50M debut
Apr 08, 2018 7:00 am - NEW YORK - John Krasinski's "A Quiet Place" made a thunderous debut at the box office, opening with $50 million in ticket sales and rumbling to the year's second-best we...
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Widescreen: Hollywood should ditch Lara Croft for rich, diverse 'Overwatch'Apr 07, 2018 7:30 am - A few weeks ago, I floated the notion that a new “Tomb Raider” movie is unnecessary when the video-game source material is already cinematic in nature. The North Ame...
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'1945' offers uneasy Holocaust drama about secrets and justiceApr 06, 2018 5:00 pm - “1945” - ★ ★ The arrival of two laconic strangers (Iván Angelusz and Marcell Nagy) in a small Hungarian town in August 1945 precipitates a commotion in Ferenc Törö...
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'Gemini' a shallow, unsatisfying Hollywood murder mysteryApr 06, 2018 6:00 am - “Gemini” — ★ ½ Starring: Lola Kirke, Zoë Kravitz, John Cho Directed by: Aaron Katz Other: A Neon release. Rated R for language and violence. 93 minutes ...
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'Finding Your Feet' a predictable but well-cast dramedyApr 06, 2018 6:00 am - “Finding Your Feet” — ★ ★ ½ Starring: Imelda Staunton, Celia Imrie, Timothy Spall Directed by: Richard Loncraine Other: A Roadside Attractions release....
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'Blockers' mixes gross-out humor with bursts of inspired lunacyApr 05, 2018 6:00 am - “Blockers” - ★ ★ ½ In “Blockers,” Leslie Mann plays Lisa, the single mom of high school senior Julie (Kathryn Newton), a vivacious teenager who, as the movie opens...
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'Itzhak' documentary reveals vibrant spirit of violin virtuoso PerlmanApr 05, 2018 6:00 am - “Itzhak” - ★ ★ ★ “When I hear that playing, it's like breathing. It's like being alive.” That's Toby Perlman, the wife of Itzhak Perlman, describing the music of h...
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'Chappaquiddick' takes fair, compelling approach to Kennedy scandalApr 05, 2018 6:00 am - “Chappaquiddick” - ★ ★ ★ Years before Watergate, the name Chappaquiddick became shorthand for political scandal. While the world was celebrating the 1969 moon landing -...
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'The Miracle Season' sports drama wins with messages of hope and faithApr 05, 2018 6:00 am - "The Miracle Season" - ★ ★ ½ Evangelical Christian filmmakers could take a lesson or two from Sean McNamara's fact-based sports drama "The Miracle Season." Many "faith-...