Movies
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'Star Wars' passes 'Beauty and the Beast' as top 2017 earner
Dec 31, 2017 6:00 am - LOS ANGELES (AP) - On the last day of the calendar year, "Star Wars: The Last Jedi" has surpassed "Beauty and the Beast" as the top grossing film in North America in 201...
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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
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'Get Out' tops Dann Gire's best movies of 2017Dec 27, 2017 5:00 am - In 2017, we saw “Wonder,” “Wonderstruck,” “Wonder Wheel,” “Wonder Woman” and “Professor Marston and the Wonder Women.” No wonder we had such a good time at theaters and ...
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10 great screen performers from 2017Dec 26, 2017 8:45 am - The line between film and television continued to blur in 2017 - just look at this year's edition of the much-vaunted Sight & Sound film poll, which names all 18 hours o...
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'The Last Jedi' collects almost $100M at holiday box office
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Writer defied 'one in a million' odds to get first movie made by Steven SpielbergDec 26, 2017 5:00 am - In 1961, before Harvard economist turned military analyst Daniel Ellsberg leaked the Pentagon Papers, he published a study on risk. His experiments found humans prefer g...
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Aaron Sorkin finds a heroine after his own heart in 'Molly's Game'Dec 26, 2017 5:00 am - "Molly's Game" opens - and closes - with the image of a tiny, frozen twig. It's a pine branch, one of several typically scattered on snow-covered slopes to help with dep...