Movies
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Oscar-nominated 'The Insult' reopens old wounds, but to heal themFeb 05, 2018 5:00 am - Ziad Doueiri knows how to get a rise out of people. Case in point: According to the Lebanese-born, Paris-based filmmaker, his new film, "The Insult" - a politically char...
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Diane Kruger hopes you don't forget her name when the awards buzz fadesFeb 05, 2018 5:00 am - Has Diane Kruger finally arrived? And what took her so long? The 41-year-old won a best actress prize at last year's Cannes Film Festival for her role in “In the Fade,” ...
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'Solo: A Star Wars Story' trailer shows the movie might not be the disaster some feared
Feb 05, 2018 12:00 am - Concerns began to spin like a maneuvering Millennium Falcon last summer when the directors of the Han Solo spinoff film ("Lego Movie" masterminds Phil Lord and Chris Mil...
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Widescreen: Discovering 'Cloverfield Paradox' was exciting - but then you watch itFeb 04, 2018 10:00 pm - Everything about the surprise release of "The Cloverfield Paradox" was thrilling. A Netflix commercial that aired during Sunday's Super Bowl announced the latest install...
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7 weeks later, 'Jumanji' is no. 1 at box office
Feb 04, 2018 6:00 am - NEW YORK - The heir to "Titanic" is ... "Jumanji: Welcome the Jungle"? For the first time since James Cameron's 1998 disaster epic, a December release has topped the wee...
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Neflix will debut new 'Cloverfield' film after Super BowlFeb 03, 2018 10:00 pm - LOS ANGELES - Netflix has dropped a surprise on Super Bowl viewers - a new "Cloverfield" film will be released after Sunday's game. The streaming service debuted a trail...
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Brothers Osborne embrace traditional country on musical riseFeb 02, 2018 5:00 am - Country music upstarts Brothers Osborne may have started their career as underdogs, but now that they've been crowned the genre's biggest duo, the pressure is on. In a f...
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As we prepare to celebrate 'Black Panther,' let's not forget 'Blade'Feb 01, 2018 10:00 pm - The worst part of the life cycle of any dörkenkultur event is the week or two ahead of its release, once the swells in the filmblogging community have had a chance to se...
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Jordan Peele talks Oscars, 'Get Out' and Whoopi GoldbergFeb 01, 2018 10:00 pm - LOS ANGELES - Jordan Peele has been dreaming of his Oscar moment since he was 13, but now that it's happened, he can hardly believe it. The 38-year-old received Academy ...
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Lebanon's Oscar-nominated 'The Insult' fueled by trauma, prejudiceFeb 01, 2018 5:00 am - “The Insult” - ★ ★ ★ In the provocative Lebanese film “The Insult,” a minor conflict over a gutter between two ordinary men in Beirut spirals and escalates to the level...