Movies
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Action, gore dominate suspense and scares in violently funny ‘Death of a Unicorn’Mar 26, 2025 4:04 pm - As a fantasy-horror-comedy steeped in mythology, writer/director Alex Scharfman’s “Death of a Unicorn” goes for action over suspense. But as a sassy class satire, “Death” delivers a timely expose of the semantic tactics of control and disinformation sowed by the hilariously clueless, selfish rich elite.
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Jason Statham takes on the mob in blue-collar action thriller ‘A Working Man’
Mar 26, 2025 4:03 pm - Jason Statham is cosplaying a construction laborer when “A Working Man” begins. But soon enough, he will be doing what he does best in an action movie made by millionaires that hopes to tap into blue-collar chic. He plays a sort of hero-laying-low who’s tasked with finding his boss’ kidnapped daughter.
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What to stream: ‘Mufasa: The Lion King,’ Timothée Chalamet, Will Smith, Seth Rogen and Atomfall
Mar 24, 2025 5:30 am - Coming to streaming this week: Timothée Chalamet becomes Bob Dylan in “A Complete Unknown” and Seth Rogen stars in a new Hollywood satire called “The Studio” for Apple TV+.
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‘Snow White’ opens with a sleepy $43 million at box office
Mar 23, 2025 2:29 pm - The Walt Disney Co.’s live-action, controversy-bedeviled “Snow White” opened in theaters with a sleepy $43 million in ticket sales, according to studio estimates Sunday.
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Remember Me? ‘Coco 2’ in the works at Disney and Pixar
Mar 21, 2025 8:08 am - “Coco” is getting a sequel. Walt Disney Company CEO Bob Iger said Thursday that “Coco 2” is currently in development at Pixar Animation Studios.
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Even 2 De Niros aren’t quite enough to make ‘Alto Knights’ a successor to ‘Goodfellas’
Mar 20, 2025 2:22 pm - Barry Levinson’s “The Alto Knights,” which aims but fails to channel the magic of decades-old mob movies like “Goodfellas,” is all about Robert De Niro. He plays both lead roles, feuding mobsters Vito Genovese and Frank Costello, in a story based on real events.
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Jonathan Majors plays a man on the edge in the dark drama ‘Magazine Dreams’
Mar 20, 2025 5:30 am - There’s rage simmering inside Killian Maddox, the amateur bodybuilder portrayed by Jonathan Majors at the heart of the dark and stylized film “Magazine Dreams.” It’s a kind of “Taxi Driver” for the incel age, a harrowing portrait of untreated mental illness, violence, false idols, steroids and male loneliness.
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‘Eephus’ is the best baseball movie since ‘Moneyball’
Mar 20, 2025 5:30 am - In this slow-pitch gem of a baseball movie — a middle-aged “Sandlot” — time is slipping away, but the adult rec league players in “Eephus” are going down swinging.
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‘Snow White’ is no poisoned apple, but it doesn’t whistle
Mar 20, 2025 5:30 am - Mirror mirror on the wall, what’s the fairest Disney live-action remake of them all? Not this inert live-action retread of “Snow White.” Good intentions flutter through this version, but the updating adds up to a mishmash of a fable.
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Conan O’Brien will return as Oscars host in 2026
Mar 17, 2025 7:46 am - Conan O’Brien is returning to the Oscars stage in 2026. The late-night host and comedian will preside over the 98th Academy Awards, set for March 15, the film academy’s leadership said Monday.