Movies
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Perry's 'Madea' stuns Hanks' 'Inferno' in box office upset
Oct 30, 2016 7:00 am - NEW YORK - Tom Hanks. Tom Cruise. Ben Affleck. None of them have been a match for Tyler Perry's Madea. In a surprise victory at the weekend box office, Perry's "Boo! A M...
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Why 'Moonlight' relates to everyoneOct 29, 2016 7:18 am - You might say "Moonlight" is this year's "Boyhood." Like Richard Linklater's best picture nominee, the drama follows a sensitive kid on his journey toward maturity, with...
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Widescreen nominates a new Halloween classic: 'Crimson Peak'Oct 27, 2016 11:00 pm - I could use this space to give you another list of the classic horror movies you MUST! WATCH! this Halloween weekend to ensure a frightfully good time, but you could pro...
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Korean thriller undermined by voyeurismOct 27, 2016 6:15 am - Following his disappointing first foray into English-language filmmaking with the violent “Stoker,” Korean filmmaker Park Chan-wook returns to his native land with “The ...
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Cutting-edge drama 'Moonlight' pushes empathy, forgivenessOct 27, 2016 6:00 am - Barry Jenkins' character study "Moonlight" proves to be every bit as luminous, mysterious and elemental as its title. This extraordinary, cutting-edge drama affirms the ...
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Syrupy dialogue clogs big-hearted 'New Life'Oct 27, 2016 6:00 am - The hope-infused family drama "New Life" possesses a huge heart with its arteries seriously clogged by narrative cholesterol in the form of gooey voice-over narration. B...
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Cheap scares don't add up to thrills in tepid 'Unspoken'Oct 27, 2016 6:00 am - So far, Mike Flanagan's mediocre demon drama "Ouija: Origin of Evil" leads the weekend pack of mainstream Halloween movies, challenged only by the cheap (really cheap) j...
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Political doc 'Madigan' a compelling hit-pieceOct 26, 2016 6:00 am - A Texas media company produced "Madigan: Power. Privilege. Politics.," a one-hour documentary about Democratic House Speaker Michael Madigan, because no Illinois product...
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Hot visuals, dense plot fuel Ron Howard's 'Inferno'Oct 25, 2016 11:00 pm - Maybe it's called "Inferno" because you can't always figure out what the H. E. Double-Hockey-Sticks is going on. If you thought Ron Howard's first two adventures based o...
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Box Office Top 20: 'Madea' tops charts, 'Moonlight' shines