Movies
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‘A Quiet Place’ prequel box office speaks volumes as Costner’s Western gets a bumpy start
Jun 30, 2024 12:51 pm - “A Quiet Place: Day One” is making noise at the box office. The prequel earned an estimated $53 million in its first weekend in North American theaters, according to studio estimates Sunday.
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Steve Van Zandt gets rock star treatment in new documentary
Jun 28, 2024 7:38 am - Perhaps it should be no surprise that Steve Van Zandt, 73, had to be coaxed into participating in a documentary about his remarkable life and career. The result is “Stevie Van Zandt: Disciple” — which airs on HBO and streams on Max
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In ‘Janet Planet,’ Julianne Nicholson is a mom spinning out of control
Jun 27, 2024 4:09 pm - Set in a bohemian enclave of Massachusetts during the summer of 1991, “Janet Planet” is a whisper of a movie about a single mother named Janet (Julianne Nicholson), a people pleaser who shifts personalities to suit her lovers and friends, and Janet’s guarded 11-year-old daughter, Lacy (Zoe Ziegler), who is obliged to push the interlopers out.
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Shhhh ... the novelty is gone in ‘A Quiet Place’ prequel
Jun 27, 2024 10:48 am - Not all successful movies need to be franchises. In the case of “A Quiet Place,” now on its third movie with a prequel about a few new characters in New York on the first day of the invasion, the thrill of that fresh idea has waned.
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Taxicab confessions with Dakota Johnson and Sean Penn in ‘Daddio’
Jun 27, 2024 5:30 am - It’s late at night when Dakota Johnson hops into a yellow taxicab at Kennedy airport in the new film “Daddio.” She’s just going home to Manhattan. And her cabdriver (Sean Penn) decides to strike up a conversation that will last the duration of this nearly 100-minute ride. And talk they certainly do.
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Kevin Costner sets the table with overstuffed first take on epic ‘Horizon’
Jun 27, 2024 5:30 am - “You just gotta keep going” should be the slogan of Kevin Costner’s new Western “Horizon: An American Saga — Chapter 1,” the initial three-hour salvo in what could morph into a four-part epic about the West that could tax even the biggest cowboy fan.
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Quantum technology companies set for big tax incentives under new law
Jun 26, 2024 7:13 pm - Gov. JB Pritzker on Wednesday gave final approval to a plan to bolster the state’s tech industry, including an incentives package — backed by $500 million in the state bu...
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‘I Am: Celine Dion’ captures the superstar at her most vulnerable
Jun 26, 2024 11:50 am - Celine Dion’s struggles with stiff-person syndrome and her attempts to recover, rehabilitate and return to the stage are the focus of “I Am: Celine Dion,” a documentary streaming on Prime Video by Oscar-nominated filmmaker Irene Taylor that serves as a revealing portrait of the artist.
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‘Kinds of Kindness’ is Emma Stone’s latest foray into fearlessness with Yorgos Lanthimos
Jun 25, 2024 2:46 pm - There’s barely an ounce of joy in Yorgos Lanthimos’ “Kinds of Kindness,” nor is there much beauty. Nor is there any recognizable kindness to speak of — “recognizable” being the operative word here. Which might be the point of the title. Or not.
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Gena Rowlands has Alzheimer’s, her son Nick Cassavetes says
Jun 25, 2024 2:32 pm - NEW YORK — Celebrated actor and honorary Academy Award recipient Gena Rowlands is suffering from Alzheimer's disease, her son, filmmaker Nick Cassavetes, has revealed. C...