Movies
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Fierce Sydney Sweeney pulls no punches in boxing biopic ‘Christy’
Nov 06, 2025 1:36 pm - At one point deep into “Christy,” the boxer Christy Martin, played with ferocious commitment by Sydney Sweeney, describes how she feels being in the ring. It’s not what you’d expect.It’s where she finds quiet, she says. At home is where it gets scary.
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Russell Crowe, Rami Malek face off in Nazi trial drama ‘Nuremberg’
Nov 05, 2025 8:36 am - The Nuremberg trials have inspired filmmakers before. But for the latest take, “Nuremberg,” writer-director James Vanderbilt focuses on a lesser-known figure: U.S. Army psychiatrist Douglas Kelley, who was assigned to evaluate captured Nazi leaders to ensure they were fit for trial (and also keep them alive).
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Elle Fanning’s disjointed android steals the show in ‘Predator: Badlands’
Nov 04, 2025 12:26 pm - Elle Fanning delivers one of the most disjointed performances of the year in “Predator: Badlands.” It's not her fault — she's a great actor. It's just that she spends the majority of the movie in two pieces.
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Diane Ladd, 3-time Oscar nominee, dies at 89
Nov 03, 2025 3:44 pm - Diane Ladd, the three-time Academy Award nominee whose roles ranged from the brash waitress in “Alice Doesn’t Live Here Anymore” to the protective mother in “Wild at Heart,” has died at 89.
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What to stream: ‘Frankenstein,’ ‘The Fantastic Four: First Steps,’ Tracy Morgan, Kim Kardashian and ‘Downton Abbey’
Nov 03, 2025 5:30 am - Guillermo del Toro’s take on “Frankenstein,” the earnest superhero team-up tale “The Fantastic Four: First Steps” and Tracy Morgan returning to TV with a new comedy called “Crutch” are some of the new television, films, music and games headed to a device near you.
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Emma Stone and Jesse Plemons make the case for the wild ride that is ‘Bugonia’
Oct 31, 2025 12:48 pm - Jesse Plemons has a plea: Pause Netflix and go see “Bugonia” in the theater.The film, in which he plays a conspiracy theorist who kidnapsEmma Stone’s pharma CEO, believing her to be an alien, is the kind that might seem small in scope, but is big in scope too.
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A ‘Call of Duty’ movie is in the works with Peter Berg and Taylor Sheridan
Oct 30, 2025 2:48 pm - “Call of Duty,” one of the most successful video game franchises of all time, is becoming a feature film with Peter Berg and Taylor Sheridan spearheading the adaptation, Paramount Pictures and Activision said Thursday.
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‘Nouvelle Vague’ is a meticulous ode to the French New Wave
Oct 30, 2025 10:54 am - Richard Linklater’s “Nouvelle Vague” is principally about Jean-Luc Godard (Guillaume Marbeck) and the making of his landmark feature debut, “Breathless.” But it is also a wider portrait of a moveable filmmaking feast, of an entire generation of French filmmakers.
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Jafar Panahi’s ‘It Was Just an Accident’ is a darkly moving and funny look at revenge
Oct 30, 2025 5:00 am - The mundane act of a car breaking down one night on a road in Iran sets in motion one of the most moving movies of the year in “It Was Just an Accident.” It’s dark and yet wickedly funny, existential and very, very human as it explores the ripple effects from state violence and asks if forgiveness can ever be offered.
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Minimalist thriller ‘Hallow Road’ lets your imagination run wild
Oct 30, 2025 5:00 am - “Hallow Road” is the kind of minimalistic thriller that knows that sometimes all you need to do is establish the right mood and your audience’s imagination will take it from there. It is all ambiguity and escalation, and relief is not in the cards.