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Muppets creator Jim Henson gets a documentary as exciting as he was

By MARK KENNEDY
May 30, 2024 1:32 pm - There are moments when the spark of creation suddenly ignites and history stops. That happened when Jim Henson cut up his mother’s green coat into odd shapes and added ping-pong balls for eyes. Kermit the Frog's humble beginnings are part of the engrossing and enlightening documentary “Jim Henson Idea Man.”
Daisy Ridley shines in inspirational swimming pic ‘Young Woman and the Sea’

By LINDSEY BAHR
May 30, 2024 10:58 am - Trudy Ederle is not what you might call a household name, but she soon could be thanks to Daisy Ridley, who portrays the competitive swimmer in the inspirational new film “Young Woman and the Sea.”
It’s gore vs. bore in a ‘Nature’ movie all about splatter matter

By Dann Gire
May 28, 2024 3:41 pm - I am guessing that when Chris Nash’s “In a Violent Nature” goes to streaming on Shudder, its target audience might jump straight to the 42-minute mark, the movie’s ultra-graphic piece-de-resistance.
Albert Ruddy, Oscar-winning producer of ‘The Godfather’ and ‘Million Dollar Baby,’ dies at 94

BY HILLEL ITALIE
May 28, 2024 2:50 pm - Albert S. Ruddy, a colorful, Canadian-born producer and writer who won Oscars for “The Godfather” and “Million Dollar Baby,” developed the raucous prison-sports comedy “The Longest Yard” and helped create the hit sitcom “Hogan's Heroes,” has died at age 94.
The Beach Boys, going into the sunset, look back on years of harmony and heartache in documentary

By ANDREW DALTON
May 27, 2024 11:32 am - Both the Beach Boys and “The Beach Boys” — the new documentary that dropped Friday on Disney+ — are all about blending a range of voices.
What to stream this week: Willie Nelson, Chip & Joanna Gaines, Jim Henson and Benedict Cumberbatch

By The Associated Press
May 27, 2024 5:30 am - Willie Nelson’s 152nd album and Benedict Cumberbatch playing a curmudgeon puppeteer in “Eric” on Netflix are some of the new television, movies, music and games headed to a device near you.
‘Furiosa,’ ‘Garfield’ lead slowest Memorial Day box office in decades

By LINDSEY BAHR
May 26, 2024 11:30 am - Movie theaters are looking more and more like a wasteland this summer. Neither “Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga” nor “The Garfield Movie” could save Memorial Day weekend, which is cruising toward a two-decade low.
J.Lo heads to a new galaxy for AI love story in ‘Atlas’

By JOCELYN NOVECK
May 24, 2024 10:26 am - Let’s all be clear that when it comes to Jennifer Lopez, it's about the love story. And so if we tell you that now, we have J.Lo in “Atlas,” playing a data analyst who travels to a planet populated solely by evil AI bots preparing to extinguish humanity, well, your only question really should be, “Where’s the love story?”
‘The Keeper’ is unsubtle story of veteran suicide and a man on a mission

By Michael O'Sullivan
May 24, 2024 9:57 am - Inspired by the true story of George Eshleman, a U.S. Army veteran who, in 2016, hiked the entire Appalachian Trail while carrying the names of 363 veterans who died by suicide, “The Keeper” aims, above all, to raise awareness about a very real problem.
Documentary filmmaker Morgan Spurlock, who skewered fast food industry, dies at 53

By MARK KENNEDY
May 24, 2024 9:56 am - Documentary filmmaker Morgan Spurlock, an Oscar-nominee who made food and American diets his life’s work, famously eating only at McDonald’s for a month to illustrate the dangers of a fast-food diet, has died. He was 53.

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