Movies
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‘Juror #2’ another intentionally muddy moral tale from Clint Eastwood
Oct 31, 2024 11:18 am - Nicholas Hoult is an average Joe who gets called to serve on a jury to deliberate whether a young roughneck killed his girlfriend on a rainy nighttime road outside a roadhouse bar in “Juror #2.” But, of course, Clint Eastwood’s latest film isn’t as simple as that.
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A musical, pulpy crime thriller, ‘Emilia Pérez’ swings for the fences
Oct 31, 2024 5:30 am - There is so much going on in “Emilia Pérez,” the audacious musical/melodrama/crime-thriller from filmmaker Jacques Audiard, it’s impossible not to appreciate the sheer ambition of it all.
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‘Here’ isn’t there: Conceptually daring visuals blunt empathy, emotions in tiresome gimmick movieOct 31, 2024 5:30 am - “Here” is a conceptually daring, but tiresome gimmick movie, a virtually plotless, visually busy anthology of nonintersecting stories spanning zillions of years, and we feel as if we’ve seen most of them already.
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Christmas movie filmed in Northwest suburbs to air on HuluOct 28, 2024 4:58 pm - “Christmas on the Ranch,” a movie filmed in Long Grove and other suburban locations, will air on Hulu beginning Friday, Nov. 1.
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‘Road Diary’ underscores reasons to worship at the altar of Springsteen
Oct 28, 2024 3:05 pm - The new documentary “Road Diary: Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band” on Hulu and Disney+ is for the true believers, if only because faith is the central tenet of every Springsteen fan.
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‘Venom: The Last Dance’ misses projections as superhero films’ grip on theaters loosens
Oct 28, 2024 7:20 am - “Venom: The Last Dance” showed less bite than expected at the box office, collecting $51 million in its opening weekend, according to studio estimates Sunday, significantly down from the alien symbiote franchise’s previous entries.
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What to stream: ‘Martha,’ Olivia Rodrigo concert film, Tyler, the Creator and ‘The Diplomat’
Oct 28, 2024 5:30 am - The Martha Stewart film “Marta” on Netflix and an album by Tyler, the Creator are some of the new television, films, music and games headed to a device near you.
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‘My Name Is Alfred Hitchcock’ is devious genius
Oct 25, 2024 10:22 am - In the 44 years since his death in 1980, Alfred Hitchcock has become a cinematic cottage industry. “My Name Is Alfred Hitchcock” is a two-hour essay in movie form that has been written and narrated by the late Sir Alfred himself.
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Consider these 10 iconic horror films for a Halloween movie marathon
Oct 24, 2024 3:57 pm - Sometimes, you just have to return to the classics. That’s especially true as Halloween approaches. While you queue up your spooky movie marathon, here are 10 iconic horror movies from the past 70 years for inspiration.
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‘Terrifier 3’ is a surprise horror hit. Yes, there are three!
Oct 24, 2024 2:48 pm - Among the many things horror movies have going for them, one is the shock value they can bring to the box office: When things go right, a cheaply made slasher can become a big hit. The latest example is “Terrifier 3,” which has made over $40 million on a $2 million budget since opening in theaters on Oct. 11.