Movies
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Daisy Ridley holds onto hope in the zombie thriller ‘We Bury the Dead’
Jan 01, 2026 5:15 am - Movies that begin with a wedding often don’t bode well for the couple. In the case of “We Bury the Dead,” something cosmically catastrophic is coming: the accidental detonation of an experimental weapon that instantly wipes out some 500,000 people in Tasmania, including Ava’s (Daisy Ridley) husband, Mitch (Matt Whelan).
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‘The Plague’ dives into a sink-or-swim water polo camp
Jan 01, 2026 5:15 am - The undercurrents of adolescent cruelty churn queasily in Charlie Polinger’s stylish first feature, “The Plague,” about pre-teen boys in a water polo camp who make a smart but awkward camper the easy outcast of the group.
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The worst movies of 2025
Dec 31, 2025 11:58 am - In this season of best-of lists, maybe there’s a measure of schadenfreude, if not solace, to be found in other people’s failures. I’m talking about the trash heap of movies so bad that they couldn’t muster more than a star and half from The Washington Post’s critics.
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Timothée Chalamet wants to be great. ‘Marty Supreme’ might get him there.
Dec 31, 2025 8:23 am - “It’s like I’ve quadrupled down on the original pursuit of my life. I’ve gotten out of the pool and redived from a higher board,” says Timothée Chalamet. That high dive is “Marty Supreme,” Josh Safdie’s hyperkinetic 1950s-set New York tale of a singular striver, with Chalamet at the helm.
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‘Avatar’ and ‘Marty Supreme’ propel strong ticket sales to wrap a turbulent 2025 for Hollywood
Dec 28, 2025 2:58 pm - Hollywood wrapped up a turbulent year with big ticket sales for “Avatar: Fire and Ash” and a box-office hit for Timothée Chalamet with “Marty Supreme” over a busy holiday weekend in movie theaters.
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The Korean satire ‘No Other Choice’ is a masterful thriller from Park Chan-wook
Dec 26, 2025 10:02 am - Leaves and bodies fall in “No Other Choice,” Park Chan-wook’s masterfully devilish satire with a chilling autumnal wind blowing through it.
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And here they are: The best movies of 2025, ranked by AP film writers
Dec 26, 2025 8:27 am - The bean counters might say otherwise, but 2025 was a good year for movies. Here are The Associated Press’ Film Writers Lindsey Bahr’s and Jake Coyle’s picks for the best movies of 2025.
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Will Arnett finds therapy at the open mic in ‘Is This Thing On?’
Dec 24, 2025 5:30 am - It’s often the tiniest things in the debris field of a failed relationship that trigger the most pain. Bradley Cooper clearly believes this, and repeatedly goes for the smaller-scale choice in “Is This Thing On?,” his third feature as director — a deeply felt film about one teetering marriage, and a work whose power sneaks up on you slowly.
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The Neil Diamond-inspired ‘Song Sung Blue’ hits all the wrong notes
Dec 24, 2025 5:15 am - Hugh Jackman and Kate Hudson are slumming to play the slightly batty couple in the big-hearted but misguided “Song Sung Blue,” a baffling adaptation of a very moving 2008 documentary.
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An electric Timothée Chalamet is the consummate striver in propulsive ‘Marty Supreme’
Dec 24, 2025 5:00 am - “Marty Supreme,” Josh Safdie’s nerve-busting, adrenaline jolt of a movie, stars a never-better Timothée Chalamet in a delicious synergy of actor, role and whatever fairy dust makes a performance feel both preordained and magically fresh.