Movies
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What to stream this week: Taylor Swift, Justin Timberlake, ‘Grey’s Anatomy’ and MLB The Show 24
Mar 11, 2024 5:45 am - Taylor Swift’s concert film “The Eras Tour” landing on Disney+ and the comedy “Girls5Eva” jumping from Peacock to Netflix for its third season are some of the new television, movies, music and games headed to a device near you.
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‘Oppenheimer’ crowned best picture at Academy Awards
Mar 10, 2024 11:38 pm - "Oppenheimer," a solemn three-hour biopic that became an unlikely billion-dollar box-office sensation, was crowned best picture at a 96th Academy Awards that doubled as a coronation for Christopher Nolan.
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‘Kung Fu Panda 4’ opens at No. 1, while ‘Dune: Part Two’ stays strong
Mar 10, 2024 2:59 pm - As Universal Pictures prepared for a big night at the Academy Awards with “Oppenheimer,” the studio also celebrated the No. 1 debut of “Kung Fu Panda 4,” which collected ...
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Best cameo? Best hat? Ahead of the Oscars, AP hands out its own awards
Mar 07, 2024 3:54 pm - The Academy Awards honor many things in movies but not some of the most important. Ahead of Sunday’s Oscars, AP Film Writers Lindsey Bahr and Jake Coyle make selections for their own awards — some more offbeat than others.
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Writer-director Julio Torres proves a storyteller to cheer with awesome ‘Problemista’
Mar 07, 2024 3:33 pm - The hero of “Problemista” sees the world differently. He’s an aspiring toy designer named Alejandro who thinks today’s toys are too fun. He’s the creation of Julio Torres, who stars, directs and wrote “Problemista,” an off-kilter and very winning film.
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‘Cabrini’ tells the unknown story behind the well-known name
Mar 07, 2024 3:26 pm - “Cabrini,” an illuminating if workmanlike portrait of Saint Frances Xavier Cabrini, tells the story of the woman behind the name that has graced hundreds of shrines, hospitals, parks and schools around the world.
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And the Oscar goes to ... a movie most people have seenMar 07, 2024 1:36 pm - The Oscars are poised to do something on Sunday that they haven’t done in a very long time: Hand its top award to a blockbuster.
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John Cena gets the laughs in middling comedy ‘Ricky Stanicky’Mar 07, 2024 12:59 pm - Peter Farrelly’s “Ricky Stanicky” feels like one of those lesser 2000 comedies that wanted so badly to be “There’s Something About Mary.” One of the problems is that it is filmed with all the artfulness of a yogurt commercial.
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Oscars producers promise cameos and surprises for Sunday’s (1 hour earlier) show
Mar 07, 2024 12:22 pm - With just a few days to go until the 96th Academy Awards on Sunday (airing one hour earlier at 6 p.m.), the show’s producers are feeling good about what they’ve put together.
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‘Kung Fu Panda 4’ is a sweet, fun and well executed passing of the torch
Mar 07, 2024 5:45 am - “Kung Fu Panda 4” finds our trusty, rotund hero Po at a career crossroads and he’s nervous. “Kung Fu Panda 4” also finds the franchise at an inflection point, but there’s no reason for us to be nervous. DreamWorks knows what it’s doing.