Movies
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‘Lisa Frankenstein’ fails to revive North American box office on a very slow Super Bowl weekend
Feb 11, 2024 10:52 am - “Lisa Frankenstein” didn’t come to life at the North American box office in its first weekend in theaters. The horror comedy written by Lemont native Diablo Cody and star...
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Christopher Nolan, Celine Song, AP’s Mstyslav Chernov win at Directors Guild Awards
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Emagine Batavia to offer movie experience for those living with dementia and their caregiversFeb 10, 2024 11:16 pm - Once a month, Emagine Entertainment will be offering dementia-friendly screenings, providing those with dementia and their caregivers a safe and enjoyable cinematic exper...
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Ed Dwight was to be the first Black astronaut. At 90, he's finally getting his due
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Movie review: ‘Lisa Frankenstein’ lurches from idiocy to whimsy and ends up unwatchableFeb 08, 2024 6:26 am - It will come as no surprise that the new movie “Lisa Frankenstein” is a real monster — stitched together from previous movies, painfully incoherent and deeply, deeply dumb.
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Movie review: A village in Bhutan learns about democracy and teaches us, too, in ‘Monk and the Gun’Feb 08, 2024 5:45 am - For a piercing refresher lesson on democracy, one wouldn’t necessarily think of rural Bhutan as the first place to look. Writer-director Pawo Choyning Dorji centers his delightful, moving and clever new satire on a moment in 2006 when officials first fan out into the countryside to introduce this concept called “election.”
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Movie review: ‘Tótem’ is a masterful child’s-eye view of family and deathFeb 08, 2024 5:45 am - For a film about death, Lila Avilés’ “Tótem” is extraordinarily lived in.
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Taylor Swift’s ‘The Eras Tour’ is heading to Disney+ with 5 new songs added
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Movie review: Wim Wenders’ ‘Perfect Days’ is sublimeFeb 07, 2024 5:30 am - Wim Wenders’ “Perfect Days” is set among the crowded skyscrapers of Tokyo and the quiet urban parks that Hirayama (Kôji Yakusho) traverses daily in his job cleaning public toilets. But where the movie resides, really, is Yakusho’s face.
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What to stream this week, Super Bowl edition: Usher, classic commercials and lots of puppiesFeb 05, 2024 5:45 am - Usher’s first new solo album in eight years and “Abbott Elementary” debuting its third season on ABC are some of the new television, movies, music and games headed to a device near you.