Movies
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If this is goodbye, ‘Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom’ keeps its trident highDec 22, 2023 6:26 am - It's perhaps appropriate that the latest Aquaman movie is about a lost kingdom. In many ways, this mini-franchise is just that, a Jason Momoa kingdom that could just quie...
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AP’s top music documentaries of 2023: Taylor Swift, Beyoncé, WHAM! and more — and where to watchDec 22, 2023 6:00 am - Looking for something to watch this holiday season? While Barbenheimer is enticing, 2023 was a great year for documentaries — particularly music documentaries, with title...
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Jeffrey Wright is brilliant in the smart and funny satire ‘American Fiction’Dec 21, 2023 1:09 pm - “American Fiction” — 3 stars Jeffrey Wright’s Thelonious “Monk” Ellison is at the end of his rope at the beginning of “American Fiction,” a crowd-pleaser that’s bot...
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A transformed Zac Efron gives his all in tragic, true-life wrestling tale ‘Iron Claw’Dec 21, 2023 1:08 pm - “The Iron Claw” — 2.5 stars It doesn’t take long to understand the level of commitment Zac Efron brings to “The Iron Claw” as Texas wrestling brother Kevin Von Erich...
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Duck! Look out for the opulent, animated epic family adventure ‘Migration’Dec 21, 2023 11:35 am - “Migration” - 3.5 stars I grew up watching generations of Mallard ducks living on a pond outside the front door of my rural route home, one reason why this animated...
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Sweeney, Powell battle saturated soundtrack in appealingly pugnacious rom-com ‘Anyone But You’Dec 21, 2023 8:00 am - “Anyone But You” -- 2.5 stars After about an hour or so, Will Gluck’s appealingly pugnacious “Anyone But You” slowly succumbs to a dreaded rom-com syndrome I like to...
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Jonathan Majors’ Marvel ouster after assault conviction throws years of Disney’s plans into disarrayDec 19, 2023 7:17 am - NEW YORK — Marvel had more riding on Jonathan Majors than perhaps any other actor. Now it's parting ways with him, and throwing years of plans for its cinematic universe ...
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What to stream this week: Bradley Cooper conducts, Lidia Bastianich cooks and Percy Jackson questsDec 18, 2023 6:00 am - A new Percy Jackson series and a PBS special hosted by cookbook author and restaurateur Lidia Bastianich are some of the new television, movies and music headed to a devi...
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‘Wonka’ waltzes to $39 million opening, propelled by Chalamet’s starring roleDec 17, 2023 1:03 pm - “Wonka” debuted with $39 million in box office sales in U.S. and Canadian theaters over the weekend, according to studio estimates Sunday. That made it a strong start...
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Coming home, staying home: ‘Apollo 13’ and ‘Home Alone’ among 25 films picked for national registryDec 15, 2023 3:56 pm - Houston, we have a problem: Where’s Kevin? Perhaps the ultimate coming-home movie, “Apollo 13,” and the ultimate staying-home one, “Home Alone,” are both being honored th...