Movies
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In 'Creed II,' Dolph Lundgren is happy he has better linesNov 25, 2018 6:15 am - PHILADELPHIA - Being cast as the villain Soviet boxer Ivan Drago in “Rocky IV” launched Dolph Lundgren's acting career. But he had a brainier path if that didn't work ou...
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'Ralph Breaks the Internet,' 'Creed' fuel record holiday box office
Nov 25, 2018 6:00 am - LOS ANGELES - Movie sequels are having their own Thanksgiving feast at the box office and fueling record industry-wide grosses for the long weekend. "Ralph Breaks the In...
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Cinematic gifts: 7 new movies to put the HO HO HO in your holidaysNov 25, 2018 6:00 am - Every Christmas, Santa stuffs our movie theaters with an abundance of cinematic gifts, hoping to offer something for everyone's taste and interests. Here come seven of m...
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Michael B. Jordan, now a Hollywood heavyweight, punches upNov 24, 2018 6:00 am - NEW YORK - If Michael B. Jordan's path to this moment was condensed and edited, it might look, appropriately, like a training montage. Images of Jordan cutting his teeth...
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Five things I'm thankful for this year in entertainmentNov 22, 2018 5:00 am - Here are five things in the entertainment realm that I'm particularly thankful for in 2018: Rachel McAdams' performance in "Game Night." There's a lot to love about thi...
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Movie review: Willem Dafoe an impassioned van Gogh in 'At Eternity's Gate'Nov 21, 2018 5:00 am - “At Eternity's Gate” - ★ ★ ★ Julian Schnabel's fascinating and at times frustrating new drama about Vincent van Gogh, “At Eternity's Gate,” exists, as its title su...
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Movie review: Friendship anything but a game in striking 'Ralph Breaks the Internet'Nov 20, 2018 2:00 pm - “Ralph Breaks the Internet” - ★ ★ ★ Six years ago, the animated feature “Wreck-It Ralph” gave us a little girl with a talent for racing cars and a giant man with a gift...
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Movie review: Who needs another new 'Robin Hood' movie? Absolutely no oneNov 20, 2018 1:45 pm - “Robin Hood” - ★ “Robin Hood” gets right to the point: “Forget what you think you know,” a narrator tells us, before diving into this awkward attempt at re-imagining th...
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Movie review: Boxing sequel fails to live up to its 'Creed'Nov 20, 2018 11:00 am - “Creed II” - ★ ★ ½ Ryan Coogler's 2015 “Creed” rebooted the “Rocky” franchise with a fresh and metaphorically punchy twist that recast Philly boxer Rocky Balboa as a su...
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Coen brothers' 'Ballad of Buster Scruggs' spins dark, funny Western talesNov 20, 2018 10:00 am - “The Ballad of Buster Scruggs” - ★ ★ ★ ★ In the Coen brothers' brilliant new film “The Ballad of Buster Scruggs,” an existential Western told in six unrelated chapters, ...