Movies
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Sensitive single dads raising daughters have taken over our movie screensSep 16, 2018 7:26 am - In movies about teenagers, single dads often come across as more absentee or overbearing than they do empathetic. Sure, some feature arcs that end with a father capable ...
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'The Predator' gobbles up competition at box office
Sep 16, 2018 7:00 am - LOS ANGELES - "The Predator" is at the top of the food chain in its first weekend in theaters. 20th Century Fox said Sunday that the film earned an estimated $24 million...
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Movie review: Nicolas Cage achieves Grand Guignol greatness in hallucinogenic 'Mandy'Sep 13, 2018 11:00 am - "Mandy" - ★ ★ ★ Oh, "Mandy." Well, she came and she gave without taking. And the cult crazies took her away. Now, Mandy's lover, lumberjack Red Miller, embarks on a biz...
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Movie review: Laughs and gross-outs top scares in latest 'Predator' sequelSep 13, 2018 7:30 am - “The Predator” - ★ ★ ½ Parts of “The Predator” veer toward a robust, self-aware genre comedy. Other parts strive for some serious science-fiction thrills wrapped around...
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Movie review: Crime drama 'White Boy Rick' is depressing, entertaining - and trueSep 13, 2018 6:00 am - “White Boy Rick” - ★ ★ ½ It's easy to see why someone would want to make a movie about Ricky Wershe Jr. His life story, the inspiration for the new, fact-based crime dr...
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Movie review: Thrills lose out to laughs in mystery-comedy mashup 'A Simple Favor'Sep 13, 2018 6:00 am - “A Simple Favor” - ★ ★ ½ Ice cold and finished off with a dramatic twist, “A Simple Favor” has a lot in common with the gin martinis that its lead characters drink...
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Movie review: It's not worth going down to 'The Basement'Sep 13, 2018 6:00 am - "The Basement" - ★ "The Basement" sounds an awful lot like "debasement," and after a blow-torch-wielding maniac approaches a screaming woman wearing a flimsy bra, looks...
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Movie guide: 'A Simple Favor,' 'Predator' opening this weekSep 12, 2018 11:00 pm - Movies in theaters the week of Sept. 14 Ratings guide: Four stars: superior. Three stars: good. Two stars: average. One star: poor. D (drug use), L (language), N (n...
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'The Hate U Give' puts Black Lives Matter on the screenSep 10, 2018 11:00 pm - TORONTO - The short story that begat Angie Thomas' breakthrough young adult novel "The Hate U Give" was inspired by the shooting of Oscar Grant III, the Oakland, Calif.,...
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Box Office Top 20: 'The Nun' conjures up $53.8 million