Movies
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I scream, you scream, we all scream, but ‘Scream 7’ is an uninspired bore
Feb 26, 2026 11:22 am - Early in “Scream 7,” in one of those blasts of the franchise’s signature, self-mocking irony, Neve Campbell is taunted for sitting out “Scream VI.” “It’s not the same without you,” she is told. Well, she’s back and ready to stop the Ghostface killer.
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‘One Battle After Another’ wins 6 prizes including best picture at Britain’s BAFTA film awards
Feb 26, 2026 11:22 am - Politically charged thriller “One Battle After Another” won six prizes, including best picture, at the British Academy Film Awards on Sunday, building momentum ahead of Hollywood’s Academy Awards next month.
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‘Man on the Run’ chronicles Paul McCartney’s post-Beatles long and winding road
Feb 26, 2026 5:15 am - If Peter Jackson’s “The Beatles: Get Back” was the supreme document of the Beatles’ final moments together and of their dissolution, Morgan Neville’s “Man on the Run” is a kind of sequel.
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Immigration, sex and power in erotic thriller ‘Dreams’ with Jessica Chastain
Feb 26, 2026 5:15 am - Jessica Chastain takes on one of her most daring roles in “Dreams,” a torrid erotic thriller about power, obsession, art and immigration. She plays a San Francisco socialite entangled in a tempestuous affair with a talented Mexican ballet dancer, played by Isaac Hernández.
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What to stream: Blackpink and Bruno, Paul McCartney doc, ‘Survivor’ at 50 and Resident Evil Requiem
Feb 23, 2026 5:15 am - Both the K-pop girl group Blackpink and the funky pop star Bruno Mars returning with new music and a documentary about Paul McCartney after the Beatles are some of the new television, films, music and games headed to a device near you.
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A movie that takes liberties with ‘Wuthering Heights’? Scholars are OK with that
Feb 20, 2026 3:07 pm - When British author Lucasta Miller had the chance to see Emerald Fennell’s adaptation of Emily Brontë’s “Wuthering Heights” last week, she was well aware of the liberties taken by the director, but was otherwise unbothered. “It would be meaningless to criticize it for that, just as it would be to criticize a grand opera that plays fast and loose with the plot,” she says.
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Oscars will bring back last year’s acting winners — Saldaña, Culkin, Madison and Brody — to present
Feb 19, 2026 2:35 pm - The Oscars are reuniting last year’s acting winners for next month’s ceremony. The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announced Thursday that best actor winners Adrien Brody and Mikey Madison and supporting actor winners Kieran Culkin and Zoe Saldaña will present trophies at the 98th annual Academy Awards.
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‘How to Make a Killing’ a new riff on an Ealing black comedy classic
Feb 19, 2026 5:15 am - “How to Make a Killing,” starring Glen Powell as a working-class man who sets out to murderously reclaim his inheritance, has a clear inspiration: the great Ealing black comedy “Kind Hearts and Coronets.”
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‘Midwinter Break’ a quiet, tender marriage story with Lesley Manville and Ciarán Hinds
Feb 19, 2026 5:15 am - Stella and Gerry might not have a bad marriage, but they don’t have an especially healthy one in “Midwinter Break.” So one Christmas Eve, Stella decides to break the monotony by booking an impromptu trip for two to Amsterdam.
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In submission romance ‘Pillion,’ an unconventional love story challenges norms
Feb 19, 2026 5:15 am - Like most lovers, Colin (Harry Melling) and Ray (Alexander Skarsgård) have an understanding in “Pillion.” Their lines are a little more firmly drawn than most.