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A Viking epic to conquer them all in 'The Northman'

Tuesday, 8 November 2022, 10:46 Last update: about 2 years ago Associated Press

Alexander Skarsgård has been dreaming about Vikings for as long as he can remember. Some of his earliest memories are from Oland, a Swedish island on the Baltic Sea, where his...

'The Desperate Hour' is a film lost in the woods

Monday, 7 November 2022, 10:56 Last update: about 2 years ago

To say Naomi Watts is the only star in "The Desperate Hour" is a little misleading. She's pretty much the only person in the film, that's true. But you could make the case that she has a co-star in...

Puberty runs amok in Pixar's 'Turning Red'

Monday, 24 October 2022, 07:51 Last update: about 3 years ago Associated Press

For better and worse, "Turning Red" is like no Pixar film before it. The film, directed by Domee Shi, who made the lovely Oscar-winning short "Bao," is the first Pixar movie directly solely by a...

A portrait of a Putin opposition leader in 'Navalny'

Tuesday, 18 October 2022, 09:29 Last update: about 3 years ago Associated Press

"Navalny" is so taut and suspenseful you'd think John le Carré had left behind a secret manuscript that's only just coming to light now. This spellbinding portrait of a Russian opposition...

Channing Tatum and his dog co-star raise the woof

Tuesday, 11 October 2022, 08:28 Last update: about 3 years ago Associated Press

Something would have had to go very, very wrong for " Dog " not to work on a basic level. Pairing Channing Tatum, one of our most likable leading men, with a dog in a road trip two-hander is probably...

Tom Holland in the video game adaptation 'Uncharted'

Saturday, 1 October 2022, 20:58 Last update: about 3 years ago Associated Press

Goonies never say die, and neither do some of their storylines. "Uncharted,"  a new movie based on the PlayStation video game, cribs heavily from adventures like "The Goonies" and its holy...

From hippies to hipsters, 'Texas Chainsaw' is back

Saturday, 1 October 2022, 11:13 Last update: about 3 years ago Associated Press

Et tu, pause button? I thought you were my friend. Anticipating the inevitable guts and gore and murderous mayhem, I screened Netflix's new "Texas Chainsaw Massacre" on my TV in broad daylight,...

The evolution of Steve-O, where every act is his last

Saturday, 20 August 2022, 08:50 Last update: about 3 years ago Associated Press

Steve-O dropped out of college in 1993. He told everyone his plan was to become a famous stuntman with his home video camera. He remembers people feeling genuinely sorry for him. To be fair, he wasn't...

Loving documentary of TV giants in 'Lucy and Desi'

Sunday, 24 July 2022, 09:56 Last update: about 3 years ago Associated Press

A boy sees a pretty girl at a party and delivers a pick-up line for the ages. "If you don't have anything to do tonight, how would you like to learn how to do the rhumba?" he asks. The girl is...

In 'The Adam Project,' a blockbuster therapy session

Monday, 4 July 2022, 13:36 Last update: about 3 years ago Associated Press

Pathos and action are found in equal parts in " The Adam Project," the latest attempt by Netflix to create the kind of throwback blockbuster that you might have paid to see in movie...

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