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Yo Rocky! Gritty, soulful 'Creed' goes the distance

Saturday, 5 December 2015, 14:33 Last update: about 9 years ago

Admit it. When you heard another "Rocky" movie was coming out - a seventh - you thought, really? How many "Rocky" movies do we need? Well, it turns out we needed seven. At least. From its...

With lessons for today, movies bring back the '50s

Friday, 4 December 2015, 14:30 Last update: about 9 years ago

Fear of unexpected strikes from overseas. Battles over First Amendment rights. Simmering tensions of inequality. It's no wonder the 1950s are all over movie screens. Whether by fortune or...

Stellar cast boosts stoner comedy 'Night Before'

Thursday, 3 December 2015, 14:29 Last update: about 9 years ago

Boosted by its stellar cast and playful take on "A Christmas Carol," ''The Night Before" is a coming-of-age stoner-buddy comedy laced with warm holiday cheer. Make no mistake: it's still a silly...

Life imitates art for 'Creed' director Ryan Coogler

Wednesday, 2 December 2015, 14:27 Last update: about 9 years ago

"Fruitvale Station" writer-director Ryan Coogler is sending a love letter to his father in the form of the latest "Rocky" film. "Creed" was inspired by his dad, who showed him the "Rocky"...

Blanchett, Mara are exquisite in poetic 'Carol'

Tuesday, 1 December 2015, 14:23 Last update: about 9 years ago

"Carol" is an overwhelmingly beautiful film. It looks like a dream, it sounds like whispered want, and it feels like falling in love in all its stomach turning terror and ecstasy. Even its title rolls...

Larson, Tremblay illuminate the darkness of 'Room'

Friday, 23 October 2015, 16:45 Last update: about 10 years ago

Arresting and heartbreaking, wrought with extremes of tension and love, "Room" is as evocative and unforgettable on screen as in the bestselling novel that inspired it. This is the kind of film...

Inside the lavish visual feast of 'Crimson Peak'

Wednesday, 21 October 2015, 16:43 Last update: about 10 years ago

Director Guillermo del Toro had his production and design teams fashion the word into the cracks and crevasses of the woodwork and furniture throughout the massive, three-story manor, which...

Del Toro's 'Crimson Peak' casts a gothic spell

Tuesday, 20 October 2015, 16:42 Last update: about 10 years ago

The most pressing threat in Guillermo del Toro's gothic horror "Crimson Peak" isn't the ooze-filled cauldrons of dead souls in the basement of the old Victorian mansion, nor the plotting, black-clad...

'Bridge of Spies' is an absorbing slow burn

Monday, 19 October 2015, 16:41 Last update: about 10 years ago

Steven Spielberg's "Bridge of Spies," much like its misunderstood litigator, is a film that plays the long game. This complex Cold War drama soaked in shadows, blues, greys and furrowed brows, is a...

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