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A baby for sale in Korean drama 'Broker'

Tuesday, 26 September 2023, 12:14 Last update: about 3 months ago Associated Press

The Korean drama " Broker " begins like a noir. A young woman walks slowly in the pouring rain in the middle of the night in Busan, her flimsy hood doing little to keep her dry. She looks haunted but...

Wrenching and riveting, 'The Son' leaves you shaken

Wednesday, 16 August 2023, 15:49 Last update: about 5 months ago Associated Press

If you don't have children, you will likely walk out of "The Son" shaken and deeply moved. If you do have kids, you may have to be eventually pulled to your feet after collapsing into a fetal ball for...

'She Said' chronicles the scoop that fed a movement

Wednesday, 16 August 2023, 15:48 Last update: about 5 months ago Associated Press

Those old Hollywood newspaper flicks are great, but today's journalists don't run around newsrooms yelling "Get me rewrite!" Nor do they sprint across the room shouting "Stop the presses!" over the...

Back to DeLillo's doomed future in 'White Noise'

Wednesday, 16 August 2023, 15:47 Last update: about 5 months ago Associated Press

Like Don DeLillo's 1985 novel, the heart of Noah Baumbach's "White Noise" is in the supermarket. There, in the gleaming aisles of neatly arranged cereal boxes and produce, DeLillo found America's...

'Strange World' explores big themes in bold colours

Saturday, 5 August 2023, 08:58 Last update: about 5 months ago Associated Press

Is Searcher Clade the most millennial dad in all of animated moviedom? He has that telltale hipster beard. A sensitive voice sorta like Jake Gyllenhaal. And he feeds his kid avocado toast, with an egg...

A crowdpleasing whodunnit in Netflix's 'Glass Onion'

Saturday, 5 August 2023, 08:57 Last update: about 5 months ago Associated Press

The business of making original movie sequels is often a thankless job. You can't just do the same thing again, but you also can't be too different either. And many watching will have their guard up...

'Devotion' is a quiet tale of allyship amid heroics

Saturday, 5 August 2023, 08:55 Last update: about 5 months ago Associated Press

There must be something about actor Glen Powell that casting directors associate with the heavens. He's played astronaut John Glenn in "Hidden Figures," voiced a NASA official in the animated...

'Salvatore' fetes a life devoted to feet and fashion

Friday, 7 July 2023, 07:28 Last update: about 5 months ago Associated Press

Next time you arrive home with aching, blistered feet after a long day, take heart: It's not your feet that are the problem. It's your shoes. And that comes from the master, the late Salvatore...

Chastain is an everyday superhero in 'Good Nurse'

Friday, 7 July 2023, 07:27 Last update: about 5 months ago Associated Press

Movie titles are always important, but there's special significance to the title of "The Good Nurse," based on the horrific serial killings of dozens and possibly hundreds of patients by a night nurse...

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