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'Midway' turns the WW II battle into a cartoon

Saturday, 8 February 2020, 10:10 Last update: about 6 years ago Associated Press

The first thing director Roland Emmerich should do after his latest movie "Midway" hits theaters is apologize. Apologize to the visual effects crew, the stuntmen, the carpenters, the costumers...

'Last Christmas' isn't the rom-com cliche it appears

Monday, 3 February 2020, 09:18 Last update: about 6 years ago Associated Press

Paul Feig's "Last Christmas" looks every bit like your standard holiday romantic-comedy, but it has some surprises under its gauzy wrapping. Kate (Emilia Clarke) works in a year-round Christmas...

LaBeouf thought he was finished, then he wrote 'Honey Boy'

Friday, 31 January 2020, 09:28 Last update: about 6 years ago Associated Press

While in court-mandated rehab following his viral-videoed, racist-ranting 2017 arrest for public drunkenness and disorderly conduct, Shia LaBeouf put his childhood reflections into screenplay format....

It's a 'Marriage Story,' but about divorce

Wednesday, 29 January 2020, 10:40 Last update: about 6 years ago Associated Press

Noah Baumbach is a keen observer of life's banalities. His films revel in the strange and wonderful and awkward things people say and do in the course of the day. But his real magic is turning...

In 'Doctor Sleep,' a filmmaker reconciles 'The Shining' rift

Tuesday, 28 January 2020, 15:12 Last update: about 6 years ago Associated Press

Filmmaker Mike Flanagan knew his vision to fuse Stanley Kubrick's "The Shining" with Stephen King's 2013 sequel "Doctor Sleep" would be a hard sell with the author. King's disdain for the 1980...

LaBeouf explores his own childhood in 'Honey Boy'

Saturday, 25 January 2020, 09:22 Last update: about 6 years ago Associated Press

"Honey Boy" will break your heart. It hardly matters if you've never given a second thought to the circumstances of Shia LaBeouf's life, his childhood or his rocky early adult years. But this is...

Scorsese, De Niro and Pacino on time and 'The Irishman'

Friday, 24 January 2020, 09:25 Last update: about 6 years ago Associated Press

They come into the room not like the moveable Mount Rushmore that they are but like three old friends, energized by being in each other's company. They are chatting about movies. Martin Scorsese...

In 'Motherless Brooklyn,' 'Chinatown' goes East

Thursday, 23 January 2020, 10:12 Last update: about 6 years ago Associated Press

Jonathan Lethem's novel about a private eye with Tourette's syndrome, "Motherless Brooklyn," starts with a brilliant burst of uncontrolled profanity and an explanation of its protagonist's...

Bale and Damon go into overdrive for 'Ford v Ferrari'

Wednesday, 22 January 2020, 09:35 Last update: about 6 years ago Associated Press

France's legendary Le Mans race, the central contest depicted in James Mangold's "Ford v Ferrari," runs more than 3,000 miles over the course of 24 hours. But that's nothing compared to the distance...

Scorsese's 'The Irishman' is mature and melancholy

Tuesday, 21 January 2020, 08:54 Last update: about 6 years ago Associated Press

The runtime is the most boring aspect of Martin Scorsese's "The Irishman " to dwell on. There is no question that three hours and 28 minutes qualifies as a long movie. And in a landscape where...

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