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Did you lose Downton Abbey in the British fog? Catch up here

Friday, 1 November 2019, 13:23 Last update: about 7 years ago Associated Press

Does it feel like forever since we lost the style, splendor and scandals of "Downton Abbey?" Well, dust off your jewels and put up the kettle because the twists and turns at your favorite...

Joaquin Phoenix discusses preparing for role in 'Joker'

Thursday, 31 October 2019, 10:38 Last update: about 7 years ago Associated Press

Joaquin Phoenix is having a hard time defining the Joker, but then again, he doesn't really want to. The actor spent eight months exploring how a struggling stand-up comedian named Arthur Fleck...

A yeti prompts a China travelogue in 'Abominable'

Wednesday, 30 October 2019, 13:54 Last update: about 7 years ago Associated Press

"Abominable" is just about the most cuddly piece of East-West synergy a corporation could dream up. The first co-production between DreamWorks Animation and the Shanghai-based Pearl Studios...

For Timothée Chalamet, becoming 'The King' was terrifying

Wednesday, 30 October 2019, 10:38 Last update: about 7 years ago Associated Press

Timothée Chalamet is already one of the most acclaimed young actors working today, but he says that the prospect playing young Henry V in "The King" was terrifying. "It was a real...

'Angel Has Fallen' and so has the franchise

Tuesday, 29 October 2019, 09:04 Last update: about 7 years ago Associated Press

There is a certain mindless pleasure in the "Fallen" movies. Watching Gerard Butler muscle his way through increasingly preposterous obstacles as a Secret Service agent can be amusing and oddly...

In 'Brittany Runs a Marathon,' a breakout for Bell

Monday, 28 October 2019, 09:44 Last update: about 7 years ago Associated Press

Getting in shape and putting your life together usually, at the movies, passes in a montage. But for many, the non-Rocky legions of us, such transformations require more than inspiring theme music and...

Brody's take: Adam Brody dishes on career and his TV habits

Saturday, 26 October 2019, 10:18 Last update: about 7 years ago Associated Press

In Adam Brody's new movie "Ready or Not ," in theaters Wednesday, he's part of an ultra-rich family with an odd marriage ritual: When someone marries into the family, that person must pick a card to...

'The Kitchen' stars find humility in mobsters' ruthlessness

Friday, 25 October 2019, 13:57 Last update: about 7 years ago Associated Press

Ever seen a female-led mob movie? Neither had "The Kitchen" writer and director Andrea Berloff, and that's why she says she jumped at the chance to adapt DC Vertigo's comic series of the same...

Sequel to '47 Meters Down' is a toothsome success

Thursday, 24 October 2019, 08:31 Last update: about 7 years ago Associated Press

At the beginning of "47 Meters Down: Uncaged," a quartet of young women are given some pretty good advice before going out to sea: "Don't get eaten by a shark." It's advice, as you might expect, not...

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