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'Toy Story' lives on, but should it have?

Monday, 5 August 2019, 09:12 Last update: about 7 years ago Associated Press

Like "Casablanca," ''Toy Story 3" concluded with the beginning of a beautiful friendship. It's an ending that has very possibly produced an ocean's worth of tears, not to mention countless...

The newcomers behind 'The Last Black Man in San Francisco'

Thursday, 1 August 2019, 10:06 Last update: about 7 years ago Associated Press

It's an unusually chilly and overcast Sunday in Los Angeles when the San Francisco filmmaking team and longtime friends Jimmie Fails and Joe Talbot meet for a rooftop brunch a few days after their...

Scorsese on Dylan, Netflix and beating back the blockbuster

Wednesday, 31 July 2019, 08:03 Last update: about 7 years ago Associated Press

A recent multiplex marquee is haunting Martin Scorsese. Twelve screens and 11 of them were showing one movie: "Avengers: Endgame." "Now, that's not fair," Scorsese says. "We have to fight back at...

Toxic masculinity in a sitcom package in 'Shaft'

Monday, 29 July 2019, 09:34 Last update: about 7 years ago Associated Press

The latest "Shaft," which adds a new generation of bad mother------- to the mix, is not what you might expect. It's not gritty or raw or even attempting to be all that cool. Instead it maintains...

Q&A: Coffee with Bill Murray and Jim Jarmusch

Friday, 26 July 2019, 12:09 Last update: about 7 years ago Associated Press

Jim Jarmusch and Bill Murray's long-running relationship began, fittingly, with a cup of coffee. In the early '90s, Jarmusch was walking north on Manhattan's Columbus Avenue ("not my...

'Men in Black' returns, a little worse for wear

Wednesday, 24 July 2019, 12:17 Last update: about 7 years ago Associated Press

Would any fictional gadget be more coveted by Hollywood executives than the memory-erasing "Men in Black" neuralyzer? Imagine the lucrative benefits of being able to, with a single flash, make...

Jarmusch's zombies aren't as sexy as his vampires

Tuesday, 23 July 2019, 16:03 Last update: about 7 years ago Associated Press

Six years ago, Jim Jarmusch made a movie about vampires. "Only Lovers Left Alive" was beautifully textured, ingeniously detailed and intoxicatingly moody. Plus it had the sexiest vampire couple you'd...

In the joyous 'Toy Story 4,' the toys evolve too

Monday, 22 July 2019, 10:52 Last update: about 7 years ago Associated Press

It's futile to ask "why more" in the movie business, but it's hard not to go in a little suspicious of a fourth "Toy Story." The trilogy was so perfect. What more could we ask of Woody and Buzz?...

Franchise fatigue continues with 'Men in Black' and 'Shaft'

Thursday, 18 July 2019, 09:53 Last update: about 7 years ago Associated Press

Brand familiarity isn't everything when it comes to attracting audiences to the multiplex, and Hollywood is learning that lesson the hard way this summer with a slew of underperforming sequels and...

'Emanuel' explores life after tragic church shooting

Tuesday, 16 July 2019, 09:30 Last update: about 7 years ago Associated Press

Jennifer Pinckney was hiding under a desk holding the mouth of her then-6-year-old daughter when Dylann Roof fired more than 70 shots in Mother Emanuel AME Church in Charleston, South Carolina,...

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