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In honour of 'The Post,' the top 10 newspaper movies

Saturday, 3 March 2018, 14:20 Last update: about 9 years ago Associated Press

As an entry into the pantheon of great newspaper movies, Steven Spielberg's Pentagon Papers drama "The Post" is inked with deep affection for the analog apparatus of the newspaper business, circa...

Hemsworth leads a solid wartime film in '12 Strong'

Friday, 2 March 2018, 14:18 Last update: about 9 years ago Associated Press

In the days and months following the Sept. 11 attacks, a small U.S. Special Forces unit led an offensive against the Taliban and Al Qaeda in Afghanistan. They worked in harsh conditions alongside a...

Documentary looks back wistfully look at Obama-era diplomacy

Thursday, 1 March 2018, 14:15 Last update: about 9 years ago Associated Press

Greg Barker had assembled nearly all his footage for "The Final Year," a behind-the-scenes look at President Barack Obama's globe-trotting foreign policy team, when something unexpected happened...

With Hugh Grant, 'Paddington 2' is simply wonderful

Wednesday, 28 February 2018, 09:47 Last update: about 9 years ago Associated Press

"Paddington 2 " is that rare creation that somehow improves on its already charming predecessor. Maybe it's the addition of Hugh Grant as a lunatic faded star desperate for some cash to get his...

More actors expressing regret about working with Woody Allen

Tuesday, 27 February 2018, 09:44 Last update: about 9 years ago Associated Press

A growing number of actors are distancing themselves from Woody Allen and his next film, heightening questions about the future of the prolific 82-year-old filmmaker in a Hollywood newly sensitive to...

Liam Neeson rides again in 'The Commuter'

Friday, 23 February 2018, 09:51 Last update: about 9 years ago Associated Press

The tagline for the Liam Neeson Metro-North thriller "The Commuter" — "Lives are on the line" — feels like a missed opportunity. I would have gone with: "The quiet car is about to get...

Film depicts birth of New York's Lincoln Center

Thursday, 22 February 2018, 09:47 Last update: about 9 years ago Associated Press

Resplendent in a plaid turban, green cowl-neck muffler, pearl necklace and silver-ridged earrings, an icon of opera sits in a straight-back chair and reminisces about her career. Leontyne Price...

In 'In the Fade,' a seldom seen face of terrorism

Wednesday, 21 February 2018, 09:45 Last update: about 9 years ago Associated Press

It's startling how few filmmakers have tried to tackle terrorism with anything beyond a standard procedural account. It's less surprising that one of the few to really grapple with a response is Fatih...

Bale, landscapes, boost grim western 'Hostiles'

Tuesday, 20 February 2018, 09:42 Last update: about 9 years ago Associated Press

Enemies are thrown together for a perilous journey in "Hostiles ," an unforgivingly violent and sparse revisionist Western set in 1892 that explores the traumas of American westward...

Tonya Harding tale 'I, Tonya' sticks the landing

Friday, 16 February 2018, 08:47 Last update: about 9 years ago Associated Press

"I, Tonya" is the Tonya Harding film you never knew you wanted: an outrageously entertaining reappraisal of the Olympic figure skater who, in 1994, was involved in a scheme to injure her main rival,...

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