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'Lucky' is a love letter to Stanton _ and his to us

Thursday, 9 November 2017, 09:55 Last update: about 8 years ago Associated Press

"Harry Dean Stanton Is Lucky," announces the trailer of the new film by John Carroll Lynch. That sentence means more than it sounds. Yes, Stanton, the wonderful actor with that indelible...

Blake Lively tackles blindness in new complex film role

Wednesday, 8 November 2017, 09:53 Last update: about 8 years ago Associated Press

To play a blind woman for her latest film role, Blake Lively took no short cuts into the darkness. The 30-year-old actress learned to use a walking cane, wore opaque contact lenses off-camera to...

Biopic 'Marshall' scores with those who knew late justice

Tuesday, 7 November 2017, 09:51 Last update: about 8 years ago Associated Press

Supreme Court Justice Thurgood Marshall's widow, Cecilia, has seen two showings of the new movie "Marshall" about her late husband. She liked it, but had one observation about actor Chadwick Boseman,...

Review: A family tale told artfully in 'Meyerowitz Stories'

Monday, 6 November 2017, 10:06 Last update: about 9 years ago Associated Press

Your first response to "The Meyerowitz Stories (New and Selected)" may very well be: Adam Sandler is good - REALLY good - in his sensitive, nuanced portrayal as Danny, the outsider son in the...

Q&A: 'American Made' director on hustlers and Tom Cruise

Friday, 3 November 2017, 10:05 Last update: about 9 years ago Associated Press

Director Doug Liman loves spy stories and antiheroes, but he didn't anticipate having such a personal connection to the little-known story of TWA Pilot turned Medellin Cartel friend, drug smuggler and...

Demi Lovato reveals a lot in new documentary

Thursday, 2 November 2017, 10:05 Last update: about 9 years ago Associated Press

You might expect a lot of glamorous footage of Demi Lovato in the new YouTube-exclusive documentary that she co-produced - and you won't be disappointed. She's often shown in flattering light, in slow...

'Death in the Air' tells story of the great London smog

Wednesday, 1 November 2017, 10:04 Last update: about 9 years ago Associated Press

In 1952, post-World War II London was battling more than reconstruction, and Kate Winkler Dawson's "Death in the Air: The True Story of a Serial Killer, The Great London Smog, and the Strangling of a...

'Battle of the Sexes' serves up a too-timely story

Tuesday, 31 October 2017, 10:02 Last update: about 9 years ago Associated Press

Can an inspirational movie also be a drag? That's the distinct feeling one can't shake walking out of "Battle of the Sexes ," a fictionalized rendering of the 1973 tennis match between...

'Kingsman' sequel lacks punch and vibe of first film

Saturday, 28 October 2017, 14:29 Last update: about 9 years ago Associated Press

In the first film about a secret spy group known as Kingsman, we learned they are well-dressed, courtly and perfectly groomed. But by the second film, there's a decidedly ungentlemanly whiff about...

Del Toro's 'The Shape of Water' wins Golden Lion at Venice

Friday, 27 October 2017, 14:26 Last update: about 9 years ago Associated Press

Guillermo del Toro's monster thriller "The Shape of Water" took top prize at the Venice Film Festival on Saturday, capping an 11-day event where the demons of social division and environmental...

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