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'High Flying Bird' is an exhilarating fast break

Wednesday, 20 March 2019, 09:09 Last update: about 9 years ago Associated Press

Straight, "no chaser" is how NBA agent Ray Burke (Andre Holland) likes his news in "High Flying Bird," and the same could be said for the cinematic preferences of director Steven Soderbergh, whose...

Sequel to Michael Crichton's 'Andromeda Strain' due in fall

Wednesday, 20 March 2019, 09:00 Last update: about 9 years ago Associated Press

The late Michael Crichton's literary archive and production company has authorized a sequel to his breakthrough novel "The Andromeda Strain." HarperCollins Publishers announced Tuesday that "The...

We were going to make it either way - Free Solo producers

Tuesday, 19 March 2019, 09:34 Last update: about 9 years ago Associated Press

Makers of the "Free Solo" documentary about Alex Honnold's unaided climb up the rock face of Yosemite's El Capitan say they would have still made the film if Honnold had slipped and fell to his...

'Never Look Away' is an absorbing, exhausting ride

Tuesday, 19 March 2019, 09:08 Last update: about 9 years ago Associated Press

What to say about an Oscar-nominated film that's more than three hours long, apparently despised by the man whose life inspired it, and has been called both a masterpiece and a manipulation? Perhaps...

'The Uninhabitable Earth' explores climate doomsday

Tuesday, 19 March 2019, 08:57 Last update: about 9 years ago Associated Press

"The Uninhabitable Earth: Life After Warming" (Tim Duggan Books), by David-Wallace-Wells. The science is clear: Massive fossil fuel use by humans is raising temperatures in the oceans and air,...

Streep joins 'Big Little Lies' after being fan of show

Monday, 18 March 2019, 09:33 Last update: about 9 years ago Associated Press

Meryl Streep's self-professed addiction to "Big Little Lies" had the bonus of turning the Oscar-winning actress into a star of the HBO drama's second season. "I loved this show. I was addicted to...

In 'Fighting With My Family,' WWE dreams turn real

Monday, 18 March 2019, 09:06 Last update: about 9 years ago Associated Press

Even the most eccentric passions of working-class England — long a favored reservoir of feel-good underdog tales — have seldom featured as much spandex as "Fighting With My...

Lisa Gardner returns with a cracker in 'Never Tell'

Monday, 18 March 2019, 08:54 Last update: about 9 years ago Associated Press

"Never Tell" by Lisa Gardner (Dutton). What seems like a slam-dunk case turns into something mysterious in Gardner's latest featuring Boston Detective D.D. Warren. The police receive a...

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