Movies
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Bold, audacious ‘I Saw the TV Glow’ explores fandom, identity and the way we rememberMay 09, 2024 12:09 pm - Something about the detail and clarity with which Jane Schoenbrun evokes ’90s suburbia in “I Saw the TV Glow” makes you remember growing up there — even if you didn’t. But that’s the thing about memory, isn’t it? It can be distorting.
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Nature and human nature mingle in the beguiling ‘Evil Does Not Exist’May 09, 2024 12:09 pm - The first images of Ryusuke Hamaguchi’s “Evil Does Not Exist” are looking upward at tree branches against the sky while we move slowly through the forest. It’s a sign of what’s to come in a movie that asks plenty of questions about how we interact with nature.
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What to stream this week: Zac Efron, Indigo Girls, ‘Dark Matter’ and Anne HathawayMay 09, 2024 12:13 pm - Zac Efron and Jeremy Allen White starring in the family wrestling dynasty in “The Iron Claw” and “Pretty Little Liars” returning on Max are some of the new television, movies, music and games headed to a device near you.
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What to stream this week: Zac Efron, Indigo Girls, ‘Dark Matter,’ Brooke Shields and Anne HathawayMay 03, 2024 1:24 pm - Zac Efron and Jeremy Allen White starring in the family wrestling dynasty in “The Iron Claw” and Brooke Shields playing the unwitting title role in the romantic comedy “Mother of the Bride” on Netflix are some of the new television, movies, music and games headed to streaming this week.
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‘The Fall Guy’ gives Hollywood a muted summer kickoff with a $28.5M openingMay 05, 2024 2:34 pm - “The Fall Guy,” the Ryan Gosling-led, action-comedy ode to stunt performers, opened below expectations with $28.5 million, according to studio estimates Sunday, providing a lukewarm start to a summer movie season that’s very much to be determined for Hollywood.
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Seinfeld and friends remake the Pop-Tarts origin story with ‘Unfrosted’May 03, 2024 10:42 am - “Unfrosted” may be the Platonic ideal of the Netflix movie: ephemeral, edible, enjoyable, forgettable. It’s essentially Jerry Seinfeld inviting everyone in his Rolodex to come on over for an extended hang to parody the current craze for trademark biopics.
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How to be a ‘Fall Guy’: Stunt performers on their rough-and-tumble lifeMay 03, 2024 7:02 am - There are two things to keep in mind while being burned alive for a movie scene. The first, says stunt performer Ben Jenkin, is not to breathe in a flame. The other: Keep moving. Jenkin was reminded of that before doing his first fire burn in David Leitch’s “The Fall Guy.”
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In ‘The Idea of You,’ a boy band is center stage, but Anne Hathaway steals the showMay 02, 2024 6:18 am - In the warmly charming rom-com “The Idea of You," Anne Hathaway plays a 40-year-old divorcee and art gallery owner who, after taking her teenage daughter to Coachella, becomes romantically involved with a 24-year-old heartthrob in a boy band.
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Ryan Gosling, Emily Blunt are great fun in ‘The Fall Guy’May 01, 2024 4:56 pm - “The Fall Guy,” starring the naturally charismatic Ryan Gosling and Emily Blunt, is a delightful blend of action, comedy and romance that will make the audience feel like a Hollywood insider for a few hours.
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Jerry Seinfeld’s commitment to the bitMay 02, 2024 11:36 am - For Jerry Seinfeld, who has resolutely stuck to stand-up since “Seinfeld” ended in 1998, he’s going in a different direction with his new movie “Unfrosted,” a star-studded comedy about the invention of the Pop-Tart premiering Friday, May 3, on Netflix.