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This ‘Quiet Place’ prequel is a little too mum on backstory
It’s no surprise that A Quiet Place: Day One has fared so well with audiences. Horror is a reliable draw in theaters, and the Quiet Place movies, about deadly aliens that can hear a twig […]
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In prequel ‘A Quiet Place: Day One,’ Lupita Nyong’o’s performance speaks for itself
First, let’s insert the obligatory Hollywood is too reliant on prequels, sequels, and reboots spiel here, and get it out of the way. It’s absolutely and mightily true. And yet. Every now and then – […]
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Yorgos Lanthimos exhausts his ideas, and his audience, in ‘Kinds of Kindness’
Jesse Plemons plays three different characters in Kinds of Kindness — an effort that won him the Best Actor award at the Cannes Film Festival. With his grimly funny movies about people doing cruel things […]
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In ‘Brats,’ ’80s stars grapple with a label that defined their early careers
St. Elmo’s Fire cast members Rob Lowe, Ally Sheedy, Demi Moore, Emilio Estevez, Mare Winningham, Judd Nelson and Andrew McCarthy. How you feel about Andrew McCarthy’s searching, earnest, frequently self-important and occasionally clueless documentary about […]
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‘Furiosa’ Meticulously Blends Sound and Score in its Quest for Vengeance
Back in 2012, composer Tom Holkenborg had the opportunity to ask director George Miller a question. It was a question that a lot of us would ask ourselves three years later when “Mad Max: Fury […]
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In the Age of ‘Eras,’ Lady Gaga Kept HBO’s ‘Gaga Chromatica Ball’ Small
When Taylor Swift took over The AMC at The Grove to debut “The Eras Tour” last October, cars wrapped around the block. With the official kickoff event for what would become a $261.6 million box […]
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‘Star Trek: Discovery’ Season 5 Review
The passage of time isn’t particularly fair to most streaming series, but for the “Star Trek” streaming series on Paramount+ it’s brutal. “Star Trek: Discovery” Season 5 arrives just two years since the Season 4 […]
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‘Avatar: The Last Airbender’ Review: An Inconsistent But Loving Tribute
All of Hollywood is looking for ways to reinvent successful stories, but what happens when the original is near-perfect? You have to reinvent the wheel while the prototype is still flourishing in the market, and […]
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‘Dune: Part Two’ First Reactions Praise Sequel as a ‘Jaw-Dropping’ Triumph
After a three year gap between films and a strike-induced delay that prevented it from making its planned fall 2023 release date, the wait for “Dune: Part Two” is almost over. It appears to be […]