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Movie Review: Audacious Bible-era story 'The Book of Clarence' is maybe too audacious

Movie Review: Audacious Bible-era story 'The Book of Clarence' is maybe too audacious

Somewhere between the sacred and profane, comedy, drama and satire comes “The Book of Clarence,” a retelling of The Greatest Story Ever Told that arrives in theaters appropriately between Christmas and Easter.
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Movie Review: In ‘The Teachers’ Lounge,’ one middle school as microcosm of a troubled world

Movie Review: In ‘The Teachers’ Lounge,’ one middle school as microcosm of a troubled world

What happens in the teachers’ lounge, anyway? When we were kids, that closed door seemed so tantalizingly forbidding, though it probably only hid some coffee-sipping, light chitchat and paper-grading.
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Celine Song, Ryan Gosling and Martin Short emptyhanded at Golden Globe Awards

Celine Song, Ryan Gosling and Martin Short emptyhanded at Golden Globe Awards

Canadians competing for Golden Globe awards came up emptyhanded Sunday, as "Oppenheimer" and "Anatomy of a Fall" claimed multiple wins.
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‘Wonka’ is No. 1 at the box office again as 2024 gets off to a slower start

‘Wonka’ is No. 1 at the box office again as 2024 gets off to a slower start

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Timothée Chalamet and “Wonka” topped the box office charts for the third time in its four weekends in theaters. Warner Bros.’ family-oriented musical added $14.
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Canadian director of Mickey Mouse horror film: 'We kind of shook the world'

Canadian director of Mickey Mouse horror film: 'We kind of shook the world'

TORONTO — Here’s Mickey! A Canadian horror director is riding a wave of viral buzz for turning Disney’s most famous character into a gruesome slasher flick. The trailer for “Mickey’s Mouse Trap” was released on Jan.
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Stars converge in Palm Springs to celebrate year's best films, Emma Stone's career

Stars converge in Palm Springs to celebrate year's best films, Emma Stone's career

PALM SPRINGS, Calif. (AP) — Emma Stone reflected on her career highlights and Meryl Streep praised Billie Eilish and “Barbie” with saving the movie industry Thursday during one of the first stops of Hollywood’s awards season.
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Jessica Chastain and Peter Sarsgaard reflect on the gray areas of 'Memory'

Jessica Chastain and Peter Sarsgaard reflect on the gray areas of 'Memory'

LOS ANGELES (AP) — When Jessica Chastain first read the script for “Memory,” she was struck by the flurry of unanswered questions left swirling around in her head about issues pertaining to love, sex and consent — which might be antithetical to what
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Movie Review: Anthony Hopkins shines in 'Freud's Last Session'

Movie Review: Anthony Hopkins shines in 'Freud's Last Session'

“Freud's Last Session," starring Anthony Hopkins as Sigmund Freud, adds to a string of sterling late-chapter performances by the 86-year-old actor.
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Movie Review: Jessica Chastain, Peter Sarsgaard anchor ‘Memory,’ a thorny drama with a tender heart

Movie Review: Jessica Chastain, Peter Sarsgaard anchor ‘Memory,’ a thorny drama with a tender heart

Pain and trauma permeate Michel Franco’s new drama “ Memory, ” about two lost souls who find surprising comfort in one another. Both Jessica Chastain’s Sylvia and Peter Sarsgaard’s Saul are hostage to their own minds, though in vastly different ways.
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The 1972 Andes plane crash story has been told many times. 'Society of the Snow' is something new

The 1972 Andes plane crash story has been told many times. 'Society of the Snow' is something new

LOS ANGELES (AP) — When Gustavo Zerbino watched “La Sociedad de la Nieve,” the 1972 plane crash survivor felt as if he was being submerged “into boiling water,” reliving the roughly 70 days he and his teammates were stranded in the snow-covered Andes
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