Category: Movie News
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‘The Walking Dead’ Review: ‘The World Before’ Is Fine, Until It Isn’t
[Editor’s Note: The following review contains spoilers for “The Walking Dead” Season 10, Episode 8, “The World Before” — the midseason finale.]For the most part, “The World Before” is a perfectly solid “Walking Dead” entry. It successfully juggles several storylines without feeling as inconsequential as “Bonds,” probably because some stories are just beginning while others…
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‘Frozen II’ Shatters Record For Biggest Worldwide Animated Debut As Disney Continues Its Box Office Dominance
It’s Disney’s world and we’re just living in it. Honestly, when it was announced that “Frozen II” would be released this weekend, it was a guarantee that the Mouse House would trounce the rest of the box office competition. So, we can’t say we’re surprised that it actually happened. However, it’s the actual totals that…
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‘Friday Night Lights’ Reboot Finds New Coaches in The Dowdle Brothers
Just in case you forgot, that Friday Night Lights reboot movie is still in the works, and it has a new creative team. John Erick and Drew Dowdle, known collectively as The Dowdle Brothers, have been tasked with making this potentially bad idea happen. Rather than follow-up the original Friday Night Lights movie, or connect…
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‘Frozen II’ Thaws Box Office, But It’s a Chilly ‘Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood’
The vital six-week race to the end of 2019 got off to a strong start with “
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‘Dark Waters’ And ‘Citizen K’ Have Decent Debuts On Quiet Weekend, ‘The Lighthouse’ Crosses $10M – Specialty Box Office
All was fairly quiet on the specialty box office front the weekend before Thanksgiving.Todd Haynes’ legal thriller Dark Waters has played well with critics as it sits at a 91% on Rotten Tomatoes, and it has the potential to reach the masses. This weekend, the awards season contender starring Mark Ruffalo and Anne Hathaway had…
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15 Surprising Things You Never Knew About the Toy Story Franchise
20 years ago, on November 24, 1999, the stakes couldn’t have been higher for Sheriff Woody, Buzz Lightyear and the rest of their toy friends. After the surprise success of 1995’s Toy Story, which was the first full-length movie to be made entirely using computer-generated imagery, the expectations were high for the long-awaited sequel, which…
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‘Succession’ Star Nicholas Braun Isn’t Cousin Greg — He’s Better
Egregious snubs by major awards bodies aside, it is near impossible to choose a single best performance on HBO’s “Succession” thanks to its phenomenal cast and their across-the-board ability to bring media mogul Logan Roy’s (Brian Cox) powerful family to life in simultaneously despicable and heartbreaking fashion. As built on the backs of these nuanced…
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Singapore: Barney Burman, Make-up Ace, Aspires to Meisner-Like Authenticity
“It is always my goal to create a layer of truth for actors with my make-ups and suits,” said Academy Award winning make-up effects Artist Barney Burman. He was speaking on Saturday at an onstage event within the Singapore International Film Festival.The presentation at the Project theater was moderated by Singaporean filmmaker Kirsten Tan (“Pop…
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Sam Mendes’ ‘1917’ Plunges Into the Oscar Race
Sam Mendes’ “1917,” a gripping survival story that unfolds in the crucible of World War I, inserted itself into the awards race on Saturday with a series of well-received screenings in Los Angeles and New York.The movie, which is made with great craft and care, now faces the unenviable task of trying to elbow into…
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Pam Polifroni, Longtime Casting Director on ‘Gunsmoke,’ Dies at 90
Pam Polifroni, a longtime casting director for “Gunsmoke” who gave early acting roles to Jodie Foster, Jon Voight, Loretta Swit and others, has died. She was 90.Polifroni died in Columbus, Ohio, on Thursday, Nov. 21 as a result of dementia, her daughter-in-law confirmed to Variety.With more than 50 credits to her name by the end…