Movies

Christopher Nolan's 'Interstellar' is getting a 2nd theatrical release

9:08am April 12, 2024

The release of the science fiction masterpiece is to celebrate its 10th anniversary. Paramount Pictures says the release will be in IMAX 70 millimeter format as well as digital screens this September.

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The cultural legacy of OJ Simpson: football player, actor and murder suspect

5:22am April 12, 2024

OJ Simpson, one of the greatest running backs of all time, has died at 76. His infamous police chase and murder trial changed the media landscape, and accelerated the obsession with celebrity culture.

A year after starring in Barbie, actress Margot Robbie raids the toy chest again

7:22am April 11, 2024

This time she's playing with Monopoly money. Her production company announced it will be producing a live-action movie based on the classic board game.

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How do you take a video game and turn it into a compelling narrative?

5:06am April 11, 2024

Hollywood long struggled to successfully adapt video games into scripted works. But in recent years, writers seem to have figured out how to create compelling narratives inspired by video games.

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Prince Andrew's 2019 BBC interview is now the subject of a Netflix film.

'A masterclass in how to give terrible answers': Inside that Prince Andrew interview

2:38pm April 09, 2024

Sam McAlister was the BBC booker who persuaded Prince Andrew to go on record about his friendship with convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. It's the subject of new Netflix movie Scoop.

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What's a 'Soundie'? A new collection revisits this little known 1940s phenomenon

1:20pm April 08, 2024

by Lloyd Schwartz

Soundies were 3-minute musical films which you could watch at a bar or club on a large jukebox with a screen. Film historian Susan Delson has curated a selection in Soundies: The Ultimate Collection.

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Chris Pine attends Amazon Studios' "All The Old Knives" Los Angeles Special Screening at The London West Hollywood at Beverly Hills

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'Wait Wait' for April 6, 2024: With Not My Job guest Chris Pine

10:05am April 06, 2024

Chris Pine has done it all, from Star Trek to Wonder Woman to The Princess Diaries. Now, he's written/directed his own movie, Poolman, but can he answer our questions about crisp pine air fresheners?

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Unlikely heroes stand up to corruption in 'The Old Oak' and 'Monkey Man'

6:21pm April 05, 2024

by Bob Mondello

Dev Patel's feature directing debut Monkey Man, and what may be Ken Loach's swan song, The Old Oak, offer two views of people doing the right thing in combatting hatred and corruption.

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Rudy Mancuso's 'Musica' brings viewers inside the sensation of rhythmic synesthesia

6:11pm April 04, 2024

NPR's Ailsa Chang talks with Rudy Mancuso about his new movie, Musica. It's his semi-autobiographical film about living with synesthesia and falling in love.

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Niels Schneider and Lou de Laâge star in Coup de Chance.

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'Coup de Chance' is a typical Woody Allen film — with one appalling final detail

3:12pm April 04, 2024

by Justin Chang

Set in France, Allen's latest film covers familiar territory, including an adulterous romance, a premeditated murder and a darkly cynical consideration of the role that luck plays in human affairs.

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