Movies

'Cats' Bombed At The Box Office But Now It Receives Some Accolades

7:07am March 18, 2020

The musical has earned several Golden Raspberry Awards for being the best, of the worst, in cinema. The awards include worst picture, worst supporting actress and supporting actor, and worst director.

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Upbeat Documentaries For Those Spending More Time At Home These Days

4:26pm March 17, 2020

by Linda Holmes

If you find yourself at home more often than usual, here's a list of "not sad" documentaries you may have missed — but now have time to watch on TV.

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With Theaters Closed, Universal Pictures Pivots To Streaming Rentals

4:26pm March 17, 2020

by Mandalit del Barco

Since movie theaters are off-limits, Universal Pictures will begin renting some of their movies that would have been on the big screen: The Hunt, Invisible Man, Emma ... and, soon, Trolls World Tour.

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Trolls World Tour starring Anna Kendrick and Justin Timberlake will be the first film by Comcast NBCUniversal to be released to theaters and on-demand at the same time amid the coronavirus pandemic.

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As Coronavirus Shuts Down Theaters, Universal Shifts Some Films To On-Demand

1:54pm March 17, 2020

by Brakkton Booker

Trolls World Tour in April will be Comcast NBCUniversal's first film available at home on the same day as its global release. The company said some films in theaters will begin streaming Friday.

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Here's How We Cope When We're Stressed: Ideas From NPR's Arts Desk

12:44pm March 16, 2020

by NPR Staff

A Norwegian knitting marathon. America's Next Top Model. British crime dramas. Real-time strategy games. Peanut soup. These are some things that help us feel better — maybe they'll work for you, too?

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New Documentary Examines How Black Girls Are Disproportionately Punished In Schools

8:14am March 14, 2020

NPR's Renee Montagne speaks to Monique Morris who produced the documentary "Pushout: The Criminalization of Black Girls in Schools," based on her book of the same name.

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In 'Never Rarely Sometimes Always,' A Teenager With A Choice

4:18pm March 13, 2020

by Bob Mondello

A pregnant teenager travels to New York City to obtain an abortion in Eliza Hittman's drama Never Rarely Sometimes Always.

Sidney Flanigan stars as 17-year-old Autumn in Never Rarely Sometimes Always.

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'Never Rarely Sometimes Always' Will Stay With You Forever

1:50pm March 13, 2020

by Justin Chang

In Eliza Hittman's pointed new movie, a teenager from small-town Pennsylvania doesn't want to tell her parents she's pregnant; instead, she travels to New York City with her cousin for an abortion.

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Bloodshot (Vin Diesel) looks vexed, or surprised or possibly dyspeptic, in Bloodshot.

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In The Derivative Action Flick 'Bloodshot,' Diesel Delivers Low-Octane Thrills

5:36pm March 12, 2020

by Chris Klimek

As a soldier reanimated by nanobots, Vin Diesel — "a lumbering fireplug who runs like John Wayne and fights like Roger Moore" — underperforms.

Autumn (Sidney Flanigan) embarks on a journey to New York in Never Rarely Sometimes Always.

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A Young Woman Faces A Choice In The Sobering 'Never Rarely Sometimes Always'

5:00pm March 12, 2020

by Ella Taylor

Writer-director Eliza Hittman's tale of a traumatized teen (Sidney Flanigan), who travels to New York for an abortion is best when it hews closest to her point-of-view.