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With Parallels To Iron Man, Mystic 'Dr. Strange' Comes Full Circle For Marvel Fans

8:28am November 06, 2016

by Chris Klimek

The latest Marvel movie, Dr. Strange, is about a neurosurgeon on a quest to heal himself. It's worth the extra cost of a 3-D ticket, says reviewer Chris Klimek.

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For Tippi Hedren, Hitchcock's Scares Came Off-Screen

9:16am November 05, 2016

by NPR Staff

In her new memoir, Tippi, the actress speaks frankly about Hollywood, her career, and her complicated relationship with Alfred Hitchcock — who made her a star, but also made her life hell.

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Trolls Smidge and Poppy sing together in the new film Trolls.

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Beware The Hair: Trolls Hit The Big Screen — And Bring Scrapbooks With Them

8:29am November 05, 2016

by Elizabeth Blair

The movie Trolls features not just big hair but surprisingly great music — and a fair bit of scrapbooking. The film, by a veteran animation director, aims to balance feel-good fun with offbeat humor.

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'Loving' Tells Story Of Supreme Court Ruling Legalizing Interracial Marriage

6:31pm November 04, 2016

NPR's Audie Cornish talks to Jeff Nichols, writer and director of the new film Loving, which tells the story of the interracial couple at the heart of the Supreme Court case that struck down anti-miscegenation laws in the country.

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Ruth Negga and Joel Edgarton play married couple Mildred and Richard in the film Loving.

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'Loving' Shows A Quiet Couple In The Eye Of History's Storm

11:26am November 04, 2016

by Mat Johnson

Jeff Nichols' new film tells the story of Mildred and Richard Loving, the Virginia couple at the center of the 1967 Supreme Court decision legalizing interracial marriage.

Desmond Doss joined the Army as a combat medic because he believed in the cause of World War II. But as a Seventh-day Adventist, he had also vowed not to kill.

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The Real 'Hacksaw Ridge' Soldier Saved 75 Souls Without Ever Carrying A Gun

8:30am November 04, 2016

by Elizabeth Blair

Conscientious objector Desmond Doss became a World War II hero during one of the bloodiest battles of the Pacific theater. Now he's the subject of a new film directed by Mel Gibson.

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Joel Edgerton and Ruth Negga in Jeff Nichols' Loving.

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'Loving' Provides A Graceful, Intimate Portrait Of A Marriage That Changed History

8:26pm November 03, 2016

by Ella Taylor

Joel Edgerton and Ruth Negga play Richard and Mildred Loving, a Virginia couple whose interracial marriage propels them to the forefront of the civil rights movement — and to the U.S. Supreme Court.

Passing Strange: Benedict Cumberbatch wields eldritch energies as Marvel's Sorcerer Supreme.

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Marvel's 'Doctor Strange': A Long, Strange, Trippy Origin Story

5:00pm November 03, 2016

by Scott Tobias

Have Cloak, Will Astral-Travel: Benedict Cumberbatch stars as Marvel's Master of the Mystic Arts in a film that's visually stunning but doggedly familiar in structure.

Andrew Garfield is army medic — and conscientious objector — Desmond Doss in director Mel Gibson's Hacksaw Ridge.

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A Brave Army Medic Saves Lives In 'Hacksaw Ridge,' Mel Gibson's Return To Directing

5:00pm November 03, 2016

by Chris Klimek

Andrew Garfield plays a conscientious objector who won the Medal of Honor in World War II. This "sturdy, muted, unsurprising" film is the first movie Mel Gibson has directed since 2006's Apocalypto.

Troy (Nicolas Cage) and his crew of ex-cons take a job to kidnap a rival mobster's baby.

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In 'Dog Eat Dog,' A Scabrous, Stylized Tale Of Drug Dens — And Diapers

5:00pm November 03, 2016

by Mark Jenkins

Cage, Matched: Willem Dafoe teams with Nicolas Cage (and Christopher Matthew Cook) to kidnap a gangster's newborn baby in Paul Schrader's latest uber-violent caper comedy.