Movies

Bryan Cranston takes his opening night curtain call in the Broadway version of Network.

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On Broadway, 'Network' Goes From Satire To Tragedy

7:04am January 19, 2019

by Tom Vitale

The 1976 movie Network struck a nerve with its darkly comic predictions about celebrity news anchors and the rise of infotainment. Now, a stage adaptaion is one of the hottest tickets on Broadway.

Movie Review: Can M. Night Shyamalan's 'Glass' Make Its Trilogy Connection Clear?

5:07pm January 18, 2019

by Bob Mondello

M. Night Shyamalan's new movie Glass is the third part of a trilogy that nobody knew was a trilogy until a few months ago.

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M. Night Shyamalan's Superhero Thriller 'Glass' Overflows With Preposterousness

1:24pm January 18, 2019

by Justin Chang

Shyamalan's latest film stars Bruce Willis, Samuel L. Jackson and James McAvoy in an eccentric, perilously self-indulgent sequel that braids together two previous movies: Unbreakable and Split.

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Howie (Brendan Meyer) and Odessa (Jemima Kirke) contemplate mass transit in the treacly All These Small Moments.

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'All These Small Moments': Twee Grows, In Brooklyn

1:00pm January 18, 2019

by Andrew Lapin

The debut feature from Melissa B. Miller strains to endear itself to viewers — and some performances succeed. But the characters lack personality and the drama any conflict.

Festival attendees wound up dragging their luggage to tents — and that's only one of the indignities documented in the Netflix film Fyre.

Fighting 'Fyre' With 'Fyre Fraud': Two Documentaries About The Same Disaster

8:04am January 18, 2019

by Linda Holmes

Netflix and Hulu both have documentaries about the fiasco of Fyre Festival available this week. Both are serviceable, but there are some differences, and some ethical questions about both.

Chela (Ana Brun) undergoes a major life change in The Heiresses.

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'The Heiresses': After A Reversal of Fortune, A Woman Rediscovers Herself

5:01pm January 17, 2019

by Scott Tobias

Paraguay's Oscar submission to this year's best foreign film category is a tender, quietly magical gem about a middle-aged aristocrat forced to start over.

Who Will Write Our History employs reenactors to tell its stories, including that of (l to r) Ora Lewin (Roberta Grossman), Abraham Lewin (Wojciech Zielinski) and Marta Lewin (Julia Lewenfisz-Gorka).

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'Who Will Write Our History': Documenting Those Who Documented The Warsaw Ghetto

5:00pm January 17, 2019

by Mark Jenkins

In this stirring documentary, the secret archive maintained by members of the Warsaw Ghetto comes to vivid life through historical footage and reenactments.

Supergroup Therapy (from left): Elijah (Samuel L. Jackson), Kevin (James McAvoy) and David (Bruce Willis) assemble, in Glass.

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'Glass' Is Leaden

11:49am January 17, 2019

by Glen Weldon

The final film in a stealth trilogy that began with Unbreakable, Glass is heavy on portentous explanations of comic book tropes that require no explanation. It's also just plain heavy. And slooow.

Steve Coogan and John C. Reilly star as the comedy duo Laurel and Hardy in the film Stan & Ollie.

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John C. Reilly On The Comedy Of Laurel And Hardy: 'It's Almost Like A Ballet'

3:52pm January 15, 2019

by Dave Davies

"The brilliant thing about their work when you watch it, it seems so nonchalant," Reilly says of the iconic slapstick duo. He plays Oliver Hardy in the new film Stan & Ollie.

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Hollywood Sign Begins Month-Long Makeover

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Lights! Camera! 2019!

3:43pm January 15, 2019

We're looking at the year's most-anticipated movies.