Bob Mondello

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'Happening' takes place in France in the 1960s, but speaks to this particular moment

Friday, May 06, 2022

A college student in 1960s France encounters difficulties in seeking an abortion that feel very of-this-moment in Audrey Diwan's timely drama Happening.

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Review: Doctor Strange and the Scarlet Witch take on the 'Multiverse of Madness'

Thursday, May 05, 2022

After unleashing all kinds of trouble in Spider-Man: No Way Home, Marvel's Doctor Strange will try to clean up the mess in Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness.

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Hollywood and tyrants: How filmmakers take on the powerful

Thursday, April 28, 2022

A look at how Hollywood has depicted authoritarians, from Duck Soup to The Last King of Scotland.

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Review: 'The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent' references Nick Cage's multitudes

Friday, April 22, 2022

With tongue planted firmly in cheek, Nicholas Cage plays a movie star named Nic Cage in the adventure comedy The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent.

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Review: Robert Eggers' 'The Northman' is 2+ hours of art-house savagery

Thursday, April 21, 2022

The legend that Shakespeare based Hamlet on has inspired another work: Robert Eggers' violent new film, The Northman.

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Jared Leto is Marvel's bat-man in the vampiric 'Morbius'

Thursday, March 31, 2022

An ailing biochemist aims to cure himself of a debilitating illness, but ends up infecting himself with vampirism in the Marvel movie Morbius.

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This could be the 1st Oscars in which a streaming service's film wins Best Picture

Friday, March 25, 2022

Here's a look at what Sunday's Oscars telecast will tell us about the state of the film industry mid-pandemic and the films we'll be seeing in the future.

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Review: 'Everything Everywhere All at Once' is as encouraging as it is on-point

Thursday, March 24, 2022

A Chinese-American businesswoman travels the multiverse in the comedy Everything Everywhere All at Once by the filmmaking duo Daniels, made up of Dan Kwan and Daniel Scheinert.

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Review: 'The Outfit' is tailor-made to keep audiences guessing

Thursday, March 17, 2022

Though the new thriller The Outfit is set in a tailor's shop in 1950s Chicago, it's not about the outfits he makes — but about an underworld consortium his gangster customers hope to join.

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Actor William Hurt has died of prostate cancer at age 71

Monday, March 14, 2022

Four-time Oscar nominee William Hurt, one of Hollywood's most popular leading men in the 1980s has died of complications from prostate cancer. He was 71.

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'The Godfather' bridged old and new Hollywood to save American moviegoing

Friday, March 11, 2022

On its 50th Anniversary, The Godfather is one of the most influential and respected films in Hollywood history. But that outcome didn't seem likely at its premiere.

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A hair salon becomes a beauty shop of horrors in Palestinian thriller 'Huda's Salon'

Friday, March 04, 2022

A visit to a hair salon in the West Bank turns nightmarish in Palestinian filmmaker Hany Abu-Assad's new thriller Huda's Salon.

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Review: 'The Batman' takes the character back to his roots

Thursday, March 03, 2022

Robert Pattinson, the latest caped crusader to take on corruption and deranged killers in Gotham, is The Batman. The overstuffed, visually impressive, superhero epic takes fan service seriously.

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Review: Peter Dinklage impresses in 'Cyrano,' despite the writing lacking

Sunday, February 27, 2022

Peter Dinklage stars in the new movie "Cyrano," Joe Wright's musical version of Edmond Rostand's "Cyrano de Bergerac."

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If Russia's invasion of Ukraine feels familiar, look to Broadway in the '60s

Friday, February 25, 2022

Why should Americans care about Ukraine? An answer from 1960s Broadway.

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In theaters this spring: multiverses, Bat-men, action stars and more

Monday, February 21, 2022

A look at the would-be blockbusters and prestige pictures Hollywood has in store as the weather warms and audiences come out of pandemic hibernation.

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Two new books revisit the legacy of silent-film comic Buster Keaton

Sunday, February 20, 2022

Two new books about a legendary silent film comic — Dana Stevens' "Camera Man" and James Curtis' "Buster Keaton: A Filmmaker's Life" — give fans new reason to revisit Keaton's work.

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'2001' and 'Blade Runner' visual effects wizard Douglas Trumbull has died at 79

Tuesday, February 15, 2022

Trumbull, who brought otherworldly landscapes to life pioneered physical, not digital, effects that catapulted audiences into hyperspace and became Hollywood's go-to guy for sci-fi imagery.

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Hollywood special effects wizard Douglas Trumbull dies at 79

Tuesday, February 15, 2022

Hollywood special effects wizard Douglas Trumbull has died. He brought to life the impossible landscapes in 2001: A Space Odyssey and Blade Runner.

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Remembering film director and producer Ivan Reitman

Monday, February 14, 2022

Film director and producer Ivan Reitman, who tickled moviegoers' funny bones with such '70s and '80s smash comedies as Ghostbusters, Meatballs, Stripes and Kindergarten Cop, has died.

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