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August raises curtain on big screen classics around Boston

How do you feel about summertime movies? Are you escapist, angry, reflective, or sentimental? Everything mentioned above? Fortunately, film programmers have a similar tendency ...

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‘The Fantastic Four’ review: In a jet age dream of Manhattan, Marvel’s world-savers take care of business

Marvel Studios and 20th Century Studios have produced The Fantastic Four: First Steps, a lot better couple of hours, ten years after a Fantastic ...

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‘Eddington’ review: Joaquin Phoenix and Pedro Pascal, once upon an early COVID time in the West

This is where we are, as the lawman says in “Eddington”: “We are in the center of it right now. We are in history.” ...

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Kathleen Chalfant explores dementia’s depths in ‘Familiar Touch’

Familiar Touch, which opens in theaters on Friday, defies preconceived notions about what a dementia-focused film might be. Familiar Touch highlights what remains as ...

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Review: ‘Sorry, Baby’ is a witty, moving portrait of life in the aftermath of a college assault

You can only go so far with writing what you know. Many debut films, even those by talented writer-directors, begin as personal stories before ...

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2025’s best movies (so far) include ‘Sinners,’ ‘Sorry Baby’ and ‘One of Them Days’

By Associated Press’s LINDSEY BAHR and JAKE COYLE As the Oscars Industrial Complex ramps up, the best films of the second part of the ...

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‘Sorry, Baby’ a disarming debut from Eva Victor

The first aspect of writer-director-star Eva Victor’s remarkable debut, Sorry, Baby, that I adore is how she attempts—and fails—to conceal a tryst with her ...

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Alicia Silverstone flips the script on sex & power in ‘Pretty Thing’

Do you recall those intensely sexualized thrillers from the 1990s in which a crazy lady driven by desire threatens and almost kills our stoic ...

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On 40th anniversary of ‘Back to the Future,’ Allstate celebrates its role in creation of DeLorean time machine

Chicago In honor of the 40th anniversary of the release of the Back to the Future film, Illinois-based insurance behemoth Allstate is going back ...

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‘M3GAN 2.0:’ Fun sequel dances into action-comedy genre

M3GAN, a sultry little doll-like robot, won our hearts two and a half years ago by dancing and slashing. Memes, Halloween costumes, and a ...

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