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Review: I’ll See You in My Dreams

“I’ll See You in My Dreams” starts with a gut punch. Carol Peterson, a Los Angeles widow and retired schoolteacher who spends most of her days (and all of her nights) with her yellow lab Haz...

DATE: Jun 25, 2015 | CATEGORY: Film, TV and Streaming

'Serial' creators talk season two and why online forums can be 'sort of horrible'

Sarah Koenig is a vault when it comes to season two of her podcast “Serial,” which airs this fall. “It’s a very different kind of story,” she says before pausing for a hope-induci...

DATE: Jun 9, 2015 | CATEGORY: Arts and Entertainment

Review: Jupiter Ascending

The world of “Jupiter Ascending” is bursting with vivid details: wolf-man hybrids and flying lizard warriors, invisible spaceships and volcanic kingdoms. The Wachowski siblings, the writing-...

DATE: Feb 5, 2015 | CATEGORY: Film, TV and Streaming

Kirk Cameron makes himself a Razzies target

“Kirk Cameron’s Saving Christmas” has a zero percent rating on Rotten Tomatoes and it’s currently topping the list of 100 worst movies of all time on IMDB – yes, below even “Superbabies: Bab...

DATE: Jan 7, 2015 | CATEGORY: Arts and Entertainment

'Game of Thrones' is coming to an IMAX near you

Movie-going was not a popular activity in 2014. In fact, Hollywood saw its bleakest ticket sales in two decades. Meanwhile, television is still enjoying its golden age. So you can...

DATE: Jan 6, 2015 | CATEGORY: Arts and Entertainment

'Foxcatcher' subject Mark Schultz angry over how he was portrayed

Like clockwork, the debates over the historical accuracy of this year’s awards hopefuls have commenced. When Oscar voting begins, so does the urgent scrutiny of based-on-real-life dramas. Cu...

DATE: Jan 2, 2015 | CATEGORY: Film, TV and Streaming

You might not know them ... but you will

Meryl Streep. Amy Adams. Christoph Waltz. Reese Witherspoon. Sound familiar? Might as well start engraving the Oscar statuettes for them now. Gugu Mbatha-Raw. Alicia Vi...

DATE: Dec 30, 2014 | CATEGORY: Film, TV and Streaming

The most wonderful time of the year for filmgoers

The holiday season isn’t just about light displays and weight gain. It’s also the most wonderful time of the year for moviegoers, as studios unload their award contenders in the hopes that a...

DATE: Nov 27, 2014 | CATEGORY: Arts and Entertainment

'I Am Eleven': Growing up is hard to do

Remember what it was like to live cynicism-free? To approach the world with wide-eyed wonder? Watch a kid for a few hours and it may start to come back to you. That’s what Austral...

DATE: Oct 3, 2014 | CATEGORY: Film, TV and Streaming