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At the Movies: ‘Everybody Knows’ Has Quality Talent

By Megan Bianco Celebrity couple Penélope Cruz and Javier Bardem, the A-list stars in Asghar Farhadi’s Everybody Knows, have become Spain’s answer to “Brangelina.” Like…

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At the Movies: Cutting through the Red Tape of ‘Green Book’

By Megan Bianco Now that the 2018 awards season comes to an end on Sunday, let us revisit one of the more polarizing and divisive…

Rami Malek, Jim Beach and Roger Taylor at the 76th Annual Golden Globe Awards at the Beverly Hilton in Beverly Hills on Jan. 6. Photo: Courtesy of the Golden Globes

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At the Movies: Awards Season 2019 Roundup

By Megan Bianco We’re now a little bit more than halfway into awards season for 2018 filmmaking, so let’s recap how the past month has…

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At the Movies: ‘Destroyer’ Fits In during January

By Megan Bianco As January begins, Oscar contenders given limited releases in December now go wider into theaters. One of the films that originally had…

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At the Movies: Good Things to Say about ‘If Beale Street Could Talk’

By Megan Bianco As 2018 comes to an end, Barry Jenkins’ adaptation of James Baldwin’s 1974 novel If Beale Street Could Talk expands to more…

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At the Movies: ‘Ben is Back’ Is Vintage Holiday Dysfunction

By Megan Bianco Celebrity family members working together can be a marketing gold mine for press tours and trivia nuts. Anjelica Huston won Best Supporting…

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At the Movies: ‘Roma’ Soon to be a Foreign Film Favorite

By Megan Bianco It’s hard to believe that after making history as the first Mexican to win an Oscar for Best Director with Gravity (2013),…

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At the Movies: ‘Ralph Breaks the Internet’ is Family-Friendly

By Megan Bianco Much like Pixar’s The Incredibles (2004) turned out to be one of the best superhero movies out there even without a primary…

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At the Movies: ‘Can You Ever Forgive Me?’ is One for McCarthy Fans

By Megan Bianco Melissa McCarthy has proven to be the female equivalent to Adam Sandler’s film career. Her small, indie dramedies are great, like Go…

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At the Movies: ‘Wildlife’ Has Some Great Acting

By Megan Bianco Nine years after co-starring in the 2009 drama Brothers, Jake Gyllenhaal and Carey Mulligan reunite in another dysfunctional family drama right before…

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At the Movies: Robert Redford Goes Out as ‘The Old Man and the Gun’

By Megan Bianco As of 2018, Robert Redford is reportedly joining Jack Nicholson and Gene Hackman as the latest classic A-list movie star to retire…

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At the Movies: ‘A Star is Born’ Once Again

By Megan Bianco What does it say about the state of Hollywood that the fourth remake of A Star is Born is currently the best…

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At the Movies: French Filmmaker Takes on the West with ‘The Sisters Brothers’

By Megan Bianco Joaquin Phoenix, John C. Reilly and Jake Gyllenhaal are three of the most interesting names in independent cinema. Jacques Audiard is an…