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Movie review: Nostalgia, gore collide in new ‘I Know What You Did Last Summer’

Movie review: Nostalgia, gore collide in new ‘I Know What You Did Last Summer’

The new “I Know What You Did Last Summer” pretty much follows the plot of the 1997 film of the same name: A bunch of well-to-do young people get stalked and killed by a vengeful killer in a rain slicker with an ice hook. By aping the structure of the original, the new version is too reliant on the past to fully break free of that gravitational pull.

 
Movie review: ‘Smurfs’ has Rihanna but not much else

Movie review: ‘Smurfs’ has Rihanna but not much else

“Smurfs” gets as much mileage as it can from its pop singer-voice actor Rihanna, who supplies a new song, giving a half-hearted injection of star power to an otherwise uninspired, modestly scaled, kiddo-friendly cartoon feature.

 
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Embeth Davidtz drew on her childhood in South Africa to adapt memoir for film

Embeth Davidtz drew on her childhood in South Africa to adapt memoir for film

In 1974, when it seemed as though everyone was leaving South Africa, Embeth Davidtz’s family was going back. And it’s where she’d return decades later to direct her first film, “Don’t Let’s Go to the Dogs Tonight,” an adaptation of Alexandra Fuller’s memoir about growing up during the Bush War in Zimbabwe.

 
‘Eddington’ is a satire about our broken brains that might re-break your brain

‘Eddington’ is a satire about our broken brains that might re-break your brain

You might need to lie down for a bit after “Eddington.” Ari Aster’s latest nightmare vision is sure to divide (along which lines, I can’t fathom), but there is one thing I think everyone will be able to agree on: It is an experience that will leave you asking “WHAT?”

 
‘Don’t Let’s Go to the Dogs Tonight’ shows war through one child’s extraordinary eyes

‘Don’t Let’s Go to the Dogs Tonight’ shows war through one child’s extraordinary eyes

“Are we racists?” That’s the blunt question posed by Bobo, a white girl living on a farm in Africa, to her horrified mother. It feels thoroughly organic when voiced by Lexi Venter, an extraordinary first-time actor who gives one of the more compelling child performances in recent memory in “Don’t Let’s Go to the Dogs Tonight.”

 
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‘Superman’ and DC Studios fly to a $122 million opening

‘Superman’ and DC Studios fly to a $122 million opening

NEW YORK — In a bid to kickoff a new era for DC Studios, James Gunn’s “Superman” opened with $122 million in U.S. and Canada ticket sales over the weekend, according to s...

 
HBO begins filming Harry Potter series

HBO begins filming Harry Potter series

HBO has officially started production on the highly anticipated “Harry Potter” TV series adaption, the network announced Monday, also revealing a first look at the titular character.

 

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