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Two years ago, Scott Lang (Paul Rudd) was recruited by Captain "Cap" America to join the Avengers in Captain America: Civil War. Rather than go to prison, Scott made a plea deal and was placed under house arrest, with an ankle monitor…

Why did four Lexington, Kentucky college students from middle-class homes decide to steal a variety of rare books from the Transylvania University Library collection in 2004? That is the thorny question resting at the center of Bart…

We start the week with Ocean’s Eight taking the number one spot at the box office, earning $41 million. Not only is this a bigger opening than the previous Ocean’s films, it also bumped Solo off the top spot. Ocean’s Eight is a heist movie…

It’s fair to say that in recent years horror films have improved greatly. Even modestly ambitious movies like Lights Out and Don’t Breathe manage to deliver the goods, if not the resonance. Hereditary is the other kind. There’s a lot…

Jason Reitman’s career began with four very good to great movies in a row. The wicked satire Thank You For Smoking, The massive out of left-field hit Juno, the humane corporate drama Up In The Air, and the criminally underseen Young Adult.…

Whether it’s her witty and outspoken quotes, rousing portrayals of her no-nonsense persona by Kate McKinnon on Saturday Night Live, or her meme fame as the Notorious RBG, perhaps more than any justice in Supreme Court history Ruth Bader…

"Up until this point, what has happened is terrible, but not nefarious. What happened next is much darker."

When was the last time you had a moment of silence and found it to be completely golden and sheer bliss? Now imagine a world where silence is a matter of life and death and the slightest sound can get you killed. A Quiet Place is an…

It’s been ten years since the Marvel Cinematic Universe burst onto the scene with Iron Man and year after year the MCU has delivered one blockbuster after another with fans flocking in droves to see the latest installment. As I type…

There’s something magical about musicals. They inspire. We sit back and let music tell a story that invokes a multitude of emotions within us as actors deliver the goods with larger than life flourishes. From ballads to big song and dance…

Portrait by Allison McVety My father carried his mother through Yugoslavia and Greece. Stitched into the lining of his coat and against regulations, she kept him company through the days he hid in back rooms and under stairs;…

"When I think of the farm, I think of mud. Lining my husband's fingernails and encrusting the children's knees and hair. Sucking at my feet like a greedy newborn on the breast. Marching in boot-shaped patched across the plank floors of the…

He steals hunney and he's the most beloved bear in the world. Created by A.A Milne, Winnie the Pooh and his adventures with Tigger, Piglet and Roo have charmed generations of children in a beloved series of tales whose illustrations came to…

It's been a mere nine years since Lady Gaga burst onto the scene with the release of Just Dance and her first album, The Fame. Since then, she has catapulted to iconic status. She has sold over 27 million albums and 146 million singles, won…

Up until now, Angelina Jolie's directorial efforts have shown promise, but none have been as accomplished and complete as "First They Killed My Father." In some ways, the last thing anyone wants to hear is what a white woman thinks about…

The Broadway-bound musical version of Frozen premiered this week in Denver at the Buell Theater. Awards Daily TV's Clarence Moye offers his take. Let's get this out of the way. Disney Theatrical's new Broadway-bound production of the…

With only one dissenting opinion on Metacritic, reviews have been overwhelmingly positive. San Francisco Chronicle, Mick LaSalle Director Kathryn Bigelow throws us into the middle of a riot in “Detroit,” and in the words of the Martha…

With so many black filmmakers telling their stories now, it seems odd that Kathryn Bigelow and Mark Boal would take on the saga of Detroit, concerning the events that unfolded at the Algiers Motel in 1967. There will be some in the black…

“God created war so that Americans would learn geography.” ― Mark Twain Christopher Nolan has made a career of putting characters in suffocating situations while the grandness of his cinematic vision surrounds them. That world of…

Every so often a film comes along that rewrites the rules of what cinema can be, what it should be, and what it is. Matt Reeves' War of the Planet of the Apes far surpasses expectations of what it should be, and as a result the future of…