Once feared dead but found instead only sleeping, the western has sprung back to strong and compelling life with the intense, involving "Hostiles" being the latest case in point.
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To the editor: The shameless spectacle that took place on the White House steps as Republican lawmakers schmoozed with President Trump while gloating about the passing of the awful tax bill was both disgusting and nauseating. (“Trump notches first big legislative win with tax cut bill — but it’s...
Firefighters, air tankers and helicopters were fighting a brush fire burning in the Santa Ana river bottom near downtown Riverside Thursday afternoon.
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Each unhappy family is unhappy in its own way, except perhaps in the films of the Austrian writer-director Michael Haneke, where domestic misery tends to express itself as a series of repetitive, even ritualistic patterns.
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Each new film from writer-director Paul Thomas Anderson now arrives on a wave of expectation and mystique. With its evocative use of period and place, his work moves from a sweeping philosophical expansiveness to refined details with startling ease.
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“Father Figures” is, ostensibly, a movie. I'm pretty sure it is. Moving images were projected, along with recorded sound, which indicates it is a movie, but the effect was so listless, low-energy and profoundly unentertaining that I jotted down in my notes “what even IS this?”
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"The Post" goes against the contemporary Hollywood grain. Propulsive major studio cinema made with a real-world purpose in mind, it's a risky venture that succeeds across the board.
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Gymnast McKayla Maroney filed suit Wednesday against the United States Olympic Committee and USA Gymnastics, alleging that officials had her sign a confidential financial settlement to keep secret the sexual abuse she suffered as a teen by team doctor and confessed molester Larry Nassar.
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Boeing Co. is in talks about a potential takeover of Brazil’s Embraer SA, the companies said, in a potential blockbuster deal that would give the U.S. plane manufacturer a portfolio of regional jets.
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The Republican tax bill, to be signed into law by President Trump any day now, is a study in missed opportunities.
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Spain’s Catalonia region staged a peaceful, orderly vote Thursday to pick a new regional parliament, but an independence dispute with the country’s central government was virtually certain to reignite no matter what the outcome.
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After an extensive review, the NFL has fined the Seattle Seahawks $100,000 for mishandling the concussion protocol for quarterback Russell Wilson during a Nov. 9 game at Arizona.
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In the extravagantly conceived Korean spiritual adventure “Along With the Gods: The Two Worlds,” dying only starts the journey. Firefighter Ja-hong (Cha Tae-hyun) sacrifices himself to save a young girl, only to find he’s been virtuous enough to receive a rare shot at reincarnation.
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With the holidays in full swing, authorities are warning people having packages delivered to their homes to be wary of porch thieves.
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As it continues to face federal scrutiny over its blockbuster deal to take over Time Warner, AT&T said it plans to invest an additional $1 billion in the United States in 2018 and pay a special $1,000 bonus to more than 200,000 AT&T employees in the U.S. following congressional approval of President...
The FCC has leveled a $13.4-million fine against Sinclair Broadcast Group for failing to identify sponsored content that aired on its TV stations.
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Airline passengers cope with the stress of flying in different ways. Some zone out to music, some read a book or magazine or scroll through their social media feeds, and others might buy an alcoholic beverage to calm their nerves.
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The same kids word game that inspired “Wheel of Fortune” has been less profitably appropriated by “Hangman,” a nonsensical serial killer thriller involving a crazed perp whose murder victims each have a letter clue slashed into their suspended torsos.
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A former Marine deported to Mexico 15 years ago after being convicted of a minor offense has won his battle to regain permanent U.S. residency and plans to cross the border Thursday with his parents in an emotional homecoming days before Christmas.
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A 52-year-old homeless man was arrested early Wednesday in Costa Mesa on suspicion of assaulting a motorcyclist with a hockey stick, police said.
Читать дальше...Here are books to give to yourself or someone special this holiday season. Give the gift of reading with a stylish flair.
Wells Fargo & Co.’s move to raise its minimum pay to $15 an hour was part of a long-term plan and not related to the passage of the Republican tax overhaul as the company implied, said a bank spokesman, who later backtracked and stated the hikes were in fact a result of the bill’s approval.
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