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• Netflix to ‘Bird Box’ Fans: Please Open Your Eyes

  02-01-2019 23:36 via nytimes.com
  The streaming service issued a warning about acting out a popular meme: walking around blindfolded, like the movie’s characters do.
  
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• Waco: Madman or Messiah? review – the remarkable story of a hellish cult

  02-01-2019 23:30 via theguardian.com
  This staggering documentary on the Branch Davidians explores the life of their leader, David Koresh, and their disturbing ‘end of days’What better to ease viewers out of any residual festive mood and into the new year than Waco: Madman or Messiah? – Storyville (BBC Four)? This dense two-part documentary, first shown in the US in early 2018, chronicles the events that led to the 51-day siege of the Branch Davidian compound in Texas in 1993, which resulted in scores of deaths. Th
  
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• Every Disney+ TV Show in Development Right Now

  02-01-2019 22:34 via feedproxy.google.com
  In the battle to be the billionaire streaming service shrouded in the most secrecy, Disney+ (pronounced “Disney plus”) is a bit more forthcoming than its competitors over at Apple, given that, well, the House of Mouse is actually giving us information about what to expect when it launches in late...More »
  
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• Critic’s Notebook: Queen, Ally and the Alchemy of Musical Stardom on the Big Screen

  02-01-2019 22:30 via nytimes.com
  What Rami Malek tries — and fails — to capture in “Bohemian Rhapsody” is the same elusive quality Lady Gaga gets right in “A Star Is Born.”
  
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• Apollo Theater Is Celebrated in a New Graphic Novel

  02-01-2019 21:51 via nytimes.com
  The book, “Showtime at the Apollo” by Ted Fox, is a tribute to the Harlem cultural institution, which celebrates its 85th anniversary this month.
  
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• Netflix Warns People Not to Do the Bird Box Challenge

  02-01-2019 21:29 via feeds.eonline.com
  Netflix should have probably included a "Don't try this at home" warning before releasing Bird Box...The post-apocalyptic psychological thriller dropped on the streaming...
  
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• Does the Surprise Album Release Still Work?

  02-01-2019 21:22 via feedproxy.google.com
  Ever since Beyoncé’s self-titled visual album appeared like a Christmas miracle on the iTunes store at midnight on a Thursday in December of 2013, the rules for how to release a record were rewritten literally overnight. Since then, she and Jay-Z have become masters of the form: 2016’s Lemonade arrived...More »
  
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• The Masked Singer Is a Reality-TV Fever Dream

  02-01-2019 20:50 via feedproxy.google.com
  Fox’s new singing competition show The Masked Singer is almost identical to the many, many other singing reality shows on TV. The singers perform for a panel of judges. The best singers get to stay and perform, and the worst ones get eliminated, week by week, until a final winner...More »
  
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• Curb Your Enthusiasm’s Bob Einstein Is Dead at 76

  02-01-2019 20:37 via feedproxy.google.com
  The actor and writer Bob Einstein who played Larry David’s old friend Marty Funkhouser on Curb Your Enthusiasm is dead at 76, according to Deadline. He had recently been diagnosed with cancer. Einstein had a long career in Hollywood, starting primarily as a writer on variety shows like The Sonny...More »
  
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• The Carpetbagger: Which Movies Will Win at the Golden Globes?

  02-01-2019 19:55 via nytimes.com
  In a series of quirky races — including Lady Gaga vs. Glenn Close — who prevails will be front of mind when voting for Oscar nominations begins.
  
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• Reporter’s Notebook: Is a Film About a Transgender Dancer Too ‘Dangerous’ to Watch?

  02-01-2019 19:00 via nytimes.com
  That’s what trans activists say about the Netflix drama “Girl.” But the movie’s supporters say it’s something cisgender viewers need to see.
  
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• 50 Movies We Can’t Wait to See in 2019

  02-01-2019 18:41 via feedproxy.google.com
  In 2018, stars were born, superheroes were vanished, and husbands were bad. What will be the biggest film stories of 2019? It’s too early to say, but if you want to impress your friends by having opinions on movies months before they actually come out, here’s a guide to the...More »
  
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• Mexico City as the Director of ‘Roma’ Remembers It (and Hears It)

  02-01-2019 18:01 via nytimes.com
  Alfonso Cuarón revisits the sights and sounds of the neighborhood that inspired his critically acclaimed film.
  
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• Mexico City as Alfonso Cuarón Remembers It (and Hears It)

  02-01-2019 18:01 via nytimes.com
  The director of “Roma” revisits the sights and sounds of the neighborhood that inspired his critically acclaimed film.
  
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• What the make-do-and-mend Dalek was trying to tell us

  02-01-2019 17:36 via theguardian.com
  The makeshift makeover of the Doctor Who baddie in the New Year’s Day special was the perfect enemy for Brexit BritainIn Doctor Who’s New Year’s Day special, Resolution, one lone Dalek tried to conquer the Earth, with the cosmic pepperpot sporting a steampunk makeover in the process. The Dalek reconstructed itself from scrap metal and stolen military technology in a warehouse in Yorkshire. Gone was the sink plunger attachment, replaced with a rudimentary metal claw. The new des
  
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• Now We Know What Cipka Means

  02-01-2019 17:32 via feedproxy.google.com
  It’s January, folks. Welcome to the 2019 party, right? Hell yeah.Let all of your anxiety about work be tempered by the prospect of new beginnings and old goals finally achieved. But also, let yourself be real. Turning the key in your ignition this morning (or swiping your subway card) likely...More »
  
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• Paul Dano’s Cup Runneth Over (And Over)

  02-01-2019 17:13 via nytimes.com
  In 2018, the 34-year-old actor directed his first film, starred in a cable series and returned to Broadway in “True West.” Oh, and did we mention the baby?
  
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• Taylor Swift’s Very Patient Friends Dressed As Their Childhood Heroes for Her NYE Party

  02-01-2019 17:10 via feedproxy.google.com
  The era of the Taylor Swift Fourth of July party is over unfortunately, but like a phoenix rising from its ashes, the era of the Taylor Swift New Year’s Eve party has begun. To kick off 2019, Swift again gathered a coterie of famous-but-not-quite-as-famous-as-her friends, and asked them to dress...More »
  
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• Critic’s Notebook: Are Animals Getting Better at Acting?

  02-01-2019 17:04 via nytimes.com
  Naturalistic pet performers, in movies like “Can You Ever Forgive Me?” and “Widows,” are making Toto look like a hack.
  
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• Which January Blockbuster Are You Ready to See in Theaters? Vote Now!

  02-01-2019 17:00 via feeds.eonline.com
  January 2019 is officially here, can you believe it?After ringing in the new year with your friends and family we bet you're wondering what you should do first now that it's...
  
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• Sex Education Trailer: Make an Appointment With Gillian Anderson, Shag Specialist

  02-01-2019 17:00 via feedproxy.google.com
  Let’s talk about … original Netflix comedies with a very weird parental-child dynamic. Even more so than usual! Sex Education explores everyone’s favorite three-letter word through the horny eyes of a sex therapist (Gillian Anderson) and her awkward virgin son (Asa Butterfield), the latter of whom decides to open his...More »
  
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• 15 Movies to Get You Started With South Korean Horror

  02-01-2019 16:54 via feedproxy.google.com
  South Korea has submitted 30 titles for Best Foreign Film consideration at the Academy Awards over the years, and has come up empty 29 times. This year’s candidate, Lee Chang-dong’s beautiful Burning, might have the buzz to finally change South Korea’s Oscar fortunes, but as Vulture’s E. Alex Jung recently...More »
  
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• Doctor Who New Year’s Special Recap: Reconnaissance of the Dalek

  02-01-2019 16:50 via feedproxy.google.com
  Earlier this season, based on the monsters and villains he’d been unleashing, I found it difficult to imagine how Chris Chibnall might write a Dalek. Well, now we know, and the answer is “brilliantly.” “Resolution” is a real corker and a remarkably fresh outing for the Daleks. It’s big and...More »
  
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• Rewind: ‘La Religieuse,’ a Culture War Casualty of 1960s France

  02-01-2019 16:00 via nytimes.com
  This second feature by Jacques Rivette was initially blocked by the government, but was shown in Cannes in 1966.
  
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• Mary Poppins Returns is Christmas winner at UK box office

  02-01-2019 15:54
  Disney reboot ends year on a high, Bumblebee gives boost to Transformers franchise and indie doc Free Solo climbs ever higherWith £7.44m from an ultra-wide distribution to 740 cinemas, Mary Poppins Returns was the clear winner of the UK box office on the final weekend of 2018. Takings for the nostalgic sequel declined by a slim 10% from its debut, and have reached a robust £23.2m after 10 days of play. With kids still on holiday, the nanny-themed musical should continue to play stron
  
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• Watching The Movie Orgy at 50: A Journey Through Media Madness

  02-01-2019 15:00 via feedproxy.google.com
  Before Gremlins, before fame, before everything, Joe Dante was a film student with a lot of motivation and time on his hands. For his senior thesis project at the Philadelphia College of Art, he and future producer Jon Davison assembled a seven-and-a-half-hour compilation of found footage: Saturday-morning cartoons and newsreels...More »
  
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• Chinese arthouse film breaks box office records after viewers mistake it for romcom

  02-01-2019 14:22
  A Long Day’s Journey Into Night took $38m on its opening day, but many viewers ‘tricked’ by marketing that painted it as a seasonal romcom, rather than a challenging dramaWhen Bi Gan’s latest drama premiered at Cannes in May 2018, critics were quick to praise its challenging, languorous narrative about a man returning to his home town in search of a former flame, as well as the ambitious single-take, hour-long dream sequence, and a shorter section in 3D.Early box office p
  
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• The Wild History of Christian Bale's Drastic Movie Transformations

  02-01-2019 12:00 via feeds.eonline.com
  Christian Bale doesn't always transform for a role.But when he does, he's unrecognizable.The 44-year-old Welsh actor, whose breakout role came at 10 in Steven...
  
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• An EastEnders gay bar? I am worried

  02-01-2019 11:42 via theguardian.com
  Albert Square will soon get its first gay bar in a bid to reflect real life in London. What next – a vegan farmers’ market? Walford should be left aloneEastEnders is planning to install a gay bar on Albert Square, and I’m worried. Am I worried because executive producer Kate Oates has described the gay bar as “a super-cool precinct where gay and straight characters can all just hang out”, which seems to operate on the false assumption that EastEnders is actually a l
  
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• The Good, the Bad and ‘Black Panther’

  02-01-2019 10:00 via nytimes.com
  Manohla Dargis and A. O. Scott, the chief film critics of The New York Times, look back at a year of rage, silliness and sublimity at the movies.
  
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• How Chadwick Boseman Embodies Black Male Dignity

  02-01-2019 10:00 via nytimes.com
  The star of “Black Panther,” “Get On Up” and “42” is a peerless performer of moral authority. That’s no accident.
  
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• Partridge, politics and period pomp: the must-see TV shows of 2019

  02-01-2019 09:00 via theguardian.com
  Drama catches on to Brexit, Shane Meadows goes to Ireland, Helen Mirren plays Catherine the Great, and winter comes to Westeros (Channel 4) For the last few years, Catastrophe has been one of the very finest comedies on television. However, 2019 is the year it all comes to an end. And, from what little information exists, it may be a bumpy ride. “We got to the last scene of the sixth episode and really, really embarrassingly, I kind of lost my shit a little bit,” Sharon Horgan reveal
  
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• Tiffany Haddish Regrets Her Very Rough New Year’s Eve Set

  02-01-2019 07:37 via feedproxy.google.com
  Tiffany Haddish may have settled on her New Year’s resolution in a very public way. After posting an Instagram video in which she talked about partying until 7am the night before, Haddish went on stage at the James L. Knight Center in Miami and seemed to forget a lot of...More »
  
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• Wednesday’s best TV: Storyville: Waco – Madman Or Messiah; Tom Kerridge’s Fresh Start

  02-01-2019 06:59 via theguardian.com
  Chilling newsreel footage and survivors’ present-day perspectives on events leading up to the 1993 siege near Waco in TexasThe opener in this two-part documentary account of the 1993 siege at Mount Carmel, near Waco, Texas, will leave you in no doubt that David Koresh, the dangerously charismatic leader of a splinter faction of the Branch Davidian sect, was anything other than dangerously delusional. But it becomes clear that he and many of “the chosen” did believe he was the M
  
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• The New Year could mark the beginning of a new(ish) century

  02-01-2019 06:00 via ft.com
  Historians are divided on where ages begin and end: how will they assess this one?
  
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