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News Articles: Movies

Filmmakers stuff the killer-robot sequel with extraneous plot threads, but preserve the B-movie appeal of the original in <em>M3GAN 2.0</em> directed by Gerard Johnstone.

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  • Movie Reviews

'M3GAN 2.0' is more of an expansion pack than an upgrade

Filmmakers stuff the killer-robot sequel with extraneous plot threads, but preserve the B-movie appeal of the original.

June 28, 2025
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By:
  • Glen Weldon
Arienne Mandi plays Iranian judoka Leila Hosseini in the new film <em>Tatami</em>, co-directed by Guy Nattiv and Zar Amir.

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  • Movies

The new film 'Tatami' reveals an Iranian judoka's fight beyond the mat

In the first feature film co-directed by an Israeli and an Iranian, Tatami, an Iranian judoka must choose between her country and a run for the gold at the World Judo Championships.

June 27, 2025
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By:
  • Michel Martin and
  • Iman Maani
Brad Pitt plays veteran race car driver Sonny Hayes in <em>F1.</em>

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  • Movie Reviews

Brad Pitt plays a veteran racer who won't slow down in 'F1'

Pitt, 61, stars as a Formula One driver whose career was sidelined by a devastating crash. Though the overall arc of F1 is fairly predictable, the film is still hugely enjoyable and dazzlingly well-made.

June 26, 2025
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By:
  • Justin Chang
French Canadian filmmaker Denis Villeneuve (right) and his wife, Canadian producer Tanya Lapointe, will work together on the next installment of the James Bond franchise.

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  • Movies

The next James Bond film will have Dune's Denis Villeneuve as its director

"I'm a die-hard Bond fan," Denis Villeneuve says. The Quebecois filmmaker's hiring comes as a relief to British 007 fans who had feared the worst when U.S. company Amazon MGM took control of Bond.

June 26, 2025
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By:
  • Bill Chappell
Damson Idris as Joshua Pearce and Brad Pitt as Sonny Hayes in <em>F1</em>.

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  • Movies

Three buzzy movies in theaters this weekend: 'F1,' 'M3GAN 2.0' and 'Sorry, Baby'

Brad Pitt is in the driver's seat this week in F1, while M3GAN 2.0 follows up on the surprise 2022 hit about a killer robot. After something referred to as the "bad thing" occurs, an English professor confronts the emotional fallout in Sorry, Baby.

June 26, 2025
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By:
  • Bob Mondello,
  • Glen Weldon,
  • and 1 more
Mariska Hargitay has only the vaguest memories of her mother, Jayne Mansfield, who died in a 1967 car crash when Hargitay was 3.

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  • Movie Reviews

'Law & Order' star investigates her own family's tragic car crash in 'My Mom Jayne'

Mariska Hargitay has only the vaguest memories of her mother, Jayne Mansfield, the sex-symbol movie star who died in the 1967 crash. Now, Hargitay examines her family history in a new documentary.

June 25, 2025
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By:
  • David Bianculli
At The Peninsula Beverly Hills hotel in Los Angeles, Julien's auction house sold a collection of 450 items belonging to the late writer-director David Lynch, where on-site bidders were abuzz with Lynch's coffee and carpentry paraphernalia.

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  • Movies

The David Lynch estate auction doubled as a caffeinated wake

Most of the bidding action was online. But at a ritzy Beverly Hills hotel, hopeful bidders united by genuine affection for Lynch admired the tools of the late artist's trade. It was a mirthful wake.

June 23, 2025
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By:
  • Emma Bowman
Dakota Johnson plays a money-obsessed NYC matchmaker in <em>Materialists.</em>

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  • Analysis

I can't stop thinking about this plotline in 'Materialists'

A money-obsessed NYC matchmaker is wooed by a financial investor and a cater waiter in a romantic drama that has its protagonist finding strength and emotional growth via a side character's suffering.

June 21, 2025
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By:
  • Aisha Harris
<em>Caregiving</em> traces the history — and unique challenges of — caring for family members in the U.S. In the documentary, viewers meet caregivers like Malcoma Brown-Ekeogu, who now helps her husband, Kenneth, with even his most basic needs, like walking and bathing. "I never let him see me cry," she says.

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  • Health

Why is caregiving so hard in America? The answers emerge in a new film

A new documentary on PBS shows what it's like to care for adult family members and recounts the history of caregiving policy in the U.S., revealing why those caring for family are often on their own.

June 20, 2025
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By:
  • Kat McGowan
Actor Mark Hamill on the set of <em>Star Wars</em>.

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  • Movies

This is not the 'Star Wars' you thought you knew

The Star Wars available to the public to stream is not the same film that was shown in 1977. But in the U.K., audiences had a rare chance to see it.

June 20, 2025
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By:
  • Jennifer Vanasco
Aaron Taylor-Johnson and Alfie Williams in <em>28 Years Later.</em>

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  • Movie Reviews

Horror, a documentary, or kids, there are only good choices at the movies this weekend

This weekend at the movies, you can see films about a raging virus and another about a lesson in childhood friendships. What's not to like?

June 19, 2025
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  • Bob Mondello
GPB News NPR

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  • Movie Interviews

For painter Titus Kaphar, forgiveness is 'a weight lifted off of your shoulders'

Kaphar draws on his own painful relationship with his father in his film, Exhibiting Forgiveness. He says the project gave him a new sympathy for his dad. Originally broadcast Oct. 24, 2024.

June 19, 2025
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By:
  • Tonya Mosley

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  • Movie Reviews

We're all going to die. What now? 'The Life of Chuck' sits with this question

Tom Hiddleston stars in the new adaptation of Stephen King's novella — which is somehow a very sweet film about the inevitable approach of death.

June 14, 2025
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By:
  • Linda Holmes
Lucy (Dakota Johnson) and Harry (Pedro Pascal) in <em>Materialists</em>.

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  • Movie Reviews

The math in Celine Song's 'Materialists' doesn't add up

The characters in the romantic comedy Materialists, Celine Song's follow-up to Past Lives, see the dating pool in terms of the "market" – people are evaluated by how "competitive" they are and marriage is treated like an equation to be solved.

June 13, 2025
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By:
  • Aisha Harris
Mason Thamesas Hiccup with his Night Fury dragon, Toothless, in the new live-action <em>How to Train Your Dragon</em>.

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  • Movie Reviews

Action, rom-com, or kids, there's a movie for everyone this weekend

In theaters this weekend: A live-action How to Train Your Dragon, a matchmaker rom-com Materialists, an adaptation of Stephen King's The Life of Chuck, and Ana de Armas stars in a John Wick spin-off.

June 12, 2025
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By:
  • Bob Mondello
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