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Mufasa: The Lion King

Rare is the film that will reward both the kids and grandparents for making a night of it at the movies, but Mufasa delivers the kind of awe and majesty that will make the younger generations understand why the older ones are so nostalgic about movie theaters. Told with stunning, photorealistic animation, Mufasa takes us

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SNL 50th Anniversary Special

The list of names is too long to fit in any box, but just a few who will appear tonight to pay tribute to the cultural touchstone that has outlasted all others: Eddie Murphy, Tom Hanks, Paul McCartney, Paul Simon, Robert DeNiro, Cher, Billy Crystal, Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Steve Martin, Adam Driver, Dave Chappelle, Peyton Manning,

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The Gorge

For viewers who like their romance wrapped in twisty action with an edge of horror, The Gorge stars Anya Taylor-Joy and Miles Teller as two operatives guarding opposite sides of a giant “classified” gorge with a mysterious threat lurking within it.  Review are mixed, but the original premise, the suspense, and the genre mashup could

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TIMESTALKER romantic comedy historical fiction

Timestalker

A very British version of a Valentine’s day comedy about a woman who gets thrown back in time to experience romantic mishaps across history — all in an attempt to break her cycle of falling for the wrong guy. Its bloody and subversive,  skewering the typical romantic cliches.

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SNL50: The Homecoming Concert

Streaming live on Peacock from Radio City on the eve of SNL’s 50th Anniversary Special, Jimmy Fallon hosts 20 musical acts who’ve made a splash on the show over the years, from David Byrne, the B-52s, Devo, Eddie Vedder, and the Backstreet Boys to Miley Cyrus, Arcade Fire, Jack White, Bad Bunny, Lady Gaga, Chris

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Scott Foley romance in Italy

La Dolce Villa

The midlife women have the new Bridget Jones movie, but the men get their own second act rom-com for Valentine’s Day with this gum-achingly-sweet Netflix drop. Scott Foley leads as a dad who heads to Italy to stop his grown daughter from embarking on the (real-life inspired) $1 villa deal — only to discover some

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My Fault London teen romance adventure Prime Video

My Fault: London

After her mom marries a filthy rich Brit, an 18-year-old American moves to London to join her and meets her troublemaker stepbrother — and a hate-love-hate relationship blossoms, just as her estranged father is released from prison and tracks them down. A remake of the hit 2023 Spanish film, My Fault, which is based on

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Sly and Family Stone documentary black genius

SLY LIVES! (Aka The Burden of Black Genius)

In the wake of his Oscar-winning Summer of Soul, Questlove turns his focus to shed fresh light on the largely overlooked  Sly and the Family Stone, challenging the usual music doc tropes to create something unexpectedly riveting and revealing. From San Francisco Chronicle‘s Chris Vognar:  “Sly Lives! may not provide definitive answers, but the fact

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Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy

Nearly a quarter century after the original, Renee Zellweger reprises her role as the (still) hapless Brit who is once again single — widowed after her husband, Darcy (Colin Firth), died on a humanitarian mission — leaving her to take care of their two small kids with the help of her same trusted friends and

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Nickel Boys Oscar best picture nominee

Nickel Boys

Nominated for the Best Picture Oscar and Best Adapted Screenplay, Nickel Boys tells the true story of two teens in the Jim Crow-era south who managed to form a bond in a notorious Florida reform school where boys were beaten and sexually abused. Adapted from Colson Whithead’s Pulitzer Prize-winning novel, the film is “a mesmerizing,

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