WorldPing“Sweeney Todd with taxidermy” is the high-concept pitch behind Stuffed, a doozy of a musical black comedy that, ambitiously, attempts to make a serious point about modern-day loneliness and, thanks to its terrific core cast, pretty much succeeds.
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WorldPingFRIDAY AM UPDATE: Practical Magic 2 came well ahead of where we were seeing it with $4.7 million in previews Thursday at 3,200 locations. Many millennial and Gen Z women adore this property, so the hope is that it, of course, it overperforms.
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The 'Heated Rivalry' star joins Kathryn Newton, Lucas Hedges, Patrick Schwarzenegger, Geraldine Viswanathan and Dylan Gelula in the film written and directed by Birbiglia.
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Sandra Bullock and Nicole Kidman lead the Warner Bros. sequel that that aims to conjure up a victory over 'Spider-Man: Brand New Day.'…
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WorldPingNicolas Pariser makes solid, philosophically absorbed films — like “The Great Game” and “Alice and the Mayor” — that make no apologies for engaging with social and political trends.
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WorldPingAlthough its story unspools on the precipice of the U.S.-Iran war, Ali Asgari’s gentle family drama “A Bit of Light” was filmed in the conflict’s wake, under shellfire in Tehran.
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WorldPingTheatre Royal Stratford East, London In Ava Pickett’s tense play, Michelle Dockery’s heroine returns to a Towie-styled world where the violence and misogyny are all too recognisable ‘And Zeus created … Essex.
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