Movies in a minute with film critic Bruce Miller
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Movie critic Bruce Miller of the Sioux City Journal offers his thoughts on the latest movies.
Movies in a Minute: "Death of a Unicorn"
Movies in a Minute: "Snow White"
Movies in a Minute: "Novocaine"
Movies in a Minute: "Mickey 17"
Movies in a Minute: "Flow"
Movies in a Minute: "Last Breath"
Movies in a Minute: "Captain America Brave New World"
Movies in a Minute: "Heart Eyes"
Movies in a Minute: "Flight Risk"
Movies in a Minute: This Oscar season, musicals are "pop u lar!"
Movies in a Minute: "Wolf Man"
Movies in a Minute: "Better Man"
Movies in a Minute: "Babygirl"
Movies in a Minute: "The Brutalist"
Movies in a Minute: "Nosferatu"
Movies in a Minute: "A Complete Unknown"
Movies in a Minute: "Nickel Boys"
Movies in a Minute: "Moana 2"
Movies in a Minute: "We Live in Time"
Movies in a Minute: "Smile 2"
Movies in a Minute: "Saturday Night"
Movies in a Minute: "Joker: Folie `a Deux"
Movies in a Minute: "Megalopolis"
Movies in a Minute: "Transformers One"
Movies in a Minute: "Speak No Evil"
Movies in a Minute: "Beetlejuice Beetlejuice"
Movies in a Minute: "Reagan"
Movies in a Minute: "Blink Twice"
Movies in a Minute "Alien: Romulus"
Movies in a Minute: "It Ends With Us"
Movies in a Minute: "Trap"
Movies in a Minute: "Deadpool & Wolverine"
Movies in a Minute: "Twisters"
Movies in a Minute "Maxxxine"
Movies in a Minute "Despicable Me 4"
Movies in a Minute "A Quiet Place: Day One"
Movies in a Minute: "Thelma"
Movies in a Minute: "Inside Out 2"
Movies in a Minute "Bad Boys: Ride or Die"
Movies in a Minute: "Jim Henson Idea Man鈥
Movies in a Minute: "Summer Camp"
Movies in a Minute: "The Blue Angels"
Movies in a Minute: "Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes"
Movies in a Minute: "The Fall Guy"
Movies in a Minute: "Challengers"
Movies in a Minute: "Abigail"
Movies in a Minute: "Civil War"
Movies in a Minute: "Monkey Man"
Movies in a Minute: "Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire"
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While Ramon Rodriguez may play the title role in 鈥淲ill Trent,鈥 he knows there鈥檚 a scene stealer nipping at his heels. Belle, a Chihuahua who plays Will鈥檚 dog Betty, has a wardrobe of sweaters and, in the second season, gets a canine costar.
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In the past, when a Japanese-themed production included Hiro Sanada, he didn鈥檛 have the clout to hire Japanese crew members or correct inaccuracies.聽鈥淪hogun鈥 is different.
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LOS ANGELES 鈥 Security comes with an Oscar nomination.
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Security comes with an Oscar nomination. Or so Bobi Wine and his wife Barbie Kyagulanyi discovered when 鈥淏obi Wine: The People鈥檚 President鈥 was nominated for a Best Documentary Academy Award.
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In the 鈥淚ndependent Lens鈥 feature, 鈥淪pace: The Longest Goodbye,鈥 retired astronaut Cady Coleman and her son聽Jamey Simpson talk about the toll long absences can take.
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In the third season of 鈥淗acks,鈥 Deborah Vance (Jean Smart) gets an offer both can鈥檛 refuse 鈥 a late-night talk show.
鈥淎bigail鈥 looks like it鈥檚 going to be a horror film about dance. Five minutes in, you realize ballet is a ruse. This is simply a vampire film dressed up in tutus.
Based on a true story, "Ordinary Angels" helps mask some of the plot flaws, but it鈥檚 also one of those four-hankie tearjerkers that shoehorn Hilary Swank into a niche.
Helen Hunt, who starred with Bill Paxton in the 1996 shot-in-Oklahoma film "Twister," will attend a special screening in Dallas in conjunction with her appearance at Dallas Fan Expo.
Horror humor is having a moment. But if Paul Rudd can鈥檛 quite make Ant-Man work, what makes anyone think he can gallop in this field?