‘Beauty and the Beast’ Clobbers Record With $170 Million Opening
Belle of the weekend box office: Disney’s much-anticipated musical remake capitalized on nostalgia, strong reviews and the appeal of Emma Watson.
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CreditColumbia Pictures Going Back to ‘Groundhog Day.’ Again.
Bone-chilling cold, peppermint schnapps and Bill Murray vs. a large rodent: how “Groundhog Day” became a beloved classic.
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CreditOrion/BH Tilt In Office Horror Movies, the Companies Operate in the Red
“Mayhem” and “The Belko Experiment” are the latest entries in this subgenre, in which the corporate ladder is often slick with blood.
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CreditJordan Freeman/Abramorama Left-Leaning Documentary World Seeks Right-Wing Perspective
Are nonfiction films a liberal bastion? As financiers and festivals hunt for movies to bridge the divide with Trump voters, they find their own biases.
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CreditAgence France-Presse — Getty Images FilmStruck and Warner Archive Instant Are Classic-Movie Troves
The streaming services FilmStruck and Warner Archive Instant specialize in obscure noir, foreign directors’ deep cuts and enlightening supplements.
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CreditDisney Review: ‘Beauty and the Beast’ Revels in Joy and Enchantment
A compassionate Belle and a splendid monster are the hallmarks of this live-action remake of the 1991 animated film.
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CreditBroad Green Pictures Review: ‘Song to Song,’ Terrence Malick’s Latest Beautiful Puzzle
This drama about intersecting love lives features themes like betrayal, identity and art. Religion appears, too, in the film, set in Austin, Tex.
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CreditJaap Buitendijk/TriStar Pictures, Sony Pictures Releasing Review: ‘T2 Trainspotting’: Time to Pay the Piper
The sequel to the gloriously scabrous film that kick-started the careers of Danny Boyle and Ewan McGregor illustrates the consequences of a misspent youth.
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CreditHector Alvarez Review: ‘The Belko Experiment’: Kill or Be Killed
This film, set in Colombia, wallows in the cheap and hackneyed irony of choreographed slaughter.
