Movies

Daniel Wu plays the starring role in the TV series Into the Badlands, and also serves as one of its executive producers.

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A Superstar In China, Daniel Wu Emerges In His Native California

8:15am July 21, 2018

by Chloe Veltman

The Chinese-American actor became an action movie mainstay abroad over the last 20 years. Thanks to his leading role in the TV series Into the Badlands, he's finally getting noticed in the U.S.

'Far From The Tree' Celebrates Family Differences

4:26pm July 20, 2018

by Bob Mondello

The documentary Far From the Tree chronicles the lives of children who are not what their parents wanted or expected.

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The new TARDIS crew — Jodie Whittaker and companions Tosin Cole and Mandip Gill, plus showrunner Chris Chibnall and executive producer Matt Strevens.

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Comic-Con, Day Two: Who's Day

3:31pm July 20, 2018

Our intrepid reporters Mallory Yu and Petra Mayer take on another day of San Diego Comic-Con, from immersive fan adventures to, yes, all the Doctor Who you can shake a sonic screwdriver at.

News Brief: Trump Invites Putin To Washington, Comic-Con Preview

1:46pm July 20, 2018

Top Trump administration officials publicly diverge from their boss. A new surprise: Trump invites Vladimir Putin to Washington. And Comic-Con in San Diego brings costumes, cameos and creativity.

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Longtime friends Daveed Diggs (left) and Rafael Casal co-wrote and co-star in the film Blindspotting.

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Oakland Gets A Starring Role In 2 Genre-Busting Films About Race And Inequality

12:54pm July 20, 2018

by Justin Chang

Critic Justin Chang says the city is experiencing a renaissance moment in film. Blindspotting and Sorry to Bother You are just two of the latest — both about young black men on quests for survival.

Business Needs A Lyft, Crooks To Be Erased: The gig economy catches up with McCall (Denzel Washington) as he sets out to make things equal in the sequel.

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Denzel Has No Fury Like 'The Equalizer 2'

5:01pm July 19, 2018

by Chris Klimek

Despite the lazy cliché that triggers its plot, The Equalizer 2 is a "reasonably well-written and (of course) beautifully acted serving of geriatric-virility violence porn." If that's your thing.

In Generation Wealth, documentarian Lauren Greenfield profiles the obscenely wealthy and revisits several people she photographed in the 1990s for a book on L.A. youth culture, like those seen here.

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'Generation Wealth' Offers Scattershot Glimpses Of Cultural Decadence

5:01pm July 19, 2018

by Scott Tobias

Photographer/documentarian Lauren Greenfield (The Queen of Versailles) offers many examples of excessive wealth around the globe, but the resulting portrait lacks a clear point of view.

L to R: Jack and Bob Allnutt are featured in Rachel Dretzin's Far From The Tree.

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Parents Just Don't Understand: 'Far From The Tree' Profiles Kids Who Confound Expectations

5:01pm July 19, 2018

by Mark Jenkins

Rachel Dretzin's sometimes poignant film, inspired by Andrew Solomon's book, takes a narrowly focused look at kids who turned out differently than their parents thought they would.

Writer and director Bo Burnham talks with Elsie Fisher on the set of Eighth Grade. Burnham says the anxiety he felt as a young performer helped him understand the social pressure teenage girls can experience.

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Director Bo Burnham On Growing Up With Anxiety — And An Audience

1:09pm July 19, 2018

by Terry Gross

The former YouTube star explores adolescence in the age of social media in his film Eighth Grade. "This awful D-list celebrity pressure I had experienced onstage has now been democratized," he says.

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Electric Waterloo: (L to R) Young Tanya (Jessica Keenan Wynn), Young Donna (Lily James) and Young Rosie (Alexa Davies) feel the beat from the tambourine, oh yeah, in Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again.

ABBA Silver: 'Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again'

12:17pm July 19, 2018

by Glen Weldon

Return with us now to the enchanted isle of Kalokairi, where the sun shines, the water gleams and the populace is unnervingly obsessed with '70s Swedish power-pop — albeit the B-sides, this time out.