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Movie Review: Richard Gere Plays A Scheming New York Fixer In 'Norman'

4:47pm April 14, 2017

by Bob Mondello

NPR movie critic Bob Mondello reviews a new Richard Gere film for which the title seems to say it all. It's called Norman: The Moderate Rise and Tragic Fall of a New York Fixer.

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Experts Calculate Property Damage Costs Of Being 'Fast And Furious'

4:47pm April 14, 2017

The newest installment in the Fast and the Furious franchise is out Friday, and the stakes are higher than ever. And as the stakes scaled up, so did the damages.

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An Amazon Adventurer Is Weighed Down By Family Ties In 'Lost City of Z'

1:37pm April 14, 2017

by David Edelstein

An English explorer searches for the remains of a supposed rain forest metropolis in James Gray's new film. Critic David Edelstein says The Lost City Of Z will "pull you in and along."

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"The parasol is the umbrella's daughter...": Emily Dickinson (Cythnia Nixon) and sister Vinnie (Jennifer Ehle) in A Quiet Passion.

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'A Quiet Passion' Dazzles Gradually

5:00pm April 13, 2017

by Ella Taylor

Filmmaker Terence Davies has found his ideal subject with this Emily Dickinson biopic, and a fiery performance by Cynthia Nixon challenges notions of the poet as a dour recluse.

Depths Perception: Dash (voiced by Jason Schwartzman) knows what's coming in My Entire High School Sinking into the Sea.

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In 'My Entire High School Sinking Into The Sea,' The Strife's Aquatic

5:00pm April 13, 2017

by andrew lapin

Comics creator Dash Shaw's animated, deadpan-absurdist take on the high-school movie genre is boldly experimental and darkly funny.

Post-Edwardian Homesick Blues: Fawcett (Charlie Hunnam), Costin (Robert Pattinson) and Manley (Edward Ashley) in The Lost City of Z.

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An Adventurer Seeks 'The Lost City Of Z' — And Finds Himself

5:00pm April 13, 2017

by Scott Tobias

In director James Gray's rapturously realized historical drama, an explorer's obsession with finding a remote Amazonian civilization causes him to question his place in the world.

The aptly named villain Cipher (Charlize Theron) recruits Dominic Toretto (Vin Diesel) in The Fate of the Furious.

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'The Fate Of The Furious' Runs On Diesel Fumes

5:00pm April 13, 2017

by Chris Klimek

This "bloated and listless" installment of the Furious franchise stays true to the series' "chop-shop aesthetic, in the sense that its flashiest parts are all stolen," says critic Chris Klimek.

Cynthia Nixon plays Emily Dickinson in Terence Davies' new film A Quiet Passion. "I think she was afraid of life," Davies says. "Like a lot of geniuses, she had — skin missing. And that makes you very, very vulnerable."

New Film Celebrates Emily Dickinson's Poetry And 'Quiet Passion'

4:57pm April 13, 2017

by Lynn Neary

Many people find fascination in Dickinson's mysterious, reclusive life. But British film director Terence Davies says it was her poetry, more than her personal life, that drew him in.

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You can expect more Crow and Tom Servo, as well new faces like Jonah Ray, in the new Mystery Science Theater 3000.

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New 'Mystery Science Theater' Coming To Netflix In The Not-Too-Distant Future

5:27pm April 12, 2017

by Tim Greiving

The show originally aired in the '90s and helped spawn the entire attitude of the Internet. Sure, it had a silly premise — but it also had a cult following. The reboot's first season drops on Friday.

Escalating Tension: Richard Gere is a man who makes connections in Norman.

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Richard Gere Is A One-Man Social Network In 'Norman'

5:00pm April 12, 2017

by Mark Jenkins

Critic Mark Jenkins calls Joseph Cedar's tale of a cipher (Richard Gere) who finds himself at the center of a web of personal and political machinations "intricate, rollicking and sometimes sad."