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Published on September 5, 2025 - Page 11
‘Conjuring’ an ‘exorcise’ in scares, sentiment
"The Conjuring: Last Rites" seems to finally nail the coffin shut, saying goodbye to a series that revels in timeless scary stuff -- swing sets that...
Published on August 31, 2025 - Page 20
Broadway show casting spurs swift backlash
NEW YORK -- The Broadway rom-com "Maybe Happy Ending" isn't in a very happy place. A casting controversy threatens to dampen the show's post-Tony...
Published on August 29, 2025 - Page 6
‘Roses’ by any other name just isn’t funny
"The Roses" begins in a marriage therapist's office, where Theo Rose has something interesting to say about his longtime wife, Ivy: "I would rather...
Published on August 26, 2025 - Page 14
Film explores misunderstood Devo
NEW YORK -- You know the band Devo? The guys with the red plastic hats and jumpsuits? The New Wave musicians behind the silly '80s"Whip It" video?...
Published on August 21, 2025 - Page 5
‘Peanuts’ musical set at summer camp
NEW YORK -- Charlie Brown and Snoopy go to sleepaway camp in a new, bittersweet Apple TV+ special fueled by a pair of Emmy Award-nominated...
Published on August 15, 2025 - Page 8
‘Nobody’ sequel fails ‘2’ hit the mark
The workaholic assassin Hutch Mansell is in a funk as "Nobody 2" opens. He's sick of the daily grind, by which we mean he spends hours a day grinding...
Published on August 8, 2025 - Page 7
‘Weapons’ doesn’t have enough bang for the buck
An enduring image from "Weapons" comes early: The sight of elementary school students running out of their homes and onto the suburban grass, moving...
Published on August 7, 2025 - Page 18
‘Downton Abbey’ star is playing Ava Gardner
NEW YORK -- For all of Elizabeth McGovern's acting career, someone else wrote her lines. Now it's her turn. The "Downton Abbey" star pivots from...
Published on August 5, 2025 - Page 8
‘King’ returns to a changed world
NEW YORK -- Hank Hill is back and he's the same ol' Hank Hill. But a lot of things around him have changed. The lovable animated hero of "King of the...
Published on August 1, 2025 - Page 6
It’s ‘2’ bad ‘Guys’ are lost in space
The good news for fans of "The Bad Guys" is the sequel is stellar. But that's because a good portion is actually set in outer space. "The Bad Guys 2...

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Published on August 29, 2025 - Page 6
‘Roses’ by any other name just isn’t funny
"The Roses" begins in a marriage therapist's office, where Theo Rose has something interesting to say about his longtime wife, Ivy: "I would rather...
Published on August 31, 2025 - Page 20
Broadway show casting spurs swift backlash
NEW YORK -- The Broadway rom-com "Maybe Happy Ending" isn't in a very happy place. A casting controversy threatens to dampen the show's post-Tony...
Published on September 5, 2025 - Page 11
‘Conjuring’ an ‘exorcise’ in scares, sentiment
"The Conjuring: Last Rites" seems to finally nail the coffin shut, saying goodbye to a series that revels in timeless scary stuff -- swing sets that...