Bob Mondello
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Movies
Christopher Nolan's Time-Bending Thriller 'Tenet' Reviewed
Christopher Nolan's time-bending thriller is the film that Hollywood has been counting on to bring audiences back to movie theaters. Tenet was released in movie theaters Thursday.
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More Persuasively Dickensian: 'The Personal History Of David Copperfield' Reviewed
Satirist, director and the creator of Veep, Armando Iannucci does Charles Dickens in The Personal History Of David Copperfield. And NPR's critic says there's a lot that's unexpected in the movie.
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Movies
'Tesla': A Movie About An Underrated Genius Who Challenged Edison
Tesla is a thoroughly eccentric biopic starring Ethan Hawke as the electrical engineer Nikola Tesla, a rival of Thomas Edison's.
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'Boys State' Documentary Explores What Teens Learn About Democracy
Boys State documentary explores how a group of Texas teens participated in the American Legion program to learn about democracy by organizing political parties and running a mock government.
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Arts & Life
'And The World Went Crazy': How Hollywood Changed After Hiroshima
Nuclear weapons have given Hollywood a host of dramatic plot possibilities, from the threat of nuclear war to wholesale destruction to over-the-top fireworks.
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Movies
More Epic Than You May Think: Marie Curie's Biopic, 'Radioactive,' Reviewed
Radioactive seems like a straightforward biopic of physicist Marie Curie at first. But it becomes more complicated as the director uses flash-forwards to illustrate the effects of Curie's discoveries.
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Movies
What It Is Like To Be Back To The Movie Theater
A movie critic shares his experience of returning back to a movie theater for the first time after two months of the pandemic-forced abstinence.
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Movies
What Movies Hollywood Prepared For The Reopening Of Theaters
Memorial Day usually means the start of Hollywood's blockbuster season — except this summer is different. But if movie theaters do reopen soon, Hollywood has few premiers to revive the industry.
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Steve Coogan and Rob Bryden Follow Homer's 'Odyssey' In Their New Film
In The Trip to Greece, Steve Coogan and Rob Bryden undertake their fourth comic and culinary journey — this one actually modeled after Homer's Odyssey.
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Movies
A Sensational Film About Street Violence In London Is Now Streaming
A new film about street violence in London became a sensation after its release in British theaters a few months ago. Now, Blue Story is available on streaming services for American viewers.