Bob Mondello
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Arts & Life
Tom Cruise And NASA Could Be A Match Made In The Heavens
NASA confirmed that actor Tom Cruise and private spaceflight company Space X are considering a feature film shot on board the International Space Station.
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Arts & Life
Fred And Ginger Cheered Us Up During The Depression. Might They Do It Again?
Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers gave Americans a much-needed on-screen escape in the 1930s. You can find their dance numbers online, but critic Bob Mondello recommends you watch their films in full.
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Arts & Life
China Reopens Movie Theaters For First Time Since January
There's a bit of hopeful news for the film industry coming from China.
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Movies
Classic Movies To Stream At Home While Waiting Out An Epidemic
In this time of fear and quarantining, here are some suggestions for movies to nest to.
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Movies
In 'Never Rarely Sometimes Always,' A Teenager With A Choice
A pregnant teenager travels to New York City to obtain an abortion in Eliza Hittman's drama Never Rarely Sometimes Always.
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Arts & Life
Remembering Actor Max Von Sydow, From Bergman To 'Game Of Thrones'
After director Ingmar Bergman helped launch von Sydow's career, the imposing Swedish star went on to play Jesus, a Bond villain, an elderly exorcist and scores of other roles.
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Movies
Movie Review: 'First Cow'
Director Kelly Reichardt set her latest western drama in Oregon in the 1820s. It's the story of two drifters who come up with a unique money-making scheme in the midst of a gold rush.
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Movies
Review: Pixar's 'Onward'
Pixar's new animated film ONWARD is about teenage elf brothers who are on a quest to find out if there's enough magic in their world to let them spend a day with their late father.
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Movies
Film Festival Hit 'Saint Frances' Opens In Theaters
In the new independent comedy Saint Frances, a young woman finds her sense of family upended by a romance, an unexpected pregnancy and a gig as a nanny.
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Movies
Making Fun Of The Rich Is A British Comedy Tradition Honored In 'Greed'
Steve Coogan plays a gazillionaire who throws himself a party that is the very picture of wretched excess in the satirical comedy Greed.