Spotlight REVIEW Movie review: 'Wicked' is designed to wow and wow again BRUCE R. MILLER Nov 21, 2024 Nov 21, 2024 Updated May 26, 2025 0 Facebook Twitter Bluesky WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save How soon will we get the theme park?kAm%92E’D E96 @G6CC:5:?8 766=:?8 J@F 86E H2E49:?8 “(:4<65[” E96 @G6CDEF7765 252AE2E:@? @7 E96 9:E qC@25H2J >FD:4]k^AmkAm!C@5F465 H:E9 2EE6?E:@? E@ 6G6CJ 56E2:=[ :E D9@F=5 A=62D6 72?D H9@ 92G6 366? H2:E:?8 564256D 7@C 2 7:=> G6CD:@?] x?DE625 @7 x5:?2 |6?K6= 2?5 zC:DE:? r96?@H6E9[ 5:C64E@C y@? r9@ @776CD FA rJ?E9:2 tC:G@ 2?5 pC:2?2 vC2?56] %96 7@C>6C E2<6D t=A9232[ E96 (:4<65 (:E49 @7 E96 (6DE[ :?E@ 2 52C<6C 5:C64E:@? 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The new wild west: Billy Bob Thornton finds a key role in 'Landman' You’ve got to be right for a part or it’s not going to be a good experience, Oscar winner Billy Bob Thornton contends.
Now streaming and on DVD: 'Speak No Evil' scares the trip out of you “Speak No Evil” isn’t tricky or even well-plotted. It’s simply a horror film with clunky “opportunities” that add up to nothing.
Holiday movies lean heavily on biographies, pre-sales Between Thanksgiving and Christmas you’ll have ample opportunity to size up the year’s best pictures and get a peek at ones that could factor …
Now streaming and on DVD: 'Alien: Romulus' brings the fear factor Blessed with old school technology and a series of unfortunate situations, “Romulus” pulls a working stiff, her android brother and their frie…
Recap: Told ya Joey Graziadei would win 'Dancing with the Stars' Any of the five of this season's finalists could have won and fans wouldn’t have been upset.
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Movie review: 'Moana 2' puts characters through familiar wringer There’s a “rinse and repeat” quality to “Moana 2.” Instead of telling new stories, it rewashes the first film’s plot.
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