Entertainment
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MOVIE IN REVIEW | ‘28 Years Later: The Bone Temple’ hits hard, stumbles often, explodes at end
Audiences largely left last June’s zombie threequel “28 Years Later” thinking the same thing, “That was a good movie, but what the heck was up with that ending?” They were referring to the last-minute saving of young protagonist Spike (Alfie Williams) from a hoard of Infected by a gang of…
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MOVIE IN REVIEW | ‘Demon Slayer’ delivers for devotees, overwhelms newbies
Note: Many theaters have this japanese animated film available in both “subbed” and “dubbed” versions. This review is based on the “subbed” version – japanese spoken with english subtitles, with the japanese voice cast credited.
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The Addams family creeps onto GPAC stage Sept. 18
PEMBROKE — They’re creepy, they’re kooky, and they’re headed to the Givens Performing Arts Center at UNC Pembroke on Sept. 18 at 7:30 p.m. Audiences can join everyone’s favorite spooky clan as the national Broadway tour of The Addams Family takes the stage.
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MOVIE IN REVIEW | Couples shine, demons lag in ‘The Conjuring’
A few days before I saw “The Conjuring: Last Rites,” a friend of mine asked me about my plans for the weekend. I told her that I planned to see the film, and I was excited. When she asked me why I was excited to see yet another entry in…
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MOVIE IN REVIEW | ‘Caught Stealing’ delivers thrills, strikes out on story
“Caught Stealing” is one of those twisty crime thrillers where it seems like the filmmakers cast as many interesting names as they could and then wrote the movie around using them all. For example, at no point did I feel it was necessary for the film to feature Matt Smith…
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MOVIE IN REVIEW | ‘How to train your dragon’ remake boasts stunning visual style and undeniable heart
After three weeks of domination by the Disney live-action remake “Lilo & Stitch,” it’s time for the top spot at the domestic box office to be taken over by the Dreamworks live-action remake “How to Train Your Dragon.” It feels like it’s too soon to do a remake of a…
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MOVIE IN REVIEW | ‘A Minecraft Movie’ is a mess
After a mere two weekends, “A Minecraft Movie” has claimed the top spot of the 2025 domestic box office. It’s not shocking that this franchise piece beat out January fare, but since then we’ve had an MCU entry and this movie just blew right past it. And I have to…
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MOVIE IN REVIEW | ‘Dog Man’ film is impossible to dislike
All January long, I’ve been mentioning (okay, “whining”) that the month is a dead zone for new movie releases. So it makes sense that the biggest release of the month would be one that opened on the very last day (Friday the 31st) before making most of its money in…
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MOVIE IN REVIEW | Wolf of them days
Since two new releases made about $11 million each at the domestic box office this past weekend, and since I don’t have much to say about either movie, I’ve decided to throw them both a quick review.
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MOVIE IN REVIEW | ‘Den of Thieves’ sequel is only mildly disposable
It’s an odd choice to do a sequel to the 2018 heist movie “Den of Thieves” in 2025. The first film made less than $50 million at the domestic box office and to my knowledge doesn’t have much of a cult following. I didn’t see that film at the time,…
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MOVIE IN REVIEW | ‘Sonic the Hedgehog 3’ could have been worse
The “Sonic the Hedgehog” movie franchise has had quite the history. In 2019, jokes about the poorly-received first trailer were everywhere in pop culture. Paramount, to its credit, took the vitriol as constructive criticism and spent months redesigning the main character to have a more palatable appearance. When the upgraded…
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MOVIE IN REVIEW | ‘Kraven the Hunter’ is a flop among blockbusters
In between the blockbusters of the Thanksgiving season and the blockbusters of the Christmas season comes “Kraven the Hunter,” a movie that was never going to be a blockbuster in any season. Sergei “Kraven” Kravinoff (Aaron Taylor-Johnson) is another one of those Spider-Man villains that’s getting his own movie because…














