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Weekly Movie Guide
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Filmmaker Rian Johnson displays his impressive skill once again in “Wake Up Dead Man,” the third installment in his “Knives Out” franchise. Like its predecessors, the new film, which takes place at a small Catholic church in Upstate New York, is hilarious and twisty-turny enough to keep you enthralled until the very end.
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A sequel coming almost a decade later, “Zootopia 2” is a more timid and tame movie that leans largely on the (still winning) duo of Judy Hopps (Ginnifer Goodwin) and the small-time hustler fox Nick Wilde (Jason Bateman). Both are now out-to-prove-themselves rookies on the police force, nicknamed “the fuzz.”
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Joan Cutler has an impossible decision to make in “Eternity.” The newly deceased character, played by Elizabeth Olsen, has one week to decide who she wants to spend her afterlife with and two husbands (Callum Turner and Miles Teller) hoping that she’ll choose them.
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Volcanic is the best way to describe Jessie Buckley’s startling performance in “Hamnet,” Chloe Zhao’s unabashedly emotional adaptation of Maggie O’Farrell’s acclaimed novel. Also starring a magnetic Paul Mescal as Will, it’s a story that imagines the early life of the young couple from Stratford.
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This weekend, a stunner of a Taiwanese movie, “Left-Handed Girl,” is dropping on Netflix, offering escape to a world of neon lights and night markets, moped rides and drunken romance.
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Bong Joon Ho’s “Mickey 17,” a new batch of “Stranger Things” and Kevin Hart debuting a new comedy special on Netflix are some of the new television, films, music and games headed to a device near you.
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The greatest mystery in Rian Johnson’s “Knives Out” movies might be Benoit Blanc. Over the course of three films, Johnson and Daniel Craig have stingily dropped clues to Blanc’s past and personal life.
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Universal Pictures’ two-part “Wicked” gamble continues to defy gravity at the box office. According to studio estimates on Sunday, “Wicked: For Good” earned $150 million from North American theaters.
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Eddie Murphy is being celebrated with a life achievement award from the American Film Institute, AFI’s board of trustees said recently. The award will be handed out at a gala tribute in Los Angeles on April 18.
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