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Arts & Entertainment

Swoon-worthy films for Valentine’s Day

In the waning days toward Valentine’s Day, love courses through the air like blood in veins, invigorating the heart, mind…

Steven Spielberg’s ‘West Side Story’ is a rapturous enrichment of a musical classic

Remaking the original West Side Story, the cherished, seminal 1961 musical riff on Romeo and Juliet hailed with a staggering…

Winter film release preview

Season’s greetings! Do you adore movies, that intangible sense of emotional resonance and visual majesty? Great! That affinity for cinema…

‘House of Gucci’ is more off-the-rack than chic, but that’s kind of the point

Ridley Scott, the revered director of cinematic classics like Alien and Blade Runner, has predominantly defined himself with gritty tales…

‘Ghostbusters: Afterlife’ and the ghastly cynicism of IP mining

Like the specters and ghouls that dictate its title, Ghostbusters: Afterlife, the vapid legacy sequel to the 1984 slacker comedy…