Two seasons into HBO’s “House of the Dragon” and here’s what I know: pre-”Game of Thrones” Westeros had lots of very cool dragons and absolutely no sense of humor. Never have I longed for a Lannister takeover more. The first season was all about succession — with none of the satirical bite or even humanity […]
The Dance of the Dragons has been a bit of a slow burn, but the Targaryen war of succession burns on. There was minimal bloodshed shown in the “House of the Dragon” Season 2 finale, which aired on Sunday, but the battle lines have been drawn. Queen Rhaenyra Targaryen has fortified her army with more
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Marvel’s “Deadpool & Wolverine” extended its domination of the box office, bringing in $97 million in its second weekend of release, making it the second-biggest movie of the year, behind “Inside Out 2.” The comic book franchise sequel, starring Ryan Reynolds and Hugh Jackman, already broke the record for the biggest domestic opening for an
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Why do I find Elizabeth Taylor so fascinating? My admiration for her work comes down, perhaps unusually, to the Zeffirelli-Shakespeare “The Taming of the Shrew” and the Nichols-Albee “Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?,” two films in which she starred with then-husband Richard Burton. And I must have seen her in some of the “Father of
Robert or Bobby — as he’s known to his friends — the protagonist of “Company,” Stephen Sondheim and George Furth’s 1970 musical, has always been an enigma. Why won’t this confirmed New York bachelor, who is celebrating his 35th birthday and not getting any younger, finally settle down with a wife? What is he so
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The sheer existence of this live-action adaptation of the classic children’s book “Harold and the Purple Crayon” inspires a number of questions on a basic level. Who is this for? The book by Crockett Jensen, published in 1955, is aimed at ages 3 and up, but the film, adapted by David Guion and Michael Handelman
The impulse to write what you know can be as emboldening as it can be restricting. In director Mikko Mäkelä’s soulful and observant feature “Sebastian,” a young writer grappling with this familiar conundrum begins creating a life for himself designed exclusively to be plundered for his fictional aspirations. In the process he’s forced to reckon
Sandy Bresler, who served as actor Jack Nicholson’s agent for six decades, has died at age 87. The industry veteran died Thursday in Santa Monica after a short illness, his family said in a statement, adding that he had “established the gold standard for personally curated talent representation.” “Sandy was a unique person, generous with
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Street photographer and artist Estevan Oriol, best known for his image of the “L.A. fingers,” remembers frequenting the corner of Fourth and Soto streets in Boyle Heights in the 1990s to pick up the latest issue Teen Angel, an art zine named after its creator that portrayed Chicano life. Oriol felt the magazine’s subject matter
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Moviegoers and critics often say that what they want more from films is originality. But let’s not dismiss the sturdy pleasures of the reliably familiar. An expert piece of derivative entertainment featuring likable stars and a bit of style is its own kind of achievement, a reminder that talented people through sheer force of will
