‘A jam-packed catalogue’: 8 anticipated films that were pushed from 2020
Here’s a guide to some of the most exciting 2020 movies that are finally coming out in 2021 after being delayed due to the pandemic.
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Tunesday: Gentle acoustic songs to play in a cottage in the woods
With Thanksgiving break upon us, we’re all looking forward to our little moments of escape. While most of us don’t have a woodland paradise to retreat to, this playlist of gentle acoustics and pleasant melodies can help you pretend like you do.
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‘Deadpool 2’ disappoints despite effective laughs
Two years later, “Deadpool 2” doesn’t clear the bar set by its predecessor — it runs right smack into it, colliding with an inglorious thud.
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‘Annihilation’ is enigmatic, engrossing, entirely familiar science fiction
In spite of its standard concoction of arty inactivity and lizard-brain butchery, “Annihilation” makes an effort to stand out from the sci-fi genre.
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Picks of the week: Music festivals, arcade olympics and defying gravity
Whether you choose to attend concerts all around the Bay, compete in a nerdier Winter Olympics or marvel at aerial stunts, our picks have you covered.
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An arbitrary ranking of movies about innovation
The fear of the future and messing with the “natural order” of things has been inspiration for a whole range of movies, ranging from terrible, Luddite-like fantasies to movies questioning humanity and its relation to science.
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‘The Promise’ shares important story of genocide, suffers from distracting love triangle
There’s a realism and grit missing from “The Promise,” and it hurts the audience’s ability to connect to the horror of the crisis.
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How ‘The Promise’ brings historical atrocity to big screen: An interview with producer Eric Esrailian
Regardless of the film’s performance, its existence fosters global recognition and awareness about an oft-neglected piece of history.
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M. Night Shyamalan’s ‘Split’ is sometimes goofy, sometimes thrilling, but always engaging
Writer and director M. Night Shyamalan has had a rocky career, to say the least. He’s been called “the next Spielberg,” and is the man behind the classic “The Sixth Sense” as well as one of the best comic book movies of all time, “Unbreakable.” But Shyamalan went on to
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