Movies

Review: Mark Wahlberg discovers he’s special in ‘Infinite’

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The new Mark Wahlberg movie “ Infinite ” poses an intoxicating scenario for all down-on-their-luck know-it-alls: What if you’re actually a reincarnated immortal who...

Danny Elfman writes a solo album with ‘venom’ pouring out

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NEW YORK — When Danny Elfman started creating music during quarantine, what came out was a surprise even to him. ...

French non-fiction author Carrere wins top Spanish award

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MADRID — French author Emmanuel Carrere, popular for his non-fiction books in a high literary vein, has been granted this year’s Spanish Princess of...

‘In the Heights’ lifts hopes for a Latino film breakthrough

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NEW YORK — Color. Dance. Music. Joy. An all Latino cast! ...

Review: ‘In the Heights’ is the infusion of joy we needed

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“I am Usnavi and you prob'ly never heard my name,” declares bodega owner Usnavi at the start of “In the Heights,” Lin-Manuel Miranda’s contagiously...

‘For the culture’: The moment arrives for ‘In the Heights’

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NEW YORK — As a student as Wesleyan, Lin-Manuel Miranda began writing what would become “In the Heights,” the musical that would launch him...

Georgian director, screenwriter Gabriadze dies at 84

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TBILISI, Georgia — Rezo Gabriadze, a legendary Georgian theater director and film screenwriter who has won broad fame across the former Soviet Union for...

Q&A: Ellen Burstyn on her acting life, and never retiring

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NEW YORK — That Ellen Burstyn plays a woman who recoils at the very mention of a retirement community in the upcoming film “Queen...

‘Conjuring 3’ tops ‘A Quiet Place 2’ as moviegoing returns

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The domestic box office is getting back to normal, with moderate wins and sizable second weekend drops. After its triumphant first weekend, “A Quiet...

Column: ‘The Kings’ relives a magical era in boxing

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The Superdome in New Orleans was packed, and the buzz carried across the nation. The 1980s were dawning and Sugar Ray Leonard had some...