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Free video streaming offers some gems — if you can find them
Free services let you watch thousands of movies and TV shows online, but using them feels like wandering through a low-rent, digital version of Blockbuster (RIP). Reality TV, long-forgotten "classics" and movies that never made it to theaters — these are the types of lackluster ...
'Avengers Endgame' chalks up $2 billion as it blows past 'Titanic,' approaches global record
"Avengers: Endgame" continued its global domination at the box office in a second-week victory lap that saw the blockbuster cross the $2 billion mark in record time and unseat "Titanic" as the second highest-grossing film ever worldwide. Domestically, newcomers, including thrillers ("The Intruder"), well-reviewed comedies ...
Snap!: 'Avengers: Endgame' shatters records with $1.2 billion opening weekend
The Avengers broke all kinds of box office records as a young, male audience lined up for days to get tickets for its opening weekend even in the era of streaming content. "Avengers: Endgame" took in $1.2 billion in its opening weekend — earning $350 ...
Chef Wolfgang Puck orders extra 100 kg of Miyazaki beef for exclusive Oscars after-party
Miyazaki wagyu beef has in the past proven so popular at the official Oscars after-party that the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences ordered an extra 100 kg of the world-famous Japanese delicacy to serve this year. "Because it was so popular, we brought ...
The faces of the Tokyo International Film Festival 2018: Competition
The 31st Tokyo International Film Festival, which opened on Thursday, is screening a variety of cinema from all over the world at various venues in Tokyo. The festival runs until Nov. 3, when the jury will announce the winning films from the competition. In collaboration ...
The faces of the Tokyo International Film Festival 2018: Special screenings
The 31st Tokyo International Film Festival, which opened on Thursday, is screening a variety of cinema from all over the world at various venues in Tokyo. The festival runs until Nov. 3, when the jury will announce the winning films from the competition. In collaboration ...
Composer Ryuichi Sakamoto fulfills childhood dream by working on Kobun Shizuno's animation film
Oscar-winning composer Ryuichi Sakamoto has spent a career steeped in high drama but Saturday the Japanese star revealed he had now realized a childhood dream by working for the first time in animation. "I grew up watching Astro Boy," said Sakamoto, referring to the ...
South Korea approved a rare screening of North Korean movies at a local film festival on Tuesday, as a diplomatic thaw gains pace following two landmark summits between their leaders. The two countries technically remain in conflict after the 1950-53 Korean War ended without a ...
Vaio Corp., the Sony Corp. computer spinoff, said Tuesday it will begin showing virtual reality movies in a theater in the capital's Shinjuku district on July 2. Vaio, which took over Sony's personal computer business, is hoping to expand the VR market by combining the ...
Japanese makeup artist Kazuhiro Tsuji wins U.S. award for 'Darkest Hour'
Japanese makeup artist Kazuhiro Tsuji on Saturday shared a Make-up Artists and Hair Stylists Guild award with two colleagues in Los Angeles for their work on the film "Darkest Hour" about British wartime leader Winston Churchill. Tsuji, David Malinowski and Lucy Sibbick, who transformed actor ...
Forget fake news — worry about fake history Oscars
Two movies about Britain in 1940 — "Dunkirk" and "Darkest Hour" — have collected plenty of Oscar nominations. Both movies are full of historical nonsense.
What makes 'The Last Jedi' so fascinating
"The Last Jedi" is an awful lot of fun, and it's that rare blockbuster that makes you think.
