This post was updated March 31 at 9:40 p.m. For Beyoncé, the road less traveled by is always the right choice. At a sprawling 27 tracks over an expansive 79-minute runtime, Beyoncé’s eighth studio album “COWBOY CARTER” is her longest LP to date. Read more...
Photo: Beyoncé sits atop a white horse while holding an American flag. The singer-songwriter’s newest country album was released March 29. (Courtesy of Columbia Records)
This post was updated March 31 at 9:47 p.m. As an archaeological excavation, “La Chimera” digs up a spellbindingly poignant fantasy. The rollicking romantic drama released in select theaters Friday after it premiered at the Cannes Film Festival in May. Read more...
Photo: Cigarette in mouth, Josh O’Connor sits at a desk. O’Connor stars as Arthur, a tomb robber searching for artifacts across 1980s Tuscany, in “La Chimera.” (Courtesy of Simona Pampaollona)
This post was updated March 10 at 8:17 p.m. “Kung Fu Panda 4” is nothing more than the final fart joke of a once-great franchise. Directors Mike Mitchell and Stephanie Stine deliver the newest installment of the “Kung Fu Panda” series, which released in theaters Friday. Read more...
Photo: Jack Black and Awkwafina voice Po (left) and Zhen (right), respectively, in “Kung Fu Panda 4.” Directed by Mike Mitchell and Stephanie Stine, the fourth installment of the DreamWorks Animation franchise released in theaters Friday. (Courtesy of Universal Pictures)
The grandest performance of 2023 goes to those who love Greta Gerwig but dismiss the accomplishments of underrepresented women in film. When the nominees for the 96th Academy Awards were announced, fans of the summer blockbuster “Barbie” were particularly displeased when they noticed that neither Gerwig nor leading star Margot Robbie were nominated in the categories of Best Director and Best Actress, respectively. Read more...
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This post was updated March 5 at 8:23 p.m. Thanks to social media, nightcore’s proliferation has sped up significantly in recent years. Sped-up versions of popular songs dominate TikTok audios, driven by creators’ desire to squeeze longer chunks of a song into the app’s short video format. Read more...
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This post was updated March 3 at 7:38 p.m. Warning: spoilers ahead. Brilliantly continuing a blazing chronicle, “Dune: Part Two” nearly eclipses the shine of its predecessor. Read more...
Photo: Timothée Chalamet (left) and Zendaya (right) play Paul Atreides and Chani in “Dune: Part Two.” Continuing director Denis Villeneuve’s adaptation of the eponymous novel from Frank Herbert, the sci-fi film released in theaters on Friday. (Courtesy of Warner Bros. Pictures)
This post was updated Feb. 27 at 7:56 p.m. AI technology resurrects The Beatles for one final song, painting a chilling portrait of what can be done “Now” that was not possible “Then.” On Nov. Read more...
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