This Sunday the PBS British-import series “Masterpiece” brings to American audiences the four-part “Mr. Bates vs The Post Office,” which caused a sensation when it was broadcast in January in …
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‘The First Omen’ review: A prequel that plays to the faithful
by Curtis Jonesby Curtis Jones“The First Omen,” as it happens, is neither the first “Omen” (1976’s half-loved horror hit) nor the first “Omen” reboot (a misbegotten 2006 attempt). It’s not even this spring’s first …
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‘Coup de Chance’ review: Woody Allen’s mild French thriller
by Curtis Jonesby Curtis JonesIncredibly, Woody Allen has made another movie. The lush-looking moral thriller “Coup de Chance,” about infidelity and murder in the City of Light, is his 50th feature. It has been …
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Young Miko discusses ‘att.’ and her upcoming Coachella performance
by Curtis Jonesby Curtis JonesYoung Miko might have touched down in Austin, Texas, but she’s still on Pacific time. The 26-year-old rapper from Puerto Rico has been holed up in Los Angeles preparing for …
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‘Ride’ at Old Globe: The surprisingly big business of two-actor musicals
by Curtis Jonesby Curtis Jones“Ride” recounts the epic journey of Annie Londonderry, the first woman to bicycle around the world. Opening Friday at S the Old Globe in San Diego, the ambitious musical features …
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‘The Beast’ review: Lovers can’t connect and AI is to blame
by Curtis Jonesby Curtis JonesWhether it’s Charlie Chaplin literally trapped in the gears of industrialization in “Modern Times” or James Cameron crafting a gripping vision of robots enslaving us in “The Terminator,” audiences are …
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‘Farewell, Mr. Haffmann’ review: A contrived survival story
by Curtis Jonesby Curtis JonesUntil “The Zone of Interest” upended the way of doing things, a commonly flexed method of approaching a Holocaust story was to time-capsule its good-vs.-evil realities, treating the scenario as …
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Philip Glass’ piano etudes are the music of the moment
by Curtis Jonesby Curtis JonesIn 1994, Philip Glass wrote six seemingly ordinary piano etudes for conductor and pianist Dennis Russell Davies on the occasion of his 50th birthday. Glass also wrote them for himself. …
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Sublime at Coachella: How Jakob Nowell embraced his late dad’s band
by Curtis Jonesby Curtis JonesIt’s Leg Day for Jakob Nowell, who’s fueling up for his workout on a recent afternoon with a late breakfast at a Long Beach diner just down the street from …
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Travis Kelce finds a new definition of ‘happy’ with TSwift
by Curtis Jonesby Curtis JonesKansas City Chiefs tight end Travis Kelce is happy. No, he’s more than that. He is “oozing life.” And, really, you too would be oozing if A) Taylor Swift was …