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James Vanderbilt: Why ‘Nuremberg’ was my hardest script to write
by Curtis Jonesby Curtis JonesThe panic usually sets in around Page 40. I’ve been writing movies for a while, and it’s always the same for me. It’s not like how we portray it in …
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‘Peter Hujar’s Day’ review: An artist’s Wednesday proves oddly compelling
by Curtis Jonesby Curtis Jonesp]:text-cms-story-body-color-text clearfix”> If our waking hours are a canvas, the art is how one fills it: tightly packed, loosely, a little of both. At a time when they were both …
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‘Nuremberg’ review: Crowe and Malek in a tonally uncertain Nazi psychodrama
by Curtis Jonesby Curtis JonesMovies that depict the history of war criminals on trial will almost always be worth making and watching. These films are edifying (and cathartic) in a way that could almost …
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‘Gremlins 3’: Steven Spielberg, Chris Columbus to reunite
by Curtis Jonesby Curtis JonesMore Mogwai mayhem is on the way. A third “Gremlins” movie is officially in the works and eyeing a theatrical release ahead of the 2027 holiday season, Warner Bros. Discovery …
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‘Train Dreams’ review: A never-better Joel Edgerton as a quiet logger
by Curtis Jonesby Curtis Jones“Train Dreams” is the kind of movie that people often say they want more of, but when one actually comes along they don’t quite know what to do with it. …
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‘Death by Lightning’ review: A surprising story about President Garfield
by Curtis Jonesby Curtis Jones“Death By Lightning,” premiering Thursday on Netflix, introduces itself as “a story about two men the world forgot,” and while it is undoubtedly true that few in 2025 will recognize …
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‘Disneyland Game Rush’ to bring park’s rides, landmarks to ‘Fortnite’
by Curtis Jonesby Curtis JonesDisneyland is going to “Fortnite.” Launching Thursday, “Disneyland Game Rush” is a new island that will bring some of the Happiest Place on Earth’s most popular rides into the “Fortnite” …
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Kieran Culkin and Jazz Charton’s Emmys baby is here, Sarah Snook says
by Curtis Jonesby Curtis JonesKieran Culkin and wife Jazz Charton made good on their Emmys pact, recently welcoming their third child, according to the former’s “Succession” co-star. Oscar and Emmy winner Culkin’s on-screen sister …
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Hardcover fiction 1. The Black Wolf by Louise Penny (Minotaur Books: $30) The latest mystery in the Armand Gamache series. 2. Heart the Lover by Lily King (Grove Press: $28) …