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Meanwhile the Sierra Madre Playhouse, built for the silents, has become the L.A. area’s newest performing arts center, where Wild Up will be in residence.—
Mark Swed,
Los Angeles Times,
5 Dec. 2024 -
Boles started his Hollywood career in the silents, but became a big star in the talkies.—
Michael Barnes,
Austin American-Statesman,
5 Nov. 2024
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Mark Monroe directs the feature which will premiere at the Tribeca Festival on June 6 before streaming on Netflix June 11.—
Samantha Bergeson,
IndieWire,
22 May 2025
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Pinho was previously in Cannes with debut feature film The Nothing Factory, which premiered in Cannes Directors’ Fortnight in 2017, receiving the Fipresci Prize.—
Melanie Goodfellow,
Deadline,
22 May 2025
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On May 23, a documentary about elite Air Force pilots will take flight.—
Olivia B. Waxman,
Time,
24 May 2025
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In time for the two-year anniversary of the fatal Titan submersible implosion, Netflix is releasing a documentary that dives into the tragic incident.—
Greta Cross,
USA Today,
24 May 2025
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The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar, Anderson’s Academy Award-winning short based on the 1977 Roald Dahl short story of the same name, feels like a children’s pop-up book come to life.—
Shannon Carlin,
Time,
30 May 2025
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The photos showed the dad wearing a gray tee with black shorts.—
Ingrid Vasquez,
People.com,
30 May 2025
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A couple of clicks on a laptop later, and an artificial intelligence tool synced Mr. Peck’s voice with a cartoon pirate’s mouth movements.—
Brooks Barnes,
New York Times,
21 May 2025
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Hollywood as a city where humans and cartoons uneasily coexist—most notably in the segregated Toontown.—
Samantha Bergeson,
IndieWire,
21 May 2025
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Affleck portrayed the Caped Crusader in multiple films, including 2017's Justice League.—
Raechal Shewfelt,
EW.com,
22 May 2025
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The film, which will release in theaters May 23, will feature Tom Cruise behind the wheel of a Jeep Wrangler 4xe, Stellantis said.—
Liam Rappleye,
USA Today,
22 May 2025
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The historical docudrama also was nominated for Best Picture at the 97th Academy Awards.—
Tim Lammers,
Forbes.com,
3 May 2025
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The formative years and parallel stories of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and Malcolm X, two iconic leaders of the Civil Rights Movement, are compellingly explored in this docudrama series.—
Marcus Jones,
IndieWire,
1 May 2025
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Olivia Rodrigo went vintage for Halloween this year, opting to dress up as the iconic animated cartoon character, Betty Boop.—
Rania Aniftos,
Billboard,
31 Oct. 2022
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To the narcissist, all other people are cardboard cutouts, two-dimensional animated cartoon characters, or symbols.—
Olivia Muenter,
Woman's Day,
14 June 2022
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“Talkie.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/talkie. Accessed 4 Jun. 2025.
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