Former pro football player and “Ballers” co-star John David Washington stars in Spike Lee’s new film, “BlackkKlansman.” It is based on the true story of Ron Stallworth, the first black law enforcement office in Colorado Springs, who infiltrated the Klu Klux Klan over the telephone in the 1970’s. In an interview, Washington talked about playing someone …

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Lists are designed to start arguments, not resolve them, but it is always fun to see what other people think as long as you don’t take it too seriously. Vulture has a list of the best Golden Age movie musicals.  Without making any comment on whether this list is definitive, I’ll just say that every …

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My review of “Like Father,” the new Netflix film with Kristen Bell and Kelsey Grammer, is on rogerebert.com. Bell and Grammer are consummate pros. They cannot make this material surprising, believable, or even particularly moving, but they do their considerable best to hold our attention and are always watchable. Their scenes together are high points, …

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It was wonderful to hear Jim Cummings as Pooh and Tigger in the new “Christopher Robin” movie.  Here he talks about those characters and two of his other favorites.  It is remarkable that so many voices live in just one actor!

Oscar-winning director Barry Jenkins (“Moonlight”) is making a new film based on James Baldwin’s If Beale Street Could Talk and this teaser trailer looks like it is going to be magnificent.