My friend Matt Fagerholm did a great interview with actor/comedian Gilbert Gottfried on rogerebert.com. Gottfried is the subject of a new documentary called “Gilbert” that was shown at the HotDocs festival. There have been a lot of times throughout history where people have said, “Now more than ever, we need comedy.” Since we’ve got Donald …

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You can win a copy of the heartwarming and inspiring “Lion,” starring Dev Patel and Nicole Kidman in the real-life story of a adopted man who used Google Earth to find his birth family. Send me an email at moviemom@moviemom.com with “Lion” in the subject line and tell me about a special Mother’s Day moment …

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They don’t share any scenes in “Guardians of the Galaxy, Vol. 2,” but they shared an entire movie together in 1989: Sylvester Stallone and Kurt Russell were “Tango & Cash,” one of the quintessential buddy cop movies of the 80’s. Remember this?

Oren Moverman directed “The Dinner,” a provocative film about mental illness and its impact on the family, about the challenges of being a parent, about marriage, politics, and insanely pretentious food. It stars Richard Gere as a politician and Steve Coogan as his estranged and bitter brother, with Rebecca Hall and Laura Linney as their …

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