Oprah Winfrey and Rose Byrne star in “The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks,” based on the best-selling book by Rebecca Skloot. Lacks was a poor black woman who died at age 31 of cancer. Some cells taken without her knowledge in 1951 became one of the most important tools in medicine, vital for developing the …

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We bid a sad farewell to Robert Osborne, the most gracious of gentlemen and the most devoted and erudite of movie fans. Osborne’s love of old movies and the people who made them brought a new generation to movies made before their parents were born. His interviews were always fascinating and thoughtful and his books, …

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I love podcasts so much I sometimes wish I had more places to drive to. Some I am especially enjoying right now: Jesse David Fox hosts “Good One,” with each episode a discussion of one joke with the comic who wrote it. Guests include Jim Gaffigan, Kristen Schaal, and Neil Brennan. Homecoming is an immersive …

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Looks like we get a bit of Jack Sparrow’s backstory — and some gorgeous special effects in this last of the Pirates movies — or so they say!

Filmonomics says they have a system for predicting what is going to win the Oscar — two years from now! The likelihoods of a movie being Certified Fresh, financially successful and being nominated for Academy Awards, is knowable at the point of development. It is based on their multi-point analysis of the script, even before …

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