“A Ballerina’s Tale” — the title suggests a fairy story, with sugar plums and a happily ever after ending. But this documentary about Misty Copeland is a story about the brutal hard work and resolve necessary to create those exquisitely graceful performances and make them look effortless. Like the Venus and Serena documentary about the …

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Brie Larson is one of the most talented and dedicated young actors in Hollywood and also one of my favorite people to interview. We first spoke when she was still a teenager about her appearance in Hoot. And I was honored to get a chance to interview her again, this time in front of an …

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Stephan James, Jason Sudeikis, Jeremy Irons, Carice van Houten, Shanice Banton, and William Hurt star in this film about Jesse Owens, who defied Hitler’s claims about Aryan supremacy to win four gold medals at the 1936 Olympics in Berlin. Here is the real Owens. I was privileged to meet him when I was a teenager …

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We are delighted to share an exclusive clip from a new family film, Lucky Dog, available today on VOD, Amazon streaming, and iTunes. Lucky (David DeLuise) and Amy (Cat Deely) are dogs in puppy love! When their human owners start fighting like cats and dogs, it’s up to these canine cuties to get them back …

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I don’t just want to see this movie. I want to see all the movies that they are making in it. With Channing Tatum as a Gene Kelly-style dancer in a sailor’s uniform, George Clooney as the star of a Roman Empire epic, and Scarlett Johansson as an Esther-Williams-style swimming star, this latest from the …

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