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The ‘How to Train Your Dragon’ Star Mason Thames Is Still Freaking Out
As Hiccup, the 17-year-old actor is shouldering the weight of Universal’s new live-action franchise — and living out his childhood fantasy.
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CreditPhilip Cheung for The New York Times How Much Are You Worth Romantically? This Director Has Thoughts.
Celine Song’s new “Materialists” takes a deep look at love and value via a rom-com, a genre that she argues is wrongfully dismissed: “What is more important than love?”
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CreditRyan Pfluger for The New York Times Inside Universal’s Big Bet on ‘How to Train Your Dragon’
In an era of skepticism around live-action remakes, Universal believes audiences will take flight with Hiccup and Toothless again.
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‘Materialists’ Review: When Dakota Met Pedro (and Chris)
The director Celine Song follows up her “Past Lives” with a side-eyeing update on the rom-com, starring Dakota Johnson, Pedro Pascal and Chris Evans.
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‘How to Train Your Dragon’ Review: The Return of Hiccup and Toothless
This live action remake of the 2010 animated film is religiously faithful to the original. The result is exhilarating at times, if somewhat mechanical.
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CreditUniversal Pictures 8 New Movies Our Critics Are Talking About This Week
Whether you’re a casual moviegoer or an avid buff, our reviewers think these films are worth knowing about.
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CreditAtsushi Nishijima/A24 ‘Prime Minister’ Examines a New Zealand Leader and a Global Issue
The film is a memoir of sorts for Jacinda Ardern, who governed at a time of multiple disasters. But it was misinformation that proved hardest to cope with.
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CreditMagnolia Pictures Documentary Lens7 Father’s Day Movies to Watch in Theaters
Whether you’re in the mood for dragons or a new Wes Anderson, theaters this weekend are filled with fatherly flicks.
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CreditHelen Sloan/Universal Pictures Tom Hiddleston Dances Up a Storm: ‘I Just Wanted It to Fly’
In “The Life of Chuck,” the actor known for spontaneous eruptions of joyful movement, lets loose with a feast of footwork.
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My TenArnold Schwarzenegger Is Busy Caring for a Pony, Pig, Donkey and Malamute
The longtime actor, now starring in “FUBAR,” on his many animals, good cigars and wanting his kids to outshine him.
By Kathryn Shattuck
Harris Yulin, Actor Who Perpetually Played the Bad Guy, Dies at 87
An award-winning actor and director, he appeared in scores of stage plays, movies and TV shows over six decades, most often as unsavory characters.
By Sam Roberts
Five Action Movies to Stream Now
This month’s picks include a gaslit mother, a hungry shark, vengeful French cops, and more.
By Robert Daniels
Anatomy of a SceneWatch Dakota Johnson and Pedro Pascal Spark in ‘Materialists’
The writer and director Celine Song narrates a sequence from her film, which also features Chris Evans.
By Mekado Murphy
TimesVideo‘Materialists’ | Anatomy of a Scene
Celine Song narrates a sequence from her film featuring Dakota Johnson, Pedro Pascal and Chris Evans.
By Mekado Murphy
Inside the Jury Room at the Weinstein Trial, Rancor and Recrimination
As the panelists deliberated over whether the former Hollywood mogul should be convicted of sex crimes for a second time in Manhattan, accusations began to fly.
By Hurubie Meko
Enzo Staiola, Who Starred in ‘Bicycle Thieves’ as a Child, Dies at 85
Discovered on the street in Rome, he had a brush with stardom when he was cast in what many consider one of the greatest films of all time.
By Adam Nossiter
‘Sex’ Review: Two Men Talk About and Around the Subject
A chimney sweep and his colleague get deep on the roofs of Oslo in Dag Johan Haugerud’s curious meditation on marriage and masculinity.
By Manohla Dargis
‘Tatami’ Review: A Bitter Fight, Both on and Off the Mat
A flinty Iranian judoka competing in the World Judo Championships is menaced by her government in this absorbing political thriller.
By Beatrice Loayza
‘Echo Valley’ Review: Mother Knows Best, Daughter Does Worst
A stellar cast led by Julianne Moore is unable to breathe life into this unsuccessful blend of maternal drama and crime caper.
By Jeannette Catsoulis
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