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Colin Quinn and Dave Attell bring veteran comic skills to ‘Trainwreck’

June 15, 2018 at 2:22 p.m.

In “Trainwreck,” comedians Colin Quinn and Dave Attell play Amy’s (Amy Schumer) father and a man living on the street near her apartment, respectively. Quinn, 56, and Attell, 50, recently...

Vic Mensa performs in concert during the 2015 Sweetlife Festival at Merriweather Post Pavilion on Sunday, May 31, 2015, in Columbia, Md. (Photo by Owen Sweeney/Invision/AP)

Before a stacked Pitchfork weekend, we search for answers

June 15, 2018 at 1:39 p.m.

Well done, Pitchfork. You knew you needed to bring it this year—after all, Taylor Swift is playing Saturday and Sunday at Soldier Field—and you did. Still, that doesn’t mean we...

‘Amy’ separates fame and success, person and star

June 16, 2018 at 5:07 p.m.

Embarrassingly, ridiculously, I don't know if I ever really listened to and took seriously the lyrics on "Back to Black," the album that made Amy Winehouse a worldwide phenomenon. I...

‘Self/less’ is elegantly goofy

June 15, 2018 at 2:23 p.m.

Less than three months after Blake Lively starred in an absurd, annoying movie about eternal youth, her husband, Ryan Reynolds, gets his turn in an effort that's silly but far...

‘The Tribe’ gets lost in the silence

June 15, 2018 at 1:46 p.m.

What a remarkable concept for a movie: A drama starring several first-time actors who are deaf, set at a boarding school for people who are deaf, featuring no subtitles or...

On film as in life, addiction is not easily shaken

June 15, 2018 at 1:36 p.m.

It’s the night of the 2008 Grammys, and suddenly massive star Amy Winehouse has been nominated for Record of the Year alongside established icons Beyonce, Foo Fighters, Rihanna, Jay Z...

‘The Strongest Man’ needs to work out its issues

June 15, 2018 at 2:29 p.m.

Like the waves of the ocean its characters occasionally and semi-fearfully embrace, "The Strongest Man" continually goes in and out, connecting and drifting away. It's the low-stakes story of a...

10 best movies of 2015 so far

June 15, 2018 at 2:47 p.m.

The year’s half over! How did that happen? No idea. With six months of a good year of movies in the books, let’s see how the Top 10 list is...

An endless revival featuring endless revivals, "Terminator" truly is the franchise that will not die. But, hey, considering the country's much-discussed fixation on technology, the suggestion that the Cloud secretly...

Actor Matt Bomer looks ahead on the red carpet at the "Magic Mike XXL" Los Angeles premiere.

‘Magic Mike XXL’ is the summer’s best sequel so far

June 15, 2018 at 2:44 p.m.

2012's "Magic Mike" and its sequel, "Magic Mike XXL," could have been so stupid, and I'm sure those who haven't seen either one assume that they are. I mean, think...

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