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Denzel Washington’s powerful ‘Fences’ feels too fenced in

The movie, opening Sunday, reunites almost the entire cast — including Denzel Washington as bitter former baseball player turned garbage man Troy Maxson and Viola Davis as his long-suffering wife, Rose.

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Boulder City’s little-known tie to Oscar hopeful ‘La La Land’

“That’s probably a movie first, maybe,” writer-director Damien Chazelle said with a laugh while discussing the film’s connection to the small Southern Nevada town, specifically its library.

Downtown Las Vegas’ adult-friendly Eclipse Theater finally opens

It’s the movie theater you’ve been waiting for. Literally and figuratively. After a weeklong test run, Eclipse Theaters, 814 S. Third St., is celebrating its grand opening on Thursday, more than two years after its first announced opening date.

‘Bad Santa 2’ is just plain bad

The world’s a much different place than it was 13 years ago. Heck, it’s a much different place than it was 13 days ago.

Out of things to talk about? Try these cinematic diversions

Maybe you really can enjoy each other’s company while you spend all day in the kitchen and reminisce about holidays past like something out of a Norman Rockwell painting. But just in case, here are five new movies to check out.

25 holiday specials and movies you shouldn’t miss

In an attempt to cut through all the holiday clutter on TV, here’s a look at the 25 specials of the season you should check out.

Simple, elegant ‘Moonlight’ warrants hype as one of year’s best

Have you ever read a bunch of critics breathlessly praise a little movie you never knew existed, taken a chance and bought a ticket only to trudge out of the theater wondering what in the world we were thinking?

Like boxer Vinny Pazienza, actor Miles Teller loves Las Vegas

Pazienza fought just three of his 60 bouts here. But two of those bookend the new biopic “Bleed for This,” starring Teller as the boxer who returned to the ring after suffering a broken neck.

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