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Michael B. Jordan stars in “Tom Clancy’s Without Remorse.” (Nadja Klier/Paramount Pictures/Amazon Studios) ORG XMIT: 14937743W

Michael B. Jordan brings star power to macho melodrama 'Remorse'

Michael B. Jordan plays a charismatic antihero in a formulaic macho drama.

7 best works from the next great female director you should know

April 28

Sarah Polley and Ving Rhames in 2004’s “Dawn of the Dead.”

The 42-year-old's repertoire includes singing and writing.

10 best things our critics are watching this week

April 29

"The Bad Batch" Star Wars spinoff.Disney Plus

From a new 'Star Wars' animated series to a 'Soul' prequel, here's what we're tuning into.

Variety

April 30

L-r, Marcus (Noah Jupe), Regan (Millicent Simmonds), and Evelyn (Emily Blunt) brave the unknown in “A Quiet Place Part II.”

Movie blockbusters return this summer, in a slightly different way

Big summer movies are back in 2021. But they'll be playing on fewer — and, in some cases, smaller — screens.

Variety

April 30

LaKeith Stanfield, front, and Daniel Kaluuya in “Judas and the Black Messiah.”

Out on video April 27: 'Judas and the Black Messiah'

Out Tuesday• "Judas and the Black Messiah"• "The Little Things"• "The Virtuoso"

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April 29

The northern lights lit up the night sky over Lake Elora on March 13. A film about a Korean couple who travel to Minnesota to see the northern lights

Another movie shoot coming to Minnesota's North Shore

Local producer calls the region an "untapped frontier for production."

Variety

April 26

Director and producer Chloe Zhao, winner of the award for best picture for “Nomadland,” poses in the press room at the Oscars on Sunday, April 25,

'Nomadland' wins top awards in history-making Oscars ceremony

Anthony Hopkins wins over Chadwick Boseman for best actor at the Oscars.

Variety

April 26

Regina King arrives before the 93rd Academy Awards at Union Station in Los Angeles, April 25, 2021.

Oscars shed their usual air of stuffiness in a shorter-than-usual show

On paper, a stripped-down Oscars seems about as appealing as celebrating your wedding anniversary at White Castle. But the team behind Sunday's ceremony did an…

Variety

April 23

Out on video April 27: 'Vanguish'

Out Tuesday• "Vanquish"

300 dpi 2 col. x 3.25 inches/108x83 mm/368x281 pixels Kurt Strazdins color illustration of a box of movie popcorn set in a mound of popcorn. KRT 2001

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From the biggest box-office blockbuster to the smallest arthouse film, we have reviews for every movie playing in the Twin Cities.

Variety

April 23

Chadwick Boseman as Levee in “Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom.” (David Lee/Netflix/TNS) ORG XMIT: 12951091W

Welcome to the most diverse Oscars: What took so long?

The academy has widened its membership, which has paid off in slates of nominees that look a bit more like the world does.

Movies

April 23

Noted Oscar firsts: Hattie McDaniel (1940), Harold Russell (1947), Marlee Matlin (1987), Halle Berry (2001), Ang Lee (2005), Alfonso Cuarón (2013 and

Diversity at the Oscars over the decades

1920s"Chang" is a nominee in the very first ceremony in 1929 in the one-time-only category, "Best Picture, Unique and Artistic Production." The documentary/fiction hybrid was…

Variety

April 22