Cinema News: New 'Star Wars' game is storytelling at its best

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April 28, 2023

'Star Wars Jedi: Survivor' is 'Star Wars' storytelling at its best

"Star Wars Jedi: Survivor" is a video game that feels like a "Star Wars" greatest hits package. It also makes the argument that the Jedi are what make the franchise special.

Review: Girl power and freaky evil collide to make 'Polite Society' a rowdy good time

Filmmaker Nida Manzoor ("We Are Lady Parts") mixes action and comedy in this uplifting tale of an aspiring stuntwoman played by a delightful Priya Kansara.

Smokey Robinson on love, Motown and sex at 83: 'I feel as good as I felt when I was 40'

The title of Robinson's new album, "Gasms," created a stir online and even with his family. Says Smokey: "A gasm is any good feeling you might have."

Jerry Springer, syndicated talk-show host and politician, dies at 79

Jerry Springer — longtime syndicated talk-show host and former Cincinnati mayor — died Thursday at his home in the suburbs of Chicago. He was 79.

Commentary: James Corden and the 'Late Late Show' was so much fun, until it wasn't

Corden is saying goodbye to his CBS late night show with a starry slate of guests and a primetime special Thursday, but he leaves behind a lopsided legacy.

Review: 'Big George Foreman' saddles the former champ with a squeaky clean, lightweight story

"Big George Foreman: The Miraculous Story of the Once and Future Heavyweight Champion of the World," George Tillman Jr.'s overly polished biopic, stars Khris Davis and Forest Whitaker.

Review: A deep-cut masterwork, 'De Humani Corporis Fabrica' is already one of 2023's best movies

This latest documentary from filmmakers and anthropologists Lucien Castaing-Taylor and Véréna Paravel ("Leviathan," "Caniba") plunges us into a stunning tour of the human body.

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