‘Maria’ review: As Callas, Angelina Jolie superbly portrays the high and low notes of soprano’s career

The Chilean filmmaker Pablo Larraín has a kind of strange fixation on telling fictionalized stories of iconic women from the 20th century captured during brief periods in painful moments of isolation, with world-famous actresses portraying the world-famous figures. In the …

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‘Christmas in the Spotlight,’ ‘Holiday Touchdown’ review: Taylor, Travis inspire corny holiday movies

         You might have heard about dueling Christmas TV movies inspired by the real-life romance between Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce, but while Lifetime’s “Christmas in the Spotlight” is indeed an artificial-tree homage to the Swift/Kelce story, the Hallmark movie …

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