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'Bill And Ted Face The Music': Excellent, Bogus, Or Heinous?

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'Bill And Ted Face The Music': Excellent, Bogus, Or Heinous?

Back in 1989, we met Bill S. Preston and Ted "Theodore" Logan in the movie Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure. They returned in Bill & Ted's Bogus Journey in 1991. And now, almost 30 years later, they're back. In Bill and Ted Face the Music, Alex Winter and Keanu Reeves return as... well, Bill and Ted, respectively. And this time, they'll need not just their triumphant band to save the world, but also their daughters.

'Bill And Ted Face The Music': Excellent, Bogus, Or Heinous?

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'Tenet' Opens Internationally. Will Be Shown In Select U.S. Cities Next Month

Director Christopher Nolan poses at the Cannes Film Festival in southern France on May 12, 2018. Warner Bros. has released Nolan's Tenet internationally with a U.S. release in select cities to follow over Labor Day weekend. Arthur Mola/Arthur Mola/Invision/AP hide caption

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'Tenet' Opens Internationally. Will Be Shown In Select U.S. Cities Next Month

The sci-fi thriller Tenet was originally slated to open in July, but the studio repeatedly rescheduled the film's release while the coronavirus pandemic shuttered cinemas around the globe.

'Tenet' Opens Internationally. Will Be Shown In Select U.S. Cities Next Month

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Not Heinous At All: Bill And Ted Are Back To 'Face The Music'

Alex Winter and Keanu Reeves are back as everyone's favorite dim-witted would-be rock stars, Bill S. Preston, Esq., and Ted "Theodore" Logan. Patti Perret/Orion Pictures hide caption

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Not Heinous At All: Bill And Ted Are Back To 'Face The Music'

Thirty years after they befriended Napoleon and beat the Grim Reaper in a game of Battleship, Bill S. Preston (Esq.) and Ted "Theodore" Logan are back — older, but not necessarily any wiser.

Not Heinous At All: Bill And Ted Are Back To 'Face The Music'

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Wild And Daring, 'Tesla' Captures The Spirit Of An Unorthodox Inventor

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Wild And Daring, 'Tesla' Captures The Spirit Of An Unorthodox Inventor

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Ethan Hawke plays the famed Serbian American inventor in a new film that reminds us what a modern creature Tesla was — a figure from the past who never stopped pointing the way to the future.

Wild And Daring, 'Tesla' Captures The Spirit Of An Unorthodox Inventor

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Passion And Politics In 'Boys State'

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Passion And Politics In 'Boys State'

The world of politics is not pretty, even in high school. That's one of the takeaways from the new documentary Boys State, about a week-long program sponsored by the American Legion. In it, a thousand Texas high-school boys form political parties, nominate candidates, and hold elections to form a government. The film shows how a few of these students think about politics and running for office. And it considers how they've been influenced by the last few years of American political discourse.

Passion And Politics In 'Boys State'

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There's A Better Way To 'Dub' Movie Audio For Visually Impaired Fans

Actors Scarlett Johansson and Adam Driver in a scene from Marriage Story. The award-winning 2019 film can be watched with audio description that conveys scenes to viewers who are visually impaired. But Parasite, another popular award-winner, has not included such descriptions. Wilson Webb/Netflix hide caption

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There's A Better Way To 'Dub' Movie Audio For Visually Impaired Fans

Most non-English films made outside the U.S. are inaccessible to many of the 26.9 million visually impaired Americans. "Dubbing just tells us the dialogue," one disability rights activist explains.

There's A Better Way To 'Dub' Movie Audio For Visually Impaired Fans

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'Coup 53' Tells The Story Of A 1953 Campaign By MI6 And The CIA To Oust Iran's Leader

The new documentary Coup 53 tells the backstory of the ouster of Mohammad Mosaddegh, Iran's elected prime minister. Amirani Media hide caption

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'Coup 53' Tells The Story Of A 1953 Campaign By MI6 And The CIA To Oust Iran's Leader

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A new documentary shows how the CIA and Britain's MI6 engineered the forcible removal of Iranian Prime Minister Mohammad Mosaddegh. The 1953 coup continues to rattle history to this day.

'Coup 53' Tells The Story Of A 1953 Campaign By MI6 And The CIA To Oust Iran's Leader

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'We'll Find Out If We're Geniuses Or Idiots': 'Unhinged' To Open In Theaters

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'We'll Find Out If We're Geniuses Or Idiots': 'Unhinged' To Open In Theaters

Unhinged, a road rage movie starring Russell Crowe, will be the first new movie to open nationally in theaters since the coronavirus pandemic began.

'We'll Find Out If We're Geniuses Or Idiots': 'Unhinged' To Open In Theaters

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'Boys State' Helps Teens Learn How Politics Work — Perhaps A Little Too Well

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'Boys State' Helps Teens Learn How Politics Work — Perhaps A Little Too Well

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A new documentary follows 2018's Texas Boys State, a week-long summer experiment in which teens form their own representative democracy. The mock election highlights flaws of the real-life system.

'Boys State' Helps Teens Learn How Politics Work — Perhaps A Little Too Well

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Netflix Is Letting Some People Speed Up Playback. That's A Big Deal For Blind Fans

Some Netflix users will be able to watch shows at slower and faster speeds. It's a helpful move for blind and deaf users, advocates say. Olivier Douliery/AFP via Getty Images hide caption

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Netflix Is Letting Some People Speed Up Playback. That's A Big Deal For Blind Fans

People who are blind spend a lot of time listening to words. So much that they often prefer to listen at faster speeds, including for TV shows.

Netflix Is Letting Some People Speed Up Playback. That's A Big Deal For Blind Fans

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The Rise of Netflix

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The Rise of Netflix

One of the few companies doing well during this pandemic is Netflix. In the last few months, the streaming service has seen a huge uptick in new subscribers. Sam talks to Peter Kafka and Rani Molla, co-hosts of the podcast Land of the Giants, about the Netflix effect — how it got to where it is today, its win over Blockbuster, and the one TV show that launched a thousand binges (figuratively speaking).

The Rise of Netflix

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'Everybody Deserves To Be Seen As A Hero,' Says 'Old Guard' Director

Director Gina Prince-Bythewood says The Old Guard shows "the opposite side of what we all envision immortality to be." Mohammed Kamal/Netflix hide caption

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'Everybody Deserves To Be Seen As A Hero,' Says 'Old Guard' Director

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"Female characters are not [usually] the center of the story," filmmaker Gina Prince-Bythewood says. Her new movie follows a diverse group of world-weary warriors who've been alive for centuries.

'Everybody Deserves To Be Seen As A Hero,' Says 'Old Guard' Director

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Regina King on Race, Policing and HBO's 'Watchmen'

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Regina King on Race, Policing and HBO's 'Watchmen'

Sam revisits his chat with Regina King from 2019 after the actress' recent Emmy nomination for her performance on the HBO series Watchmen. In this encore interview, King talks about why she gravitates toward work that deals with race and policing, why she's still proud to call herself an American and why that also means demanding things to get a lot better than they are now.

Regina King on Race, Policing and HBO's 'Watchmen'

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Opinion: We Are Africans. Here's Our View Of Beyoncé's 'Black Is King'

Beyoncé puts a conversation about Africa on the front line with her visual album Black Is King, which premiered on Disney+. Parkwood Entertainment/Disney + via AP hide caption

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Opinion: We Are Africans. Here's Our View Of Beyoncé's 'Black Is King'

Esther Ngumbi, a professor from Kenya, and Ifeanyi Nsofor, a doctor in Nigeria, react to the megastar's movie-length music video — and to criticism from other Africans.

'And The World Went Crazy': How Hollywood Changed After Hiroshima

Since Aug. 6, 1945, artists of every stripe have had to reckon with a world forever altered by nuclear weapons — Hollywood included. Above, Stanley Kubrick's 1964 film, Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb. Express/Getty Images hide caption

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'And The World Went Crazy': How Hollywood Changed After Hiroshima

Nuclear weapons have given Hollywood a host of dramatic plot possibilities, from the threat of nuclear war to wholesale destruction to over-the-top fireworks.

'And The World Went Crazy': How Hollywood Changed After Hiroshima

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With 'Star Trek: Lower Decks,' A Venerable Franchise Loosens Up

Ensigns Tendi (voiced by Noel Wells), Mariner (voiced by Tawny Newsome) and Boimler (voiced by Jack Quaid) do Starfleet's grunt work on Star Trek: Lower Decks. CBS All Access hide caption

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With 'Star Trek: Lower Decks,' A Venerable Franchise Loosens Up

The animated series spoofs Trek with in-jokes and easter eggs and even if the gags aren't yet firing on all nacelles, the premise — Starfleet's D-listers — holds promise.

Philippine Journalist Maria Ressa: 'Journalism Is Activism'

Maria Ressa, CEO of the Rappler news site, leaves a Philippine regional trial court after being convicted for cyber libel on June 15. Ressa, a veteran journalist and outspoken critic of President Rodrigo Duterte, is the focus of A Thousand Cuts, a documentary to be released virtually in the U.S. on Aug. 7. Ezra Acayan/Getty Images hide caption

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Philippine Journalist Maria Ressa: 'Journalism Is Activism'

The documentary A Thousand Cuts focuses on how Ressa and her Rappler news organization navigate Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte's attacks on the press. It will be released in the U.S. Aug. 8.

Philippine Journalist Maria Ressa: 'Journalism Is Activism'

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