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Owen Wilson is a former pro golfer seeking redemption in “Stick”.

Owen Wilson’s charm helps land ‘Stick’ on the green

Think “Ted Lasso” with clubs in this story of a former golf pro searching for redemption that manages to be a comedy with heart without being too warm and fuzzy.

  • Terry Pontikos

April 2024

Greatest of all time. Kelly Slater unofficially bowed out of the professional circuit at Margaret River on Tuesday.

Surfing’s GOAT, Kelly Slater, hangs up his wetsuit

While the 11-time world champion did not officially announce his retirement, Slater said he was heading into a new chapter of his life.

  • Lincoln Feast

January 2022

After the runaway success of Independence Day, director Roland Emmerich was urged to produce another such hit. Instead, he turned his hand to another disaster: the coming climate emergency.

The filmmakers grappling with humanity’s greatest threat

Once considered a fringe subject, climate change has proved a rich seam for filmmakers to mine as they wrestle with how, exactly, to depict looming disaster.

  • Sonia Rao

February 2020

Bill Murray and a furry co-star reprised their roles from the movie Groundhog Day for a Super Bowl ad.

Super Bowl ads an antidote to politics

For the most part, Super Bowl advertisers stayed away from social-cause messages and focused on lighthearted ads, stuffing them with popular celebrities, hit songs, funny dances and other gambits to appeal to Americans.

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