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Sep 8, 2026
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  1. Article · Sep 8, 2026 · Fred Topel

    Movie review: Korean creature feature 'Hope' rivals Hollywood - UPI.com (opens the original)

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    LOS ANGELES, Sept. 8 (UPI) -- Hope, in theaters Wednesday, is a creature epic that rivals those of Hollywood. The Korean film does many things better than Hollywood, but also falls into many of the same traps. In Hope Harbor, police Chief Bum-Seok (Hwang Jung-min) investigates a dead cow in the middle of the road. The deeper he gets, he sees more signs of terror from the creature that mauled it. Writer/director Na Hong-jin builds up his monsters effectively. The best part of Hope is when creatur

  2. Article · Sep 8, 2026 · Fred Topel

    Gail Bean met Snoop Dogg, Tookie Williams' wives for 'The Drop' role - UPI.com (opens the original)

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    LOS ANGELES, Sept. 8 (UPI) -- The Drop: A Snowfall Saga, premiering Tuesday at 9 p.m. EDT on FX and Hulu, follows Snowfall character Wanda Bell into 1990 in Los Angeles. Gail Bean returns as Wanda, now seeking opportunities in the emerging rap music industry. Though she played Wanda for six seasons of Snowfall, Bean did additional research for the spinoff. In a recent Zoom interview with UPI, Bean, 33, said she interviewed Shante Broadus and Bonnie Williams-Taylor. Broadus is the wife of Snoop D

  3. Article · Sep 3, 2026 · Fred Topel

    Steve Guttenberg, Christie Brinkley: 'American Summer' champions family - UPI.com (opens the original)

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    LOS ANGELES, Sept. 3 (UPI) -- Steve Guttenberg and Christie Brinkley said their new film American Summer, in theaters Friday, appealed to them because of its focus on family. Guttenberg plays Mikey, a man telling the viewer about a formative summer. When Mikey was a teenager (Logan Gray), his father went missing while serving in the army. That summer, Mikey got a job at the local restaurant and fell in love with Kelly (Mia Tallerico). Brinkley also appears in the modern-day segments as adult Kel

  4. Article · Sep 2, 2026 · Fred Topel

    Movie review: 'Mayday' celebrates '80s action with heroic Ryan Reynolds - UPI.com (opens the original)

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    LOS ANGELES, Sept. 2 (UPI) -- They don't make '80s movies like they used to, but Mayday, on Apple TV+ Friday, sincerely tries. Mayday has a modern perspective looking back on bombastic action movies, but still celebrates them. Troy Kelly (Ryan Reynolds) is a fighter pilot in 1987. Sent on a mission in a new aircraft, Troy is shot down over Russia with the Cold War still ongoing. Writer/directors John Francis Daley and Jonathan Goldstein set the period with choice needle drops like Van Halen's "J

  5. Article · Sep 2, 2026 · Fred Topel

    Nicolas Cage plays real James Bond in 'Fortitude' trailer - UPI.com (opens the original)

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    Sept. 2 (UPI) -- Simon Afram Productions and Op-Fortitude released the trailer for Fortitude on Wednesday. The film is coming soon. Fortitude tells the true story of Operation Fortitude, in which the Allies distracted Hitler's forces from the true location of the Normandy invasion. With Winston Churchill's (Michael Sheen) help, they assemble fake tanks and troops poised to attack Pas-de-Calais. Ian Fleming (Art Malik) is a character in the film. Nicolas Cage plays Dusko Popov, the spy who inspir

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