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Play Your Cardigans Right And See 'A Beautiful Day In The Neighborhood'

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Play Your Cardigans Right And See 'A Beautiful Day In The Neighborhood'

Who can possibly play Fred Rogers? That's a question that the new film A Beautiful Day In The Neighborhood tries to answer with a performance from Tom Hanks as the beloved TV host. In the movie a journalist played by Matthew Rhys has a transformative experience with Rogers that reshapes his relationship with his troubled father. A Beautiful Day In The Neighborhood is directed by Marielle Heller, who most recently made the Melissa McCarthy film Can You Ever Forgive Me? It uses unconventional techniques to place the journalist's story within Rogers' land of make believe.

Play Your Cardigans Right And See 'A Beautiful Day In The Neighborhood'

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Thursday

The Dismal 'Merry Happy Whatever' Is The Downside Of Binge-Watching

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The Dismal 'Merry Happy Whatever' Is The Downside Of Binge-Watching

You can understand why Netflix thought people might want a holiday-themed family comedy to watch this season. But unfortunately, the one they made is a big miss.

Wednesday

99 Bottles Of Beer On The Touch Screen: The Spread Of Self-Serve Taps

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99 Bottles Of Beer On The Touch Screen: The Spread Of Self-Serve Taps

Order a drink, but hold the bartender? As it becomes relatively more expensive to run restaurants and bars, some are saving money by replacing human servers with pour-your-own electronic taps.

99 Bottles Of Beer On The Touch Screen: The Spread Of Self-Serve Taps

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Get A Clue, Go See 'Knives Out'

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Get A Clue, Go See 'Knives Out'

Whodunit? Was it Jamie Lee Curtis? Chris Evans? Michael Shannon? Don Johnson? Toni Collette? This is the question at the center of the marvelous new comedy Knives Out. The film is directed and written by Rian Johnson, of films like Looper and Brick as well as Star Wars: The Last Jedi. The stellar cast goes on and on to include Ana de Armas, Daniel Craig, LaKeith Stanfield, and, playing the man in the whodunit to whom it was done, Christopher Plummer.

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Sunday

Rachael Ray At 50: 'Eat Your Spaghetti!'

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Rachael Ray At 50: 'Eat Your Spaghetti!'

The television chef celebrates a milestone with a new book, Rachael Ray 50, that's part cookbook and part memoir. She says she wanted to show that women older than 50 can still be relevant in America.

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Friday

'Frozen 2': The Snow Must Go On

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'Frozen 2': The Snow Must Go On

1.3 billion dollars will buy a lot of ice. That's how much Frozen made after its release in 2013. The film also gave Disney princess fans two new favorites in sisters Anna and Elsa, and it made a star of Olaf the talking snowman. Now the band is back together for Frozen 2, which finds Anna and Elsa on yet another adventure.

'Frozen 2': The Snow Must Go On

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Thursday

'A Beautiful Day In The Neighborhood': Can You Say 'Sincere' And 'Heartening'?

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'A Beautiful Day In The Neighborhood': Can You Say 'Sincere' And 'Heartening'?

Marielle Heller's new film isn't Fred Rogers' story — it's the story of two damaged outsiders (Tom Hanks and Matthew Rhys) finding a connection that overcomes the darkness in their childhoods.

Disney Animation Chief Jennifer Lee Is The Queen Behind Elsa And Anna

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Disney Animation Chief Jennifer Lee Is The Queen Behind Elsa And Anna

Her credits include Frozen, Wreck-It Ralph and Zootopia. Now, Jennifer Lee is the first female chief creative officer of Walt Disney Animation Studios — oh, and she co-directed the Frozen sequel.

Disney Animation Chief Jennifer Lee Is The Queen Behind Elsa And Anna

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'Mad About You': If A Reboot Falls In A Very Particular Forest, Is It Really On?

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'Mad About You': If A Reboot Falls In A Very Particular Forest, Is It Really On?

You might not even know that there's a reboot of Mad About You coming this week. But that might not matter, because unless you have the right cable provider, you can't watch it.

Wednesday