Latest by Todd Mccarthy
Published on July 24, 2015 - Page 10
The Hollywood Reporter LOS ANGELES (AP) — Based on an earlier teen fave novel by “The Fault in Our Stars” author John Green, “Paper Towns” is a mild...
Published on October 10, 2014 - Page 7
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Given its premise, “Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day” could have been a lot more horrible and no good...
Published on June 20, 2014 - Page 7
LOS ANGELES — Guy Pearce and Robert Pattinson star in this Australian dystopian crime drama from director David Michod. Fusing a number of quasi-...
Published on April 11, 2014 - Page 7
LOS ANGELES (AP) —The pre-pre-season opening kickoff of the 2014 National Football League schedule is returned for a score in “Draft Day,” an...
Published on October 4, 2013 - Page 7
LOS ANGELES (AP) —Beholding the late James Gandolfini doing a lovely job in a change-of-pace role significantly intensifies the already funny/sad...
Published on October 4, 2013 - Page 7
LOS ANGELES (AP) — A story like that at the heart of “Runner Runner,” about a young American gambler who ends up way above his head in the criminal...
Published on July 19, 2013 - Page 7
LOS ANGELES (AP) —In delivering a film about a garden snail that dreams of winning the Indy 500, it’s as if the makers of “Turbo” had been pressed to...
Published on June 14, 2013 - Page 9
LOS ANGELES (AP) —The seemingly exhausted gross-out comedy genre gets a strange temporary reprieve with “This Is the End,” an unlikable but weirdly...
Published on May 3, 2013 - Page 7
LOS ANGELES (AP) —The story of a sympathetic fugitive who forges a bond with two teenage boys near a mighty river down South, “Mud” is shot through...
Published on March 29, 2013 - Page 9
LOS ANGELES (AP) —There’s something about novelist Stephenie Meyer that induces formerly interesting directors to make films that are slow, silly and...