Movies
Published on July 28, 2023 - Page 8
You've got to hand it to the Philippou brothers. They've taken an old horror cliche -- a severed hand -- and made something worth, well, applauding...
Published on July 21, 2023 - Page 7
Fire is in the air this summer, literally, and at the movies in German filmmaker Christian Petzold's "Afire."
This is a film about youth, climate...
Published on July 21, 2023 - Page 8
Over the years, Barbie's had to carry an awfully heavy load on that slender, plastic back of hers.
Welcomed as a trailblazer in 1959, she was...
Published on July 21, 2023 - Page 8
Christopher Nolan's "Oppenheimer" is a feverish three-hour immersion in the life of Manhattan Project mastermind J. Robert Oppenheimer (Cillian...
Published on July 21, 2023 - Page 8
"Stephen Curry: Underrated" is easily one of the most inspirational movies of the year.
This is a portrait of a man who has felt inferior playing the...
Published on July 14, 2023 - Page 8
By MARK KENNEDY
AP Entertainment Writer
Wondering if you should choose to accept the latest “Mission: Impossible” entry? Do you really want to...
Published on July 14, 2023 - Page 8
Among the low-hanging fruits of satire, sleepaway theater camps would dangle about as low as social-media influencers and Def Leppard cover bands....
Published on July 14, 2023 - Page 8
It's funny to think back to December 2018, that pre-pandemic world, when everyone decided they wanted to spend their holiday breaks watching a...
Published on July 7, 2023 - Page 8
There comes a moment of truth in raunchy film comedies when you decide whether to fully join in the fun -- or ride it out on the fence.
In first-time...
Published on July 7, 2023 - Page 8
The egos are as vast and thorny as the gardens on the lush estate of a prominent author in "The Lesson." It's an entertaining piece about a master, a...
Published on July 7, 2023 - Page 8
The "Insidious" franchise folds back on itself for the fifth installment, returning to its roots with the movie equivalent of getting the (...
Published on June 30, 2023 - Page 8
When Harrison Ford says he's hanging up Indiana Jones' fedora, you believe him. Producer Frank Marshall has also said they won't recast the character...
Published on June 30, 2023 - Page 8
We landlubbers have gotten it all wrong: Kraken aren't terrible monsters from the sea who destroy our sailing ships and munch on our sailors. They're...
Published on June 30, 2023 - Page 8
By the end of the illuminating film "Every Body," we're forced to confront society's need to divide humans into a binary system, and the sometimes...
Published on June 23, 2023 - Page 11
As if to make up for lost time, Oscar winner Jennifer Lawrence has in "No Hard Feelings" made the kind of R-rated teen comedy that has usually...
Published on June 23, 2023 - Page 11
A shape-shifting teenage girl and a disgraced knight-in-training suspected of killing a beloved queen are at the heart of "Nimona." It's a vibrant...
Published on June 16, 2023 - Page 8
"It's not nice to fool Mother Nature," went a famous '70s commercial catchphrase. But we learn in "The Flash" it's Father Time one mustn't cross....
Published on June 16, 2023 - Page 8
Wes Anderson's "Asteroid City" is about grief, performance, storytelling, the cosmos and, well, everything.
"Asteroid City" is very, very Wes...
Published on June 16, 2023 - Page 8
Pixar's "Elemental" conjures a diverse metropolis where the elements -- fire, water, earth and air -- live like ethnicities mostly ghettoized from...
Published on June 16, 2023 - Page 9
Tyler Rake was clinically dead when we last saw him at the end of "Extraction." But death is no match for Netflix.
Chris Hemsworth returns as the sad...
Published on June 9, 2023 - Page 8
With the "Transformers" franchise at a crossroads, its latest protectors have turned to their deep bench of characters. But just adding more robots...
Published on June 9, 2023 - Page 8
Flamin' Hot Cheetos get an origin story worthy of any Marvel superhero with Hulu's totally engrossing "Flamin' Hot." It's the tale of how a...
Published on June 9, 2023 - Page 8
A high school gym teacher grappling with her sexual identity is challenged in "Blue Jean." It's a quietly complex portrait of compartmentalization...
Published on June 3, 2023 - Page 18
Two minutes away, the Uber app promises at one point in "Past Lives." You may find yourself hoping that promise is a lie.
You'll want more minutes,...
Published on June 2, 2023 - Page 8
"Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse" was the best comic-book film of the last decade.
Solemnity was out. Gone, too, was the idea of a chosen one....
Published on June 2, 2023 - Page 8
"Reality," starring Sydney Sweeney, is largely set in one empty room. There is nothing on the walls. There are no chairs or rugs, just a stark and...
Published on May 26, 2023 - Page 8
It's not Rob Marshall's fault Disney's latest live-action retread doesn't really sing.
"The Little Mermaid," a somewhat drab undertaking with sparks...
Published on May 26, 2023 - Page 8
What's more important: Being honest or making a loved one feel good about themselves? Do any of us really want straightforward feedback or do we just...
Published on May 26, 2023 - Page 8
If you were to resurrect the tired storyline of a young couple having to meet their partners' parents and were looking for someone to play the gruff...
Published on May 19, 2023 - Page 8
The "Fast & Furious" franchise jumped the shark when the Pontiac Fiero went into space.
The floating car -- tasked with bumping a satellite in...