Movies
Published on November 25, 2022 - Page 8
Like Don DeLillo's 1985 novel, the heart of Noah Baumbach's "White Noise" is in the supermarket. In the gleaming aisles of neatly arranged cereal...
Published on November 18, 2022 - Page 18
"What are we eating? A Rolex?"
So quips Margot (Anya Taylor-Joy) in Mark Mylod's "The Menu" as she waits with her date, Tyler (Nicholas Hoult). The...
Published on November 18, 2022 - Page 18
An early 20th century weekly comic strip created by Winsor McCay about Little Nemo's dream world and adventures provides the loose inspiration for...
Published on November 18, 2022 - Page 18
Just try not succumbing to goosebumps in "She Said." It's the story of the New York Times' initial Harvey Weinstein scoop. You may gasp aloud when...
Published on November 18, 2022 - Page 18
NEW YORK (AP) -- Brendan Fraser, whose performance in "The Whale" has made him a likely awards candidate, says he won't attend the Golden Globes in...
Published on November 11, 2022 - Page 8
Made in the wake of tragedy, "Black Panther: Wakanda Forever" reverberates with the agony of loss, piercing the usually less consequential superhero...
Published on November 11, 2022 - Page 8
"The Fabelmans" is clearly a very personal film for Steven Spielberg. It's as much a coming-of-age journey as a form of expensive therapy with John...
Published on November 11, 2022 - Page 8
The devil works in public relations in "Spirited," a new spin on "A Christmas Carol" starring Will Ferrell and Ryan Reynolds. With songs by "The...
Published on November 4, 2022 - Page 20
A pickup breaking down on the street turns into a blessing of sorts in "Causeway," a gentle Apple TV+ drama starring Jennifer Lawrence.
The military...
Published on November 4, 2022 - Page 20
In the swaggering, maximalist cinema of Alejandro I??rritu, I??rritu has never been all that far off the screen.
Since his debut in "Amores Perros"...
Published on November 4, 2022 - Page 20
It is 1862 in a remote Irish village when an English nurse is called in by a local council to investigate a phenomenon in "The Wonder." There is, she...
Published on October 28, 2022 - Page 14
There's special significance to the title of "The Good Nurse." It's based on the serial killings of dozens and possibly hundreds of patients by a...
Published on October 28, 2022 - Page 14
In Phyllis Nagy's "Call Jane," Joy (Elizabeth Banks) is a 1960s housewife married to a defense attorney (Chris Messina) with a teenage daughter (...
Published on October 28, 2022 - Page 14
Just in time for Halloween comes a film that isn't afraid to lean into the darkness, one frame at a time.
In the first five minutes of "Wendell...
Published on October 28, 2022 - Page 14
Filmmaker James Gray explores his childhood in "Armageddon Time." It's set in the fall of 1980, in Queens, when he was 11.
The Graff family is mom...
Published on October 22, 2022 - Page 15
If one were to rank the most difficult adolescent age, 11 is certainly up there. It is just a horribly, hilariously awkward moment of still being...
Published on October 22, 2022 - Page 21
One of the best films of the year, Margaret Brown's "Descendant" is about the discovery of the Clotilda, the last known slave ship.
After it was used...
Published on October 21, 2022 - Page 12
Not long into "Black Adam," a preteen boy looks up at the muscled hulk of Dwayne Johnson and begs for his help: "We could use a superhero right now...
Published on October 21, 2022 - Page 12
It's often said movies that were fun to make never turn out great. Well, George Clooney and Julia Roberts look like they had a grand time making the...
Published on October 21, 2022 - Page 12
What if, one day, your best friend decided he didn't want to be friends anymore? It's not anything that can be apologized for or mended. It's just...
Published on October 21, 2022 - Page 14
Even if you've never been to a Harry Styles concert, it's hardly difficult to comprehend his huge appeal.
But "huge" is not the word to describe...
Published on October 14, 2022 - Page 14
Almost by default, filmmakers typically take a wide lens to historical moments like the 1955 lynching of 14-year-old Emmett Till. In reaching for a...
Published on October 14, 2022 - Page 14
An insomniac detective falls for a beautiful suspect in a suspicious death he's investigating in "Decision to Leave." This deceptively simple premise...
Published on October 7, 2022 - Page 14
The stars appear one after the other -- a banquet of talent, a glut of inventiveness. Yet nothing clicks.
Welcome to "Amsterdam," writer and director...
Published on October 7, 2022 - Page 14
TORONTO -- When a young, bespectacled Al Yankovic picked up an accordion, few -- especially Al, himself -- would have predicted the long-running show...
Published on October 7, 2022 - Page 14
"Time is the thing," observes Lydia T?r (Cate Blanchett) in Todd Fields' "T?r." Lydia, a world-renown conductor, is explaining her art as more than...
Published on October 7, 2022 - Page 16
The question of worth flows through Ruben ?stlund's "Triangle of Sadness." It's a handsomely grotesque satire about the guests and workers aboard a...
Published on September 30, 2022 - Page 14
By MARK KENNEDY
AP Entertainment Writer
The romantic comedy "Bros" is absolutely revolutionary. And totally conventional. It's a film where both...
Published on September 30, 2022 - Page 14
By LINDSEY BAHR
AP Film Writer
The nostalgia for "Hocus Pocus" has always been a bit of a mystery to me. I was in the right demographic when "Hocus...
Published on September 30, 2022 - Page 14
By JAKE COYLE
AP Film Writer
"Smile" is a bluntly unsettling and blandly grim horror flick that wrings as much mileage as it can out of a twisted...