Movies
Published on February 17, 2023 - Page 8
It's been almost half a century since Raymond Chandler's Los Angeles gumshoe Philip Marlowe was notably portrayed on the big screen.
"Marlowe," with...
Published on February 10, 2023 - Page 7
The words "Magic Mike" may conjure images of sweaty, sculpted men dancing for hoards of screaming women. But there has always been a backdrop of...
Published on February 10, 2023 - Page 7
Almost invariably, we root for the con artist. Through finesse and daring, they pull the wool over our eyes while emptying our pockets.
"Sharper," a...
Published on February 10, 2023 - Page 7
If you decide to settle in and watch "Your Place or Mine" to see the sparks fly between Reese Witherspoon and Ashton Kutcher, you'll be initially...
Published on February 10, 2023 - Page 7
"Somebody I Used to Know" is a wedding-crashing rom-com directed by Dave Franco and starring real-life partner (and co-writer) Alison Brie. Parallels...
Published on February 3, 2023 - Page 9
Tom Brady has officially -- and finally, he insists -- retired from the National Football League. Based on his new movie "80 For Brady," it's also...
Published on February 3, 2023 - Page 9
Pamela Anderson was always a bit of an open book in interviews. No one ever told her not to be, or that because she talked about some things she didn...
Published on February 3, 2023 - Page 9
Knock. Knock.
It's a cozy relief to throw open the door and find M. Night Shyamalan with his near-annual high-concept thriller. This time of year...
Published on January 27, 2023 - Page 7
Ezra Cohen and Amira Mohammed don't exactly meet cute. He jumps into the backseat of her red Mini Cooper, mistaking it for his Uber and she starts...
Published on January 27, 2023 - Page 7
There's a wistful, warm feeling when wandering into a Mia Hansen-L?ve film. "One Fine Morning" is her most radiant film yet.
Sandra (Lea Seydoux) is...
Published on January 27, 2023 - Page 7
In "Shotgun Wedding," ageless pop star and rom-com queen Jennifer Lopez dons a pouffy white concoction that gradually sheds layers of tulle to become...
Published on January 27, 2023 - Page 7
"Close" is a story of grief told with grace by Belgian director Lukas Dhont. At its heart is a friendship between two 13-year-old boys, Leo (Eden...
Published on January 20, 2023 - Page 7
In Jesse Eisenberg's smart directorial debut, "When You Finish Saving the World," Julianne Moore plays Evelyn. She runs a women's shelter for the...
Published on January 20, 2023 - Page 7
Emotional abuse rarely gets the subtle, sensitive treatment on screen as it does in Mary Nighy's thoughtful if uneven drama "Alice, Darling,"...
Published on January 20, 2023 - Page 7
June Allen's mother has vanished during a romantic vacation with her boyfriend to Colombia when "Missing" starts gaining steam. The FBI are...
Published on January 13, 2023 - Page 11
After "Airplane!" "Airport," "Up in the Air," "Flight," "Snakes on a Plane," "Non-Stop" and "The Terminal," we have finally arrived, like weary...
Published on January 13, 2023 - Page 11
In November 2013, a mother took a train with her 15-month old daughter. She checked into a hotel, walked down to the water at night, fed the child,...
Published on January 6, 2023 - Page 7
Grab a jacket or a blanket before you watch Netflix's engrossing "The Pale Blue Eye."
Set during an unrelenting winter in upstate New York in 1830,...
Published on January 6, 2023 - Page 7
"A Man Called Otto" is Marc Forster's adaptation of Fredrik Backman's bestseller and a remake of the 2016 Swedish film "A Man Called Ove." Tom Hanks...
Published on January 6, 2023 - Page 7
The Korean drama "Broker" begins like a noir. A young woman walks slowly in the pouring rain in the middle of the night in Busan. Soon we see her...
Published on December 30, 2022 - Page 7
Akira Kurosawa's 1952 film "Ikiru" concerns the late-in-life redemption of an old man. There's a good case to be made "Ikiru" ought to be staged and...
Published on December 25, 2022 - Page 23
A young woman enters a passionless marriage among the top echelon of royalty, then suffers eating disorders and depression as she fascinates the...
Published on December 24, 2022 - Page 23
A young woman enters a passionless marriage among the top echelon of royalty, then suffers eating disorders and depression as she fascinates the...
Published on December 23, 2022 - Page 7
Guess how long it's been since there's been a Shrek movie or even a Shrek-adjacent one. More than a decade seems too long for such a popular...
Published on December 23, 2022 - Page 7
Whitney Houston's voice was one of a kind and the creative team behind a new big-budget biopic of the singer had to agree.
Naomi Ackie turns in a...
Published on December 23, 2022 - Page 7
Damien Chazelle's "Babylon" is not a strictly accurate history. Chazelle draws partly from the pre-code scandals and myths of Kenneth Anger's "...
Published on December 23, 2022 - Page 7
Sarah Polley knows the truth about sexual assault and the criminal and civil justice system: In her book "Run Towards the Danger" she writes about a...
Published on December 18, 2022 - Page 24
Next time you arrive home with aching, blistered feet after a long day, take heart: It's not your feet that are the problem. It's your shoes.
That...
Published on December 16, 2022 - Page 7
James Cameron's "Avatar: The Way of Water" is a truly dazzling cinematic experience that will have you floating on a blockbuster high.
No matter if...
Published on December 9, 2022 - Page 10
The center of gravity of "The Whale" is a 600-pound man with a soul as light as a feather.
Charlie (Brendan Fraser) is a reclusive, morbidly obese...