Movies
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‘Conclave’ wins best picture at BAFTAs as ‘The Brutalist’ takes directing and acting prizes
Feb 16, 2025 4:08 pm - Papal thriller “Conclave” won four prizes including best picture on Sunday at the 78th British Academy Film Awards, where genre-bending musical “Emilia Pérez” proved that it’s still an awards contender.
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‘Captain America: Brave New World’ soars toward a $100 million holiday weekend
Feb 16, 2025 3:52 pm - “Captain America: Brave New World” infused some blockbuster cash into the North American box office, bringing in $88.5 million in ticket sales over the weekend, according to studio estimates Sunday.
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Action, romance collide in ridiculous ‘The Gorge’
Feb 13, 2025 3:13 pm - The new action thriller "The Gorge" pairs two snipers – Miles Teller and Anya Taylor-Joy — guarding a portal at the bottom of a gorge who develop an unlikely romance in this stylish but hollow Apple TV+ streamer.
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A deftly choreographed nightmare unspools in Norwegian film ‘Armand’
Feb 13, 2025 11:52 am - A mother is called to her child’s school for an urgent meeting with his teachers in the Norwegian film “Armand,” a riff on a claustrophobic courtroom thriller set in a primary school classroom. While unsettling, it’s never not compelling.
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‘Paddington in Peru’ is buoyant and bright, and that’s enough
Feb 13, 2025 5:30 am - A through line in “Paddington in Peru” is the difference between the ties of family and of tribe, as Paddington, after learning that his Aunt Lucy has gone missing, goes on a jungle adventure with the Browns to search for her in his childhood stomping grounds.
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Marvel treads water with ‘Captain America: Brave New World’
Feb 13, 2025 5:15 am - One way to celebrate Valentine’s Day this year is with “Captain America: Brave New World,” a highly processed, empty calorie, regret-later candy of a movie.
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Bridget Jones is middle-aged now. And we still love her, just as she is.
Feb 12, 2025 3:46 pm - What makes “Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy” especially enjoyable — it’s the best since the 2001 original — is not that Bridget (Renée Zellweger) finds a way yet again to triumph over doubts and obstacles. It’s that she still makes us care so much.
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‘Anora’ wins at Producers and Directors Guild Awards
Feb 10, 2025 7:40 am - Did a wide-open Oscar race just get a frontrunner? Sean Baker’s Brooklyn comedy “Anora” took top honors at both the Producers Guild Awards and the Directors Guild Awards on Saturday night, catapulting it to Oscar favorite status.
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What to stream: Bridget Jones returns, ‘Yellowjackets’ reappears and Alessia Cara sings about love
Feb 10, 2025 5:30 am - Renée Zellweger returning to one of her most indelible roles in “Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy” and Questlove offering a documentary on Sly Stone are some of the new television, films, music and games headed to a device near you.
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‘Dog Man’ bests ‘Heart Eyes,’ ‘Love Hurts’ at box office
Feb 09, 2025 2:05 pm - On a quiet winter weekend at the box office, DreamWorks Animation’s “Dog Man” chased its own tail, repeating as the top movie in theaters.