Movies
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‘All of Us Strangers’ a wonderful mix of ghosts, longing and loveJan 02, 2024 1:00 pm - Andrew Scott plays a writer trying to write something about his dead parents in Andrew Haigh’s transcendent drama “All of Us Strangers.” His parents’ death is not recent ...
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Jeffrey Wright, shape-shifter supreme, sees some of himself in ‘American Fiction’Jan 02, 2024 12:33 pm - NEW YORK — Jeffrey Wright has played Jean-Michel Basquiat, Martin Luther King Jr. and Muddy Waters. He’s played Colin Powell, a Dominican drug kingpin, Batman's Commissio...
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‘Wonka’ ends the year No. 1 at the box office, 2023 sales reach $9 billion in post-pandemic bestDec 31, 2023 3:56 pm - NEW YORK — Hollywood closed out an up and down 2023 with “Wonka” regaining No. 1 at the box office, strong sales for “The Color Purple” and an overall $9 billion in ticke...
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British actor Tom Wilkinson, known for 'The Full Monty' and 'Michael Clayton', dies at 75
Dec 30, 2023 1:16 pm - LONDON — Tom Wilkinson, the Oscar-nominated British actor known for his roles in “The Full Monty," “Michael Clayton” and “The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel,” has died, his f...
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Finding new dimensions, sisterhood, and healing in ‘The Color Purple’Dec 30, 2023 7:06 am - It’s not a secret that Fantasia Barrino did not want to play Celie again. The “American Idol” winner hadn’t had the best time doing “The Color Purple” on Broadway. The pr...
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The Golden Globes: How to watch, who’s hosting and other key things to knowDec 28, 2023 11:52 am - BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. — The Golden Globe Awards are back on the first Sunday in January with plenty of behind-the-scenes changes aimed at cementing a yearslong comeback e...
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Top 10 movies of 2023 a mixed bag of genresDec 28, 2023 9:29 am - To no one’s surprise, 2023 will go down as the year of “Barbenheimer,” the cleverly cute portmanteau that mashes together “Barbie” and “Oppenheimer,” the titles of two p...
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Gail Borden: Top titles in 2023 with a sampling from the pastDec 26, 2023 8:33 pm - Closing out 2023, here are the top circulated titles of the Gail Borden Public Library District. As the library district enters its 150th year of service, library staff a...
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Michael Mann still has another gear. At 80, he’s driving ‘Ferrari’Dec 25, 2023 1:34 pm - NEW YORK — Michael Mann, who gave Crockett a white Ferrari on “Miami Vice,” pummeled cars with bullets in the shootout in “Heat” and set the thriller “Collateral” in a ta...
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On the weekend before Christmas, ‘Aquaman’ sequel drifts to firstDec 25, 2023 12:39 pm - “Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom” led a crowd of new releases at the box office on the weekend before Christmas Monday. The DC and Warner Bros. superhero sequel starring Jas...