Movies
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The 33 most anticipated movies of the fallSep 06, 2024 11:37 am - Fall tends to be nearly as stuffed as summer is with sequels, horror thrillers and would-be blockbusters. With that in mind, here are some of the most anticipated films of this fall, from large to small and everything in between.
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One warning about in-law thriller ‘The Front Room’: It’s best to stay outSep 06, 2024 8:52 am - “The Front Room” is a mostly domestic, not demonic (as billed), story, focusing on tensions between Brandy Norwood’s harried new mom Belinda and her grimacing and mugging stepmother-in-law who seems to want Belinda’s baby all to herself.
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‘His Three Daughters’ is a sister act that’s among the year’s best moviesSep 06, 2024 5:30 am - Do our brothers and sisters ever see things the way we do? Do they ever see us? These are some of the concerns of Azazel Jacobs’ “His Three Daughters,” one of the least cinematic movies of the year and also one of the best.
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Netflix’s tight, taut and tension-filled ‘Rebel Ridge’ is a first-rate dramaSep 05, 2024 5:30 am - “Rebel Ridge” opens with a shot of a lanky, muscular stranger riding into a small, corrupt Southern town — a scene we’ve all seen plenty of times. Except this stranger isn’t in a truck or on a horse. He’s on a bicycle.
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A prosecutor asks for charges to be reinstated against Alec Baldwin in the ‘Rust’ caseSep 04, 2024 3:59 pm - SANTA FE, N.M. — A prosecutor has asked a New Mexico judge to reconsider the decision to dismiss an involuntary manslaughter charge against Alec Baldwin in the fatal shoo...
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‘Beetlejuice’ lite: Keaton kills it in Burton’s watered-down sequel to his visionary, cartoony originalSep 04, 2024 12:58 pm - If “Beetlejuice” was made from fresh-squeezed originality, then Tim Burton’s “Beetlejuice Beetlejuice” would be a watered-down sequel reconstituted from creativity concentrate.
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Silver Screen time for local screenwriterSep 04, 2024 8:42 am - Self-taught screenwriter James Ziolkowski has waited for this moment for a while.
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What to stream: ‘The Boy and the Heron,’ Astro Bot, ‘Slow Horses’ and Mormon influencersSep 02, 2024 5:30 am - Hayao Miyazaki’s Oscar-winning “The Boy and the Heron” and the docuseries “The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives” are some of the new television, films, music and games headed to a device near you.
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‘Deadpool’ tops charts yet again as ‘Reagan’ beats expectations on sluggish Labor Day weekendSep 01, 2024 2:10 pm - For the second weekend in a row, “Deadpool and Wolverine,” Marvel’s smash hit that has shattered records and become the best-selling R-rated movie of all time, topped the charts, with other holdovers from the summer following behind.
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What’s hot in theaters? Old movies — and some that aren’t so oldAug 29, 2024 3:03 pm - When Jennifer Kent’s “The Babadook” opened in theaters a decade ago, it played at two cinemas. When it returns to theaters Sept. 19, it will be in 500. Look at almost any movie theater marquee right now and you’ll probably see new and old titles.