Movies
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From hippies to hipsters, 'Texas Chainsaw' is back
Feb 18, 2022 9:00 am - “Texas Chainsaw Massacre” - ★ Et tu, pause button? I thought you were my friend. Anticipating the inevitable guts and gore and murderous mayhem, I screened Netflix's new...
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Widescreen: A rare misstep for Criterion Collection, Coen brothersFeb 18, 2022 5:00 am - The 19-year-old DVD copy of “Miller's Crossing” on the bookshelf behind me says the Coen brothers' Prohibition-era epic about warring mobsters runs 115 minutes. The new ...
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Channing Tatum and his dog co-star raise the woof in 'Dog'
Feb 17, 2022 1:30 pm - “Dog” - ★ ★ ½ Something would have had to go very, very wrong for “Dog” not to work on a basic level. Pairing Channing Tatum, one of our most likable leading men, with ...
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Troy Kotsur's road to making history at the Oscars
Feb 17, 2022 5:00 am - NEW YORK - In his Oscar-nominated performance in "CODA," Troy Kotsur has one spoken line, but it's a good one. Urging his daughter, played by Emilia Jones, to pursue her...
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'Cursed' an atmospheric horror tale with teethFeb 17, 2022 5:00 am - “The Cursed” - ★ ★ ★ I hesitate to label Sean Ellis' gothic thriller as a “werewolf movie,” simply because the term connotes a host of cliches and cheap, exploitative v...
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Game-based 'Uncharted' bites the dust - and cobwebs - in passionless, generic 'Raiders' knock-offFeb 17, 2022 4:00 am - “Uncharted” - ★ ½ Take Indiana Jones' first adventure, “Raiders of the Lost Ark,” strip away the clever dialogue, remove the richly drawn characterizations, disregard s...
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New to streaming this week: 'The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel,' Kanye and 'From'
Feb 14, 2022 5:00 am - Here's a collection curated by The Associated Press' entertainment journalists of what's arriving on TV, streaming services and music platforms this week. Movies • Direc...
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'Death on the Nile' tops a quiet box office weekend
Feb 13, 2022 10:00 pm - NEW YORK - Hollywood's Super Bowl weekend largely fizzled with the muted debut of Kenneth Branagh's long-delayed Agatha Christie whodunit, "Death on the Nile," a tepid r...
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'Death on the Nile' tops a quiet box office weekend
Feb 13, 2022 6:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - Hollywood's Super Bowl weekend largely fizzled with the muted debut of Kenneth Branagh's long-delayed Agatha Christie whodunit, 'œDeath on the Nile,'ť a ...
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In 'KIMI,' Soderbergh, Kravitz build a classic tech thriller
Feb 12, 2022 6:25 am - Steven Soderbergh loves a good thriller - most people do, he knows. But he's always conscious of making sure that whatever it is, it isn't just "single use plastic." "It...