Movies
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A-list cast chews rural scenery in Ron Howard's melodramatic 'Hillbilly Elegy'
Nov 11, 2020 12:00 pm - “Hillbilly Elegy” - ★ ★ J.D. Vance's “Hillbilly Elegy,” an election-year explainer to liberal America about the white underclass that fueled Donald Trump's rise, has bee...
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New to streaming this week: 'I Am Greta,' 'Fireball: Visitors From Darker Worlds'
Nov 10, 2020 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 When G...
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Stephen King on how to properly adapt his books and which project went 'entirely off the rails'
Nov 08, 2020 6:20 am - In its own ironic way, Halloween has always offered a brief respite from real-world horrors. That might be even truer in 2020. And because we can expect fewer trick-or-t...
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'~Let Him Go' has biggest weekend of any film in 6 weeks
Nov 08, 2020 6:00 am - The Kevin Costner and Diane Lane film 'œ Let Him Go 'ť had the highest earning box office weekend of any film in over a month, and it didn't even have to break $5 millio...
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Q&A: Eva Green on playing an astronaut in 'Proxima'
Nov 07, 2020 6:29 am - Movies about astronauts and space are so often also about estranged fathers and sons. So it's a welcome respite that in the new film "Proxima," now available to rent on ...
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With 'The Life Ahead,' Sophia Loren is approaching her 100th movie
Nov 07, 2020 6:27 am - Sophia Loren has made more than 90 films since her first uncredited role in 1950. As one of the last remaining links to Hollywood's Golden Age, the statuesque beauty cou...
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Netflix's 'Mank' makes glorious contribution to Hollywood history
Nov 06, 2020 11:00 am - “Mank” - ★ ★ ★ ★ In one history of the movies, “Citizen Kane” screenwriter Herman Mankiewicz might look like a footnote. The former playwright had a hand in many f...
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'Tenet' to head to home release in December after theatrical run
Nov 06, 2020 5:00 am - NEW YORK - After several months in pandemic-altered theaters, Christopher Nolan's "Tenet" will head to home release on Dec. 15, Warner Bros. said Thursday. "Tenet" will ...
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Why Zoe Lister-Jones made 'The Craft: Legacy' for 'woke' teens
Nov 06, 2020 5:00 am - Sit down and let Zoe Lister-Jones school you for a bit. The 38-year-old writer-director of "The Craft: Legacy," about a coven of teenage witches poised to upend the patr...
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Lesley Manville flexes new muscles in thriller 'Let Him Go'
Nov 05, 2020 10:00 pm - Lesley Manville doesn't show up until about halfway through the slow-burn, '60s-set Western "Let Him Go," but the arrival of the platinum blonde Blanche Weboy is worth t...