Movies
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Movie review: Helen Mirren, Ian McKellen charm in con-fueled 'The Good Liar'
Nov 15, 2019 5:00 am - “The Good Liar” - ★ ★ ½ Based on Nicholas Searle's best-selling 2016 novel, “The Good Liar” is a silly breeze of a movie starring two of Britain's finest actors, e...
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Widescreen: The biggest difference between 'The Mandalorian' and the rest of the 'Star Wars' universeNov 15, 2019 5:00 am - "The Mandalorian," the live-action "Star Wars" series at the center of the Disney+ sales pitch, leans into your nostalgia for George Lucas' universe. The unnamed bounty-...
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Movie review: 'Charlie's Angels' semi-reboot has moments, but doesn't rise to expectationsNov 14, 2019 5:00 am - “Charlie's Angels” - ★ ★ If you're watching a big studio film featuring a female ensemble, there is a 50% chance that there is going to be some monologue about how...
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Movie review: 'The Report' offers dry take on CIA's 'enhanced interrogation' program
Nov 14, 2019 5:00 am - “The Report” - ★ ★ It's hard to imagine a less sexy subject for a movie than the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence's 2014 report on the CIA's post-9/11 deten...
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Movie review: 'The Warrior Queen of Jhansi' can't rise above clumsy script
Nov 14, 2019 5:00 am - “The Warrior Queen of Jhansi” - ★ ½ One of the leaders of the rebellion against the British East India Company, Rani Lakshmibai bedeviled her land's colonizers in ...
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Movie review: Matt Damon, Christian Bale steer engrossing, fast-paced 'Ford v Ferrari'Nov 13, 2019 2:00 pm - “Ford v Ferrari” - ★ ★ ★ ½ Cops might do well to position their speed traps near movie theaters wherever the new film “Ford v Ferrari” is playing. They might fund their...
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People's Choice Awards: The 5 most noteworthy celebrity quotes, from Kevin Hart to Jennifer AnistonNov 10, 2019 10:00 pm - The People's Choice Awards - or as they are technically known now, the E! People's Choice Awards - is always a bit of a surreal gathering, as A-list movie stars are thro...
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Christian Bale and Matt Damon go into overdrive for 'Ford v Ferrari'Nov 10, 2019 6:27 am - NEW YORK - France's legendary Le Mans race, the central contest depicted in James Mangold's "Ford v Ferrari," runs more than 3,000 miles over the course of 24 hours. But...
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War epic 'Midway' bests 'Doctor Sleep' at the box office
Nov 10, 2019 6:00 am - LOS ANGELES - Despite a fresh injection of four big movies into the marketplace including a Stephen King adaptation, a World War II epic, a glossy, holiday-themed romant...
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LaBeouf thought he was finished, then he wrote 'Honey Boy'Nov 09, 2019 6:27 am - NEW YORK - While in court-mandated rehab following his viral-videoed, racist-ranting 2017 arrest for public drunkenness and disorderly conduct, Shia LaBeouf put his chil...