Movies
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'Star Wars' tops DiCaprio in 'Revenant' to stay No. 1
Jan 10, 2016 6:00 am - LOS ANGELES - "Star Wars: The Force Awakens" stayed on top of the North American box office for the fourth straight weekend, beating out Leonardo DiCaprio in "The Revena...
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'Martian,' 'Revenant' take top Golden GlobesJan 10, 2016 12:00 am - Alejandro Inarritu's bloody frontier thriller "The Revenant" landed an upset win at the 73rd annual Golden Globe Awards, taking best film, best director and best actor f...
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DVD previews: 'The Martian,' 'Hotel Transylvania 2'Jan 09, 2016 6:12 am - Here's a look at DVDs coming out Tuesday, Jan. 12: "The Martian" (PG-13, 134 minutes, Fox): Matt Damon stars in the Ridley Scott-directed adaptation of Andy Weir's n...
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Cheap scares run amok in horrific 'Forest'Jan 07, 2016 10:00 pm - When people in Japan want to do themselves in, they go into the Aokigahara Forest - known as "the suicide forest" - at the northwest base of Japan's Mount Fuji. When stu...
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Jackson's 'Off the Wall' to be rereleased with Spike Lee doc
Jan 07, 2016 6:00 am - LOS ANGELES (AP) - Michael Jackson's "Off the Wall" is being reissued with a new Spike Lee documentary about the hallmark 1979 album. Jackson's estate and publisher Sony...
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For 'Star Wars,' the third time's the charmJan 07, 2016 5:00 am - I have seen "Star Wars: The Force Awakens" three times, and the third time was the best. Separated from the unbearable anticipation of opening night and a half-awake vie...
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Kaufman's stop-motion 'Anomalisa' is a visual treatJan 07, 2016 4:45 am - I have seen Charlie Kaufman's stop-motion, animated drama "Anomalisa" twice, and both times the sheer technical skill of this motion picture burst my eyeballs. More than...
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Reel life: Spend an evening with HitchcockJan 07, 2016 4:27 am - Film critics notebook: • He's still the Master of Suspense! Join us at Dann & Raymond's Movie Club for "A Good Evening With Alfred Hitchcock," 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 1...
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'Trainwreck,' 'Straight Outta Compton' snag writing nods
Jan 06, 2016 6:00 am - LOS ANGELES - "Spotlight" is dominating awards season, but the Writers Guild has recognized a diverse slate of films, including "Trainwreck" and "Straight Outta Compton....
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'The Revenant' is turning Leonardo DiCaprio into a legendJan 06, 2016 4:55 am - Not even Chuck Norris could have endured the kinds of horrors frontiersman Hugh Glass survived. In 1823, Glass was mauled by a grizzly bear but managed to crawl 200 mile...