Movies
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'Once' director scores 'Again' with musical optimism, restraintJul 01, 2014 1:00 am - John Carney's "Begin Again" began as "Can a Song Save Your Life?" Neither of these thudding titles does justice to this polished little gem of a street musical, one of t...
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McCarthy's 'Tammy' no comic whammyJun 30, 2014 11:00 pm - In Melissa McCarthy's new comedy "Tammy," both a deer and a human appear to be dead, dead, dead. But it turns out they're not, not, not. The only thing actually dead in ...
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Zendaya no longer playing Aaliyah in TV filmJun 29, 2014 11:00 pm - LOS ANGELES - Dust yourself off and try again Lifetime Network: Zendaya will no longer play Aaliyah in an upcoming film. The 17-year-old Disney Channel star said Sunday ...
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'Transformers' unearths $100M at box officeJun 28, 2014 11:00 pm - LOS ANGELES - "Transformers: Age of Extinction" is ruling the box office. The fourth installment of filmmaker Michael Bay's morphing robots series earned $100 million in...
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DVD previews: 'The Lunchbox,' 'The Unknown Known'Jun 28, 2014 5:45 am - Here's a look at DVDs coming out Tuesday, July 1: "The Lunchbox" (PG, 104 minutes with subtitles, Sony): In writer-director Ritesh Batra's beguiling romance, a virtu...
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Quick thinking on the 'Think Like A Man Too' setJun 28, 2014 5:45 am - NEW YORK - Romany Malco says the ensemble cast of "Think Like a Man Too" had to be fast on their feet. Malco, who plays semi-reformed ladies' man Zeke, said in order to ...
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Cast changes give 'Transformers' a fresh startJun 27, 2014 5:45 am - The robots aren't the only part of the latest “Transformers” film that changed. Led by star Mark Wahlberg, a whole new cast was brought in to give a fresh start to the b...
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Unlikeably dumb characters permeate 'Jackpot'Jun 26, 2014 5:45 am - It's probably a good thing that the characters are so unlikeably dumb in Magnus Martens' violent black comedy "Jackpot." You don't want to become attached to any of thes...
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'Ivory Tower' questions necessity of college educationJun 26, 2014 5:30 am - WBEZ recently reported how two young married doctors couldn't get a mortgage approval because of their staggering student debt. This report would fit right in with Andre...
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Haggis' 'Third Person' a crash course in ambitious dramaJun 26, 2014 5:30 am - "Watch me." A disembodied child's voice utters this during the opening scene of Paul Haggis' interlocked trilogy "Third Person." We hear the words as a novelist named Mi...