Movies
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Emma Roberts talks ‘Space Cadet,’ her love of books, ‘Tell Me Lies’ and Kim Kardashian
Jul 03, 2024 8:40 am - Known for darker roles in Ryan Murphy's "American Horror Story" franchise, Emma Roberts relished a change in tone for her new rom-com "Space Cadet," which debuts July 4 on Prime Video.
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More Minion mayhem saves ‘Despicable Me 4’
Jul 02, 2024 5:30 am - Should a review of a “Despicable Me” movie be a thoughtful analysis or just a list of the funny stuff the Minions do in it? In “Despicable Me 4,” the Minions continue to evolve even if the movies don’t.
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What to stream this week: Eddie Murphy in Beverly Hills, Emma Roberts in space, Zach Bryan in bars
Jul 01, 2024 5:30 am - Eddie Murphy reprising his role as Axel Foley in “Beverly Hills Cop: Axel F” and country music star Zach Bryan releasing a new studio album are some of the new television, movies, music and games headed to a device near you.
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‘A Quiet Place’ prequel box office speaks volumes as Costner’s Western gets a bumpy start
Jun 30, 2024 12:51 pm - “A Quiet Place: Day One” is making noise at the box office. The prequel earned an estimated $53 million in its first weekend in North American theaters, according to studio estimates Sunday.
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Steve Van Zandt gets rock star treatment in new documentary
Jun 28, 2024 7:38 am - Perhaps it should be no surprise that Steve Van Zandt, 73, had to be coaxed into participating in a documentary about his remarkable life and career. The result is “Stevie Van Zandt: Disciple” — which airs on HBO and streams on Max
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In ‘Janet Planet,’ Julianne Nicholson is a mom spinning out of control
Jun 27, 2024 4:09 pm - Set in a bohemian enclave of Massachusetts during the summer of 1991, “Janet Planet” is a whisper of a movie about a single mother named Janet (Julianne Nicholson), a people pleaser who shifts personalities to suit her lovers and friends, and Janet’s guarded 11-year-old daughter, Lacy (Zoe Ziegler), who is obliged to push the interlopers out.
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Shhhh ... the novelty is gone in ‘A Quiet Place’ prequel
Jun 27, 2024 10:48 am - Not all successful movies need to be franchises. In the case of “A Quiet Place,” now on its third movie with a prequel about a few new characters in New York on the first day of the invasion, the thrill of that fresh idea has waned.
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Taxicab confessions with Dakota Johnson and Sean Penn in ‘Daddio’
Jun 27, 2024 5:30 am - It’s late at night when Dakota Johnson hops into a yellow taxicab at Kennedy airport in the new film “Daddio.” She’s just going home to Manhattan. And her cabdriver (Sean Penn) decides to strike up a conversation that will last the duration of this nearly 100-minute ride. And talk they certainly do.
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Kevin Costner sets the table with overstuffed first take on epic ‘Horizon’
Jun 27, 2024 5:30 am - “You just gotta keep going” should be the slogan of Kevin Costner’s new Western “Horizon: An American Saga — Chapter 1,” the initial three-hour salvo in what could morph into a four-part epic about the West that could tax even the biggest cowboy fan.
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Quantum technology companies set for big tax incentives under new law
Jun 26, 2024 7:13 pm - Gov. JB Pritzker on Wednesday gave final approval to a plan to bolster the state’s tech industry, including an incentives package — backed by $500 million in the state bu...