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Lame dialogue wounds spectacularly violent epic sequel ‘Gladiator II’

By Dann Gire
Nov 20, 2024 5:43 pm - In director Ridley Scott’s spectacularly violent, 200 AD Roman epic “Gladiator II,” limbs get lopped and heads get chopped, but the majority of casualties die from being talked to death.
Viola Davis to receive Golden Globes’ Cecil B. DeMille Award

By JONATHAN LANDRUM Jr.
Nov 20, 2024 8:43 am - Viola Davis became one of Hollywood’s most revered actors through an array of powerful roles, from “Fences” to “The Woman King,” and now her decorated career has earned her one of the Golden Globes’ highest honors: the Cecil B. DeMille Award.
Wizard of awes: Magnificent movie musical ‘Wicked’ exceeds its hype as cinematic work of ingenuity, thrills and fun

By Dann Gire
Nov 19, 2024 5:10 pm - The most popular song from the Broadway musical “Wicked” may very well be “Popular,” but the cinematic piece de resistance in Jon M. Chu’s magnificently mounted movie version turns out to be a jaw-dropping, retina-ripping, ear-drum-thumping number “Dancing Through Life.”
A luminous slice of Mumbai life in ‘All We Imagine as Light’

By LINDSEY BAHR
Nov 19, 2024 3:50 pm - The rhythms of bustling, working-class Mumbai are brought to vivid life in “All We Imagine as Light.” The stunning narrative debut of filmmaker Payal Kapadia explores the lives of three women in the city whose existence is mostly transit and work.
Dwayne Johnson’s $200 million-plus Christmas pic opens to $34.1 million

By LINDSEY BAHR
Nov 18, 2024 6:49 am - “Red One,” the big-budget, star-driven action comedy with Dwayne Johnson and Chris Evans sold $34.1 million in tickets in its first weekend in theaters, according to studio estimates Sunday. It topped a box office populated mostly by holdovers.
What to stream: ‘The Piano Lesson,’ ‘Wicked’ album, ‘Spellbound’ and ‘Cruel Intentions’ TV series

Nov 18, 2024 5:30 am - Ariana Grande and Cynthia Erivo teaming up for the soundtrack to the upcoming movie “Wicked” and a TV series based on the 1999 film “Cruel Intentions” are some of the new television shows, films, music and games headed to a device near you.
Martin Scorsese on faith in filmmaking, ‘The Saints’ and what his next movie might be

By JAKE COYLE
Nov 15, 2024 2:48 pm - For decades, Martin Scorsese has pondered a project dedicated to the saints. Now, he’s finally realized it in “Martin Scorsese Presents: The Saints,” an eight-part docudrama series that debuted Sunday on Fox Nation.
TV funnyman Conan O’Brien is tapped to host next Oscars

By MARK KENNEDY
Nov 15, 2024 8:00 am - A year after turning to comedian Jimmy Kimmel to host their big show, The Academy Awards will pivot to another familiar TV funnyman — Conan O’Brien.
In Andrea Arnold’s ‘Bird,’ a gritty fairy tale doesn’t take flight

By JAKE COYLE
Nov 14, 2024 5:51 pm - “Is it too real for ya?” blares in the background of Andrea Arnold’s latest film, “Bird,” as 12-year-old Bailey (Nykiya Adams) rides with her shirtless, tattoo-covered dad, Bug (Barry Keoghan), on his electric scooter past scenes of poverty in working-class Kent. The song’s question is an acute one for this film.
‘Red One’ tries to supersize the Christmas movie

By JAKE COYLE
Nov 13, 2024 10:00 am - “Red One,” with Dwayne Johnson as Santa’s body guard and Chris Evans as a for-hire hacker who is the reason Santa was kidnapped, is a big-budget gambit to supersize the Christmas movie. But it feels more like an unwanted high-priced Christmas present.

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