Movies

Several new movies infiltrated theaters nationwide last weekend, from a lighthearted trip to Italy with Jane Fonda, Candice Bergen, Diane Keaton and Mary Steen…

I first went to Tucson, Ariz., back in 1990, when, like Zack Mayo in "An Officer and a Gentleman," I really had no place else to go. I had graduated college th…

Actors Diane Ladd and Laura Dern — mother and daughter — will discuss their new book, “Honey, Baby, Mine: A Mother and Daughter Talk Life, Death, Love (and Ban…

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Robert Rodriguez' new mind-bender "Hypnotic" screened as this year's SXSW Film Festival as a "work in progress." Now just two months later it's getting the ful…

There wasn't a moment last weekend I wasn't either watching a movie, talking about movies, or thinking about movies. It was one of the busiest weeks to date fo…

A movie like "Book Club: The Next Chapter" might as well be reverse-engineered to plunge a self-respecting critic into an existential crisis. As art, this sequ…

Netflix has a wide range of action movies within its library, and I've seen more than a couple. On one end of the spectrum are excellent films like "The Harder…

It was a Chris Pratt versus Chris Pratt showdown at the box office last weekend as "Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3" finally dethroned "The Super Mario Bros. Mo…

Japanese animation (or anime) is known for its wild stories and, at times, mind-bending action, depending on the genre. These things make for some legendary ca…

As has become his trademark of sorts, James Gunn begins his final foray in the MCU with a pop song. But, where the first "Guardians of the Galaxy" opened with …

The first season of "The Mandalorian" had a fairly simple road map. Most of the episodes were self-contained adventures that followed bounty hunter Din Djarin …

When I was in high school, I became obsessed with film criticism. On the weekends, while my fellow classmates were sneaking out to partake in parties, bonfires…

Last month HBO released a trailer for the fourth season of anthological crime drama "True Detective." We can expect that, later this year, "True Detective: Nig…

DUH-DUHMMMMM. It's the noise so many people hear at least two or three times a day as they turn on the biggest streaming service, and really, the company that …