Disney wanted to avoid repeating these same problems in the live action version of "Aladdin," which came out on May 24. So they sought advice from a Community Advisory Council comprised of Middle...

The insanely winning "Booksmart" boasts too many breakthroughs to count. There are the two leads, Kaitlyn Dever and Beanie Feldstein, both of whom we've seen before but not like this. There is the...

"Brightburn " is a one idea movie. What if a baby from another planet crash lands on earth and is adopted and raised by a nice childless couple living on a farm? This kid doesn't get hurt, never...

It was only weeks before production was starting on "The Souvenir," the story goes, and British director Joanna Hogg and her friend, actress Tilda Swinton, still didn't have a lead actress. The...

"The Sun Is Also a Star " is a beautiful looking film. The TV stars Yara Shahidi of "grown-ish" and Charles Melton of "Riverdale" are beautiful. New York City is beautiful. Even the MTA is (kind of)...

Whatever you say about Dexter Fletcher's glossy, glittering Elton John blinged-out biopic "Rocketman ," a shiny sequin of a movie, it doesn't lack for sparkle. Like its flamboyant subject, it's a...

A piece of the "Star Wars" puzzle has just fallen into place. Walt Disney Co. CEO Bob Iger says Tuesday that "Game of Thrones" showrunners David Benioff and D.B. Weiss are working on the new...

Movies can be blessedly simple. As the first "John Wick" showed, all you really need is a car, a gun, a dead dog and Keanu Reeves. Who needs "kiss kiss" when you've got plenty of "bang...

Ryan Reynolds once envisioned himself, best-case scenario, as Wilson on "Home Improvement" or Mr. Furley on "Three's Company." "When I started in this business, my highest goal was to be the...

There's something irreconcilable about "Poms ," a movie about women in a retirement community who start a cheerleading club. The film wants us to laugh at the idea of older women trying to be...