'Escape Room' is high-concept and not half bad
Friday, 22 February 2019, 09:27
Last update: about 7 years ago
Associated Press
In retrospect, it's actually kind of surprising that there hasn't been an escape room-themed horror movie until now. The popular interactive mystery games are kind of mini films. There's a built-in...
With 'Second Act,' Jennifer Lopez makes her own opportunity
Thursday, 21 February 2019, 09:26
Last update: about 7 years ago
Associated Press
Jennifer Lopez learned a long time ago that in the entertainment business you can't just sit around waiting for opportunities, you have to make them for yourself. It's the simple reason "Second Act,"...
'Welcome to Marwen' is a fantastic misstep
Wednesday, 20 February 2019, 09:25
Last update: about 7 years ago
Associated Press
Eighteen years ago, a man named Mark Hogencamp was brutally beaten by five men outside of a bar in Kingston, New York. The assault put him in a coma for over a week and left him with permanent brain...
'Transformers' gets a great saviour in 'Bumblebee'
Tuesday, 19 February 2019, 09:23
Last update: about 7 years ago
Associated Press
The "Transformers" movie universe has lately been leaky and rusted out. It's become shorthand for bad blockbuster moviemaking — male-driven, mindless spectaculars with sophomoric humor. How can...
Laurel and Hardy movie 'Stan & Ollie' is a joy
Monday, 18 February 2019, 09:21
Last update: about 7 years ago
Associated Press
There are lot of movies in theaters right now trying to grab your attention, and dollars, from big superhero spectacles and musical extravaganzas to awards darlings and wannabes. It's easy to...
'Vice' is exhausting, but Bale's something to behold
Friday, 15 February 2019, 11:03
Last update: about 7 years ago
Associated Press
Blow your nose, and you'll miss the split-second shot of a younger Donald Trump in "Vice," Adam McKay's exhaustingly entertaining (and entertainingly exhausting) Dick Cheney movie. But make no...
'On the Basis of Sex' looks at RBG's origin story
Thursday, 14 February 2019, 11:01
Last update: about 7 years ago
Associated Press
If you simply can't get enough Ruth Bader Ginsburg, these last few years have been glorious — a Tumblr account, T-shirts and totes with her face, "Saturday Night Live" parodies, a workout book...
Oliver Hardy was terrifying, inspiring for John C. Reilly
Wednesday, 13 February 2019, 11:00
Last update: about 7 years ago
Associated Press
Playing Oliver Hardy, the large comic with the even larger persona, was a burden that became a mission for John C. Reilly. The actor had early misgivings about becoming the man whose legendary...
Old favourites, outdated attitudes: Can entertainment expire?
Tuesday, 12 February 2019, 10:59
Last update: about 7 years ago
Associated Press
The 1940 movie "The Philadelphia Story" opens with a case of domestic assault played for laughs — Cary Grant shoving Katharine Hepburn to the ground by her face while a jaunty musical score...