Back to DeLillo's doomed future in 'White Noise'
Wednesday, 16 August 2023, 15:47
Last update: about 9 months ago
Associated Press
Like Don DeLillo's 1985 novel, the heart of Noah Baumbach's "White Noise" is in the supermarket. There, in the gleaming aisles of neatly arranged cereal boxes and produce, DeLillo found America's...
'Strange World' explores big themes in bold colours
Saturday, 5 August 2023, 08:58
Last update: about 9 months ago
Associated Press
Is Searcher Clade the most millennial dad in all of animated moviedom? He has that telltale hipster beard. A sensitive voice sorta like Jake Gyllenhaal. And he feeds his kid avocado toast, with an egg...
A crowdpleasing whodunnit in Netflix's 'Glass Onion'
Saturday, 5 August 2023, 08:57
Last update: about 9 months ago
Associated Press
The business of making original movie sequels is often a thankless job. You can't just do the same thing again, but you also can't be too different either. And many watching will have their guard up...
'Devotion' is a quiet tale of allyship amid heroics
Saturday, 5 August 2023, 08:55
Last update: about 9 months ago
Associated Press
There must be something about actor Glen Powell that casting directors associate with the heavens. He's played astronaut John Glenn in "Hidden Figures," voiced a NASA official in the animated...
'Salvatore' fetes a life devoted to feet and fashion
Friday, 7 July 2023, 07:28
Last update: about 10 months ago
Associated Press
Next time you arrive home with aching, blistered feet after a long day, take heart: It's not your feet that are the problem. It's your shoes. And that comes from the master, the late Salvatore...
Chastain is an everyday superhero in 'Good Nurse'
Friday, 7 July 2023, 07:27
Last update: about 10 months ago
Associated Press
Movie titles are always important, but there's special significance to the title of "The Good Nurse," based on the horrific serial killings of dozens and possibly hundreds of patients by a night nurse...
A classic battle epic in 'The Woman King'
Saturday, 1 July 2023, 12:36
Last update: about 10 months ago
Associated Press
Viola Davis should have been leading armies this whole time. In " The Woman King," the always regal Oscar-winner is a mass of muscle, battle wounds and world weariness as General Nanisca, the...
'Smile' turns twisted grin into bland horror flick
Saturday, 1 July 2023, 12:35
Last update: about 10 months ago
Associated Press
I have mostly frowny faces for "Smile," a bluntly unsettling and blandly grim new horror flick that wrings as much mileage as it can out of a twisted grin. Parker Finn's directorial debut, which...
'Bros' makes rom-com history and then joins in it
Saturday, 1 July 2023, 12:31
Last update: about 10 months ago
Associated Press
"Bros," the latest romantic comedy to hit theaters, is absolutely revolutionary. And totally conventional. It's a film where both extremes can be true at the same time. The revolutionary part...