Spike Lee's 'BlacKkKlansman' is daring and essential
Wednesday, 12 September 2018, 09:12
Last update: about 8 years ago
Associated Press
In 1979, a man named Ron Stallworth who was the first African-American police officer and detective in the Colorado Springs Police Department also became a card-carrying member of the Ku Klux Klan and...
McKinnon channels her inner spy in uneven 'Spy'
Tuesday, 11 September 2018, 09:10
Last update: about 8 years ago
Associated Press
From the get-go, "The Spy Who Dumped Me," a Kate McKinnon-Mila Kunis buddy spy comedy, has two things going for it. First, female spies are clearly in vogue, if you've been reading the news...
'Christopher Robin' a return to Hundred Acre Wood
Monday, 10 September 2018, 09:09
Last update: about 8 years ago
Associated Press
Oh, bother. The misfortune of "Christopher Robin" is not only that it comes a year after "Goodbye Christopher Robin," an earnest if sentimental tale about Winnie-the-Pooh author A.A. Milne and...
Amid cancer treatment, Irrfan Khan finds new a perspective
Friday, 7 September 2018, 09:35
Last update: about 8 years ago
Associated Press
Actor Irrfan Khan is a Bollywood star and Hollywood chameleon, who has bounced between the two with ease for decades, working with everyone from Mira Nair to Wes Anderson and Ang Lee and stealing...
Tom Cruise thwarts the apocalypse on a broken ankle
Thursday, 6 September 2018, 09:34
Last update: about 8 years ago
Associated Press
And so, fellow moviegoers: Ask not what your country can do for you. Ask what Tom Cruise can — and will — do for you. The answer is anything. The man will do anything to entertain...
McQuarrie talks action, Cruise, 'Mission: Impossible'
Wednesday, 5 September 2018, 09:32
Last update: about 8 years ago
Associated Press
In previous "Mission: Impossible" movies, action often came first, and story second. It's almost ironic then that when writer-director Christopher McQuarrie and Tom Cruise decided to focus on...
Bask in the effervescent insanity of 'Mamma Mia 2'
Tuesday, 4 September 2018, 09:30
Last update: about 8 years ago
Associated Press
"Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again " is a wholly ridiculous movie that I thoroughly enjoyed. It's the kind of movie that feels and sounds like a summer vacation should: Fizzy, lively, low-stakes and...
Denzel Washington kills in 'The Equalizer 2'
Monday, 3 September 2018, 09:27
Last update: about 8 years ago
Associated Press
You won't usually find Denzel Washington in a movie sequel. He just doesn't do them. Something about not wanting to repeat himself. So there must be something special indeed for him to break his own...
Cartoon 'Teen Titans' goof across DC universe
Friday, 31 August 2018, 10:55
Last update: about 8 years ago
When it comes to superhero movies, there's a perception that you've got to choose between DC's gritty, dour offerings or Marvel's winking humor. But five cartoon wannabe heroes armed with fart jokes...
A lifelong friendship fuels the chemistry of 'Blindspotting'
Thursday, 30 August 2018, 10:53
Last update: about 8 years ago
Associated Press
Daveed Diggs was busy. Too busy. The actor was doing eight shows a week as Jefferson/ Lafayette in the Broadway sensation "Hamilton," and wasn't answering his emails. So there was only one thing...