Shared from www.latimes.com “Give or Take” is a sincere, often involving family dramedy about coming to terms with the past — and the present. If only co-writers Paul Riccio (he also directed) and Jamie Effros […]
Shared from www.theguardian.com It is now 13 years since Harry Parker stepped on an improvised explosive device in Afghanistan, creating a blast that would result in the loss of both legs. Alongside the physical pain […]
Shared from www.latimes.com In the past, rom-coms starring Jennifer Lopez often saddled her with professions that are just too unbelievable. “Maid in Manhattan”? “The Wedding Planner”? Not our Jenny from the Block. So it’s refreshing […]
Shared from www.latimes.com Liam Neeson came late to action star status because guys get to do that, and the imposing Irish hunk brought his own mix of sensitivity and ruthlessness — I was not going […]
Shared from www.cnn.com CNN — Designed to showcase Jennifer Lopez playing a character that could hardly be called a reach, “Marry Me” trades in the “meet cute” rom-com formula for “meet dumb.” Lopez still […]
Shared from www.cnn.com CNN — “Inventing Anna” transforms a juicy real-life drama about a con artist among the influencer crowd into a fairly inert limited series, in part by giving almost equal weight to […]
Shared from www.latimes.com In the biographical drama “Minamata,” Johnny Depp plays W. Eugene Smith, an acclaimed and innovative photojournalist who by the early 1970s — according to the movie, anyway — had developed a reputation […]
Shared from www.latimes.com Long serving as potent fodder for neorealist filmmakers, the immigrant experience is presented in a fresh, compelling context in Levan Koguashvili’s “Brighton 4th,” a gorgeously cinematic familial tragicomedy that constantly and movingly […]
Shared from www.latimes.com The best and worst of modern action movies are on display in “Indemnity,” a South African thriller that features a sympathetic protagonist, a clever mystery and multiple white-knuckle chase sequences — all […]
Shared from www.cnn.com Kanye West performs onstage at the iHeartRadio Music Festival in 2015. West, at center in red, hangs out with some famous friends in the music industry, including John Legend, Mos Def, Consequence […]
Shared from www.cnn.com The title refers to a procedure practiced by corporate giant Lumon Industries in which employees sever their memories of what transpires at work from what happens outside, and vice versa, theoretically bringing […]
Shared from www.cnn.com Clearly recognizing its best sequence, the film begins with Holland’s Nathan Drake hanging on for dear life tethered to the floating cargo of an airborne plane, providing an adrenaline rush before flashing […]
Shared from www.latimes.com The slow-burn British horror film “A Banquet” is aimed squarely and mercilessly at parents, and especially at moms and dads whose troubled teens no longer resemble the carefree youths they thought them […]
Shared from www.cnn.com Maybe it’s the long layoff, or maybe it’s partly because your act already felt like it was growing a little stale, but the new season of “The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel?” Not your […]
Shared from www.latimes.com A unique take on werewolf folk tales, the arty monster movie “The Cursed” journeys to late 19th century Europe for a story that ties a persistent evil to the enduring stain of […]
Shared from www.latimes.com “Lingui, the Sacred Bonds,” a taut, strikingly beautiful drama from the Chadian writer-director Mahamat-Saleh Haroun, begins with a bracing image of a woman at work. Amina (Achouack Abakar Souleymane) makes her living […]
Shared from www.latimes.com The students of Hampshire College took direct action in 2019 when newly appointed President Miriam “Mim” Nelson threatened the long-standing independence of the small liberal arts college. They staged the nation’s longest […]
Shared from www.latimes.com Following in the footsteps of recent reboots “Halloween” and “Scream,” “Texas Chainsaw Massacre” attempts to revive a horror icon. Sally Hardesty might not boast as much cultural awareness as Laurie Strode or […]
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Shared from www.latimes.com Few instances of corporate malfeasance are as infuriating as the steep decline of once-innovative aviation giant Boeing, a case study in corrosive greed that wouldn’t be so worthy of attention if it […]