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Review: ‘Rise of Skywalker’ is a sour end to a grand saga

Not much has caused a disturbance in the “Star Wars” galaxy quite like Rian Johnson’s “The Last Jedi,” an erratic but electric movie that, regardless of how you felt about it, was something ...

DATE: Dec 18, 2019 | CATEGORY: Film, TV and Streaming

Martin Scorsese’s epic ‘The Irishman’ premieres in New York

NEW YORK – Martin Scorsese’s “The Irishman” premiered Friday at the New York Film Festival, finally raising the curtain on the director’s long-awaited, 209-minute crime-drama opus. ...

DATE: Sep 30, 2019 | CATEGORY: Arts and Entertainment

Fall Movie Preview: Hollywood goes all-in on original films

NEW YORK – When 20th Century Fox greenlit James Mangold’s “Ford v. Ferrari” – an original movie with a nearly $100 million budget – the director’s agent had some advice. “Enjoy th...

DATE: Aug 31, 2019 | CATEGORY: Film, TV and Streaming

Netflix to give ‘The Irishman’ exclusive theatrical release

NEW YORK – Netflix will give “The Irishman” an exclusive theatrical release for about four weeks, providing theaters most of November to play Martin Scorsese’s big-budget crime epic before i...

DATE: Aug 27, 2019 | CATEGORY: Film, TV and Streaming

Francis Ford Coppola on ‘Apocalypse Now’ 40 years later

NEW YORK – If filmmaking is a war, then “Apocalypse Now” was very nearly Francis Ford Coppola’s Waterloo. The battles Coppola fought while making his 1979 epic nearly destroyed hi...

DATE: Aug 13, 2019 | CATEGORY: Film, TV and Streaming

Thompson won’t work with John Lasseter

NEW YORK – In a letter to Skydance Media, Emma Thompson outlined why she refused to work with former Pixar executive John Lasseter and was withdrawing from the animated film “Luck.” ...

DATE: Feb 28, 2019 | CATEGORY: Film, TV and Streaming

Stanley Donen, director of ‘Singin’ in the Rain,’ dies at 94

LOS ANGELES – Director Stanley Donen, a giant of the Hollywood musical who through such classics as “Singin’ in the Rain” and “Funny Face” helped give us some of the most joyous sounds and i...

DATE: Feb 23, 2019 | CATEGORY: Film, TV and Streaming

‘Laverne & Shirley’ star Penny Marshall has died at age 75

NEW YORK – Penny Marshall, the trailblazing director of smash-hit big-screen comedies such as “Big” and “A League of Their Own” who first indelibly starred in the top-rated sitcom “Laverne &...

DATE: Dec 18, 2018 | CATEGORY: Arts and Entertainment

Study finds female-led films outperform male ones

NEW YORK – Female-led films have consistently outperformed male-led movies at the box office, according to a study initiated by Time’s Up, the organization formed by prominent women in the e...

DATE: Dec 11, 2018 | CATEGORY: Film, TV and Streaming

William Goldman, Oscar winner for ‘Butch Cassidy,’ has died

NEW YORK – William Goldman, the screenwriter and Hollywood wise man who won Academy Awards for “Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid” and “All the President’s Men” and summed up the mystery of...

DATE: Nov 16, 2018 | CATEGORY: Film, TV and Streaming

Argento denies sexual assault, says Bourdain made payment

NEW YORK – Two days after a report detailed an accusation of sexual assault against #MeToo activist Asia Argento, the Italian actress and filmmaker said she never had a sexual relationship w...

DATE: Aug 21, 2018 | CATEGORY: Arts and Entertainment

Producers plan movie about Thai cave rescue

NEW YORK – The boys are out of the cave. Now Hollywood wants in. The producers behind Christian films like “God’s Not Dead” are already in Thailand with plans to develop a movie a...

DATE: Jul 11, 2018 | CATEGORY: Film, TV and Streaming