Tag: Movies
Review: Jason Statham, Guy Ritchie reunite and have a blast
Jason Statham says very, very little in his new film. The English actor must have only need to memorize about three pages of dialogue....
Actor indicted in $227M Ponzi scheme involving film rights
LOS ANGELES — An aspiring actor was indicted Tuesday in Los Angeles on suspicion of running a massive Ponzi scheme that solicited hundreds of...
Getting up Close with Glenn and Ted Nash, new duo in jazz
NEW YORK — Glenn Close recently made music-related headlines for her playful performance of “Da Butt” at the Academy Awards, but the revered actor...
Documentary series revisits 2002 Washington sniper case
NEW YORK — The voice on the phone is steady and clear. “It is unnatural to kill anything,” the man says. “But once you've...
In a new film, Gia Coppola dissects ‘Mainstream’ culture
Gia Coppola was feeling out of touch with popular culture when she stumbled upon the ending of Elia Kazan’s 1957 satire “A Face in...
Review: Billy Crystal and Tiffany Haddish in ‘Here Today’
A sleepy and aimless stab at something earnestly “feel-good," “Here Today" is a wasted pairing of Billy Crystal and Tiffany Haddish that juggles dementia,...
To filmmaker Gibney, opioid crisis is ‘Crime of the Century’
NEW YORK — Not unexpectedly given the subject matter, HBO's two-part documentary “The Crime of the Century” opens with a body bag.
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Review: A Black teen on trial in Netflix drama ‘Monster’
“ Monster,” a courtroom drama starring Kelvin Harrison Jr., Jeffrey Wright, Jennifer Hudson and Jennifer Ehle that's premiering Friday on Netflix isn’t actually new...
Kentucky Derby, NFL draft pull in television viewers
NEW YORK — Two sporting events last week — the Kentucky Derby and first round of the NFL draft — pulled in more television...
New this week: ‘Girls5eva’ and ‘The Boy From Medellín’
Here’s a collection curated by The Associated Press’ entertainment journalists of what’s arriving on TV, streaming services and music platforms this week.
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