One of Them Days, starring Keke Palmer and SZA as fast-talking Los Angeles roommates with nine hours to collect rent money, is a successful throwback to the day-in-the-life genre. The comedies they used to make in the ’90s — movies like “Friday” (1995) and “The Players Club” (1998), which squeezed enough texture between the laughs … Read more
In a small way, the small-budget British independent film “Winnie-the-Pooh: Blood and Honey” lured audiences back to theaters two years ago. The concept of Bad Taste and the trailer have generated viral appeal for a guilty pleasure. Then Fathom Events’ theatrical window was so short, there was no chance for word of mouth to spoil … Read more
There aren’t many contemporary songwriters who don’t give performances interesting enough to sustain a 90-minute documentary, but not many are Diane Warren, one of the great figures of modern Hollywood. Despite having her own singing catalog estimated to be worth as much as half a billion dollars, and despite having 15 Academy Award nominations and … Read more
Catherine, Princess of Wales, said on Tuesday that her cancer is in remission, about 10 months after announcing her diagnosis. Princess Kate made the announcement on social media after visiting the London hospital where she received treatment. “It is a relief to now be in remission and remain focused on recovery,” she said in it. … Read more
Talk show host and best-selling author Graham Norton joins “CBS Mornings” to talk about his fifth novel, “Frankie,” which follows the extraordinary life of an 84-year-old Irish woman. Norton also shares the inspiration behind the book and his storytelling style.
Anxiety, depression, addiction, suicidal thoughts, a cancer diagnosis — we’re not exactly in “Take My Wife, Please” territory with some of today’s more adventurous comedians, who mine their sometimes harrowing personal experiences for material. “Group Therapy” brings together the six of them for a freewheeling discussion in front of cameras and a live audience, “hosted” … Read more
Guillaume Canet resembles Bruce Willis and other former models who played action heroes in the film Ad Vitam, which he co-wrote. The Netflix entertainment stars Kanye as a former Parisian cop who is forcibly drawn into new dangers linked to the shooting that led to his firing. By putting its hero through the paces of … Read more
Imagine a sour love child miraculously conceived by All About Eve’s Addison DeWitt and Laura’s Waldo Lydecker, with John Simon acting as midwife, and you’ll be prepared for Jamie Erskine, the fiercely intelligent, ruthlessly demanding main character played with an absolutely delicious glow by Ian McKellen In the movie “The Critic”. Directed by Anand Tucker … Read more
Last Sunday, Demi Moore accepted her first major acting award at the Golden Globes. Brooke Shields was watching from home, saying, “My kids will be like, ‘Oh, it’s Golden Globes night.’ Get a bottle of wine for mom! Get tequila!” Shields laughed. “It’s very interesting, these awards shows, isn’t it? They could be torturous if … Read more
Ambition trumps experience in writer-director Phil Plattenberger’s “Laws of Man,” whose meandering plot ends up looking like a wild goose chase — and whose execution should have been even wilder. Suspense and atmosphere are so poorly provided that this stab at an old, noisy thriller comes across as anything other than talky, weird, and unconvincing. … Read more