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Review: Clooney and Pitt carry the fixer caper 'Wolfs'
The overriding tension in “Wolfs,” starring George Clooney and Brad Pitt as rival fixers brought in to clean up the same crime, isn’t so much the threat of police arrest or Albanian mob assassination — both of which are concerns. It’s that Clooney and Pitt aren’t pals. ...
Movie Review: 'Transformers One,' an origin story no one wants with brutality levels no one needs
Movie origin stories finally reach their nadir this week with “Transformers One,” the super-violent, toy-selling vehicle that tells the tale of how Optimus Prime and Megatron went from besties to foes. Did anyone ask for this? Did Wile E. Coyote and the Road Runner ask for too much money? ...
Movie Review: In ‘The Critic,’ Ian McKellen's theater critic takes his job very seriously
The arts rarely have anything good to say about critics. That they’re not generally the hero of many stories is, at the very least, understandable. More often they’re portrayed as joyless, cruel and a little pathetic; themselves failed artists who live to take down others, or, worse, sycophants...
Lady Gaga, Joaquin Phoenix bring 'Joker: Folie à Deux’ to Venice Film Festival
VENICE, Italy (AP) — Five years after “ Joker ” won the top prize at the Venice Film Festival, director Todd Phillips can’t help but be a little nervous about returning with its sequel. “Joker: Folie à Deux,” one of the festival's most anticipated films of the 81st...
Q&A: Ian McKellen is his own harshest critic as he discusses his stage fall and new thriller
LONDON (AP) — Ian McKellen is listening to his inner critic. It’s beating him up for not finishing out his latest theater role after he fell off the stage during a June performance of “Player Kings” and spent three nights in the hospital. “Emotionally, I feel...
Venice Film Festival debuts 3-hour post-war epic ‘The Brutalist,’ in 70mm
VENICE, Italy (AP) — “The Brutalist,” a post-war epic about a Holocaust survivor attempting to rebuild a life in America, is a fantasy. But filmmaker Brady Corbet wishes it weren’t. “The film is about the physical manifestation of the trauma of the 20th century,” Corbet...
Second season of 'Pachinko' explores challenges for ethnic Koreans in Japan
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — The second season of “Pachinko,” opening Friday, delicately captures the plight of ethnic Koreans brought to Japan during colonial rule and their descendants, exploring themes of home and identity through several generations. The award-winning series,...
Taylor Swift calls cancellation of Vienna shows 'devastating' and explains her silence
LONDON (AP) — Two weeks after organizers scrubbed Taylor Swift's concerts in Vienna amid a foiled terror plot, the singer issued her first statement on the cancellations. “Having our Vienna shows cancelled was devastating,” she wrote in a statement posted to Instagram on...
Movie Review: Style triumphs over logic in Zoë Kravitz’s great-looking but vexing ‘Blink Twice’
“Love means never having to say you’re sorry,” somebody once famously said in the movies. It made utterly no sense in 1970, but even less so now. In recent decades, the apology has become all the rage. So at the beginning of Zoë Kravitz’s “Blink Twice,” when her...
Lionsgate recalls and apologizes for ‘Megalopolis’ trailer for fabricated quotes
Lionsgate recalled its new trailer for Francis Ford Coppola’s “ Megalopolis ” Wednesday amid revelations that critics' quotes were fabricated. “Lionsgate is immediately recalling our trailer for Megalopolis,” a Lionsgate spokesperson said in a statement to The Associated...
