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'The Fall Guy' gives Hollywood a muted summer kickoff with a $28.5M opening
NEW YORK (AP) — “The Fall Guy,” the Ryan Gosling-led, action-comedy ode to stunt performers, opened below expectations with $28.5 million, according to studio estimates Sunday, providing a lukewarm start to a summer movie season that’s very much to be determined for Hollywood. ...
Kevin Spacey denies new allegations of inappropriate behavior to be aired on UK television next week
LONDON (AP) — Kevin Spacey, the Oscar-winning actor, has denied new allegations of inappropriate behaviour from men who will feature in a documentary on British television that is due to be released next week. In an online interview with journalist Dan Wootton, Spacey said he has...
Doug Liman, Matt Damon and the Afflecks made a heist comedy for Apple. 'The Instigators'
Filmmaker Doug Liman realized quickly he wasn't on his home turf anymore. Matt Damon, who he’d directed in “The Bourne Identity” over 20 years ago, had recruited Liman for his new movie “The Instigators,” an action-comedy about a heist gone wrong. Though two decades of...
It started with a tweet. What if Harry Potter attended an HBCU? Now it's a book series
It all began with a post on Twitter. It was 2020 during the height of the pandemic and LaDarrion Williams was thinking about the lack of diversity in the fantasy genre. He proposed: “What if Harry Potter went to am HBCU in the South?” “Growing up, I watched ‘Twilight,' I...
Summer Movie Guide: Virtually all the movies coming to theaters and streaming from May to Labor Day
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Are you ready for some movies this summer? There's action-adventure, romance, horror, franchises and anniversary re-releases of some of your favorites populating theaters and streaming services from May through Labor Day. You just have to know where to look. ...
What to stream this weekend: Dua Lipa, Seinfeld's 'Unfrosted' 'Hacks' and 'Welcome to Wrexham'
The return of “Hacks” and a new Jerry Seinfeld movie are some of the new television, movies, music and games headed to a device near you. Also among the streaming offerings worth your time as selected by The Associated Press’ entertainment journalists: New episodes of “Behind...
How to be a 'Fall Guy': Stunt performers on their rough-and-tumble life
NEW YORK (AP) — There are two things to keep in mind while being burned alive for a movie scene. The first, says stunt performer Ben Jenkin, is not to breathe in a flame. That would be bad. Jenkin was reminded of that over and over before doing his first fire burn (and then seven...
'I Saw the TV Glow' is one of 2024's buzziest films. It took Jane Schoenbrun a lifetime to make it
NEW YORK (AP) — The filmmaker Jane Schoenbrun is walking down a path in Green-wood Cemetery in Brooklyn, looking for the pond they sat beside while working on the script to the film“I Saw the TV Glow.” Cemeteries aren’t often the chosen location for interviews but the place...
Movie Review: Bold, audacious ‘I Saw the TV Glow’ explores fandom, identity and the way we remember
The school gym. The football field bleachers. The multiplex, the fast food drive-thru, the quiet leaf-covered street where your friend lives. Something about the detail and clarity with which Jane Schoenbrun evokes ’90s suburbia in “I Saw the TV Glow” makes you remember growing...
Review: Nature and human nature mingle in the beguiling 'Evil Does Not Exist'
The films of Ryusuke Hamaguchi unspool with elegant everyday ease and yet anything can happen. Lives take sudden detours. Seemingly minor characters become primary ones. People are brought together by mysterious connections. There are even, as in the case of his “Asako I &...
