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Movie Review: A lyrical portrait of childhood in Cabrini-Green with ‘We Grown Now’

Apr. 24, 2024 20:26 PM EDT

Two 11-year-old boys navigate school, friendship, family and change in Minhal Baig’s lyrical drama “We Grown Now.” It’s an evocative memory piece, wistful and honest, and a different kind of portrait of a very infamous place: Chicago’s Cabrini-Green public housing development. ...

Summer Movie Guide: Virtually all the movies coming to theaters and streaming from May to Labor Day

Apr. 24, 2024 19:49 PM EDT

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. ...

Review: 'The Feeling That the Time for Doing Something Has Passed' announces an exciting new voice

Apr. 24, 2024 16:12 PM EDT

In writer-director-star Joanna Arnow’s “The Feeling That the Time for Doing Something Has Passed,” Ann (Arnow), a 30-something New Yorker, lies naked in bed with an older man, Allen (Scott Cohen), with whom she has a yearslong BDSM relationship. She tells him she's grateful he only cares...

The summer after Barbenheimer and the strikes, Hollywood charts a new course

Apr. 24, 2024 10:21 AM EDT

“ Barbenheimer ” is a hard act to follow. But as Hollywood enters another summer movie season, armed with fewer superheroes and a landscape vastly altered by the strikes, it’s worth remembering the classic William Goldman quote about what works: “Nobody knows anything.” ...

Rom-com author Emily Henry knows the secret to having a healthy relationship with love

Apr. 23, 2024 21:51 PM EDT

NEW YORK (AP) — “Nothing forces you to face your demons like falling in love.” And it’s almost always worth it, Emily Henry says during a recent interview ahead of Tuesday's release of her latest novel, “Funny Story.” She would know, having churned out a new bestselling...

Movie Review: Prepare to get hot and bothered with stylish, synthy tennis drama ‘Challengers’

Apr. 23, 2024 17:27 PM EDT

“Challengers” is a bit of a tease. That’s what makes it fun. There is plenty of skin, sweat, close-ups of muscly thighs and smoldering looks of lust and hate in this deliriously over-the-top psychodrama. But get that image of Josh O’Connor,Zendaya and Mike Faist sitting...

Crew members injured in crash on Georgia set of Eddie Murphy Amazon MGM movie 'The Pickup'

Apr. 23, 2024 16:50 PM EDT

Several crew members were injured and two were hospitalized when a car and truck collided during shooting of the Eddie Murphy film “The Pickup" from Amazon MGM Studios, the studio and a person close to the production said Tuesday. A studio spokesperson said in a statement to The...

Zendaya, Josh O'Connor and Mike Faist on the steamy love triangle of 'Challengers'

Apr. 23, 2024 15:20 PM EDT

NEW YORK (AP) — How sexy can a qualifying tennis tournament in New Rochelle, New York, be? When the on-court drama involves Zendaya, Josh O’Connor and Mike Faist, the answer turns out to be quite a bit more than your average USTA singles match in Luca Guadagnino’s “Challengers.” ...

What to stream this week: A Bon Jovi documentary, Idris Elba in 'Knuckles' and 'Anyone But You'

Apr. 22, 2024 12:31 PM EDT

The Sydney Sweeney and Glen Powell romantic comedy “Anyone But You” hitting Netflix and an album by Brazil superstar Anitta 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...

Kevin Bacon dances back to 'Footloose' high school

Apr. 21, 2024 17:59 PM EDT

PAYSON, Utah (AP) — Actor Kevin Bacon on Saturday returned to the Utah high school where the cult classic movie “Footloose” was filmed more than 40 years. Bacon danced his way to a stage on a Payson High School athletic field Saturday to greet students before what likely was...