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Movie Review: 'Folie à Deux' reckons with 'The Joker'

Oct. 03, 2024 10:51 AM EDT

Let's put on a happy face, at least to start, for “Joker: Folie à Deux.” If there's one undeniably compelling thing about both Todd Phillips' divisive 2019 original and his new follow-up, it's that these movies are best when they dance. The first movie might have been a muddled...

A new initiative will allow UK deaf audiences to see captioned films before general release

Oct. 03, 2024 10:19 AM EDT

LONDON (AP) — For once, deaf audiences are being prioritized at U.K. cinemas. Paramount Pictures UK will be showing their movies with captions the day before general release, meaning deaf and hard of hearing cinemagoers across the country will be able to watch them first. ...

Saoirse Ronan felt happy and settled. That's why she could play an alcoholic in 'The Outrun'

Oct. 02, 2024 22:52 PM EDT

The thing about birthing a lamb on camera is you only get one take. Saoirse Ronan had been getting up at dawn to observe local farmers in Orkney in action, soaking in as much as she could. But soon it was her turn. Not only would she have a life in her hands: She had to look like...

Movie Review: Helen Mirren tells a story of evil and hope during WWII in ‘White Bird’

Oct. 02, 2024 16:44 PM EDT

It’s never a bad time for stories celebrating acts of kindness, but the current news cycle makes it ever so more appreciated. In the new film “White Bird,” in theaters Friday, the act is quite significant: A family in Nazi-occupied France shelters a young Jewish girl, whose friends and family...

Jonathan Majors' 'Magazine Dreams' lands theatrical release for early 2025

Oct. 02, 2024 12:36 PM EDT

NEW YORK (AP) — The Jonathan Majors -starring bodybuilder drama “Magazine Dreams" has been acquired for theatrical release after it was dropped following Majors' conviction for assaulting his ex-girlfriend. Briarcliff Entertainment has picked up distribution rights to the film,...

Movie Review: A transcendent Saoirse Ronan illuminates true-life addiction drama ‘The Outrun’

Oct. 02, 2024 12:12 PM EDT

At some point during “The Outrun,” it occurred to me that watching Saoirse Ronan act is a bit like looking into a magnifying glass: Everything somehow feels a bit clearer, sharper, more precise. This singular actor gives one of her finest performances in a two-hour study of...

Daniel Day-Lewis ends acting retirement for a movie directed by his son

Oct. 01, 2024 17:56 PM EDT

NEW YORK (AP) — Daniel Day-Lewis is coming out of retirement, seven years after his last movie, for a film directed by his son Ronan Day-Lewis. The project was announced Tuesday by Focus Features and Plan B, who are partnering on “Anemone.” The film, Ronan Day-Lewis'...

Ken Page, who starred in 'Cats' on Broadway and voiced Oogie Boogie, dies at 70

Oct. 01, 2024 14:37 PM EDT

NEW YORK (AP) — Ken Page, a stage and screen actor who starred alongside Beyoncé in “Dreamgirls,” introduced Broadway audiences to Old Deuteronomy in “Cats” and scared generations of kids as the voice of Oogie Boogie, the villain of the 1993 animated holiday film ”The Nightmare Before...

Apple TV app - Top Movies

Oct. 01, 2024 11:40 AM EDT

Top Movie Purchases and Rentals (US): 1. It Ends With Us 2. Deadpool & Wolverine 3. Blink Twice 4. Twisters 5. Bad Boys: Ride or Die 6. Trap 7. Despicable Me 4 8. ...

Joker is back, this time with Lady Gaga — and songs

Oct. 01, 2024 10:36 AM EDT

VENICE, Italy (AP) — “ Joker ” is a hard act to follow. Todd Phillips’ dark, Scorsese-inspired character study about the Batman villain made over a billion dollars at the box office, won Joaquin Phoenix his first Oscar, dominated the cultural discourse for months and created a new movie...