I spent a recent Friday catching up on movies I’ve missed: Bryan Cranston’s “The Infiltrator,” “Star Trek Beyond,” “The Purge: Election Year,” “Mike and Dave Need Wedding Dates,” “Bad Moms” and the social-media dare thriller “Nerve.”
Christopher Lawrence
Christopher Lawrence is the movie critic for the Las Vegas Review-Journal.
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I’m not a gamer. My entire experience with “World of Warcraft” consists of knowing that it exists. But you shouldn’t have to be familiar with the source material to enjoy a movie.
For “Now You See Me 2,” in theaters Friday, David Copperfield and Las Vegan Andrei Jikh served as two of the men behind the magic. The former earned a co-producer credit, while the latter taught the cast the art of cardistry.
Andrew Dice Clay was working in Las Vegas, performing at the Dunes and co-starring on NBC’s acclaimed drama “Crime Story” before most of the world knew who he was.
Every TV show or movie that shoots here includes a dramatic look at the Strip at night. Amazon’s “Bosch” goes a little farther to places such as the Container Park downtown.
Amazon’s critically acclaimed comedy “Transparent” returns for its second season on Friday.
Bored. Just bored. That’s the best way to describe sitting through “SPECTRE,” the butt-numbing extension of “Skyfall” that plods along ground so familiar, it’s easy to see how Daniel Craig could have grown tired of playing James Bond.
If Steve Carell had grown tired of voicing Gru or were demanding too much money to continue, you could understand why Universal would want to give the bumbling, mumbling critters their own movie.
The Regal Downtown Summerlin 5 is the moviegoing experience Las Vegas has spent the past couple of years baby-stepping toward.
Astronaut Molly Woods just returned from a 13-month solo mission in space, but she didn’t return alone. She’s pregnant. Somebody’s got some ’splainin’ to do!
Bob Markworth and Tomas De la Cruz will take part in the next episode of “AGT,” airing at 8 p.m. Tuesday on KSNV-TV, Channel 3.
Every few years, something so jarring, so very traumatizing occurs that it shakes a wide swath of America to its very core. It happens whenever we’re forced to begrudgingly respect some formerly eyeroll-inducing piece of teen-friendly man candy. Now, it’s Zac Efron’s turn.
When the tour stops at the Hard Rock Hotel on July 25, Shadow Ridge High School alum Dia Frampton will be there. Las Vegan Ryan Whyte Maloney, however, likely will not. Unless he buys a ticket.
What “Supernatural” fans lack in numbers, they make up for in enthusiasm. And you’ll be able to hear the screaming for yourself as the Salute to “Supernatural” Convention descends on the Rio.
“Her” is a love story that’s sad and funny and touching and overflowing with every bit of the inventiveness you’d expect from the visual visionary Spike Jonze.
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