The bulk of this year’s Oscar nominees will come from films that are still awaiting release. It should be their time to shine, these small, thoughtful works of art. And yet they’ll still be overshadowed at the box office by spinoffs of two of the most successful franchises in movie history.
To borrow from Justin Timberlake’s summer anthem, “Can’t Stop the Feeling,” you should look at the animated “Trolls” as an excuse to just dance, dance, dance. Because there’s certainly not much in the way of plot, plot, plot.
Gibson was being kept away from the movie — about Army medic Desmond Doss’ rescue of 75 men during World War II despite his refusal to carry a gun — as though he were the subject of yet another restraining order.
You wouldn’t think injecting a little magic into the Marvel Cinematic Universe would be that big of a deal. But you’d be wrong. So very, very wrong.
“Inferno” puts the buttoned-up Robert Langdon (Tom Hanks) in a situation very similar to that of another action hero who returned to theaters this year after a long absence. Think of him as Jason Bore.
Making an even reasonably effective horror movie is the closest thing to printing money other than actually printing money.
While Tom Cruise’s involvement is the only reason “Jack Reacher: Never Go Back” exists, the sequel quickly turns into “The Cobie Smulders Show.” And, in a delightful surprise, the actress proves feisty, flirty and extremely skilled with both her fists and her feet.
You should focus on keeping away from this seen-it-all-before misfire.
Before she portrayed murdered “Fantasy” dancer Debbie Flores Narvaez in a new Lifetime movie, Roselyn Sanchez spent several hours speaking with the victim’s sister, Celeste. The actress says she also heard from Flores Narvaez herself.
Caesars Palace hosted a special Friday screening of the documentary “Unchained: The Untold Story of Freestyle Motocross,” where the man of the hour was Mike Metzger. The 40-year-old was back at the hotel where in 2006, he completed a backflip over the Caesars Palace fountains.
