‘Only the Brave’ stars want to honor fallen firefighters
“Only the Brave” serves as a timely reminder of the courage of those who protect others and of the sacrifices their own families make.Opening tonight in Lakeport, the movie stars...
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August releases
AUG. 4The Dark Tower: Based on Stephen King’s series of novels, a gunslinger roams an alternative Old West-like landscape in pursuit of the man in black while searching for the...
‘War for the Planet of the Apes’ is an emotional story
In 1998, JJ Abrams and Matt Reeves created a show called “Felicity” about a young woman who follows her high school crush to college. And now Reeves, who was recently...
JULY 7A Ghost Story: A recently deceased man returns to his suburban home in spectral form to try to reconnect with his bereft wife. With Casey Affleck and Rooney Mara.The...
June movie releases
JUNE 2The B-Side: Director Errol Morris profiles portrait photographer Elsa Dorfman.Band Aid: A young couple works out their marital differences by starting a band and writing songs about their problems.Captain...
Summer movie releases, May
MAY 5Chuck: The true story of Chuck Wepner, the liquor salesman who inspired the billion-dollar film series “Rocky” when he went 15 rounds with Muhammad Ali. Starring Liev Schreiber, Naomi...
How Emma Watson and Tom Hanks’ ‘The Circle’ feels about social media
Based on Dave Eggers’ 2013 funny, provocative novel set in the near future, “The Circle” tells the story of Mae Holland (Emma Watson), a fresh-faced recruit at a hyperaggressive social...
Arkin teams with Caine, Freeman for ‘Going in Style’
Other than having three celebrated older actors in the lead roles, the new “Going in Style,” opening Friday, has little in common with the original 1979 movie.In the first one,...
Netflix’s ‘Trollhunters’ offers a hero’s journey for awkward teen
The DreamWorks animated family series “Trollhunters,” from filmmaker Guillermo del Toro, begins with a couple of trolls fighting beneath a modern-day bridge. One is in shining silver armor, the other...
Get ready for a wild new ‘Through the Looking Glass’
When a Hollywood film makes more than a billion dollars worldwide, there is an inevitable push for a sequel.In the case of 2010’s “Alice in Wonderland,” there was obvious source...
