Movie Review: Super ‘Bat’-tle power play or the ultimate showdown in Batman...
STORY WRITTEN BY BOB STRAUSS bob.strauss@langnews.com @bscritic on Twitter Expectations for “Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice” could not be higher. For audiences that weren’t exactly bowled over by...
View ArticleFILM CONVERSATION: Kevin Costner goes dark in psychological thriller ‘Criminal’
STORY WRITTEN BY AMY LONGSDORF For Digital First Media Even though he’s best known for his good-guy turns in “Bull Durham,” “Field of Dreams,” “Dances With Wolves” and “JFK,” Kevin Costner has played...
View ArticleFILM REVIEW: ‘War Dogs’ remind us — entertainingly — that war is serious...
REVIEW WRITTEN BY MARK MESZOROS mmeszoros@news-herald.com @MarkMeszoros on Twitter War may indeed be hell, but watching a couple of young guys exploit war for profit is rather enjoyable. At least, it...
View ArticleFILM REVIEW: ‘Kubo’ a beautiful work that stumbles a bit in storytelling
REVIEW WRITTEN BY MARK MESZOROS mmeszoros@news-herald.com @MarkMeszoros on Twitter In the production notes for “Kubo and the Two Strings,” an absolutely gorgeous work of stop-motion animation from...
View ArticleSTREAMING: New, live-action ‘Jungle Book’ retains the buoyancy of the original
STORY WRITTEN BY AMY LONGSDORF For Digital First Media Not since “Avatar” and “Life of Pi” has a movie with such a gargantuan special effects budget been so heartwarming. But with “The Jungle Book,”...
View ArticleNEW ON DVD: Gosling and Crowe make a great, gritty comic duo in ‘The Nice Guys’
STORY WRITTEN BY AMY LONGSDORF For Digital First Media “The Nice Guys” (2016, Warner, R, $30), the latest from “Kiss Kiss Bang Bang” writer/director Shane Black, isn’t perfect but when it clicks, oh...
View ArticleNOW STREAMING: Meg Ryan makes directorial debut with ‘Ithaca’
STORY WRITTEN BY AMY LONGSDORF For Digital First Media Meg Ryan makes her directorial debut with “Ithaca,” an absorbing adaption of William Saroyan’s 1943 novel “The Human Comedy,” which was previously...
View ArticleFILM CONVERSATION: Shailene Woodley falls in love with a whistleblower in...
STORY WRITTEN BY AMY LONGSDORF For Digital First Media Even though Shailene Woodley has been an acting pro since she was ten years old, she didn’t get her first iPhone until she turned 18. By then, she...
View ArticleANXIOUS RHYTHMS: Film composer Antonio Sanchez to perform ‘Birdman+Live Drum...
STORY WRITTEN BY DUTCH GODSHALK dgodshalk@21st-centurymedia.com @dutchgodshalk on Twitter About halfway through the Oscar-winning film “Birdman,” washed-up actor Riggan Thomson (played by Michael...
View ArticleNOW STREAMING: Have you watched ‘Arlo The Burping Pig’?
STORY WRITTEN BY AMY LONGSDORF For Digital First Media Never once falling prey to sequel-itis, Pixar’s lovely “Finding Dory” is awash in delights, including a hilarious performance by Ellen DeGeneres...
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