Remember when reading the book before the movie was a thing? Well, it’s practically impossible to keep up now. With the combination of celebrity books clubs (Oprah Winfrey, Reese Witherspoon, Jenna Bush Hager and others each have one) and a seemingly endess number of streaming services looking for content, more books hitting the shelves these…… MORE
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What the controversy over ‘Minari’ says about being American
Monica Yi stares at a rickety trailer in the middle of an empty field in rural Arkansas. “What is this place?” the stunned wife asks her husband. Jacob Yi replies without hesitation: “Our home.” It’s the opening scene of “Minari.” These words, like many lines in the movie, are spoken in Korean. Jacob and Monica…… MORE
Lady Gaga’s dad speaks out following ‘appalling’ attack against dog walker
Lady Gaga‘s father, Joe Germanotta is speaking out following the horrifying attack on Wednesday that left his daughter’s dog walker shot and her two French bulldogs stolen. “We are hoping for an act of kindness so we can get the dogs back,” Germanotta told CNN in a phone call Friday morning. “We are upset about…… MORE
‘The United States vs. Billie Holiday’ lets Andra Day deliver its high notes
Almost 50 years after “Lady Sings the Blues,” “The United States vs. Billie Holiday” revisits the singer’s career, through the lens of the feds hounding her. The result is a disjointed, oddly structured movie, which derives its high notes from Andra Day’s showstopping performance in the title role. Despite that earlier biography and a recent…… MORE
‘The Father’ showcases Anthony Hopkins as a man in the throes of dementia
“The Father” will affect people in different ways, and the movie remains a somewhat claustrophobic adaptation of the stage play. Yet there have been few better attempts on screen to capture dementia — both for those trapped within it, and those grappling with how to handle them — punctuated by a staggering performance from Anthony…… MORE
‘Crisis’ tries giving the opioid epidemic the ‘Traffic’ treatment
It’s either a bad time or (cynically) a good one to release a relatively small movie starring Armie Hammer, whose personal life has been very much in the headlines. Setting those marketing considerations aside, the film is “Crisis,” a weak attempt to chronicle the opioid epidemic “Traffic” style, through a trio of stories that wind…… MORE
‘The Handmaid’s Tale’ Season 4 trailer is here
Elisabeth Moss’s June is on the run in the new teaser for Season 4 of “The Handmaid’s Tale.” There’s eery silence on the road as she tries to get to Canada after escaping Gilead. Ann Dowd’s Aunt Lydia knows it’s no ordinary escape, though. “She’s out there planning who knows what kind of atrocities to…… MORE
New surveillance video shows the horrific attack on Lady Gaga’s dog walker
The Los Angeles Police Department is examining horrifying surveillance video showing two individuals attacking Lady Gaga’s dog walker, opening fire on him and then fleeing the scene with the singer’s two French bulldogs. That video is part of the evidence that LAPD detectives are scrutinizing, according to LAPD Officer Mike Lopez. The footage, recorded by…… MORE
The Golden Globes are considered a big party. This year, they’ll air under two clouds
The Golden Globes are celebrated as a star-studded party, but this year they’ll air under a pair of clouds — one due to the difficulty in staging a free-wheeling awards show during a pandemic, the other lined by fresh allegations about questionable ethical practices involving the Hollywood Foreign Press Association, the group that hands out…… MORE
‘Cherry’ reunites Tom Holland and the Russo brothers on a not-so-super movie
The current Spider-Man and directors of “Avengers: Endgame” reunite on “Cherry,” but that’s the only conspicuously super thing about this grim adaptation of the bestselling book. Tom Holland’s kinetic performance is impressive, but it’s in the service of an uneven film that too self-consciously works at mirroring the form of a novel. Holland’s title character…… MORE
