Movies/TV category, Page 186
‘Glass’ stays at No. 1, while ‘Miss Bala’ opens in third
LOS ANGELES — With the distraction of the Super Bowl, freezing temperatures affecting large portions of North America and only one big new release in theaters in “Miss Bala,” movie going audiences largely took the weekend off from the theaters in what is estimated to be the lowest-earning Super Bowl...
Jackie Evancho performs ‘Phantom’ song for ‘AGT: Champions’ show
Singer Jackie Evancho to set to return to NBC’s “America’s Got Talent” on Monday night. “AGT” posted a 3:37 minute clip of the singer performing “Music of the Night” from the musical “Phantom of the Opera” to YouTube and social media on Sunday morning. Evancho is competing in “America’s Got...
Come together: Super Bowl Sunday, the last stand of live TV
ATLANTA — Oh sure, there’s plenty of evidence to support the soothsayers who are predicting the slow, inevitable death of live television. And there’s plenty of proof to bolster theories about the NFL’s slipping popularity. But when it comes to clicking away from Super Bowl Sunday — forget about it....
Alfonso Cuaron, ‘Roma’ win top film honors at Directors Guild of America awards
LOS ANGELES — Cementing his status as an Oscar front-runner, “Roma” director Alfonso Cuaron took home the top honor at the Directors Guild of America Awards, held Saturday night in Los Angeles. At the end of his bilingual acceptance speech at the Hollywood & Highland Center’s Ray Dolby Ballroom, Cuaron...
Black History Month brings ‘Black Panther’ back to theaters for free
In celebration of Black History Month, the Walt Disney Company will bring Oscar- and Screen Actors Guild-nominated film “Black Panther” back to theaters through Feb. 7 at 250 screens across the U.S. In the Pittsburgh area, it will be shown at the AMC Waterfront theater in West Homestead. The movie...
Review: Netflix’s ‘The Umbrella Academy’ is even weirder than the comic, and it’s an absolute must seeVideo
Those wondering what Netflix’s post-Marvel superhero future will be need look no further than the refreshingly weird “Umbrella Academy,” which begins streaming Feb. 15. This unlikely team of heroes, based on the Eisner Award-winning Dark Horse Comics series by Gerard Way and Gabriel Bá, provides a strikingly different streaming experience...
‘Jane the Virgin’ creator says finale should bring closure and other TV scoops
PASADENA, Calif. (AP) — A roundup of news from the Television Critics Association winter meeting, at which TV networks and streaming services are presenting details on upcoming programs. Tissues, please The upcoming final season of “Jane the Virgin” is already drawing tears. The CW show’s creator, Jennie Snyder Urman, said...
Review: Bland ‘Miss Bala’ remake misses the original pointVideo
Mexico’s 2011 Oscar entry, “Miss Bala,” was a searing slice of social commentary about the raging narco wars wrapped up in a sexy, action-packed thriller. Directed by Gerardo Naranjo, the script was ripped from the headlines, basing its beauty queen-meets-drug lord story on a stranger-than-fiction 2008 scandal, when Miss Sinaloa...
‘The Batman’ set for 2021 release, star to be determined
LOS ANGELES — Who will be inside the suit remains unknown but “The Batman” has a release date. Warner Bros. on Wednesday announced that Matt Reeves’ stand-alone Batman film will hit theaters in June 2021. Ben Affleck was previously set to star in the film following his performances in “Justice...
Peter Jackson making new documentary of Beatles’ ‘Let It Be’
NEW YORK — The Beatles’ farewell documentary “Let It Be” is getting an encore, and a reinvention. “Lord of the Rings” director Peter Jackson announced Wednesday that he is making a new film out of some 55 hours of footage — shot in January 1969 — that has never been...
Super Bowl ads offer simple escapism with star power
NEW YORK — Sarah Michelle Gellar makes a horror movie parody for Olay. Jeff Bridges and Sarah Jessica Parker tout Stella Artois. Steve Carell hawks Pepsi. Star power abounds in this year’s Super Bowl ads. Advertisers are hoping to provide some welcome distraction and entertainment as economic fears persist and...
‘Project Runway’ returns with twists, more cash to winner
PASADENA, Calif. (AP) — “Project Runway” is going home, back to its original network with several new twists. The biggest change is new host and executive producer Karlie Kloss, who takes over from the departed duo of Heidi Klum and Tim Gunn when the show debuts March 14 on Bravo....
Fred Rogers biopic release date moved back 5 weeks
It’ll be “A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood” a little later than originally planned, now that Sony Pictures has moved back the release date of the Fred Rogers biopic to Nov. 22. The much-anticipated movie, which stars Tom Hanks as Rogers, originally was scheduled for release on Oct. 18, but...
‘The Dude’ was only teasing a new beer commercial, not a ‘Lebowski’ sequel
We knew it was almost too good to be true. When Jeff Bridges posted a Twitter video where he walked into a dimly-lit room dressed as “The Dude” from the Coen Brothers’ 1998 cult classic “The Big Lebowski,” he lit the Internet up with speculation that he might be teasing...
‘Black Panther’ wins top honor at SAG Awards
NEW YORK — “Black Panther” took the top award at Sunday’s 25th Screen Actors Guild Awards, giving Ryan Coogler’s superhero sensation it’s most significant honor yet and potentially setting it up for more wins at the Academy Awards. “Well, I’ll be,” said Chadwick Boseman, accepting the award for best ensemble...
‘Glass’ is No. 1 again, McConaughey’s ‘Serenity’ flops
NEW YORK — Matthew McConaughey notched one of the worst debuts of his career, Oscar nominees saw only modest bumps and M. Night Shyamalan’s “Glass” easily remained No. 1 on a quiet weekend in movie theaters. The weekend’s two new wide releases — McConaughey’s tropic noir “Serenity” and the updated...
‘Untouchable’ charts the rise and fall of Harvey Weinstein
PARK CITY, Utah — Harvey Weinstein’s name was intrinsically linked to the Sundance Film Festival for years, which makes it somewhat fitting that 14 months after his demise the festival played host the world premiere of a documentary about his rise and fall. “I’m so happy it’s at Sundance,” said...
Michael Jackson accusers’ film gets standing ovation, estate rebuke
PARK CITY, Utah — It’s not uncommon for audiences at the Sundance Film Festival to give standing ovations, but the ceremonial act took on a solemn air as two men who accuse Michael Jackson of molesting them as boys walked onstage following the festival’s only screening of “Leaving Neverland,” a...
TNT, Chris Pine are the latest players to enter the serial-killer game
The bodies do pile up. As an American consumer who spends a couple of thousand hours a year looking at moving pictures, there are times when the sheer number of mutilated corpses on all those screens gets to be a bit much. How long has it been since director David...
Anne Hathaway confirms: There’s a ‘Princess Diaries 3’ in the works
You can’t keep a good princess down. For too long. Anne Hathaway, while on “Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen, said a script for a third installment of her hit series “The Princess Diaries” exists and is being worked on right this moment. We’ll wait while you collect yourself....
Is Jeff Bridges teasing a new ‘Big Lebowski’ film?
Why is Jeff Bridges teasing a Feb. 3 announcement while dressed as cinema cult-classic icon Jeffrey “The Dude” Lebowski from the Coen Brothers’ 1998 film, “The Big Lebowski”? The Internet is certainly wild with speculation. February 3 is Super Bowl Sunday, and it would make perfect sense for Bridges to...
Fans of Netflix shows can take home props at 3-weekend sale in Marshall
Netflix is offloading its latest batch of leftover props and set decor in greater Pittsburgh. Fans interested in adorning their homes or businesses with props from the streaming service’s original shows have the chance to choose from thousands of items during a three-weekend liquidation sale that begins Saturday in Marshall...
Review: Steamy ‘Serenity’ is so bad it almost parodies itselfVideo
Let it be stipulated that the movie “Serenity” is about a battered woman (Anne Hathaway) who is trying to persuade her ex-husband (Matthew McConaughey) to murder her current one (Jason Clarke). And let it also be stipulated that the movie “Serenity” is absolutely not about that. At first glance, the...
Review: ‘The Kid Who Would Be King’ sends a message of hopeVideo
Do the Middle Ages hold the key to saving the world? “The Kid Who Would Be King” suggests so. This contemporary, Arthurian-themed adventure encourages kids of today to look to the legends of the past — and to the lessons of medieval chivalry — in their search for a peaceful...
‘Wizard of Oz’ returns to big screen for 80th-anniversary stintVideo
All the magic of “Somewhere Over the Rainbow,” the scary Wicked Witch of the West, those creepy flying monkeys and the adventurous Dorothy that generations of little girls dreamed of being is coming back to the big screen. Four Pittsburgh area movie theaters will be among nearly 700 nationwide that...
