DALLAS — It all started with a Plano mom, Sheryl Leach, who drew inspiration from her dinosaur-loving son to bring a stuffed toy to life. Read more

So many different kinds of not-great or even not-good movies lay siege to our affections, for reasons to do with why people love movies in the… Read more

For his follow-up feature to his Oscar-winning 2018 film “Green Book,” director Peter Farrelly (known mostly for his comic collaborations with… Read more

Writer/director Parker Finn’s feature debut “Smile” boasts the thinnest of premises based on a laundry list of horror movie trends and tropes,… Read more

Marilyn Monroe never trained as a dancer, but she stars in one of the great movie dance scenes, a number so joyful, vivacious and wittily self… Read more

The advance hype for "Don't Worry Darling" has been so incessant - from director Olivia Wilde's location-turned-relationship with her leading … Read more

Movies based on true stories don't typically open with a sequence made with stop-motion animation. But then "The Silent Twins" attempts to tel… Read more

Described in marketing material as a feminist horror fantasy - whatever that means - the strange and unsettling Brazilian drama "Medusa" cente… Read more

From the moment she appears on the screen - rising up from tall grasses while leading an all-female army into battle - Viola Davis owns "The W… Read more

"It was a pudding of new ideas." Read more

Early in the first episode of Showtime’s “American Gigolo,” we get a montage: Tanned abs, vintage sports car, a man’s arm around a woman’s wai… Read more

Like Dante and Randal, the slacker protagonists of the movie "Clerks" - who, as the sequel "Clerks III" opens, haven't gotten very far from th… Read more

Jan Zizka, a beloved 15th-century Czech folk hero, looms large in the nation’s collective consciousness, a skilled, ingenious, one-eyed warrio… Read more

In “Gigi & Nate,” a film directed by BAFTA Award-winning Irishman Nick Hamm of the far superior 2016 drama “The Journey,” London-born Char… Read more

Note: This article may contain spoilers for HBO's "House of the Dragon" - depending on how closely future episodes of the show track with the … Read more

ATLANTA — Sterling K. Brown is best known for his dramatic turn for six seasons as earnest Randall Pearson on "This is Us." Read more

Domhnall Gleeson has to do a balancing act for the new limited TV series he stars in – delve into the psyche of a serial killer without justif… Read more

In “The Good Boss,” Javier Bardem plays Blanco, owner of a factory that manufactures scales. Blanco lectures his employees about “balance” and… Read more

LOS ANGELES — Apparently some people are getting the chance to see "Batgirl" after all. Read more

Australian filmmaker George Miller’s latest cinematic exploration of humanity is a far cry from the dusty, diesel-fueled “Mad Max” franchise f… Read more

The fact-based hostage drama "Breaking" is a kind of chamber piece, set almost entirely inside the lobby of a Marietta, Ga., Wells Fargo branc… Read more

Will Vinton may not be a household name, outside the world of animation junkies. But anyone who was around in the 1980s will recognize his bes… Read more

LOS ANGELES — Despite his long-established reputation of playing put-upon nice guys, Seth Rogen wants to make it clear: He does not want you t… Read more

Hulking out hasn't been all it could be during the past couple decades onscreen, but that's all about to change with the debut Thursday of "Sh… Read more

A kind of gravitational pull emanates from Aubrey Plaza as the title character in "Emily the Criminal," a passably diverting crime thriller wh… Read more

Growing old is a privilege denied to many. It's hard to remember that - particularly if you're a woman surrounded by anti-aging serums and pol… Read more

It's telling that the official synopsis for "Bodies Bodies Bodies" - a darkly comic slasher film centering on a party game that turns deadly -… Read more

LOS ANGELES — Olivia Newton-John, the beloved singer and actor known for her 1970s and ’80s hits and the movie “Grease,” died at her ranch in … Read more

As if we needed more proof of the Tarantinization of contemporary cinema, "Bullet Train" barrels into theaters to remind us. A generation ago,… Read more

Devery Jacobs was thrilled as she filmed the pilot for FX's "Reservation Dogs" two years ago. The coming-of-age story about a group of mischie… Read more

In "I Love My Dad," writer-director James Morosini plays Franklin, a disaffected 20-something whose life has been nearly ruined by his well-me… Read more

In the clever, hauntingly disturbing "My Old School," filmmaker Jono McLeod spins an absorbing yarn of near-epic proportions, revisiting an as… Read more

Anyone for whom Rebecca Hall's memorably enigmatic performance in last year's "The Night House" is still fresh in mind - was the grieving wido… Read more

The movie "Vengeance" - a black comedy about cultural arrogance, the opioid crisis, guns, storytelling and the need to, well, get even - marks… Read more