Thursday, Jun. 15, 2023

Kat Coiro made her first foray into the Marvel Cinematic Universe with She-Hulk: Attorney at Law (Disney+), directing multiple episodes and serving as an executive producer on the series. Tatiana Maslany stars Jennifer Walters, an attorney for superhuman cases who, like her cousin Bruce...

Wednesday, May. 24, 2023

Gene Luen Yang remembers feeling pumped in 2007 when Hollywood came calling about his trailblazing graphic novel "American Born Chinese." But that excitement turned into exasperation when it became clear the interested party completely missed the point of the book.

"It came out that the...

Tuesday, Mar. 14, 2023

David Letterman joins Bono and The Edge in a new streaming documentary about U2 and one obvious question soon jumps out: What exactly is David Letterman doing here?

The droll, bushy-bearded American comedian is an odd choice to be master of ceremonies for this Disney+ project, unbalancing...

Wednesday, Nov. 24, 2021

For 50 years, the fixed narrative had the Beatles' "Let it Be" recording session as a miserable experience with a band where members were sick of each other, sick of their work and in the process of breaking up.

The nearly 8-hour, Peter Jackson-produced documentary culled from film and...

Saturday, Sep. 11, 2021

John Hoffman and Janet Tobias' "Fauci" is the first big-screen documentary of the nation's top infectious disease expert and ubiquitous face of the COVID-19 pandemic. It's an intimate portrait of Dr. Anthony Fauci, a longtime public servant whose notoriety has risen dramatically — and with that...

Sunday, Jul. 11, 2021

Even with an option to watch "Black Widow" at home, audiences went to the movie theater in pandemic record numbers this weekend to catch the first Marvel movie released in two years. 

The Walt Disney Co. said Sunday the superhero pic generated an estimated $80 million in ticket sales in...

Sunday, May. 30, 2021

Moviegoing increasingly looks like it didn't die during the pandemic. It just went into hibernation. 

John Krasinski's thriller sequel "A Quiet Place Part II" opened over the Memorial Day weekend to a pandemic-best $48.4 million, according to studio estimates Sunday. Including the Monday...

Friday, Mar. 5, 2021

Imagine being trapped in the confines of your own neighborhood, losing a sense of the outside world — and of yourself — with each passing day.

Things are seeming kind of flat lately, and sometimes downright colorless. Everything looks reasonably placid, but something's not quite right...

Thursday, Dec. 10, 2020

The Walt Disney Co.'s streaming plans shifted into hyper speed Thursday with the unveiling of a galaxy's worth of new streaming offerings, including plans for 10 "Star Wars" series spinoffs and 10 Marvel series that will debut on Disney+. 

In a virtual presentation for investors, Disney...

Wednesday, Nov. 25, 2020

"No New 'Movies' Till Influenza Ends" blared a New York Times headline on Oct. 10, 1918, while the deadly second wave of the Spanish Flu was unfolding.

A century later, during another pandemic, movies — quotes no longer necessary — are again facing a critical juncture. But it's not...

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