“Bleed for This” doubles down on boxing-movie cliches
"Bleed for This" is just the latest in the conveyor belt of boxing movies that continues to pass through theaters, despite a waning interest in the sport.
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Nostalgia rewind: Sometimes the things we loved as kids don’t hold up. Like “Quantum Leap”
As a kid, I couldn't get enough "Quantum Leap." I never watched new episodes because television was a rare treat during the school year, but on summer vacation -- 聽with...
Fact-based courtroom drama “Denial” missing one element: feeling
As courtroom dramas go, "Denial" is tasteful, to a fault. In playwright David Hare's screenplay, based on actual events, you won't hear anyone shouting something like "You can't handle the...
Review: Disney’s “Queen of Katwe” a familiar underdog story in a fresh setting
Disney's "Queen of Katwe" borrows a worn-out template to tell a remarkable true story. The year is 2007 and 10-year-old Phiona Mutesi's (Madina Nalwanga) chance encounter with a missionary introduces...
A literary hoax explained — sort of — in “JT LeRoy Story”
JT LeRoy became a literary sensation overnight in the early 2000s. His rapturously received writing drew from his well-publicized backstory: Jeremiah "Terminator" LeRoy was the HIV-positive teenage son of a...
“The Wild Life” is “Robinson Crusoe” from the animals’ perspective
It's no great shock when a movie based on a beloved book falls short of the original, but few fail as confoundingly as "The Wild Life."
For audiences, “Sausage Party” is a laugh riot; for some animators, it was a nightmare
The raunchy comedy "Sausage Party" scored with audiences but it wasn't exactly a dream come true for some Vancouver-based animators who worked on it.
Movie review: Augmented-reality app at the center of the teen thriller “Nerve”
If you think Pok茅mon Go fanatics are dangerous, with their inclination to wander into traffic, wait till you get a load of the fictional augmented-reality app at the center of...
Movie review: In “Bad Moms,” fast food, booze spike the stress of motherhood
"Bad Moms" doesn't kick into gear until three mothers, fed up with the stress of helicopter parenting and the unrealistic expectations of a draconian PTA president, walk into a bar....
From Robin Williams to Anne Hathaway: 10 careers Garry Marshall helped launch
Since Marshall's death at 81 on Tuesday, Hollywood stars have been flocking to social media to thank the director for giving them a chance.