Even ‘Avatar: Fire and Ash’ can’t lift 2025 box office out of pandemic-crisis doldrums
As “Avatar: Fire and Ash” headed to the big screen this month, theater owners held their breath. In…
The best New Year’s Eve movies playing this week, plus more showing in L.A.
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Will ‘Avatar’ box office translate into Oscar success?
Has there been a year this decade when we’ve been sad to see it go? I thought about…
How Hallmark built a holiday media empire, complete with cruises
The holiday season is Hallmark’s Super Bowl. This year alone, Hallmark has 80 hours of original holiday-themed programming,…
‘Marty Supreme’ review: Timothée Chalamet serves up big swagger
A ping-pong ball at top speed travels over 70 miles an hour — so fast it could zip…
‘Song Sung Blue’ review: Jackman and Hudson sweetly croon
You won’t see a movie with better music and worse dialogue this holiday season than the bizarrely charming…
‘Father Mother Sister Brother’ review: Family tensions, subtly wrought
The holidays bring good cheer — an opportunity to reflect but also, most likely, the anxiety of family.…
‘Zootopia 2’: Disney movie’s best animal puns, references explained
Following a $1-billion-grossing, Oscar-winning smash could have left writer and director Jared Bush and director Byron Howard feeling…
James Ransone dead: Star of ‘The Wire,’ ‘It: Chapter Two’ was 46
James Ransone, a character actor who played an impulsive, drug-dealing dockworker in the iconic HBO series “The Wire”…
‘Avatar: Fire and Ash’ heats up the box office
The Na’vi won the battle of the box office this weekend, as “Avatar: Fire and Ash” hauled in…
5 shortlisted Oscar contenders to watch this holiday season
It’s odd the moments you remember after someone’s gone. Scrolling through a seemingly infinite number of clips featuring…
Remembering Rob Reiner, plus the best movies this week in L.A.
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