Film

‘Star Trek’ films’ best voyages

The reviews are in and Star Trek Into Darkness, the second big screen adventure helmed by J.J. Abrams, has ...

SCATTER MY ASHES AT BERGDORF’S (PG-13)

Scatter My Ashes at Bergdorf’s (PG-13)

If fashion is a religion, one of its sacred shrines is an emporium that takes up a whole city block on Manh...

THE ANGELS’ SHARE (unrated)

The Angels’ Share (unrated)

A barrel of whisky would usually spell doom for the working-class blokes who always find their way into Ken...

Miami International Film Festival

Silent movie opens window on lost world of Eastern European Jews

In the fraught world of the silent film The Yellow Ticket, the heroine confronts anti-Semitism and moral hy...

ART IMITATES LIFE

‘Pain & Gain,’ a movie based on South Florida murders, is a painful reminder to victims’ families

Bruce Willis' new ‘Die Hard' scores with $25M debut

LOS ANGELES (AP) – Bruce Willis remains a die-hard at the box office.

Television review

FX’s ‘The Americans’ a family spy drama you should not miss

The Americans. 10-11:45 p.m. Wednesday. FX.

Oscar odds, ends, facts and figures

Fun stuff to know about Thursday’s Oscar nominations:

Movies

2012 reports of film’s death greatly exaggerated

Hollywood Blacklist born 65 years ago today; published out of revenge, son says

Sixty-five years ago today, at the height of the country’s ‘red scare,” one of Hollyw...

Nobody Walks (R)

Nobody Walks (R)

Nobody Walks is one of those fish bowl films: an idea is tossed in like a crumb, then we wait and watch wha...

'Star Trek' beams up $70.1M at box office

"Star Trek: Into Darkness" didn't warp past its predecessor.

Chile miner happy to be played by Banderas in film

Antonio Banderas will star in a movie as one of the 33 Chilean miners trapped deep underground for more tha...

Seth MacFarlane won't return as 2014 Oscar host

Seth MacFarlane is too busy to host the Oscars in 2014.

Cannes rolls out red carpet for Indian movies

Indian cinema is being feted in Cannes on its 100th birthday. But amid the celebrations, the B-word - "Boll...

Asghar Farhadi goes for maximum emotional impact in his films

"Stories come to me," says Asghar Farhadi, his sharp eyes focused, intense. "This one came to me, and I dec...

Coens' 'Inside Llewyn Davis' a musical of sorts about the folkie scene

In close to three decades of filmmaking, brothers Joel and Ethan Coen have shared a lot of looks. But with ...

'Cleopatra' feted at 50 with restoration, Cannes screening, theatrical re-release and Blu-ray

LOS ANGELES - There was the spectacle, the runaway budget, the fights with the studio. But almost everyone ...

Seen and heard at the Cannes Film Festival

Associated Press journalists open their notebooks at the 2013 Cannes Film Festival:

Adventures in Barrywood: This summer features a lot of movies with surprise plot twists

What is the statute of limitations on "Planet of the Apes?"

'Fast & Furious 6' includes scene long dreamed by Justin Lin

LOS ANGELES - The idea came screeching into director Justin Lin's fuel-injected imagination in 2009: a fier...

AP Interview: Soderbergh on quitting movies

Steven Soderbergh is working on a new currency.

SIMON KILLER (unrated) 1/2

Simon Killer (unrated)

The protagonist of Simon Killer wanders the streets of Paris alone, often shot from the back so we see what...

Director J.J. Abrams steers the USS Enterprise in a surprising direction in ‘Star Trek Into Darkness.’

Director J.J. Abrams steers the USS Enterprise in a surprising direction in ‘Star Trek Into Darkness...

IRON MAN 3 (PG-13)

Iron Man 3 (PG-13)

At the start of Iron Man 3, the usually loquacious billionaire Tony Stark (Robert Downey Jr.) is off his ga...

TO THE WONDER (R)

To the Wonder (R)

I can pinpoint the exact moment when I mentally checked out of Terrence Malick’s torturous To the Wo...

2013 summer movie preview

Sequels, giant robots and superheroes are hurtling our way.

Movies

The cult of ‘The Shining’

The documentary ‘Room 237,’ which explores the bizarre theories surrounding the 1980 horror class...

Movies

‘Pain & Gain’ revisits a horrific Miami crime

Director Michael Bay uses humor to recount an incredible story involving bodybuilders, drugs and murder.

OBLIVION (PG-13)

Oblivion (PG-13)

For its first hour or so, Oblivion is a visually mesmerizing, intriguing picture that doesn’t feel l...

THE PLACE BEYOND THE PINES (R)

'The Place Beyond the Pines' (R)

The Place Beyond the Pines, the new film by the director of Blue Valentine, does not lack for ambition. Beg...

ROOM 237 (unrated)

Room 237 (unrated)

One person believes The Shining was Stanley Kubrick’s commentary on the Holocaust. Another points ou...

BLANCANIEVES (PG-13)

Blancanieves (PG-13)

Where The Artist paid loving homage to the past with a wink to the present, Pablo Berger’s Blancanie...