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...

What to take away from new Superman movie's box-office success and critical reception

When it was first announced in early 2010, the idea of a new Superman movie prompted a mix of eye-rolling a...

James Franco seeks $500,000 in crowd-funding

Following crowd-funding campaigns from "Veronica Mars" and Zach Braff, James Franco is trying to raise $500...

With 'Bling Ring,' A24 aims to broaden art-house scope

NEW YORK - Sofia Coppola could have easily gone the studio route in choosing a distributor for her new movi...

Billy Crystal's new 'Monster' project

EMERYVILLE, Calif. - It's been a dozen years since the release of Pixar's "Monsters, Inc.," but it didn't t...

'World War Z' draws massive crowd in NYC

Thousands of screaming fans brought Times Square to a standstill as they waited to catch a glimpse of Brad ...

'Man of Steel' soars with $116.6M at box office

"Man of Steel" went up, up and away at the box office.

Adventures in Barrywood: Real Google doesn't mean real giggles

It is not appropriate to make jokes at a funeral.

'Man of Steel' soars into top spot at box office

"Man of Steel" was the kryptonite to any box-office rival this weekend, monopolizing ticket sales and flyin...

'Man of Steel' takes flight with $125M debut

"Man of Steel" leaped over box office expectations in a single weekend.

Student film projects in L.A. are up sharply

LOS ANGELES - Forty crew members were set up inside of Banco Popular building in downtown Los Angeles. Some...

Circling 'The Bling Ring' hot (or not) spots around Los Angeles

LOS ANGELES - In Hollywood, all that glitters is not gold - or even cubic zirconia.

MAN OF STEEL (PG-13)

Man of Steel (PG-13)

What went wrong with Man of Steel? The early teasers promised Terrence Malick. The finished film is more Mi...

THIS IS THE END (R)

This Is the End

This Is the End is a marvelously sustained, high-wire goof – a movie so nutty and daring, so crazy a...

THE PURGE (R)

‘The Purge’ (R)

According to the what-if? scenario of The Purge, in the near future government will shut down for 12 hours ...

Movies

‘Man of Steel’ reimagines Superman for a new generation

Director Zack Snyder and producer Christopher Nolan collaborated to revive the iconic figure.

AFTER EARTH (PG-13)

After Earth (PG-13)

One thousand years after mankind abandoned Earth, a spaceship crashes on the planet, killing everyone aboar...

PARADISE: LOVE (unrated)

Paradise: Love (unrated)

The Austrian divorcee Teresa (Margarethe Tiesel) is 50, overweight (bordering on obese), lonely and in dire...

THE HANGOVER PART III (R)

The Hangover Part III (R)

There’s exactly one good scene in all of The Hangover Part III, a hilarious bit of business halfway...

FRANCES HA (R)

Frances Ha (R)

Noah Baumbach’s playful, effervescent comedy Frances Ha is the story of a young woman’s quest...

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...