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“Girls Trip” unleashes laughter and love – along with a torrent of R-rated raunch

Hot on the heels of “Rough Night” comes another raunchy comedy about girls – or, rather, grown women – gone wild. “Girls Trip” follows a quartet of longtime friends who convene in New Orlean...

DATE: Jul 24, 2017 | CATEGORY: Film, TV and Streaming

Some ‘Game of Thrones’ stars are better than others at keeping secrets

The “Game of Thrones” cast has mastered the art of talking without actually saying anything. They’ve been making the rounds recently, doing endless publicity for the start of Season 7, which...

DATE: Jul 16, 2017 | CATEGORY: Arts and Entertainment

Movie looks at the scariest summertime predator

Most likely, a great white isn’t going to kill you. Neither is a serial killer, terrorist, grizzly bear or a lot of other nightmare-inducing predators. What should be keeping you ...

DATE: Jul 5, 2017 | CATEGORY: Film, TV and Streaming

‘The House’ has Amy Poehler and Will Ferrell but zero laughs

“The House” is astonishingly, mystifyingly unamusing. With Will Ferrell and Amy Poehler in lead roles, the comedy could have been solid counterprogramming to summer franchise-mania. Instead,...

DATE: Jul 1, 2017 | CATEGORY: Film, TV and Streaming

‘Rough Night’: Something old, something new, something borrowed and something blue

The concept of “Rough Night” isn’t an especially original one. With its story about a Miami bachelorette party that goes outrageously off the rails, comparisons to “The Hangover” and “Brides...

DATE: Jun 17, 2017 | CATEGORY: Film, TV and Streaming

‘The Mummy’ is an ominous introduction to a new movie universe

Given that “Spider-Man” is getting its third reboot since 2002, it’s a small miracle that Universal waited as long as it did to resurrect 1999’s wildly successful sleeper hit “The Mummy.” In...

DATE: Jun 12, 2017 | CATEGORY: Film, TV and Streaming

Brendan Fraser still has loyal fans – and they’re not happy about ‘The Mummy’ reboot

The new “Mummy” reboot is getting pilloried by critics – and that’s delightful news for one group of movie fans. “Tom Cruise’s Mummy is a flop,” reads the top post on the Brendan ...

DATE: Jun 10, 2017 | CATEGORY: Film, TV and Streaming

‘Baywatch’ has babes, not much else

If, indeed, Dwayne “the Rock” Johnson ditches Hollywood to become our next commander in chief, “Baywatch” may be singled out as the low point of his pre-political career. That’s right – the ...

DATE: May 26, 2017 | CATEGORY: Film, TV and Streaming

Chris Cornell’s family believes prescription drugs may have caused his death

Chris Cornell’s family is disputing the findings of the Wayne County Medical Examiner’s Office, which ruled that the Soundgarden frontman died from suicide by hanging. Lawyers for...

DATE: May 19, 2017 | CATEGORY: Music

Another JonBenét Ramsey movie? Yes, but this one is different

Last fall’s glut of 20th-anniversary television specials on the unsolved murder of JonBenét Ramsey felt like a race to the bottom: Which program would most grotesquely exploit the 1996 killi...

DATE: Apr 28, 2017 | CATEGORY: Film, TV and Streaming

‘Fate of the Furious’ silly and loud

“The Fate of the Furious” doesn’t need your stinkin’ laws. Speed limits? Optional. Ditto, gravity. Only one unwritten commandment of silly action moviemaking – thou shalt not exce...

DATE: Apr 14, 2017 | CATEGORY: Film, TV and Streaming

‘Fifty Shades Darker’: No, spank you!

The box-office smash “Fifty Shades of Grey” was a better movie than E.L. James’ “Twilight” fan-fiction deserved. The romance novel about an S&M-loving billionaire who falls for a bookworm wa...

DATE: Feb 10, 2017 | CATEGORY: Film, TV and Streaming