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The writer-director who gave us “The Lighthouse,” “The Northman” and “The Witch” offers his take on a vampire classic — “Nosferatu.” Aaron Taylor Johnson, Emma Corrin, Lily-Rose Depp, Bill Skarsgård, Ralph Ineson, Simon McBurney and Willem Dafoe star in the … Continue reading →

Jessica Alba just sold off her health and beauty company for a nice piece of change. It wasn’t that long ago that the “Dark Angel” alumna finished a run on her latest series, “L.A.’s Finest.” So it’s not like she … Continue reading →

No household names star in this upcoming disaster movie. And the trailer doesn’t show everybody as alarmed as they might be as the Earth opens up in the middle of the continent, the famed overdue-for-a-quake New Madrid fault that changed … Continue reading →

“Young Winston,” an epic of the “Patton” and “A Bridge Too Far” era, was a big hit in 1972 Britain, where nostalgia for “The War” was nearing its peak and the memory of the titanic figure, Winston Churchill, was still … Continue reading →

This “true story” caper comedy set on the rough side of the music business in Northern Ireland is sung and joked mostly in Gaelic, the Mother Tongue of Ireland. Fassbender trying comedy again? This looks daft enough to play, and … Continue reading →

I have little memory of watching the Italian “empty nest” comedy “The Price of Family.” I reviewed it, but it left little to no impression at all. I dare say in a week or two I won’t remember much about … Continue reading →

This week “Inside Out 2” set an all-time Juneteenth box office record, some $30 million, raced by “Dune 2” to become the biggest blockbuster of 2024 ($340 million+ by weekend’s end) and is on a pace to clear another $95 … Continue reading →

A fine finish and some good performances recommend “Fancy Dance,” a melodramatic mystery with coming-of-age touches set in and around the Seneca-Cayuga Reservation of Oklahoma. It’s a solid star vehicle for Lily Gladstone, who has spun her “Killers of the … Continue reading →

A summer picture with old broads getting outta hand? Gotta love the cast and the pitch. Gotta be better than “Summer Camp.”

A stylish bit of A-24 terror with Brandy Norwood squaring off against Kathryn Hunter, who played one of the witches in the Denzel/McDormand/Coen “Macbeth.” Sept. 6.