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The Associated Press Twenty-seven years ago, Ron Howard’s “Apollo 13” saluted men with the right stuff — quiet courage and grace under pressure. This summer,…

The Associated Press Aboard the speeding locomotive of “Bullet Train” ride at least five assassins, one venomous reptile (a snake on the train), countless glib…

The Associated Press The summer box office showed signs of slowing down this weekend as the animated “DC League of Super-Pets” opened in theaters across…

The Associated Press DC films have a reputation for being a little too self-serious. They’ve made significant strides to chip away at that dark and…

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Jack Harlow, Lil Nas X and Kendrick Lamar are top contenders with seven nominations at the 2022 MTV Video Music Awards….

The Associated Press Jordan Peele ’s UFO thriller “Nope” topped the North American charts in its first weekend in theaters with an estimated $44 million…

The Associated Press Marvel Studios unveiled the first trailer for “ Black Panther: Wakanda Forever ” — set to “No Woman No Cry” — to…

NEW YORK (AP) — If you think you’re safe avoiding sharks by simply staying out of the water, think again. A few species of epaulette…

The Associated Press A great debut in Hollywood can be a blessing and a curse. Once you knock it out of the park like Jordan Peele did…

The Associated Press Sometimes a title just doesn’t help a movie. Not that directors Anthony and Joe Russo had much choice in titling “The Gray Man,” their…

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — I think it’s gonna be a long, long time until we see another songwriter and performer like Elton John. Wrapping up a…

The Associated Press In “Mrs. Harris Goes to Paris,” a middle-aged woman of very limited means in post-World War II London dreams of owning a…

The Associated Press The new adaptation of “Persuasion,” coming to Netflix Friday, does not seem to have been made for Jane Austen fans. Her book…

The Associated Press The coastal marshlands of North Carolina take on a mythic quality in Delia Owens’ “Where the Crawdads Sing.” They are where the…

The Associated Press Four movies in, Thor is still bringing the hammer down at the box office. “ Thor: Love and Thunder ” earned $143 million in…

NEW YORK (AP) — The longtime World Wrestling Entertainment impresario Vince McMahon agreed to pay more than $12 million over the past 16 years to…

The Associated Press James Caan, the curly-haired tough guy known to movie fans as the hotheaded Sonny Corleone of “The Godfather” and to television audiences…

The Associated Press For a young imagination, there is something uniquely captivating about a stowaway story on the high seas. The stakes are great, but…

The Associated Press Rarely have the conditions for love been less hospitable than in Sara Dosa’s documentary “Fire of Love.” Yet here, amid shifting tectonics…

The Associated Press The last full Thor movie was the overstuffed 2017 “Thor: Ragnarok,” with the God of Thunder dealing with dueling brother and sister…

The Associated Press “It is a truth universally acknowledged,” goes one of the more famous opening lines in English literature, “that a single man in…

The Associated Press For a not small segment of the audience for “Minions: Rise of Gru,” only one thing really needs to be said. The…

NEW YORK (AP) — Chris Pratt portrays a Navy SEAL in his new Amazon series “The Terminal List,” and is surrounded on camera and behind-the-scenes…

NEW YORK (AP) — “Elvis” has won its box-office dance-off with “Top Gun: Maverick.” After the two films reported the same ticket sales Sunday, Monday’s…

NEW YORK (AP) — Baz Luhrmann’s Elvis Presley biopic “Elvis” shook up theaters with an estimated $30.5 million in weekend ticket sales, but — in…

The Associated Press Phones in serial killer movies are usually used by the deranged hunters to taunt the police or carefully tell victims how they’ll…

The Associated Press It’s boom times for googly eyes. Within months of “Everything Everywhere All at Once,” the metaphysical sci-fi comedy whose panoply of metaverses memorably included…

The Associated Press “Lightyear” did not go to infinity (or beyond) in its first weekend in theaters: Pixar’s first major theatrical release since March 2020…

The Associated Press “Cha Cha Real Smooth,” at least on paper, might sound a little familiar. The sophomore feature of filmmaker Cooper Raiff is about…

The Associated Press Vince McMahon is stepping down as CEO and chairman of WWE during an investigation into alleged misconduct involving the longtime leader and…

NEW YORK (AP) — The twin concerts for Foo Fighters’ late drummer Taylor Hawkins will include Miley Cyrus, Liam Gallagher, Joan Jett, Mark Ronson, members…

NEW YORK (AP) — “Top Gun: Maverick” director Joseph Kosinski again had a plane in the air, only this time Chris Hemsworth was at the…

The Associated Press “In 1995, Andy got a toy from his favorite movie. This is that movie.” So begins “Lightyear,” a new Pixar release that takes a…

The Associated Press Move over Maverick, the dinosaurs have arrived to claim their throne. “Jurassic World: Dominion” took a mighty bite out of the box…

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Robert Redford and George R.R. Martin are the big names behind “Dark Winds,” but they’re not the most important. That distinction…

The Associated Press The enduring, collective love for “Jurassic Park” is immensely hard to explain. Steven Spielberg’s 1993 film implanted itself into our cultural consciousness…

NEW YORK (AP) — Foo Fighters will honor the rock band’s late drummer Taylor Hawkins with a pair of tribute concerts in September — one…

LOS ANGELES (AP) — The MTV Movie & TV Awards return Sunday with a live show that could see “Spider-Man: No Way Home” snag some…

LONDON (AP) — Two future monarchs are set to pay tribute to Queen Elizabeth II at a special concert in front of Buckingham Palace on…

The Associated Press Films like “It Follows” and “The Guest” have already made Maika Monroe something of a modern scream-queen with a feminist bent. But…

LAS VEGAS (AP) — Las Vegas chapels of love that use Elvis Presley’s likeness could find themselves becoming Heartbreak Hotels. The licensing company that controls…