Movies

"I ... am! Your singing tel-a-gram!": Michael Myers (Nick Castle) pays a visit to Laurie Strode (Jamie Lee Curtis) in David Gordon Green's Halloween.

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'Halloween': This Time, Laurie Strode Is Locked And Loaded

6:46pm October 18, 2018

by Monica Castillo

Critic Monica Castillo says this Halloween sequel takes as its true subject the lingering effects of the trauma Jamie Lee Curtis' character experienced in the 1978 original. (Also there's stabbing.)

Forging Ahead: Melissa McCarthy is Lee Israel in Can You Ever Forgive Me?

Melissa McCarthy's New Signature Role: 'Can You Ever Forgive Me?'

5:00pm October 18, 2018

by Linda Holmes

Melissa McCarthy plays a real-life literary forger left behind by the publishing industry in a new and thoughtful comedy.

Ruth (Blythe Danner) and Bridget (Hilary Swank) share a moment in writer/director Elizabeth Chomko's intimate family drama, What They Had.

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A Family In Quiet Crisis Gathers To Assess 'What They Had' — And What They've Still Got

5:00pm October 18, 2018

by Ella Taylor

In her debut feature, writer/director Elizabeth Chomko brings fresh insight — and a stellar cast — to the "dysfunctional family" subgenre; the result is "funny and sad, but never mawkish."

She said see you later boy: Stevie (Sunny Suljic) stars in Jonah Hill's Mid90s.

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In 'Mid90s' Jonah Hill Looks At Skater Culture Through A Lens, Blankly

5:00pm October 18, 2018

by Scott Tobias

Jonah Hill writes and directs this semi-autobiographical coming-of-age tale about a boy who embraces skater culture; the film faithfully documents the era, but offers no point of view.

Jake Gyllenhaal and Carey Mulligan in Wildlife (IFC Films).

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In 'Wildlife,' Carey Mulligan's Performance Blazes Bright

5:00pm October 18, 2018

by Andrew Lapin

Paul Dano movingly adapts Richard Ford's 1990 novel about a couple (Jake Gyllenhaal and Carey Mulligan) whose marriage crumbles as their son (Ed Oxenbould) watches.

Melissa McCarthy Plays A Literary Forger In 'Can You Ever Forgive Me?'

6:43am October 18, 2018

David Greene talks to Melissa McCarthy, who stars as celebrity biographer Lee Israel. When Israel fell out of step with her publisher and couldn't keep a job, she turned to forging celebrity letters.

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In Jonah Hill's directing debut Mid90s, Stevie (Sunny Suljic, left) and Ray (Na-kel Smith) come of age among an LA skateboarding crew.

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It Wasn't Cool To Care In The 'Mid90s' — But Jonah Hill Does

8:35am October 17, 2018

by Rachel Martin

In Hill's directorial debut, a 13-year-old boy from a troubled home finds his tribe through skateboarding. "It really was an ethic and aesthetic for me that I carry with me to this day," Hill says.

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Oscar-Winner Damien Chazelle Talks About His New Film 'First Man'

6:42am October 15, 2018

Rachel Martin talks to director Damien Chazelle about his film First Man, which retells Neil Armstrong's dramatic story leading up to the Apollo 11 flight that landed him on the moon.

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More like "AB Times at the El Royale," am I right?: Chris Hemsworth stars in writer/director Drew Goddard's Bad Times at the El Royale.

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'Bad Times At The El Royale' Is A Twisty, Neon-Lit Neo-Noir

5:00am October 15, 2018

by Simon Abrams

In writer/director Drew Goddard's film, several strangers converge at a casino-motel filled with dark passageways and two-way mirrors — a lot like the film's satisfyingly pulpy, B-movie plot.

Chris Rock's 1996 HBO special helped him become a major star.

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How 'Bring The Pain' Brought Chris Rock Superstar Fame

6:00am October 14, 2018

by Eric Deggans

A new A&E documentary highlights the stand-up comedian's breakout HBO special.