Review: ‘Yesterday’ takes a great idea, adds too much sugar
Jack Malik (Himesh Patel) is a soulful if brooding young man, with a very pleasant singing voice. But when we meet him, the fledgling songwriter and supermarket clerk from coastal England feels stuck in...
Live-action ‘Dumbo’ struggles to soar at box office
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Disney's "Dumbo" isn't exactly taking flight at the North American box office the way its other live-action remakes of animated classics have. The Walt Disney Co. said Sunday that the Tim...
National Endowment for Arts general counsel visits Fort Worth during film festival
India Pinkney, general counsel for the National Endowment of the Arts, visited Fort Worth last week during the Lone Star Film Festival and attended a showing of Alive Inside, the documentary about the powerful...
Review: Lion King returns but its harder to feel the love
Life moves in a circle, "The Lion King" tells us, and, increasingly, so does studio moviemaking. Close on the heels of "live-action" remakes of "Aladdin" and "Dumbo" and on the precipice of a reborn "The...
A new ‘Dumbo,’ but creator says themes of the classic remain
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Tim Burton gave his live-action remake of "Dumbo" a more contemporary feel, but the film's stars say the director kept the simple essence and elegance of the 1941 Disney 'toon...
Review: In 'Blinded by the Light,' growing up with the Boss
After starring roles for Freddie Mercury ("Bohemian Rhapsody"), Elton John ("Rocketman") and the Beatles ("Yesterday"), it's Bruce Springsteen's turn to join the mixtape that the movies have lately become. But Gurinder Chadha's "Blinded by the...
Q&A: 'Late Night' power duo Emma Thompson and Mindy Kaling
LOS ANGELES (AP) — "Late Night ," a new comedy from Mindy Kaling, establishes itself as a fantasy from the outset. It's about a veteran late night talk show host who is a woman,...
'Downton Abbey' overpowers Brad Pitt, Rambo at box office
NEW YORK (AP) — Raise your tea cups! The big-screen encore of "Downton Abbey" handily (but very politely) thumped both Brad Pitt's "Ad Astra" and Sylvester Stallone's "Rambo: Last Blood" in theaters over the...
David Crosby opens up in new documentary ‘Remember My Name’
The film is coming to Fort Worth at Magnolia at the Modern Aug 23, 2019 - Aug 25, 2019 LOS ANGELES (AP) — David Crosby has turned down no fewer than four biopics about his life....
‘No Ordinary Love’ features input from SafeHaven
'No Ordinary Love' Sometimes, the most intimate partner can be the most deadly, as depicted in the independent film "No Ordinary Love." The movie, written and filmed in the Fort Worth area in 2018 and 2019...