Natasha Lyonne stars in ‘Poker Face,’ a Peacock howdunit
January 24, 2023 GMTLOS ANGELES (AP) — Known for her wise-cracking, quick delivery, Natasha Lyonne's newest role in the Peacock series “ Poker Face ” grants her an opportunity to play a character with a personality trait she's never played before.
Jessica Henwick talks making it, diversity and Nicolas Cage
December 22, 2022 GMTLOS ANGELES (AP) — Just before Jessica Henwick was cast in “Game of Thrones” and “Star Wars: The Force Awakens,” the then-aspiring actor had already left Los Angeles for her hometown in England.
“I ran out of money, so I went back and moved back in with my parents,” she recalled.
Janelle Monáe, the not-so-secret weapon of ‘Glass Onion’
December 19, 2022 GMTNEW YORK (AP) — To get a sense of Janelle Monáe’s powers of transformation, look no further than her Instagram photos of past Halloweens. Monáe doesn’t just throw something on.
‘Wakanda Forever’ is No. 1 for 4th straight weekend
December 4, 2022 GMTNEW YORK (AP) — “Black Panther: Wakanda Forever” kept the box-office crown for the fourth straight weekend, and the comic holiday thriller “Violent Night” debuted with $13.3 million, according to studio estimates Sunday.
Review: A crowdpleasing whodunnit in Netflix’s ‘Glass Onion’
November 22, 2022 GMTThe business of making original movie sequels is often a thankless job. You can’t just do the same thing again, but you also can’t be too different either. And many watching will have their guard up from the outset, suspicious that it is ultimately just a shameless cash grab.
Review: ‘The Menu,’ with Anya Taylor-Joy, serves up satire
November 17, 2022 GMT“What are we eating? A Rolex?”
So quips Margot (Anya Taylor-Joy) in Mark Mylod's “The Menu” as she waits with her date, Tyler (Nicholas Hoult), a devoted foodie who has landed them a reservation at the exclusive restaurant Hawthorne.
In a first, Netflix’s ‘Glass Onion’ to play in major chains
October 6, 2022 GMTNEW YORK (AP) — For the first time, the major U.S. theater chains will play a Netflix release after exhibitors and the streaming service reached a deal for a nationwide sneak-peak run of Rian Johnson's “Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery.”
Steven Spielberg’s ‘Fabelmans’ wins Toronto audience award
September 18, 2022 GMTSteven Spielberg's autobiographical coming-of-age drama “The Fabelmans" won the Toronto International Film Festival's top prize, the People's Choice Award, solidifying its early status as Academy Awards frontrunner.
Rian Johnson unpeels ‘Glass Onion,’ his ‘Knives Out’ sequel
September 11, 2022 GMTTORONTO (AP) — Three years after premiering “Knives Out” at the Toronto International Film Festival, Rian Johnson returned to the scene of the crime to debut his much-anticipated whodunit sequel, “Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery."
Toronto fest roars back to life with Spielberg, ‘Knives Out’
September 7, 2022 GMTAfter two editions much diminished by the pandemic, the 47th Toronto International Film Festival is set to roar back to life beginning Thursday with a lineup crowded with much-anticipated titles, including Steven Spielberg's “The Fabelmans,” Rian Johnson’s “Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery” and Gina Prince-Bythewood’s “The Woman King,” starring Viola Davis.
Spielberg to debut ‘The Fabelmans’ at Toronto Film Festival
July 22, 2022 GMTSteven Spielberg is bringing his highly personal film “The Fabelmans” to the Toronto International Film Festival this fall, organizers said Friday. It will be the world premiere for the film, which Spielberg has said is based on his early years, and will also mark the legendary filmmaker’s first time at the festival.
‘Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery’ to debut at TIFF
June 29, 2022 GMTNEW YORK (AP) — “Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery,” writer-director Rian Johnson’s follow-up to his whodunit hit “Knives Out,” will premiere at this year’s Toronto International Film Festival.
The Canadian festival announced Wednesday that “Glass Onion” will make its world premiere at the 47th edition of TIFF, running Sept.
Netflix lands ‘Knives Out’ sequels in high-priced deal
March 31, 2021 GMTNEW YORK (AP) — Detective Benoit Blanc's next cases will be for Netflix. The streaming company said Wednesday it has reached a deal for two sequels to Rian Johnson's acclaimed 2019 whodunit, “Knives Out...
Strong first night for “Star Wars” falls short of previous 2
December 20, 2019 GMTLOS ANGELES (AP) — Plenty of force was with “Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker" on its first night in theaters, but it fell short of the two previous films in the trilogy...
Review: ‘Rise of Skywalker’ is a sour end to a grand saga
December 18, 2019 GMTNot much has caused a disturbance in the “Star Wars” galaxy quite like Rian Johnson’s “The Last Jedi,” an erratic but electric movie that, regardless of how you felt about it, was something worth arguing about...
AFI names ‘Joker,’ ‘Jojo’ among top 10 films of the year
December 4, 2019 GMTNEW YORK (AP) — The American Film Institute on Wednesday named its top 10 movies of the year, including Todd Phillips' comic-book sensation “Joker,” Taika Waititi's World War II romp “Jojo Rabbit” and Lulu Wang's family drama “The Farewell...
Review: In ‘Knives Out,’ a whodunit for the Trump era
November 25, 2019 GMTRian Johnson’s “Knives Out” unravels not just a good old-fashioned murder mystery but the very fabric of the whodunit, pulling at loose threads until it has intricately, devilishly woven together something new and exceedingly delightful...
From ‘Knives Out’ to Bond, Ana de Armas is on the rise
November 21, 2019 GMTLOS ANGELES (AP) — Ana de Armas is fumbling with a packet of sugar and talking about her breakneck schedule on a recent afternoon in Los Angeles when her already enormous almond eyes widen even further...
Rian Johnson’s razor-sharp ‘Knives Out’ revives the whodunit
September 8, 2019 GMTTORONTO (AP) — The whodunit, with its puffy armchairs, missing murder weapons and meandering trail of clues, never exactly went out of favor...
Lionsgate chair: ‘The sky is not falling in Hollywood’
April 4, 2019 GMTLAS VEGAS (AP) — Lionsgate's motion picture group chairman Joe Drake says the sky is not falling in Hollywood and the feature film business is not dead. It's certainly a message that the audience of movie theater owners and exhibitors wanted to hear at the final Hollywood studio presentation at CinemaCon.
Next ‘Star Wars’ film to use unreleased Fisher footage
July 27, 2018 GMTLOS ANGELES (AP) — Carrie Fisher is not done with "Star Wars" after all — Lucasfilm says unreleased footage of the actress will be used in the next installment of the "Star Wars" saga to draw her character's story to an end...
‘The Last Jedi’ is a hit but how much did audiences like it?
December 18, 2017 GMTNEW YORK (AP) — With glowing reviews from critics and $450.8 million of worldwide box office in the first three days of release of "The Last Jedi," all would seem to be right in the "Star Wars" universe...
Review: ‘The Last Jedi’ an epic ‘Star Wars’ blockbuster
December 12, 2017 GMTNew and old, good and evil collide in the best 'Star Wars' movie since 'Empire Strikes Back'
Light and dark, good and evil. The struggle between these opposing forces has always been at the center of the "Star Wars" universe, and it provides the backbone for the excellent, epic eighth film in the series, "The Last Jedi."
Review: ‘The Last Jedi’ a welcome disturbance in the Force
December 12, 2017 GMTA welcome disturbance in the Force, Rian Johnson's "The Last Jedi" is, by wide measure, the trippiest, scrappiest and most rule-breaking "Star Wars" adventure yet...
Early praise for ‘The Last Jedi’ after elaborate premiere
December 10, 2017 GMTLOS ANGELES (AP) — There were cheers, gasps, droid photo opportunities, casino games and more than a few standing ovations at the jam-packed world premiere of "Star Wars: The Last Jedi" Saturday night in Los Angeles, which many are already praising online...
‘The Last Jedi’ aims to capture that old Star Wars feeling
December 6, 2017 GMTLOS ANGELES (AP) — Han Solo is dead. Luke Skywalker is back, but changed. And Leia Organa's story will soon be coming to an end...
Rian Johnson says Lando Calrissian isn’t in Star Wars: The Last Jedi
November 23, 2017 GMTRian Johnson has confirmed Lando Calrissian will not appear in 'Star Wars: The Last Jedi'.
The smuggler - who was played by Billy Dee Williams - first appeared in 'Star Wars: Episode V The Empire Strikes Back as a close friend to Han Solo (Harrison Ford) and fans speculated he would return in the eighth installment following the death of his friend.