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Want people to tune in to an opioid film? Make it funny, says director David Yates

Want people to tune in to an opioid film? Make it funny, says director David Yates

TORONTO 鈥 How do you get people to pay attention to the opioid epidemic? For English director David Yates and Canadian producer Lawrence Grey, the answer was simple: make it funny.
Movie Review: Video game-to-horror flick 'Five Nights at Freddy鈥檚' misfires badly

Movie Review: Video game-to-horror flick 'Five Nights at Freddy鈥檚' misfires badly

Just in time for Halloween comes 鈥淔ive Nights at Freddy鈥檚,鈥 a video game adaptation with the potential treat of demented Chuck E. Cheese-like animatronic creatures running amok. But the trick turns out to be on us.
Movie Review: Teen dreams and adult nightmares in Sofia Coppola's 'Priscilla'

Movie Review: Teen dreams and adult nightmares in Sofia Coppola's 'Priscilla'

Dreamily gazing at the album covers of Elvis Presley was not, statistically speaking, a rare habit among American teen girls in the late 1950s and early 鈥60s. But for Priscilla Beaulieu, teenage fantasy became a strange and surreal reality.
Next 'Mission: Impossible' delayed a year as actors strike drags on

Next 'Mission: Impossible' delayed a year as actors strike drags on

NEW YORK (AP) 鈥 The eighth installment of the 鈥淢ission: Impossible鈥 franchise has been postponed a year, signaling a new wave of release schedule juggling for Hollywood studios as the actors strike surpasses three months of work stoppage.

Movie Review: 'Persian Version' finds laughter, tears in Iranian American tale of resilient women

Let nobody say writer-director Maryam Keshavarz doesn鈥檛 know how to start a movie.
Movie Review: A holiday movie with some bite in Alexander Payne鈥檚 鈥楾he Holdovers鈥

Movie Review: A holiday movie with some bite in Alexander Payne鈥檚 鈥楾he Holdovers鈥

Alexander Payne brings audiences to a New England boarding school in 1970 in 鈥 The Holdovers ,鈥 a textured, nostalgic and often funny piece about three lonely and mismatched souls stuck together over Christmas break.

Swift bests Scorsese at box office, but 'Killers of the Flower Moon" opens strongly

NEW YORK (AP) 鈥 In a movie match-up almost as unlikely as 鈥淏arbie鈥 and 鈥淥ppenheimer,鈥 Martin Scorsese took on Taylor Swift in cinemas over the weekend.
New Netflix thriller tackling theme of justice in Nigeria is a global hit and a boon for Nollywood

New Netflix thriller tackling theme of justice in Nigeria is a global hit and a boon for Nollywood

ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) 鈥 A Nigerian action thriller that tells a gripping story of corruption and police brutality in Africa鈥檚 most populous country has reached record viewership numbers on Netflix charts globally.
Movie Review: Netflix's 'Old Dads' is a recycling of PC grievances and a Bill Burr career nadir

Movie Review: Netflix's 'Old Dads' is a recycling of PC grievances and a Bill Burr career nadir

The new Netflix movie 鈥淥ld Dads鈥 has a title problem. It really should be called 鈥淥ld Dads Yelling at Clouds鈥 or 鈥淥ld Dads Raging at QR Codes.
'It's the biggest thing to me': Donald Sutherland honoured with new Canadian stamp

'It's the biggest thing to me': Donald Sutherland honoured with new Canadian stamp

Donald Sutherland, celebrated star of stage and screen, is not short on accolades.