With a musical return to Oz and a bloody epic of ancient Rome, Hollywood studios double down on blockbuster spectacle.
SOURCE: The New Yorker Subscription at 04:33PMThere was no one like Aretha Franklin, and this knockout chronicle of the recording sessions for "Amazing Grace" captures her powers at their peak.
SOURCE: The San Diego Union-Tribune at 04:24PMWe were warned not to miss a moment of Jimmy Fallon’s Golden Globes opening number, which some had accurately predicted would be an extended tribute to “La La Land.” And why not? Dami…
SOURCE: The San Diego Union-Tribune at 07:00AMIf the first "Star Wars" (1977) hadn’t already been rebranded “A New Hope,” that optimistic title might have applied just as well to “Star Wars: The Force Awakens,” by any measure …
SOURCE: Variety at 05:52AMCome back, come back, wherever you are, David Mamet. All is forgiven (even “Race”) if you will just quit jerking us around on non-plays like “China Doll” and get a gr…
SOURCE: Variety at 12:07AMA sharply drawn portrait of a dysfunctional artistic family that effectively speaks to the troubled legacy all parents (Plunkett & Walken) bequeath to their children (Kidman & Bateman). Bea…
SOURCE: Variety at 08:48AMVariety critics talk the can’t-miss pics at this year’s Cannes Film Festival — and attempt to do so in 140 characters or less. (Click image for large preview.)
SOURCE: Variety at 01:00PMThis sloppy, boisterous "X Factor" spoof is a splashy, flashy tonal mess that just about succeeds.
SOURCE: Variety at 05:05PMJames Dearden turns his own 1987 screenplay into a dreary, clunky stage drama laboriously helmed by Trevor Nunn.
SOURCE: Variety at 09:25PMFrederick Weller and the ever-astonishing Tyne Daly bring considerable humanity to Terrence McNally's diffuse and disjointed new play.
SOURCE: Variety at 08:30PMThis reverential revival of the long-runner Broadway hit is a solid piece of theatrical architecture.
SOURCE: Variety at 10:00PMBryan Cranston owns the role of LBJ in this beautifully built dramatic piece.
SOURCE: Variety at 07:47AMBruce Ramsay directs and stars in a modestly inventive but curiously bloodless version of the Bard's timeless tragedy.
SOURCE: Variety at 12:51PM"Frozen," a musical about two princesses? You wouldn't know it from the Mouse House's advertising strategy, aimed at concealing everything remarkable about Disney's splendid new animated fea…
SOURCE: Variety at 07:27PMDoug Hamilton's engaging backstage doc offers a straightforward account of "American Idiot's" journey to the Great White Way.
SOURCE: Variety at 11:50AMWouldn’t we all kill to be invited to a dinner party at Sue Mengers’? But, as Bette Midler puts it so plainly to the auds at her solo show, “Of course I would ask you to st…
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