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Saturday, August 23, 2025

Kirsten (you didn’t say it right) Dunst wants to be in ‘A Minecraft Movie’ sequel to make a ‘pile of cash’ by Tribune News Service

LOS ANGELES — Kirsten Dunst wants to make a movie — and make "a pile of cash." In a recent interview with the magazine Town and Country, the "Bring It On" actor expressed her interest in…

SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 06:05AM
Friday, August 22, 2025

This week’s bestsellers from Publishers Weekly by Tribune News Service

Here are the bestsellers for the week that ended Saturday, Aug. 16, compiled from data from independent and chain bookstores, book wholesalers and independent distributors nationwide, powere…

SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 07:15AM

‘Eden’ review: Trouble in paradise for Jude Law, Sydney Sweeney, Ana de Armas by Tribune News Service

"Eden" is no paradise. Ron Howard's tale about a group of European settlers who attempt to carve out their own slice of heaven on an uninhabited piece of land in the Galápagos Islands rests…

SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 07:00AM
Thursday, August 21, 2025

‘Relay’ review: Riz Ahmed shines in thriller from David Mackenzie by Tribune News Service

Don’t let the fact that “Relay” is jogging quietly into theaters in the dog days of summer fool you. The latest effort from “Hell or High Water” director David Mackenzie is a smart…

SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 06:30AM

Family guide to new movie releases by Tribune News Service

'HONEY DON'T!' Rated R for strong sexual content, graphic nudity, some strong violence, and language. What it’s about: A Bakersfield, California, private investigator looking into the susp…

SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 06:15AM
Wednesday, August 20, 2025

Movie review: ‘Honey Don’t!’ another uneven entry in B-movie trilogy by Tribune News Service

In 2024, married filmmakers Ethan Coen and Tricia Cooke posed a cheeky question with their screwball caper “Drive-Away Dolls” — what if crime comedies could be way less masculine, and …

SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 07:30AM

Review: Combine Pedro Almodóvar with stop motion and you get Adult Swim’s most unexpected yet perfect show by Tribune News Service

In the annals of things I could not have seen coming, none has been more unexpected than "Women Wearing Shoulder Pads," a queer Spanish-language stop-motion comedy melodrama, set in the aest…

SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 07:15AM

Eva Longoria follows ‘Welcome to Wrexham’ script as she tries to boost Liga MX’s Necaxa by Tribune News Service

LOS ANGELES — Her name was etched in the memory of millions thanks to her role as Gabrielle Solís in “Desperate Housewives,” a series that established Eva Longoria as one of the most …

SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 06:45AM

‘Night Always Comes’ review: Vanessa Kirby can’t save bleak crime drama by Tribune News Service

The crime drama “Night Always Comes” attempts to shine a light on the economic disparity in this country. That’s admirable, but the film from director Benjamin Caron — an adaptation …

SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 06:45AM

Inside the final burst of Elvis Presley’s creativity 48 years after his death by Tribune News Service

LOS ANGELES — Two and a half years before he died, Elvis Presley sat on the floor of a walk-in closet at the Las Vegas Hilton and discussed a project that might have changed the course of …

SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 06:30AM
Tuesday, August 19, 2025

New on DVD: Accept another unexpected visit from ‘Lilo & Stitch’ by Tribune News Service

An update of an animated Disney film tops the DVD releases for the week of Aug. 26. "Lilo & Stitch": A dangerously cute alien crash-lands in Hawaii and befriends a lonely young girl whil…

SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 12:03PM

List of DVD release dates for Aug. 19 and beyond by Tribune News Service

Following is a partial schedule of coming movies on DVD. Release dates are subject to change: AUGUST 19: Bring Her Back 19: NCIS: Sydney: Season Two 19: The Boys: Season 4 19: The Last Anniv…

SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 10:22AM

Ben Stiller won’t direct on ‘Severance’ Season 3. But he’s got plenty else to do by Tribune News Service

Ben Stiller's phone is buzzing. Each time someone sends a text, it alerts him with the sound of Roy Scheider's police chief, Brody, telling Robert Shaw's Quint that his vessel, the Orca, is …

SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 06:30AM

TV Tinsel: Creator Noah Hawley examines humanness amid terror in ‘Alien: Earth’ by Tribune News Service

Those who were frightened out of their skin when “Alien” burst to life in 1979 are in for another chill. Hulu is streaming the newest iteration of the “Alien” franchise called “Ali…

SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 06:15AM
Monday, August 18, 2025

Flaming Lips and Modest Mouse honor Ozzy Osbourne in Minneapolis by Tribune News Service

MINNEAPOLIS — They didn’t bite the heads off any bats, but the Flaming Lips and the singer of Modest Mouse did take flight in Minneapolis on Friday night with a monstrous Black Sabbath c…

SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 11:46AM
Saturday, August 16, 2025

‘Platonic’ bosses keep the friend zone unhinged with Seth Rogen and Rose Byrne, plus streaming recs by Tribune News Service

LOS ANGELES — That sound you hear is the lingering sigh of relief — or is it sadness? Confusion? The frustration over what could have been?— as “And Just Like That” completed its l…

SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 08:00AM

Taylor Sheridan and Paramount are teaming up to launch a massive new film studio in Texas by Tribune News Service

LOS ANGELES — “Yellowstone” creator Taylor Sheridan and Paramount are going big in Texas, joining forces to open a 450,000-square-foot production campus in Fort Worth, in a boost to th…

SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 06:30AM
Friday, August 15, 2025

‘The Rainmaker’ brings back blue skies to USA with colorful characters and a mystery by Tribune News Service

LOS ANGELES— Are we in for a new age of scripted basic cable television? Given the successes of the old age, which threaded its way between broadcast and premium cable TV, a little bolder …

SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 07:30AM

This week’s bestsellers from Publishers Weekly by Tribune News Service

Here are the bestsellers for the week that ended Saturday, Aug. 9, compiled from data from independent and chain bookstores, book wholesalers and independent distributors nationwide, powered…

SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 06:45AM

It towers over a Dallas neighborhood unfinished. The hope and tragedy of the ‘Beetlejuice’ House by Tribune News Service

Carl F. Hess II felt a lump catch in his throat. His eyes welled. The 38-year-old portrait artist and award-winning high school art teacher won’t let himself think it for long. But the dre…

SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 06:30AM
Thursday, August 14, 2025

Family guide to new movie releases by Tribune News Service

Family guide to new movie releases — "Highest 2 Lowest" and "Nobody 2." 'HIGHEST 2 LOWEST' Rated R for language throughout and brief drug use. What it’s about: A wealthy music mogul is f…

SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 06:05AM
Wednesday, August 13, 2025

Trump picks Sylvester Stallone, Kiss for Kennedy Center Honors, plans to host ceremony by Tribune News Service

Bucking tradition once again, President Donald Trump on Wednesday announced his picks for Kennedy Center Honors and said he will host the ceremony himself — a first for any president. Acto…

SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 02:24PM

Review: South Korea-set ‘Butterfly’ packages family melodrama as an action-packed thriller by Tribune News Service

Thrillers, thrillers, thrillers, so many thrillers. Every third show I review seems to be one, and even if that math is not perfectly correct, the seeming is real enough. Sometimes they are …

SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 07:00AM

What to stream: Choose a Kurosawa original or one of many remakes by Tribune News Service

For his latest film “Highest 2 Lowest,” Spike Lee has turned to one of his influences, and one of cinema's most iconic filmmakers, Akira Kurosawa, remaking his 1963 film “High and Low.…

SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 06:15AM
Tuesday, August 12, 2025

Jazz singer Sheila Jordan dies at 96 by Tribune News Service

DETROIT — A jazz legend with a long, storied career and a global fan base, Detroit-born singer Sheila Jordan died on Monday in her home in New York City at the age of 96. Named a National …

SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 03:54PM
Saturday, August 9, 2025

‘The Office’ spinoff is leaving Scranton in search of new workplace high jinks by Tribune News Service

PHILADELPHIA — The fictional documentary team who filmed "The Office" is back. This time, they are spotlighting a different (but still wacky) workplace in the Peacock series "The Paper," p…

SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 07:15AM

Paramount previews fall return of Taylor Sheridan’s ‘Landman,’ ‘Tulsa King’ by Tribune News Service

DALLAS — A recent Paramount Global earnings call previewed the fall slate for the company’s streamer, Paramount+. Spoiler alert: Fort Worth-raised show maker Taylor Sheridan’s name is …

SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 06:30AM
Thursday, August 7, 2025

‘Freakier Friday’ review: Sequel’s 4-way swap a busy but fun crossing by Tribune News Service

Rarely does a movie largely concerned with riffing on its past feel as fresh as “Freakier Friday.” The sequel to 2003 Disney fave “Freaky Friday” — the third adaptation of Mary Rod…

SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 07:20AM
Wednesday, August 6, 2025

Wholly schnikes!: Sandusky holding three-day Tommy Boy Fest by Tribune News Service

WILLOUGHBY, Ohio — The version of Sandusky that serves as the primary setting of the movie “Tommy Boy” has only so much in common with the actual city in north-central Ohio. While a co…

SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 08:00AM

Movie review: ‘Freakier Friday’ manages to hit a sweet spot of nostalgia by Tribune News Service

For anyone who lived through the tabloid years of the aughts, Lindsay Lohan’s joyful return to the big screen isn’t just cause for celebration, it’s something that once seemed highly i…

SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 07:00AM
Tuesday, August 5, 2025

Brandi Glanville suffers facial burns after Nair experiment goes awry by Tribune News Service

LOS ANGELES — An experiment intended to rid "The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills" alum Brandi Glanville of a facial parasite left the former reality TV star with chemical burns. In a shor…

SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 12:30PM

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