Wednesday, August 27, 2025
Like drops of water hitting a hot pan, Jay Roach’s “The Roses” makes a dramatic sizzle, then evaporates on contact. Adapted from Warren Adler’s 1981 novel, and a remake of Danny DeVi…
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 07:15AMA good cozy mystery is a gift to us all, but in the case of “The Thursday Murder Club,” a Netflix film adaptation of Richard Osman’s wildly successful novel of the same name, the gift …
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 06:45AMIt’s a reasonably different movie, but “The Roses” — an adaptation of Warren Adler’s 1981 novel, “The War of the Roses,” that hits theaters this week — has the same problem t…
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 06:30AMTuesday, August 26, 2025
LOS ANGELES — Grammy winner Lil Nas X wants his fans to know he's "gonna be all right" after he was hospitalized and arrested on suspicion of charging at police last week. The "Old Town Ro…
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 01:39PMLOS ANGELES — It's time to grab your best fit and hit the blacktop of Chavez Ravine. Tyler, the Creator had his fans searching for words after he announced the lineup for his annual music …
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 07:00AMLOS ANGELES -- Netflix House will soon open its doors. The streaming video giant on Monday announced when it will open its first shopping, dining and entertainment complexes to the public. T…
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 06:05AMSaturday, August 23, 2025
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 06:05AMFriday, August 22, 2025
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" 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 07:00AMThursday, August 21, 2025
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'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 06:15AMWednesday, August 20, 2025
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 07:30AMIn 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 07:15AMLOS 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 06:45AMThe 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 06:45AMLOS 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 06:30AMTuesday, August 19, 2025
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 12:03PMFollowing 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 10:22AMBen 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 06:30AMThose 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 06:15AMMonday, August 18, 2025
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 11:46AMSaturday, August 16, 2025
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 08:00AMLOS 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 06:30AMFriday, August 15, 2025
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 07:30AMHere 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 06:45AMCarl 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 06:30AMThursday, August 14, 2025
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 06:05AMWednesday, August 13, 2025
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 02:24PMThrillers, 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 07:00AMFor 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 06:15AMTuesday, August 12, 2025
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 
