Movies

It’s hard out here for Snow White. Yes, the character has it rough, losing her parents, targeted by her jealous stepmother who happens to be a witch and an evil queen, poisoned by apples, her only friends seven jewel-mining dwarves. And it’s hard out here for “Snow White” the movie, too, the latest in the live-action remakes that Disney keeps insisting upon making for some reason.

Martin Scorsese’s rueful, poignant 2019 film “The Irishman,” starring longtime collaborator Robert De Niro, was a reflection on (or perhaps even a eulogy for) the kind of gangster film that the pair made famous, like Scorsese saying farewell to the genre, ruminating on what it means to tell stories about men of violence.

As the SpaceX Crew-10 spacecraft prepares for its launch from the Kennedy Space Center next Wednesday, commanded by Spokane’s Col. Anne McClain on her second mission to the International Space Station, what better time than now to look at five great movies about spaceflight.

Move over Mr. and Mrs. Smith, there’s a new sexy spy couple steaming up the silver screen, courtesy of Steven Soderbergh. Say hello to George Woodhouse (Michael Fassbender) and Kathryn St. Jean (Cate Blanchett). In this thrillingly twisty romantic drama inspired by John le Carré, their chemistry might be cerebral, but it is no less carnal. The screenplay is by David Koepp, which marks the ...

A New York federal judge has halted discovery in Justin Baldoni’s $250 million libel lawsuit against The New York Times, for its coverage of Blake Lively’s sexual harassment and smear campaign allegations against her “It Ends With Us” director and co-star.

When asked, actor Matthew Modine is quick to say that no, he did not anticipate that he’d still be talking about “Vision Quest” 40 years after its release.

At first glance, it would seem that the basic concept of the Apple TV+ streaming feature “The Gorge” might be a decent addition to the realm of science-fiction/horror.

Mickey 17 (Robert Pattinson) just won’t die — which is precisely what he’s supposed to do. As the expendable on an outer space expedition to colonize the new planet Nilfheim in 2054, Mickey’s mission as a human lab rat and risk-taker is to die and die again, his body reprinted each day, his memories and personality uploaded to each new iteration, in a sort of body horror “Groundhog Day.” But ...

The Oscars dropped nearly 8% to 18 million viewers Sunday, the first year-to-year decline for the ABC telecast since 2021.

 Another year, another Oscars, 97th in a series, presented live from the Dolby Theatre, on the former site of the Hollywood Hotel, structurally indistinguishable from Oscars that were — pandemic variations notwithstanding — and Oscars that will be. The early starting time — 7 p.m. Eastern instead of the old 8 p.m. ET — merely acknowledges what previous years have already made evident, that the program will not be over in three hours, as indeed it was not. ("If you're still enjoying the show," host Conan O'Brien said near the broadcast's end, "you have something called Stockholm syndrome.")

The 97th Academy Awards are set to kick off March 2 at 7 p.m. ET live from the Dolby Theatre at Ovation Hollywood in Los Angeles. While many critics have tapped “Anora” to win the top prize for best picture, “The Brutalist” and “Conclave are also considered contenders.

Few buildings have as much meaning to the North Side as the Garland Theater. From the classic feel of a theater opened in 1945 to the neon sign that can’t be missed as cars meander down the street it’s named after, little has changed in the nearly 80 years since opening night. But in the continued quest to build upon the sense of community surrounding the Spokane institution, live music and comedy have been added to the Garland’s repertoire.

There’s an enduring appeal to the survival thriller. Stories of daring adventure, freak accidents and the sheer endurance required to survive are reminders of the resilience of the human spirit. But in “Last Breath,” a new film based on the true story of a 2012 diving accident in the North Sea, the humanity of the story is subtly pitched against something more threatening to life itself: mechanized automation.

In 2016, three men escaped from an Orange County jail, and then, out of options, called a cab. The driver who showed up was an elderly Vietnamese man, Long Mã, a divorced war veteran, whom they kidnapped and held hostage during a weeklong ordeal, the trio and their captive evading capture by hiding out in Southern California motel rooms.

Martin Scorsese‘s next film will pack a punch now that Leonardo DiCaprio and Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson have been reportedly attached to star in it.

First, the good news about “The Unbreakable Boy,” a family drama based on the memoir by Scott LaRette: Star Zachary Levi is acting his age. After a few high-profile childlike roles in the past few years in the “Shazam” movies, and “Harold and the Purple Crayon,” it’s a relief to see him as an adult. The film is also a belated confirmation of co-star Meghann Fahy’s absolutely bulletproof star power. That had been confirmed with her turns in “The White Lotus,” “The Perfect Couple” and “The Bold Type” (if you were paying attention), but “The Unbreakable Boy” is a bit of a curious case, a relic from a period just before her breakout.

Blake Lively has amended her sexual harassment lawsuit against her “It Ends With Us” director and co-star Justin Baldoni, now alleging defamation and claiming two other actresses were also made “uncomfortable” by him on the “toxic set.” 

While Indigenous talent has received more recognition recently, no film by a North American Indigenous filmmaker has been nominated for an Oscar in the award’s 97-year history. That changed this year, however, when Julian Brave NoiseCat (Canim Lake Band Tsq’secen) became the first for his documentary “Sugarcane.”

Oz Perkins is working some things out. The “Longlegs” filmmaker is the horror darling of the moment, but he also has a very famous, and very tragic, family history that he’s not afraid to face head-on in his work.