By Jake Coyle/AP Film Writer Emotional abuse rarely gets the subtle, sensitive treatment on screen as it does in Mary Nighy’s thoughtful if uneven drama “Alice, Darling,” starring Anna Kendrick. At first, […]
Unique baddie in “Alice, Darling”
“Mouse House” lost its way?
By Jake Coyle/AP Film Writer NEW YORK (AP) – Abigail E. Disney has been critical of the company that bears her name before. But for the first time, Disney, the granddaughter of […]
“Bullet Train” crashes, not Pitt
By Jake Coyle/AP Film Writer Aboard the speeding locomotive of “Bullet Train” ride at least five assassins, one venomous reptile (a snake on the train), countless glib Guy Ritchie-esque slo-mo action sequences, […]
Minions run wild in “Rise of Gru”
By Jake Coyle/AP Film Writer For a not small segment of the audience for “Minions: Rise of Gru,” only one thing really needs to be said. The Minions are in it. That’s […]
OC native is the “new Elvis”
By Jake Coyle/AP Film Writer On the day of Austin Butler’s final screen test for “Elvis,“ director Baz Luhrmann threw everything at him. Butler had spent five months building up to that […]
“Lightyear” movie is a buzzkill
By Jake Coyle/AP Film Writer “In 1995, Andy got a toy from his favorite movie. This is that movie.” So begins “Lightyear,” a new Pixar release that takes a meta approach to […]
“CODA” and “Dog” Oscar faves
By Lindsey Bahr and Jake Coyle AP Film Writers Ahead of the 94th Academy Awards, Associated Press Film Writers Lindsey Bahr and Jake Coyle share their predictions for major categories in a […]
Is “The Batman” too serious?
By Jake Coyle/AP Film Writer Batman, never a day person, is plunged into perpetual night in Matt Reeves’ nocturnal, nihilist, neo-noir take on the Caped Crusader. Reeves’ three-hour-long “The Batman” includes plenty […]
“Uncharted” has a familiar path
By Jake Coyle AP Film Writer Goonies never say die, and neither do some of their storylines. “Uncharted,“ a new movie based on the PlayStation video game, cribs heavily from adventures like […]
A dull “Death on the Nile”
By Jake Coyle/AP Film Writer Kenneth Branagh’s Agatha Christie adaptation “Death on the Nile” begins with a flashback to the trenches of World War I before shifting to 1930s London two decades […]
