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Movie Review: A fantasy adventure with riot-grrrl energy in ‘Nimona’

Movie Review: A fantasy adventure with riot-grrrl energy in ‘Nimona’

A powerful, shapeshifting teenage girl and a disgraced knight-in-training suspected of killing a beloved queen are at the heart of “ Nimona ,” a vibrant and irreverent animated adventure set in a futuristic fantasy kingdom.

Film academy welcomes new members to Board of Governors, now 53% female

Actor Lou Diamond Phillips, film executive Hannah Minghella, “The Woman King” screenwriter Dana Stevens and “Summer of Soul” producer David I.
Movie review: Jennifer Lawrence in the raunchy teen comedy 'No Hard Feelings'

Movie review: Jennifer Lawrence in the raunchy teen comedy 'No Hard Feelings'

In a saner world, we would have already had a dozen Jennifer Lawrence comedies.
What it's like to get a Wes Anderson education, from 'Rushmore' to 'Asteroid City'

What it's like to get a Wes Anderson education, from 'Rushmore' to 'Asteroid City'

NEW YORK (AP) — When Tony Revolori, then a 17-year-old with little Hollywood experience, was beginning to shoot Wes Anderson’s “The Grand Budapest Hotel,” Jason Schwartzman took him aside to give some advice.
Graphic designer Art Irizawa became an unlikely TV celebrity as Fuji on 'Super Dave'

Graphic designer Art Irizawa became an unlikely TV celebrity as Fuji on 'Super Dave'

TORONTO — Graphic designer Arthur Irizawa never aspired to be a celebrity before he landed a role on the television comedy "Super Dave" as Japanese stunt co-ordinator Fuji Hakayito.
'The Flash' opens to $55 million, a step off the typical superhero pace

'The Flash' opens to $55 million, a step off the typical superhero pace

DC and Warner Bros.’ long-in-the-works superhero movie “The Flash” opened to $55 million in its first three days in North American theaters, according to studio estimates on Sunday.
Carlos Santana: 'My guitar is my best lover, ever'

Carlos Santana: 'My guitar is my best lover, ever'

NEW YORK (AP) — “Take no prisoners — peacefully,” Carlos Santana sometimes tells his bandmates before taking the stage. “I don’t like to coast. I don’t like to rope-a-dope,” Santana says.
Movie Review: Chris Hemsworth returns in 'Extraction 2,' a gun-for-hire who pulls you completely in

Movie Review: Chris Hemsworth returns in 'Extraction 2,' a gun-for-hire who pulls you completely in

Tyler Rake was clinically dead when we last saw him at the end of “Extraction,” tumbling over a bridge in Bangladesh with a fatal, burbling bullet wound to his neck. But death is no match for Netflix.
Canadian writers picket in support of U.S. counterparts, say there's uncertainty here

Canadian writers picket in support of U.S. counterparts, say there's uncertainty here

TORONTO — More than one hundred Canadian film and TV workers gathered under cloudy skies and sporadic showers to picket in support of striking Hollywood writers Wednesday, warning that many of the labour issues upending U.S.
Hot Docs artistic director Shane Smith latest leader to exit film festival

Hot Docs artistic director Shane Smith latest leader to exit film festival

Hot Docs organizers say artistic director Shane Smith plans to leave the organization after eight years.
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