Director Ron Howard provides an understated chronicle of heroic real-life events in the
absorbing dramatization “Thirteen Lives.” While a bit of off-color dialogue
precludes endorsement for young viewers, the value of the film’s portrait of humanity at its best makes it
acceptable for older adolescents.
Movie & Television Reviews
Movie Review: ‘Predator’ prequel hunts for ‘Prey’
It’s not often that a prequel carries a story back by centuries. Yet such is the case with the intriguing but sanguinary sci-fi action film “Prey” (20th Century/Hulu, beginning Aug. 5).
Movie Review: ‘Easter Sunday’
The dialogue in Ken Cheng and Kate Angelo’s script, moreover, lapses into coarseness frequently enough to mark “Easter Sunday” as off-limits to kids. Older attendees will likely enjoy the occasional chuckle. But this mostly amiable production won’t make much of an impression on them.
Movie Review: ‘Bullet Train’
Look for: A high-gloss production and witty dialogue. Look out for: Excessive gory violence, gruesome images, pervasive vulgar language, a few profanities, some premarital sensuality and sexual humor.
Venice Film Festival will feature documentary on Pope Francis’ travels
Pope Francis will be featured in a new documentary premiering at this year’s Venice Film Festival; the film covers his near decade of travel, with visits to almost 60 countries.
TV REVIEW: ‘D.B. Cooper: Where Are You?!’
Over the past 50 years, D.B. Cooper has become one of the most famous aliases in history. Yet it was really under the name Dan Cooper that a still-unidentified man carried out the mysterious hijacking — and getaway — that have since made him the stuff of legend.
MOVIE REVIEW: ‘Nope’
The inclusion of grimly ironic material makes “Nope” challenging fare even for grown-ups.
TV REVIEW: ‘The Last Movie Stars’
It’s remarkable that storied actor Paul Newman’s union with fellow star Joanne Woodward endured for 50 years and only ended with his 2008 death from lung cancer, age 83.
MOVIE REVIEW: ‘Paws of Fury: The Legend of Hank’
Bathroom humor reaches new heights — make that depths — in “Paws of Fury: The Legend of Hank” (Paramount), an animated martial-arts spoof with a most unlikely provenance.
TV REVIEW: ‘Chloe’
Unappealing and implausible, the series “Chloe” is now streaming on Amazon Prime in six one-hour episodes.
MOVIE REVIEW: Thor: Love and Thunder
Tongue-in-cheek humor paces the vivid action in “Thor: Love and Thunder” (Disney), the third direct sequel to the Marvel Comics-based franchise’s 2011 original.
MOVIE REVIEW: ‘Elvis’
Wise men say only fools rush in — and skip seeing “Elvis” (Warner Bros), a highly entertaining, turbocharged biography of a music legend.