As titles go, “Incredibles 2” isn’t entirely accurate, but it’s bound to sell more tickets than something called “The Pretty Darned Goods.”
Christopher Lawrence
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Disney might as well have a license to print money.
You know that one pair of jeans you just can’t bear the thought of tossing?
With the NHL season on hold, it’s going to be a while before we can hope to see the Golden Knights again. But there’s still hockey to watch — at least in movie form.
Eleven is greater than eight. It’s also greater than 12 or 13. And, if memory serves, eight is slightly less than 13 but much greater than 12.
“Dietland” is wildly creative and would have fit in nicely on any number of cable channels or streaming services.
The lost-at-sea survival tale “Adrift” is based on a true story, but it plays out like mediocre “Life of Pi” fan fiction that started with the premise “What if Pi were a young woman wearing short shorts and bikinis and the tiger in the boat was an older, hunky Brit?”
Mike Plante’s most impressive title, by far, is senior programmer for the Sundance Film Festival. But that lacks the panache of his new position with the Las Vegas Film Festival.
Maybe — just maybe — there’s such a thing as too much “Star Wars.”
Adaptations are all the rage this summer with new TV series based on novels by Stephen King, J.K. Rowling, Tom Clancy and Gillian Flynn, as well as a Marvel comic book, the movie “Heathers” and the life of Kyle Richards of “The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills.”
Sorting out the annual dog and pony show known as the upfronts.
For those of you still reeling from “Avengers: Infinity War,” Deadpool is back to offer some catharsis.
Paul Blart Mall Cop 2” can stand tall on its Segway. It’s still the worst made-in-Vegas movie I’ve seen.
It’s the biggest television event since the Super Bowl.
The first season of Netflix’s “13 Reasons Why” somehow caught people by surprise.