Movies

January 7, 2026 at 6:37 a.m.

Warner Bros. Discovery said that its board determined Paramount’s offer isn’t in the best interests...

Dwayne Johnson, left, shares a laugh with Kevin Hart at the Golden Globes first-time nominee celebration on Wednesday, Dec. 17, 2025, at The Maybourne Beverly Hills in Beverly Hills, Calif. (AP Photo/Chris Pizzello)

The Golden Globes are this week. Here’s what to know about the first major show of awards season

January 6, 2026 at 11:16 a.m.

The show airs live at 8 p.m. Eastern on CBS and streams live on Paramount+.

Sean “Diddy” Combs attends the 2022 Billboard Music Awards at MGM Grand Garden Arena on May 15, 2022, in Las Vegas. (Frazer Harrison/Getty Images North America/TNS)

Diddy’s 2 sons break their silence with a new doc

By Tribune News Service

December 30, 2025 at 10:51 a.m.

A trailer dropped for an unnamed project set to stream on The Zeus Network.

Ralph Fiennes as Dr. Henry Guthrie in “The Choral,” a new film by writer Alan Bennett and director Nicholas Hytner. (Photo by Nicola Dove / courtesy of Sony Pictures Classics)

In ‘The Choral,’ Ralph Fiennes and a war-weary English town seek peace in music

December 22, 2025 at 1:02 p.m.

The British film sees writer Alan Bennett and director Nicholas Hytner team up for the...

FILE – Oscar statuettes appear backstage at the Oscars at the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles on Feb. 28, 2016. (Photo by Matt Sayles/Invision/AP, File)

‘Sinners,’ ‘Wicked: For Good,’ ‘KPop Demon Hunters’ advance in Oscars shortlists

December 16, 2025 at 11:50 a.m.

The lists will narrow to five when final nominations are announced on Jan. 22.

Taylor Swift performs during The Eras Tour at SoFi Stadium in Inglewood on Monday, August 7, 2023. (Photo by Drew A. Kelley, Contributing Photographer)

Taylor Swift takes over LA with Swifties speculating what it means

December 8, 2025 at 1:01 p.m.

The Disney+ branded photo op promotes the pop star's docuseries “The End of an Era”...

Sophia Sloan plays Aurora, the young girl who hires Mads Mikkelsen, the Intriguing Neighbor, to kill the monster that lives under her bed in writer-director Bryan Fuller’s “Dust Bunny.” (Photo courtesy of Roadside Attractions)

In ‘Dust Bunny,’ Mads Mikkelsen hunts the monster under a little girl’s bed

December 8, 2025 at 8:25 a.m.

Mikkelsen reconnects with writer-director Bryan Fuller, who created the Mikkelsen-starring 'Hannibal' TV series, for a...

The water tower at the Warner Bros. Studios lot

What Netflix’s acquisition of Warner Bros. means for the movies

December 5, 2025 at 12:07 p.m.

One of the remaining 'big five' studios, Warner Bros. is an essential part of movie...

The Lido in Newport Beach is art deco inside and out. (Photo by Bob Hodson).

See 12 days of Christmas movies at Newport Beach’s historic Lido Theater

December 5, 2025 at 9:43 a.m.

If you want to have an old-fashioned Christmas, then head to the Art Deco-style historic...

Disney+ is celebrating the 35th anniversary “Home Alone” this month with celebrations that include a plan to build the largest gingerbread house ever made. The gingerbread house planned for the corner of Hollywood and Vine in Hollywood will look this rendition and be officially submitted to qualify for the Guiness world record book. (Photo courtesy of Walt Disney Studios)

Disney+ celebrates ‘Home Alone’ at 35 with a world-record gingerbread house in LA

December 11, 2025 at 9:26 p.m.

The movie will also be celebrated with Prince St. Pizzas paying tribute to the fictional...

Netflix to acquire Warner Bros. studio and streaming business for $72 billion

December 5, 2025 at 12:26 p.m.

The acquisition, announced Friday, would bring two of the industry’s biggest players in film and...

Weekend guests get a shock in the new comedy “Fackham Hall.” The spoof on English period dramas opens Friday, Dec. 5, 2025. (Photo courtesy of Bleecker Street)

‘Fackham Hall’ director reveals why the film spoof removed four great jokes

December 2, 2025 at 12:29 p.m.

Director Jim O'Hanlon's film looks like 'Downton Abbey' or 'Gosford Park' but sounds like 'The...

Seasonal movie deals stretch beyond Black Friday at theaters across Southern California.
(Photo by Jakub Porzycki/NurPhoto via Getty Images)

5 Southern California theaters offering holiday deals beyond Black Friday

By Holly Alvarado

November 29, 2025 at 4:49 p.m.

Grab a girl dinner and catch "Love Actually," score promo deals when purchasing gift cards,...

Map of “Wicked: For Good” events happening in Southern California. (Carolyn Burt, SCNG)

‘Wicked: For Good’ food, booze, merch and events around Southern California

November 20, 2025 at 8:01 a.m.

From "Wicked" themed cocktails, to places to see costumes from the film, here's your guide...

This product image released by Criterion shows “The Wes Anderson Archive,” a box set of ten films by the filmmaker. (Criterion via AP)

This gift guide for movie lovers ranges from candles and pj’s to books for babies and adults

November 24, 2025 at 1:01 p.m.

Here are a few of our favorite finds this holiday season.

A “Jackass” pop-up art exhibit, featuring work from over 40 artists, will take place at the Complex gallery on Fairfax from Nov. 14 to 16. (Courtesy of Complex)

A free ‘Jackass’ art show is headed to LA Nov. 14-16

November 14, 2025 at 1:01 p.m.

The art show features work from over 40 artists, including John Waters, Steve-O, Spike Jonze,...

Airbnb partners with “Wicked: For Good” on Elphaba’s Retreat experience in Thousand Oaks, California. (Courtesy of Airbnb)

Want to join Cynthia Erivo in her ‘Wicked’ treehouse for tea? Airbnb is giving hopefuls a shot

November 12, 2025 at 7:01 a.m.

Fans can enter to stay at the "Wicked" Thousand Oaks Airbnb with the film's star...

“Bunny” director Ben Jacobson and the film’s star Mo Stark, who are real-life best friends, co-wrote the antic comedy with Stefan Marolachakis. They were photographed in the East Village building where the film was shot on Nov. 6, 2025. (Photo by Lucas Seitz Miller / Contributing Photographer)

‘Bunny’ filmmakers describe turning an actual apartment building into a film set

November 11, 2025 at 9:58 a.m.

"Bunny" director Ben Jacobson and the film's star Mo Stark, who are real-life best friends,...

DeForest Kelley, left, William Shatner, center, and Leonard Nimoy are seen in the 1982 movie “Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan.” Shatner, now 94, will present a screening of that movie at the Grove of Anaheim on Friday, Nov. 14, 2025 after which he’ll talk and take questions from the audience. (Photo by Paramount Pictures)

Why ‘Star Trek’ icon William Shatner says to keep your eye on the moon

November 10, 2025 at 3:19 p.m.

The 94-year-old 'Star Trek' legend comes to the Grove of Anaheim for a screening of...

Becky G (pictured performing on the main stage of the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival at the Empire Polo Club in Indio on Friday, April 21, 2023) is the focus of a personal documentary, “Rebbeca,” which will release in theaters for two days on Dec. 10 and 13. (Photo by Drew A. Kelley, Staff Photographer)

Becky G’s ‘Rebbeca’ documentary is headed to the theaters for a limited time

October 30, 2025 at 4:10 p.m.

The film captures the personal journey and climb of the star during the creation of...

If you’re looking for inspiration for costumes you can throw together, here are Halloween costumes from 2025’s biggest pop culture moments. (Photos courtesy of Canva, Patrick Smith, Frazer Harrison, Gonzalo Marroquin via Getty, Frank Franklin II via AP, Emily St. Martin/SCNG.)

Need a Halloween costume? Check out this list inspired by 2025 pop culture

October 28, 2025 at 7:46 a.m.

If you're looking for inspiration for costumes you can throw together (and, naturally, impress your...

Gustavo Dudamel discusses his final season with the LA Philharmonic at the Walt Disney Concert Hall in Los Angeles on Thursday, March 6, 2025. (Photo by Drew A. Kelley, Press-Telegram/SCNG)

Here’s a rare chance to see Gustavo Dudamel and learn about deaf opera

October 24, 2025 at 9:04 a.m.

The conductor will appear at the screening of a film about three deaf musicians from...

Director Gabe Polsky, right, and Patrick McCollom are seen here in a still from Polsky’s new documentary “The Man Who Saves the World?” which explores how several South American indigenous tribes came to believe that McCollum was the man in a prophecy who would help them save the Amazon and thus the world from environmental disaster. (Photo courtesy Gabriel Polsky Productions)

Will this 75-year-old California man save our world, a new documentary asks

October 21, 2025 at 10:49 a.m.

Filmmaker Gabe Polsky was skeptical when he heard about Patrick McCollum. Making his new film...

Bruce Lee, seen here at in “Game of Death,” is the subject of Jeff Chang’s new book “Water Mirror Echo: Bruce Lee and the Making of Asian America.” (Photo by Columbia Pictures / courtesy of Everett Collection)

How Bruce Lee transformed from martial arts star to enduring Asian American icon

October 19, 2025 at 3:42 p.m.

Author Jeff Chang was offered a chance to write about Lee after the success of...

The late actress Diane Keaton (pictured arriving at American Film Institute’s 45th Life Achievement Award Gala Tribute to Diane Keaton at Dolby Theatre on June 8, 2017 in Hollywood, California) will be honored with tribute screenings of her films “Annie Hall” and “Something’s Gotta Give” across 100 AMC Theatres nationwide for one week beginning Friday, Oct. 17. (Photo by Christopher Polk, Getty Images)

Diane Keaton movie staples are returning to AMC Theaters for limited time

October 14, 2025 at 7:18 p.m.

"Annie Hall" and "Something’s Gotta Give" will return to 100 AMC Theatres nationwide for one...

Josh O’Connor stars in Kelly Reichardt’s ’70s-era heist film, “The Mastermind.” (Courtesy of Mubi)

In ‘The Mastermind,’ Kelly Reichardt frames Josh O’Connor as a ’70s antihero

October 14, 2025 at 9:33 a.m.

'If you look back at the '70s and Jack Nicholson and all those leading men,...

FILE – Oscar winners Charles H. Joffe, winner of best picture for “Annie Hall,” left, and Diane Keaton, winner of best actress for “Annie Hall,” poses with presenter Jack Nicholson, and producer Jack Rollins at the Academy Awards in Los Angeles on April 3, 1978. (AP Photo, File)

From ‘Annie Hall’ to ‘Something’s Gotta Give,’ 6 great Diane Keaton films and where to watch them

October 13, 2025 at 10:59 a.m.

It’s no surprise that Keaton played muse to so many, from Woody Allen to Nancy...

Ethan Hawke plays Lorenz Hart in “Blue Moon.” (Photo credit: Sabrina Lantos / Courtesy of Sony Pictures Classics)

Ethan Hawke and Richard Linklater draw on 30 years of friendship for ‘Blue Moon’

October 14, 2025 at 8:13 p.m.

The frequent collaborators reflect on three decades of working together.

In Mary Bronstein’s new film, “If I Had Legs I’d Kick You,” Linda, played by Rose Byrne, is a woman who is exhausted, physically and mentally. (Courtesy of A24)

‘If I Had Legs I’d Kick You’ director Mary Bronstein talks visualizing trauma

October 6, 2025 at 2:27 p.m.

'If I could have put the camera behind her eyeballs, I would have,' says the...

Why many young adults turn on TV or movie subtitles, according to a new poll

October 1, 2025 at 7:31 a.m.

About 4 in 10 adults under 45 use subtitles at least “often” when watching TV...

FILE – The Hollywood Sign is seen in Los Angeles, Thursday, Jan. 9, 2025. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes, file)

Trump takes his tariff war to the movies announcing 100% levies on foreign-made films

September 29, 2025 at 12:38 p.m.

It's unclear what legal basis Trump would claim for imposing the tariffs.

A map of various spots in Los Angeles, Orange County and the Inland Empire that are hosting events for Taylor Swift’s new album “The Life of a Showgirl.” (Photo of Taylor Swift by Drew A. Kelley. Photo of friendship bracelets by Carolyn Burt).

MAP: Taylor Swift’s ‘The Life of a Showgirl’ album release parties in Southern California

September 25, 2025 at 12:16 p.m.

Here’s our guide to album release parties for Taylor Swift’s new album “The Life of...

June Squibb stars as Eleanor in “Eleanor the Great,” the directing debut of actress Scarlett Johansson. (Photo by Anne Joyce, courtesy of Sony Pictures Classics)

Robert Redford influenced Scarlett Johansson’s directing debut, ‘Eleanor the Great’

September 22, 2025 at 3:08 p.m.

The stars June Squibb as a feisty 94-year-old who returns to New York City after...

FILE – Robert Redford attends the premiere of “The Old Man and the Gun” at the Paris Theater on Thursday, Sept. 20, 2018, in New York. (Photo by Charles Sykes/Invision/AP, File)

Robert Redford, Oscar-winning director, actor and indie patriarch, dies at 89

September 16, 2025 at 1:51 p.m.

Robert Redford, the Hollywood golden boy who became an Oscar-winning director, died Tuesday at 89.

Edie Falco and Bill Sage in Hal Hartley’s “Where to Land.”(Courtesy Hal Hartley/Possible Films)

Hal Hartley walked away from making films. ‘Where to Land’ brought him back

September 12, 2025 at 4:43 p.m.

The film lands September 19 at the Lumiere Cinema at the Music Hall 3 in...

Cambodia Town Film Festival co-founders praCh Ly, left, and Caylee So in front of the Art Theatre in Long Beach. The festival returns Sept. 12-14, 2025 (Photo by Scott Varley, Daily Breeze)

Cambodia Town Film Festival returns this weekend

September 11, 2025 at 11:31 a.m.

The 11th annual Cambodia Town Film Festival starts Friday at the Art Theatre in Long...

A remastered ‘The Sound of Music’ is back in theaters

September 11, 2025 at 9:32 a.m.

The hills are alive yet again with 'The Sound of Music' as it opens this...

A general view of the atmosphere at the premiere of Summit Entertainment’s “The Twilight Saga: New Moon” at the Mann Village Theater on Nov. 16, 2009, in Westwood, California. The “Twilight” films will be rereleased in theaters nationwide from October 29-Nov. 2. (Photo by Kevin Winter, Getty Images)

All 5 ‘Twilight’ movies are coming to theaters Halloween week: How to get tickets

September 8, 2025 at 5:00 p.m.

The film saga will be rereleased nationwide for five consecutive days in October.

FILE – Tom Hanks arrives at the 15th Governors Awards Nov. 17, 2024, at The Ray Dolby Ballroom in Los Angeles. (Photo by Jordan Strauss/Invision/AP, File)

Trump celebrates West Point alumni group canceling award ceremony to honor Tom Hanks

September 8, 2025 at 9:26 a.m.

The president called the famous actor “destructive” and “WOKE" in his social media posts.

Monty Python’s John Cleese comes to Southern California including a show at the Grove of Anaheim on Sept. 9 2025 to mark the 50th anniversary of the movie “Monty Python and the Holy Grail.” (Photo courtesy of the artist)

Not Dead Yet! How Monty Python’s John Cleese is celebrating ‘The Holy Grail’ at 50

September 4, 2025 at 9:06 a.m.

Cleese will talk and take questions following a screening of the Monty Python comedy troupe's...

Matthew Broderick in “Ferris Bueller’s Day Off.” (Paramount Pictures/ZUMA Press/TNS)

Column: Teen movies used to be a genre Hollywood took seriously, young audiences too. But good luck finding them in theaters today

By Nina Metz

September 5, 2025 at 9:24 a.m.

Teen movies are a fascinating segment of cinema history.

Fred Hechinger as Skinner and Sebiye Behtiyar as Aishe in “Preparation for the Next Life,” which opens Friday, Sept. 5, 2025. (Photo by Jaclyn Martinez / © 2025 Amazon Content Services LLC. All Rights Reserved)

How director Bing Liu found a ‘unicorn’ for ‘Preparation for the Next Life’

September 3, 2025 at 10:00 a.m.

The outsider romance about undocumented Uyghur immigrant and a troubled young Army vet stars Sebiye...

FILE – Chloe Grace Moretz attends the Louis Vuitton Spring/Summer 2024 womenswear fashion collection presented Monday, Oct. 2, 2023 in Paris. (AP Photo/Vianney Le Caer)

Chloë Grace Moretz and Kate Harrison are married

September 2, 2025 at 11:04 a.m.

They tied the knot in a private ceremony over the Labor Day weekend

FILE – Graham Greene attends a screening of “Antlers” at Regal Essex Crossing on Monday, Oct. 25, 2021, in New York. (Photo by Charles Sykes/Invision/AP, File)

Graham Greene, a trailblazing Indigenous actor best known for ‘Dances with Wolves’, dies at 73

September 2, 2025 at 12:16 p.m.

Greene died Monday in Stratford, Ontario, after a long battle with an unspecified illness.

Kevin Bacon plays Bob Garbinger, the villainous owner of the environmentally hazardous factory in “The Toxic Avenger.” The remake of the original 1984 movie opens in theaters on Friday, Aug. 29, 2025. (Photo courtesy of Yana Blajeva / Legendary Pictures)

How Kevin Bacon became the villain in a revamped ‘The Toxic Avenger’

August 27, 2025 at 12:31 p.m.

Bacon plays the baddie in the remake of the 1984 cult horror comedy from Troma...

André Holland as Roger and DeWanda Wise as Casey are seen here in director Rachael Abigail Holder’s new rom-com “Love, Brooklyn.” (Photo courtesy of Greenwich Entertainment)

How the director of ‘Love, Brooklyn’ made the rom-com about people – and a place

August 27, 2025 at 12:57 p.m.

Director Rachael Abigail Holder wanted to make a movie about people and places she felt...

Two couples seemingly strong marriages go off the rails in the new comedy “Splitsville.” Seen here, left to right, are Michael Angelo Covino, Kyle Marvin, Adria Arjona, and Dakota Johnson. Covino directed and also cowrite the screenplay with Marvin. (Photo courtesy of Neon)

‘Splitsville’ creators share Dakota Johnson and Adria Arjona’s impact on rom-com

August 20, 2025 at 3:11 p.m.

Co-writers Kyle Marvin and Michael Angelo Covino, who also directs, costar as their partners in...

From left, Judd Nelson, Emilio Estevez, Ally Sheedy, Molly Ringwald and Anthony Michael Hall in "The Breakfast Club," 1985. (Universal Pictures/Courtesy Everett Collection)

‘The Breakfast Club’ returning to theaters for 40th anniversary

By Jami Ganz

August 18, 2025 at 11:21 a.m.

A brain, an athlete, a basket case, a princess and a criminal are heading back...

This photo provided by the Royal Mail on Wednesday Aug. 6, 2025 shows a Monty Python Holy Grail stamp issued to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the film. (Royal Mail via AP)

Britain’s Royal Mail celebrates Monty Python with stamps featuring iconic sketches and characters

August 7, 2025 at 11:07 a.m.

The stamps can be pre-ordered and go on sale August 14.

James Caan as Sonny Corleone, right, with Al Pacino as Michael Corleone in a scene from “The Godfather.” (Photo courtesy of Paramount Pictures)

How to get your kids to love the same movies you love

By Andre Mouchard

August 4, 2025 at 11:23 a.m.

What movies did my parents love? No idea. I was never supposed to know what...

Alfred Hitchcock standing by a bush in Hollywood, California, February, 10, 1964. (Photo by Associated Press)

Hitchcock films at the Long Beach Art Theatre in August

August 1, 2025 at 4:10 p.m.

The 100-year-old Long Beach Art Theatre is holding a Hitchcock retrospective with several of the...

Broadway star Sierra Boggess took the stage during the Redlands Bowl Summer Music Festival’s Friday night concert in Redlands on June 23, 2023. (Photo by Watchara Phomicinda, The Press-Enterprise/SCNG)

15 free fun things to do in Southern California in August

July 31, 2025 at 8:14 a.m.

Why stay home this summer because you don't want to spend any money? Here are...

Katie Tidwell, dressed as Spider-Woman, assisted fans at the San Diego Convention Center by directing them to the location for picking up their convention badges. (Nelvin C. Cepeda / The San Diego Union-Tribune)

Photos: First day of Comic-Con 2025

By John Kelley

August 4, 2025 at 11:27 a.m.

Photographer Nelvin C. Cepeda captures the first official day of San Diego Comic-Con on Thursday,...

Tony Armatys, left, Trevor Newton, center, and Wendy Newton, right cosplay as the Thing, Mister Fantastic, and Invisible Woman from “Fantastic Four” at San Diego Comic-Con on Thursday. (Photo by Peter Larsen / Staff)

San Diego Comic-Con: Meet creators, superheroes and cold-case crimefighters

July 24, 2025 at 5:47 p.m.

San Diego Comic-Con kicked off on Thursday with the usual array of cosplayers, comic books,...

Anthony Mackie poses for a portrait to promote “Twisted Metal” during Comic-Con International on Thursday, July 24, 2025, in San Diego. (AP Photo/Chris Pizzello)

Comic-Con 2025: These were some of the celebrity sightings Thursday in San Diego

By Abby Hamblin

July 25, 2025 at 7:50 a.m.

Anthony Mackie, Jo Koy and Elijah Wood were among the actors, comedians and stars of...

On Thursday, Joseph Deckelmeier (l) and Jazzer Reyes (r) posed for a photo opportunity at the King of the Hill booth, just outside the San Diego Convention Center. (Nelvin C. Cepeda / The San Diego Union-Tribune)

Comic-Con 2025: The best things we saw Thursday

By Carlos Rico

July 25, 2025 at 7:53 a.m.

A cosplaying cat, a Nine Inch Nails collaboration and the costume from "Superman" were among...

People ride down the escalator during Preview Night on Wednesday, July 23, 2025 in San Diego, CA. (Meg McLaughlin / The San Diego Union-Tribune)

Comic-Con 2025: The best things we saw at Preview Night

By Carlos Rico

July 23, 2025 at 7:55 p.m.

A LEGO replica of the San Diego Convention Center, "Star Wars" costumes and an inflatable...

Jack Colwell, of Dickenson, TX, reads while hundreds of people wait in line to enter the San Diego Convention Center behind him during Preview Night for the 2025 Comic-Con International convention on Wednesday. (Meg McLaughlin / The San Diego Union-Tribune)

Photos: San Diego Comic-Con Preview Night

By John Kelley

August 4, 2025 at 11:27 a.m.

A look inside and outside the San Diego Convention Center for Comic-Con's Wednesday night opening...

In this undated photo provided by The Alamo Trust, Inc. on Monday, July 21, 2025, shows Pee-wee Herman’s original stunt bike from the 1985 film, “Pee-wee’s Big Adventure,” in San Antonio, Texas. (The Alamo Trust, Inc. via AP)

Pee-wee’s bike is at the Alamo, but not where you think