Category Archives: Variety

‘Den of Thieves 2: Pantera’ Review: Gerard Butler, the King of the January Box Office, Elevates His Blasted-Cop-Meets-Heist Movie Into a Franchise
Butler's brusque, beady-eyed, scowling-hulk charisma has aged well. A quick-fire actor in a caveman's body, he has the ability to lift a piece of pulp so that it almost seems like a real movie.
Owen Gleiberman Jan 09, 2025

Dozens of Hotels in San Diego, Santa Barbara and More Cities Offer Discounted Rates for Families, Pets Amid Los Angeles Fires: Full List
Amid the ongoing wildfires in Los Angeles, multiple surrounding cities are doing what they can to help. The city of San Diego and the tourism community have worked together to offer a safe place to st...
Emily Longeretta Jan 09, 2025

‘Oceans Are the Real Continents’ Review: A Lush and Lyrical Vision of Contemporary Cuba in Black and White
There is a ravishing kind of beauty in Tommaso Santambrogio's lyrical triptych of contemporary Cuban life, "Oceans Are the Real Continents." With black and white cinematography that privileges an exac...
Peter Debruge Jan 09, 2025

‘Every Little Thing’ Review: Tiny Hummingbirds Carry Big Lessons in Nature-Meets-Nurture Documentary
The slow-motion footage in "Every Little Thing" of hummingbirds captured in flight, or beak deep in a flowering bud or hovering at 50 beats per second are awe-nudging. Director Sally Aitken's nature d...
Peter Debruge Jan 09, 2025

‘Laws of Man’ Review: U.S. Marshals Chase Their Tails in a Lukewarm Cold War Thriller
Ambition outstrips expertise in writer-director Phil Blattenberger's "Laws of Man," whose serpentine plot winds up seeming a wild goose chase - one whose execution should have been, well, wilder. Acti...
Dharv2014 Jan 09, 2025

Megan Thee Stallion Is Granted a Restraining Order Against Tory Lanez
Megan Thee Stallion has been granted a five-year restraining order against incarcerated rapper Tory Lanez, with an expiration date of Jan. 9, 2030. Megan claims Lanez (real name Daystar Peterson) has ...
Thania Garcia Jan 09, 2025

Alec Baldwin Files Civil Rights Lawsuit Against Santa Fe Officials Over ‘Rust’ Prosecution
Alec Baldwin has filed a civil rights suit against the district attorney and other officials in Santa Fe, N.M., alleging that he was wrongfully prosecuted for manslaughter in the accidental shooting o...
Gmaddaus Jan 09, 2025

U.K. Government Vows to ‘Tackle Greedy Ticket Touts’ With Clampdown on Resales
The U.K. government has vowed to reform the market for ticket resales in a bid to "tackle greedy ticket touts and give power back to fans." The government is launching a public consultation on live ev...
K.J. Yossman Jan 09, 2025

‘John Cranko’ Review: Sam Riley Gives a Bravura Performance in Accomplished Ballet Biopic
There have been relatively few biopics about choreographers, but it's hard to think of a better one than "John Cranko," about the late South African who made his name in England and Germany. Steering ...
Dharv2014 Jan 09, 2025

Anita Bryant, Pop Singer, Florida Oranges Pitchwoman and Anti-Gay Rights Crusader, Dies at 84
Anita Bryant, a former beauty queen and pop singer of the 1960s whose career led her to become a spokesperson for Florida oranges in the early ’70s and an evangelical crusader against gay rights...
Chris Willman Jan 09, 2025