Arts Aug 30 ‘Tenet’ launches with $53M in overseas gambit at box office Warner Bros.' “Tenet” — the most hotly anticipated movie of the year and the one that has repeatedly positioned itself to lead the return of multiplex moviegoing — opened with an estimated $53 million overseas in 41 markets, including most…
Arts Aug 13 AMC to offer 15-cent tickets on first day of reopening AMC Theatres, the nation's largest movie theater chain, will reopen in the U.S. on Aug. 20 with retro ticket prices of 15 cents per movie.
Arts Jul 31 In an upside-down summer, ‘Jaws,’ ‘E.T.’ are hits again When historians look back on the top films at the box office in the summer of 2020, they may feel like they’ve slipped into a time warp, or maybe “Back to the Future.”…
Arts Jul 23 Movie theaters implore studios to release the blockbusters Recent coronavirus spikes have forced release dates to shuffle and chains to postpone reopening to August. Now, movie houses are saying that despite far from ideal circumstances, it's time for new movies. Four months of near zero revenue has brought…
Arts Jul 20 Christopher Nolan’s ‘Tenet’ delayed indefinitely by virus Nolan, a staunch advocate for the big-screen experience, has strenuously hoped that "Tenet" could lead the resumption of nationwide and global moviegoing. …
Health Jul 02 Coronavirus cases are rising in 40 of 50 U.S. states Nebraska and South Dakota were the only states outside the Northeast with a decrease in cases. But those states are also recording higher positive test rates. …
Health Jul 02 U.S., South Africa report new record coronavirus rises The United States and South Africa have both reported record new daily coronavirus infections.
Health Jul 01 Cases spike in Sunbelt, other states back off on reopening Arizona recorded more coronavirus deaths, infections and emergency-room admissions in a single day than ever before in a rapidly deepening crisis Wednesday across the Sunbelt that sent a shudder through other parts of the country…
Arts Jun 22 Director Joel Schumacher dies at 80 Schumacher shepherded the Brat Pack to the big screen in “St. Elmo's Fire” and steered the Batman franchise into its most baroque territory in “Batman Forever” and “Batman & Robin.”…
Arts Jun 10 HBO Max removes ‘Gone With the Wind,’ will add context HBO Max has temporarily removed "Gone With the Wind" from its streaming library in order to add historical context to the 1939 film long criticized for romanticizing slavery and the Civil War-era South.