Movies

For the first time in 20 years, the house in the 1982 film ‘Fast times at Ridgemont High’ is back on the market.

Liam Neeson’s thriller “Honest Thief” stole the top spot at the box office in yet another quiet weekend of moviegoing.

After news that Regal Cinemas was set to shutter all U.S. locations Thursday, the chain confirmed that some California locations would remain open for now. Regal Cinemas said it would temporarily suspend movie-screening at all 536 of its theaters in the United States after revenue losses amid the coronavirus pandemic. Seven locations in California are to stay open.

Actress and comedian Margaret Cho is back on screen with her new movie “Faith Based,” a satire about the Christian film industry. The comedian joins LX News to talk about the movie, the importance of independent film and why you should vote in November.

Movie studios making big-budget films will incur millions of dollars in losses because they lack racial, cultural or other diversity among their films’ casts and crews, according to a study released Tuesday by researchers from UCLA. Researchers with the UCLA-based Center for Scholars and Storytellers estimate that large-budget films — those with budgets totaling $159 million or more — will…

Fans will have to wait longer… much longer… to see Robert Pattison don his cowl. The caped crusader became the latest COVID-19 victim after it was announced Tuesday the highly anticipated reboot “The Batman” was being pushed to 2022.

Luis Miranda, the father of “Hamilton” creator Lin-Manuel, and filmmaker John James joined LX News to discuss their new HBO documentary “Siempre, Luis,” which tells Miranda’s life story of moving to the mainland U.S. from Puerto Rico and dedicating his life to helping Latino communities.

Connecticut father Dan Presser and his four-year-old daughter Madison are recreating famous movie scenes from iconic films such as “The Wizard of Oz” and “Titanic” to raise money for Feeding America.

Emmy-winning actress Laverne Cox pulled back the curtain on “Bad Hair” on Hulu, her new horror-comedy about a haunted hair weave, which she says recounts the horror of white supremacy and false beauty standards for Black women.

“Teen Wolf” actress Holland Roden stars in a new horror movie, “Follow Me,” that was inspired by the real-life dangers of massive social media fame. Roden, meanwhile, is teaching her own followers about the joys of van life.

Date night at the movies is woven into the very fabric of Americana. It’s a tradition that dates back to … well, the advent of movie theaters. But like many traditions in 2020, the movie-going experience came to a grinding halt as theaters across the country shuttered because of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Janelle Monae says she “felt so much rage and anger” when she stepped onto a former slave plantation for the first time to film the psychological thriller “Antebellum.”

British actress Diana Rigg, who became a 1960s style icon as secret agent Emma Peel in TV series “The Avengers,” has died

With U.S. movie theaters closed for months, the film industry was forced to pivot during the pandemic. LX’s Ngozi Ekeledo talked to film critic Alison Willmore about the future of big blockbusters, streaming wars and VOD releases post COVID-19.

When Newark, N.J.-based filmmaker Ayana Stafford-Morris decided to start a pop-up drive-in movie theater, she realized that only a tiny number of the movies available for drive-in venues featured Black directors or casts. So she decided to change that.

Actor Jun Yu, who appears as the character Cricket in the live-action version of “Mulan,” joined LX News to talk about his “life-changing” experience filming Disney’s remake of the iconic film.

Actor Philip Winchester stopped by LX News to talk about his latest action thriller “Rogue,” which stars Megan Fox as a ruthless mercenary who leads a team of soldiers to help rescue hostages in remote Africa.

The film “Breaking Fast” explores an LGBTQ relationship with a Muslim character as the protagonist and is receiving much acclaim. We had a chance to chat with starring actors Haaz Sleiman and Michael Cassidy, who pull back curtain on the award-winning movie.

Dayo Okeniyi plays the historical character Shields Green in “Emperor,” which he described as a “fairy tale retelling” of the pre-Civil War slave rebellion at Harpers Ferry. Okeniyi joined LX News to talk about why the movie is more relevant today than he ever expected.

There’s a lot to figure out across the entire film business. An industry that prizes creativity, however, is coming up with innovative ways to adapt, NBC News reports.