Movies

4/4 stars  “Dune” Warner Brothers Directed by Denis Villeneuve Rated PG-13 (some disturbing images; sequences of strong violence, suggestive material) 155 minutes Now playing at Laemmle Newhall and Regal Edwards Valencia   A

1 star  “Halloween Kills” Universal Pictures Directed by David Gordon Green Rated R (language/grisly images/some drug use/strong bloody violence) 105 minutes  When it was announced in 2017 that the talented director

If you’re of a certain age, as I am, you might remember drive-in movies, a place where you could enjoy a double feature from the comfort of your car’s front

A good biopic can be judged by a fairly simple rubric: If you know nothing about the subject matter going in, is the movie still an interesting and well-told story? The best person to judge an

Toward the end of the new musical “Dear Evan Hansen,” Julienne Moore sings  “So Big/So Small,” a lament for the difficulty of parenthood and especially single parenthood. It’s the best

On a recent podcast, Quentin Tarantino mused about how the creative reputations of aging film directors would have been improved if they had just stopped directing before