Movie News & Reviews | The Kansas City Star

Entertainment Modified

With no theaters, film fans find ways to gather virtually

Movie theaters may be closed, but friends are still finding ways to watch together while staying apart thanks to applications like Netflix Party.

Entertainment Modified

Say hello to ‘Trolls,’ farewell to ‘Modern Family’ this week

Two beloved television families are bidding adieu to viewers this week.

Entertainment Modified

New phone-only Quibi aims for bite of digital entertainment

Want to see Chance the Rapper prank Hollywood stars.

Entertainment Modified

Review: A look at offerings on new mobile platform Quibi

The new mobile media platform Quibi may specialize in small, bite-sized videos, but its volume is large.

Entertainment Modified

Canadian actress and activist Shirley Douglas dies at age 86

Shirley Douglas, the impassioned Canadian activist and veteran actress who was mother to actor Kiefer Sutherland and daughter of medicare founder Tommy Douglas, has died at age 86.

Entertainment Modified

Elton John-led concert to re-air; film academy aids workers

An Elton John-led, star-studded benefit concert that raised more than $10 million to battle the coronavirus will be aired again on Fox.

Entertainment Modified

Bayern gives coach Hansi Flick permanent deal through 2023

Bayern Munich has given coach Hansi Flick a new contract through to 2023 after he impressed in what was initially an interim appointment.

Entertainment Modified

Tribeca Film Festival to proceed, in part, online

The Tribeca Film Festival, postponed by the pandemic, is moving some elements of its annual New York event online.

Entertainment Modified

SXSW partners with Amazon to put its film festival online

It’ll be bring-your-own popcorn and the barbecue won’t be as good, but Austin’s SXSW Film Festival is moving online after having its 27th edition canceled by the coronavirus pandemic.

Entertainment Modified

‘Top Gun Maverick’ postponed to December due to coronavirus

Hollywood’s summer movie season is all but finished.

Entertainment Modified

‘Never Rarely’ captures the obstacles of abortion

Even progressively minded movies about abortion have usually focused on the morality of the decision.

Entertainment Modified

‘Wicked’ movie release delayed, ‘Minions’ pushed to 2021

Universal Pictures is shuffling a handful of release dates for its films due to the coronavirus pandemic including pulling “Wicked” from the calendar.

Entertainment Modified

NFL teams rely on tape with virus altering pre-draft routine

NFL teams are having to adjust to a new normal as they prepare for the draft in three weeks without being able to visit prospects for in-person evaluations and interviews.

The documentary looking at Michael Jordan’s last championship season with the Chicago Bulls is set for release nearly two months sooner than expected with no sports to air due to the coronavirus pandemic.

Entertainment Modified

Review: In ‘Slay the Dragon,’ a gerrymandering investigation

The documentary “Slay the Dragon” deftly outlines how redistricting has eroded American democracy and helped usher compromise out of our legislatures.

Entertainment Modified

‘It is brutal’: Hollywood’s rank-and-file on the pandemic

The red carpets are rolled up in storage, the A-listers holed up in mansions, multiplex doors are closed.

Entertainment Modified

The top 10 movies on the iTunes Store

The top 10 movies on the iTunes Store.

Entertainment Modified

‘Ghostbusters,’ ‘Morbius’ postponed to 2021 due to virus

Sony Pictures has cleared out its summer calendar due to the coronavirus, postponing the releases of Jason Reitman’s “Ghostbusters: Afterlife” and the Marvel movie “Morbius” to 2021.

Trending Stories