Two years ago, the prequel “Minions: The Rise of Gru” prompted me to wonder whether there was much excitement or innovation left for star Steve Carell to mine in his animated alter ego Gru.

‘MaXXXine’ review: 1980s Hollywood is under attack in Ti West’s trilogy finale Director Ti West and fearless actress Mia Goth neatly wrap up their “X” trilogy with a bloody valentine to Tinseltown.

Captured in Argentina and sentenced to hang by Israel’s supreme court in the early 1960s, Holocaust-organizing Nazi Adolf Eichmann’s state-sanctioned killing is pretty justifiable, so Jake Paltrow’s ...

Stevie Nicks embraced her inner Swiftie at the Eras Tour in Dublin, Ireland, over the weekend, receiving a personalized surprise song segment and partying the night away with Swift after the show. The ...

Rob McClure, who originated the musical’s title role, tackles both its joys and criticisms ahead of the Bay Area premiere. Rob McClure as Mrs. Doubtfire roams the Castro in San Francisco on May 29 to ...

Hey Mick: What is your opinion on the appropriate level of sexually explicit scenes in movies and TV? Given some of the more recent trends over the last decade in mainstream cinema (e.g. “ Poor Things ...

Gryffin is scheduled to return home to the Bay Area on Dec. 31 for a New Year’s Eve show at San Francisco’s Fort Mason Center. Photo: Harold Feng/Getty Images Dan Griffith has toured all over the ...

Dakota Johnson stars as Girlie, a woman who talks about her personal life with a New York City taxi driver in “Daddio.” Photo: Phedon Papamichael/Sony Pictures “Daddio” is one of the best movies of ...

The Avett Brothers musical asks: When a whaling voyage goes horribly awry, how far would you go to stay alive? The cast of Berkeley Rep’s “Swept Away”: (front) John Gallagher Jr.; (second row) Cameron ...

Kidman plays a powerful CEO exploring vulnerability and dark sadomasochistic fantasies in Halina Reijn’s new erotic thriller.

Review: Lily Gladstone lifts ‘Fancy Dance,’ set in the Seneca-Cayuga Nation The Oscar-nominated star of “Killers of the Flower Moon” plays a woman suddenly tasked with raising her teenage niece.

Magic Theatre’s world premiere about bird-watching and a disease carrier is gentle to the point of nonevent.