Although billed as a "hilarious" comedy, "The Stand In" turns out to be a whole lot darker than that, offering a rather pointed rumination on the price of fame. This dual-role showcase for Drew Barrymore thus becomes an uneven but interesting showbiz-centric movie -- as if "The Player" got mashed up with "Dave."
Harrison Ford will be grabbing his whip and ramming on his hat for a fifth "Indiana Jones" movie, Disney has confirmed -- a mere 41 years after the first installment, "Raiders of the Lost Ark," was released.
Inclusion is evolving. Hollywood celebs like Elliot Page and Laverne Cox are helping to further educate people about the trans community and representation.
What started as a one-off video for Disney fans turned into one of TikTok's most successful trends. Now, "Ratatouille: A TikTok Musical" is getting as close to Broadway as the pandemic will allow.
"Let Them All Talk" is as breezy as an ocean cruise (pre-Covid), and mostly a welcome excuse to enjoy its three septuagenarian leads -- Meryl Streep, Candice Bergen and Dianne Wiest -- as they banter their way across the Atlantic. Yet director Steven Soderbergh also offers some surprises, steering this polished little film in unexpected directions.
Timing can be everything, and so it is with "The Prom," a splashy, affectionate and even hopeful ode to musicals and love (in that order), whose infectious enthusiasm overcomes any minor sins. The latter includes a few quibbles about the all-star casting, eclipsed by the fact that everyone seems to be having a blast doing it.
Having brought back the live musical event, NBC offers a scaled-back Christmas confection with "Dr. Seuss' The Grinch Musical!" -- a not-live (and not-very-good) stage production, starring Matthew Morrison ("Glee") as you-know-who, or rather, he-knows-Whos.
