“Looked at my kingdom, I was finally there/To sit on my throne as the Prince of Bel-Air.” We all know the opening credits of “The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air” by…

There aren’t many women who can steal a pop princess’ thunder without even trying. But, as Britney Spears discovered at her New Year’s Eve soiree in Las Vegas, extending an…

An unpredictably weird and delightful sex comedy, “The Overnight” has a sly take on contemporary coupledom. Written and directed by Patrick Brice, who was once a festival driver here in…

Rookie filmmakers Jarrad Paul and Andrew Mogel delivered a charmer with their bromance “The D-Train,” which stars Jack Black as Daniel, an anally-retentive Pittsburgh man trying and failing to round…

The slow-burning, pretentious and mostly insufferable Fox Searchlight drama “True Story” reeks of a film made for Oscars that simply isn’t good enough to make much of an impression (it’s…

As soon as it opened back in September, “You Can’t Take It With You” became the funniest show on Broadway. The wildly talented ensemble took hold of Kaufman and Hart’s…

The eerie, chilling period film “The Witch,” set in 1630s Massachusetts, falls uneasily between psychological drama and horror, so its commercial prospects seem limited. Nevertheless, it’s a directorial calling card…

Nina Simone was a flinty, complex, exasperating woman and her life proves as riveting as her songs in the Liz Garbus-directed Netflix documentary “What Happened, Miss Simone?” which opened the…

The stars of tomorrow have to start today, and in days of yore, a good place for talented kids to get their first exposure was on “The Mickey Mouse Club.”…

Paula Abdul is returning to Fox. The former “American Idol” judge will join “So You Think You Can Dance” as a judge for the show’s 12th season, along with new…