Film News

NEW YORK (AP) — The new comedy “Champions” stars Woody Harrelson and Kaitlin Olson, but the veteran actors have tough competition for the spotlight with some charismatic newcomers.

TORONTO — When the Canadian filmmakers behind “BlackBerry” set out to make a feature-length movie about the beloved smartphone’s meteoric rise and fall, they weren’t necessarily interested in getting all the facts right.

TORONTO — Daniel Roher, director of the Oscar-nominated documentary about imprisoned Russian opposition leader Aleksei Navalny, says that he’s far more interested in keeping Navalny breathing than he is in promoting his film.

In “Scream VI,” the psychotic, knife-wielding serial killer known as Ghostface is set loose on the streets of New York City. Yawn.

For anyone holding on to some latent hope that Idris Elba will be the next James Bond, I have some bad news: “ Luther: The Fallen Sun ” puts (another) nail in that very firmly sealed coffin.

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Angela Bassett has a presence that feels warm and inviting but also demands your respect.

TORONTO — Anthony Shim says it hasn't fully settled in yet that his semi-autobiographical film "Riceboy Sleeps" has won one of the biggest film prizes in Canada.

TORONTO — The Oscar-nominated documentary "Fire of Love" begins with archival footage of two tiny figures venturing across a frozen tundra towards an active volcano.

TORONTO — Canadian costume designers for a “Star Trek” spinoff and a Guillermo del Toro horror anthology are among the winners of the CAFTCAD Awards.

“ Creed III ” punched above its weight at the domestic box office in its first weekend in theaters.