Today’s rom-coms are longer yet emotionally empty. Character development is weaker, emotional pacing is nonexistent and scripts lack earned arcs or meaningful context. A good romantic comedy uses ...

Employers announced 108,435 job cuts in January, the highest tally for the first month of the year since 2009, according to a report out Feb. 5, and a sign employers may be taking defensive steps ...

U.S. employers announced 108,435 layoffs for the month, up 118% from the same period a year ago and 205% from December 2025. The total marked the highest for any January since 2009. At the same time, ...

A YouTuber’s self-financed and self-distributed sci-fi horror film is overturning industry expectations after it made it big at the box office over the weekend. “Iron Lung,” an indie video game ...

Los Angeles Times critic Amy Nicholson searches for meaning: As a kicker, “Melania” observes its central couple politely nodding goodnight after they come home from three inauguration balls, making it ...

I’m from the Once Upon a Time… Life generation. That 80s cartoon series where antibodies were like CIA agents, and flu viruses looked like knife-wielding thugs from the Bronx. I spent far too many ...

The Sundance Film Festival’s last edition in Park City offered a bittersweet chance to take stock of how much the independent film world has changed. There are ways that it can now feel diminished, as ...

Melania Trump's new Amazon MGM documentary — the most expensive in history — is even beating out Jason Statham's new action for a third-place finish behind 'Send Help' and 'Iron Lung' after ...

Directed by Brett Ratner, the documentary shows a woman deeply concerned with her appearance who rarely lets us behind her facade. By Manohla Dargis When you purchase a ticket for an independently ...

The initial Rotten Tomatoes score for Melania Trump's new documentary fell short of her husband's approval ratings, opening at 8%. "Melania" hit theaters nationwide Friday, Jan. 30, following the ...