MIAMI -- Just before the Parkland school massacre in February, a student on his way to the bathroom ran across gunman Nikolas Cruz in a stairwell, pulling a gun out of large black duffel bag.

"He told me you better get out of here. Something bad is about to happen," the student told Broward detectives in a witness statement released by ...Read more

Standing onstage in a packed convention hall, Chris Hardwick introduces the cast and crew of "The Walking Dead" to raucous applause. The comedian and TV host is in his element -- his post behind the podium akin to a throne for this King of the Nerds -- as he peppers the cast with questions while also sharing personal anecdotes.

It's a scene ...Read more

Like an ancient volcano thundering to life, the "Jurassic" realm keeps roaring onto film screens with unexpected energy. The fifth episode in the series, "Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom," is the latest and arguably greatest of all.

It equals many achievements of Steven Spielberg's 1993 breakthrough in computer-animated fantasy and, in smart-...Read more

There's something more than a little redundant about the therapy session that kicks off "Boundaries," considering the movie itself is little more than a clumsy feature-length therapy session.

The client is Laura (Vera Farmiga), a single mom who has gone through life accumulating all manner of stray pets and daddy issues: Filling her cramped ...Read more

The director's chairs on movie sets have not changed all that much when it comes to gender and ethnic diversity, according to a new study from the Directors Guild of America.

The study, which was released Thursday, found that female and minority directors remain a relative rarity. Among the 651 feature films released in 2017 with a box-office ...Read more

"Take Two," which premiered Thursday on ABC, is a likable new series from Terri Edda Miller and Andrew W. Marlowe, late of that network's "Castle," which Marlowe created and for which Miller wrote and produced. Briefly put, it is "Castle" on Opposites Day.

Each series is about a crime-fighting pro reluctantly teamed with an enthusiastic ...Read more

Summer is a time of year when the world has scarcely become accustomed to being alive, with sunny days becoming thunderous, flashing storms in minutes. "Summer 1993," the semi-autobiographical debut feature by writer/director Carla Simon, looks at the season from the quiet, clever perspective of 6-year-old Frida (Laia Artigas, a wonderfully ...Read more

LOS ANGELES -- ABC is moving forward with a spinoff of "Roseanne."

The network announced Thursday that it has given a straight-to-series order to "The Conners," the working title for the show, which would premiere this fall. The season would consist of 10 episodes and is set to air Tuesdays at 8 p.m.

A breakdown of the spinoff provided by the ...Read more

"Damsel" opens against a vast expanse of orange dust and red rock, somewhere in the unsettled American West of the 19th century. The vistas are majestic enough for framing (and cinematographer Adam Stone does the honors nicely), the atmosphere hushed to an almost otherworldly degree. Before long, another beautifully weathered landscape looms ...Read more

MIAMI -- Convicted car thief Dedrick Williams was arrested as a suspect in the murder of rapper XXXTentacion outside a Pompano Beach, Fla., motorcycle shop, the Broward Sheriff's Office announced Thursday.

Williams has been booked into Broward County Main Jail on charges of first-degree murder, driving without a license and violation of ...Read more

Universal Pictures and Amblin Entertainment are hoping to create another box office monster from the DNA of the "Jurassic Park" franchise.

"Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom," the latest in the long-running dinos-eating-people film series, is expected to open with $130 million to $140 million in ticket sales from the U.S. and Canada this weekend, ...Read more

For all the partisan panels and scream-fests that now pass as television news, all the dueling narratives across conspiracy-minded websites, all the social media accounts dedicated to pushing biased agendas no matter the truth or consequences, it was the quiet cries of two distressed children, and the dialogue-free images of dozens more locked ...Read more