LA Times

Tough guy Scott Adkins is the right fit for ‘The Debt Collector’

6 years ago Fiona Watkins
English actor and martial artist Scott Adkins combines raw physical power and everyman charm in ways that can be tricky for filmmakers to showcase properly. His new movie, “The Debt Collector,” isn’t great, but it’s an ideal vehicle for Adkins, who gets to spend almost the entire film cracking...

Fox shareholders to vote on Disney sale July 10, so Comcast needs to hurry

6 years ago Scarlett Newton
21st Century Fox has scheduled a July 10 vote to gain shareholders’ approval for the company’s proposed $52.4-billion sale of key assets to Walt Disney Co. That means Comcast Corp. must work fast if it wants to derail the Disney deal so it can scoop up the prolific 20th Century Fox film and televis..

Ambitious indie thriller ‘Discreet’ offers more mood than story

6 years ago Talia Irvine
With artistic ambitions the size of the Lone Star state, the indie thriller “Discreet” explores a variety of themes — including masculinity, rural closeted life, revenge and conservative anger — all set to a complex soundscape. Director Travis Mathews (“Interior. Leather Bar.”) goes big, making...

Smart, spooky ‘Annihilation’ finds a home-viewing afterlife

6 years ago Fiona Watkins
Rarely do the movie studios give us big-budget science fiction as intelligent, scary and feverishly beautiful as “Annihilation,” Alex Garland’s entrancing thriller about an expedition into the unknown. These days, alas, a smart, imaginative concept, an excellent cast (led by Natalie Portman) and...