The main takeaway from the remake of the 1987 Goldie Hawn-Kurt Russell rom-com “Overboard” is simple: Why? The whole endeavor is an exercise in trying to do too many things — rehash a nostalgic property, propel Mexican film star Eugenio Derbez to mainstream stardom, revive Anna Faris’ film career...

Weekend Picks for May 3-6, 2018: Quetzal at the Soraya; "Blues in the Night" at the Wallis; Pasadena Symphony's season finale; Angélique Kidjo and Meshell Ndegeocello in downtown L.A.; pianist André Watts with Pacific Symphony; LCD Soundsystem at the Hollywood Bowl; "School of Rock" at the Pant..

Actress Anna Camp has occasionally had to reassure little girls she meets that she’s not a scary person. They mistake her for Aubrey, the character she plays in the “Pitch Perfect” film franchise, the tightly wound leader of the a-cappella singing group the Barden Bellas, who has an unfortunate...

Center Theatre Group bets big on the playwright behind "M. Butterfly" and the composer behind "Fun Home." Their new project's audacious story: 100 years in the future, China has stepped up to the lead the world because America has collapsed.

John Luther Adams is a composer who has come out from the cold. Los Angeles and its lost horizons, I’m afraid, are what first drove him into frigid isolation. Suburban sprawl, environmental negligence and the emphasis on careerism were unfortunate turnoffs from being among the first students at...

Outside a Manhattan rehearsal studio, Francis Jue is seated on the floor, alone, script in hand. The actor who’s playing the character DHH — David Henry Hwang — is going over new lines for “Soft Power,” and soon a sea of Asian American faces surrounds him in the hallway as cast members spill out...

Norwegian director Harald Zwart has been a reliable Hollywood hand for nearly two decades, helming undistinguished action-comedies like “The Pink Panther 2” alongside the occasional winner like 2010’s “The Karate Kid.” But he’s never worked on anything as accomplished or as personal as “The 12th...

The tedious, derivative supernatural thriller “Gehenna: Where Death Lives” gets off to such a strong start that it takes a while to grasp just how dire the movie actually is. Between its splashy opening scene — depicting a gruesome tribal ritual — and the credits’ promise of appearances by genre...

A man who says he’s the great-grandson of “Three Stooges” actor Moe Howard accused the late former Paramount Pictures Chairman and Chief Executive Brad Grey of raping him and threatening to ruin his budding entertainment industry career. In a lawsuit filed Tuesday in New York State Supreme Court,....