Tim McGraw roars back with “Standing Room Only” and the “Mandalorian” spin-off “Star Wars: Ahsoka” are among the new television, movies, music and games headed to a device near you Among the offerings worth your time as selected by The Associated Press’ entertainment journalists are “The Eight Mountains,” a soul-stirring Italian epic of male friendship, and the return of Adam …
Any time a movie studio tries to adapt a beloved property, it plays a dangerous game: one where they could win millions of dollars from devoted fans, or alienate them entirely. Yet somehow, Honor Among Thieves manages to zero in on players’ energy, if not their specifics. Our heroes, from Chris Pine’s bard Edgin to Justice Smith’s sorcerer Simon, form …
Regé-Jean Page, left, Michelle Rodriguez, Chris Pine, Sophia Lillis and Justice Smith wade through a mound of skeletons in “Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves.” “Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves” begins with actor Chris Pine begging for a second chance. The last high-profile stab at turning the popular tabletop role-playing game into a feature film, 2000’s New Line Cinema …
Official attempts to wring film and television artistry out of the “Dungeons & Dragons” property have been a dice roll. And that’s about it, unless one goes back to the early-to-mid ’80s and the very fine “Dungeons & Dragons” animated series, a show whose characters were as colorful as their costumes. “Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves” launched this year’s …