Stage & Screen

Movies playing at Harkins Theatres, 7202 Pav Way, Prescott Valley (Highway 69 between Glassford Hill and Lake Valley roads).

It's pretty clear after watching the new live-action "Aladdin" that doubts about Will Smith's casting as the Genie are overblown. It's the guy behind the camera who should be doubted. And stuffed into a small lamp forever.

"Brightburn " is a one idea movie. What if a baby from another planet crash lands on earth and is adopted and raised by a nice childless couple living on a farm?

The insanely winning "Booksmart" boasts too many breakthroughs to count. There are the two leads, Kaitlyn Dever and Beanie Feldstein, both of whom we've seen before but not like this.

Archie Bunker is coming back to prime-time network TV and he might look a little different to viewers — even if what he says is exactly the same.

Movies playing at Harkins Theatres, 7202 Pav Way, Prescott Valley (Highway 69 between Glassford Hill and Lake Valley roads).

Movies can be blessedly simple. As the first "John Wick" showed, all you really need is a car, a gun, a dead dog and Keanu Reeves. Who needs "kiss kiss" when you've got plenty of "bang bang"?

"The Sun Is Also a Star " is a beautiful looking film. The TV stars Yara Shahidi of "grown-ish" and Charles Melton of "Riverdale" are beautiful. New York City is beautiful. Even the MTA is (kind of) beautiful.

The Autobots have been waging their battle to destroy the evil forces of the Decepticons for 35 years, but there's no sign the men who voice the Transformers franchise's two most iconic characters would ever take up ion blasters or fusion cannons against each other.

Scorched by a dragon, overrun by enemy soldiers and its buildings reduced to rubble, King's Landing, the capital city in "Game of Thrones," seems destroyed for good. But history suggests that the city could rise again.

In 2006, TV critics swooned over "30 Rock," part of a new breed of comedy that dared to fly without a laugh track and whose ranks included "Arrested Development," ''The Office" and "Everybody Hates Chris."

Everything else that's happening in the Prescott area, May 10-19, 2019.

There's something irreconcilable about "Poms ," a movie about women in a retirement community who start a cheerleading club.

Jazz Fusion pianist and composer Dr. Kaveh Karandish is returning to Prescott for a concert this weekend at the Elks Theatre and Performing Arts Center.

It's got an adorable hero from an iconic media brand who is voiced by a proven box office master at snark.

Movies playing at Harkins Theatres, 7202 Pav Way, Prescott Valley (Highway 69 between Glassford Hill and Lake Valley roads).

The New Mexico State Film Office announced April 29 that Sony Pictures recently completed filming on the Navajo Nation (Shiprock region) on the next chapter in the blockbuster Jumanji franchise.

If you've heard anything about the film "Booksmart," you've probably also heard the words "female 'Superbad'." The high school comedy is about two best friends over the course of one epic 24-hour period.

Sir Elton John gave actor Taron Egerton some unlikely advice for portraying him in "Rocketman": Don't do an impression. Sing the songs the way you want.

It's got an adorable hero from an iconic media brand who is voiced by a proven box office master at snark. But, somehow, "Pokémon Detective Pikachu" never really gets arresting.

Celebrate Cinco de Mayo with the band Summa Totius, made up of Drew Hall, Anton Teschner, Gigi Gonaway and Mahlon Hawk.

Closing out Prescott Center for the Arts’ 2018-19 season is “Wait Until Dark” on Stage Too, directed by Catherine Miller Hahn.

The universe belongs to Marvel. "Avengers: Endgame" shattered the record for biggest opening weekend with an estimated $350 million in ticket sales domestically and $1.2 billion globally, reaching a new pinnacle in the blockbuster era that the comic-book studio has come to dominate.

Everything else that's happening in the Prescott area, May 3-12, 2019.

Folk sessions is celebrating Pete Seeger’s 100th birthday and his nearly 70 years as a performer with a show Friday, May 3, at the Center for Spiritual Living.