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Review: Sunny Sandler is sweet — and sunny — in ‘Don’t Say Good Luck’

"She is gone, but she used to be mine," go the words of Sara Bareilles' poignant and powerful anthem from "Waitress," the quintessential Broadway 11 o'clock number. For musical theater fans, the mere sound of those opening chords is enough to send tear ducts into overdrive. So when at the beginning of "Don't Say Good Luck," high schooler Sophie Birenbaum gets the lead role of Jenna in "Waitress," we immediately know what's eventually coming: a tear-jerking scene where "She Used to Be Mine" takes center stage. Everything that comes before? Just the appetizer. "Don't Say Good Luck," ...

Review: Gen Z gets a moody, existential horror in ‘It Ends’

By Lindsey Bahr AP Film Writer Every generation deserves its own postgrad malaise movie. Not every attempt is going to be "The Graduate" or "Frances Ha," but even when they're mediocre, they're also often a pure expression from a young filmmaker about what their contemporaries are feeling at that exact moment. Though the details may change — the clothes, the hairstyles, the gadgets, the soundtrack — the vibe kind of stays the same even in a high concept horror like "It Ends," in which four friends find themselves on an endless road to nowhere. It's kind of reassuring, unlike, ...

Tempers flare during NFL joint practices

Joint practices are out of control when a guy like Jameis Winston, viewed as being easygoing on the field, is throwing punches and getting decked in the middle of a brawl. Tempers have been flaring around the NFL as many teams are practicing against each other ahead of preseason ...