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Of the dystopian young adult franchises that “The Hunger Games” hath wrought, “The Maze Runner” series has always been one of the most forthrightly entertaining — and the sweatiest. But that sweat is evidence of what makes this trilogy work, because, as capably directed by Wes Ball, it takes off...

Freezing in a cramped trailer, shooting rabbits for dinner, slurping a gruel of ketchup and oyster crackers: Warren Miller’s early 20s would have been downright Dickensian if they weren’t so much fun.

Packing in zombies, masked killers, body horror, ghosts and the devil, “The Campus” isn’t just one bad horror movie, it’s five — but at least you’ll get your money’s worth.

Sometimes the title tells you everything you need to know. Such is the case with the Australian domestic drama “The Misguided,” written and directed by Shannon Alexander. This listless tale about a pair of dirtbag brothers in Perth features Golden Globe-nominated Katherine Langford (“13 Reasons...

“Please Stand By,” directed by Ben Lewin and adapted by Michael Golamco from his one-act play of the same name, stars Dakota Fanning as Wendy, an autistic Bay Area woman on an epic journey to deliver her 462-page “Star Trek” spec script to Paramount Studios in Los Angeles and submit it for a fan...

There will be a halo in the Hall.

Vladimir Guerrero said Thursday he would wear an Angels cap on his Hall of Fame plaque, becoming the first player to do so.

The Angels, founded in 1961, were one of five current major league teams without their cap on a Cooperstown plaque. The others: the Colorado...

One of the first things you hear in the sweetly melancholy new French film “Lover for a Day” is the sound of a young woman in the throes of sexual ecstasy. From her breathlessly enthusiastic shrieks, you wouldn’t necessarily guess that she and her partner were making love in a university restroom....

Although it has some commitment issues in terms of wanting to be both a probing domestic drama and a flat-out thriller, Aaron Harvey’s “The Neighbor” finds a sturdy constant in its thoughtfully delineated performances and handsome production values.

Times film critic Justin Chang is keeping a regular diary over the course of a week at the 2018 Sundance Film Festival. He will be writing about the movies he’s seeing, the trends he’s observing and what it all means for an event that officially kicks off the year in new independent cinema.

“Like Me” makes a case for describing one corner of the web as anti-social media, in that the need to connect online can send certain souls toward ever-darker impulses. (Logan Paul, pay attention.)

Adam Hicks, who co-starred in the Disney television series “Zeke and Luther” for three years, has been arrested on suspicion of committing a series of armed robberies in Burbank, police said.

In the opening scene of his final act on California’s most prestigious political stage, Gov. Jerry Brown used much of his last State of the State address to remind everyone, here and across the nation, of what’s been accomplished in recent years.

USC has fired associate head coach Tony Bland in the aftermath of his arrest last fall in the college basketball bribery and corruption probe, his attorney told The Times.

Los cargos de tortura y abuso infantil contra los padres de 13 niños han dejado atónitos a los vecinos de Perris y de todo el país.

Despite a growing population and a booming economy, the number of trips taken on Los Angeles County’s bus and rail network last year fell to the lowest level in more than a decade.

Mixed martial arts fans awaiting another chapter in the “Kickboxer” movie series can rest easy: “Kickboxer: Retaliation” has arrived in all its brutal, lunkheaded glory to scratch that particular itch.

To the editor: What a sad commentary on American values when a mass shooting at a high school — this time in Benton, Ky., on Tuesday — merits a few paragraphs on Page A-11 in the print edition of the Los Angeles Times.

Times journalists are annotating Gov. Jerry Brown’s State of the State speech. If you see a passage highlighted in yellow, you can click on it to see what we have to say about it. You can also highlight passages and leave your own comments.

The story of how and when modern humans first left Africa may be more ancient and more complex than anyone knew.