Movies

The renovated Beach Theatre will debut with a sold-out grand opening celebration this Friday, July 18.

Sun-Ray Cinema, known for its unique film selections and atmosphere, opened in 2011 in a 97-year-old building that once housed the first Florida theater to show "talkies."

South Florida and the Sunshine State at large have long been adult entertainment industry hot spots. Fewer COVID-19 restrictions in 2020 made the state more appealing as a place to work.

The lack of an incentive program is driving movie-making to other states.

For $11.5 million, you can swim in the youth-preserving pool from the Oscar winning film.

Several lawmakers raised concerns about including the Office of Film and Entertainment in a list of programs and incentives that would be repealed.

Director Ryan Watson, who currently teaches at USF, says most of the all Black cast of actors are from the Tampa Bay area. But they had to outsource the martial artists from across the country.

In the coming-of-age film, life comes to a screeching halt when a South Florida high school student finds out he's been exposed to HIV on the eve of his graduation.

The Oscar-winning film star with the distinctive Scottish brogue eventually outgrew the 007 role to appear in a range of movies in a career that spanned nearly a half-century.

Andy Samberg and Sandra Oh hosted an upbeat Golden Globes ceremony, but several of the winning films raised uncomfortable questions about race and responsibility.

From the big studio flicks to the festival favorites, here are some of the best and otherwise noteworthy films coming to theaters.

In 2010, Ryan Justice was a University of South Florida student whose short film, "Scoops," was named best movie during USF's version of the Campus…