He’s gifted whether he’s doing smarty-pants wit for the Coen brothers, playing a paranoid survivalist in “10 Cloverfield Lane” or being funny, charming and deep without uttering a word in the...

LOS ANGELES — In the box office war among beasts, Wolverine was no match for the return of King Kong. “Kong: Skull Island,” from Warner Bros. and Legendary Pictures, pulled in an estimated $61 million...