Don Mancini wrote all seven Child’s Play films as well as having directed the last three instalments – And yet, MGM decided to not have him be involved in the upcoming remake, set for release next year. During an interview on the Post Mortem podcast, Mancini showed his distaste for the remake and it sounds like he is downright pissed off about it:
Read more“Mary Poppins Returns” Needs More Than Just a Spoonful of Sugar to Make it Go Down [Review]
What can I say about this sequel to the 1963 Disney musical? Its forced whimsy most definitely did not have me at hello; from “(Underneath the) Lovely London Sky” to “Nowhere to Go but Up,” I just wasn't won over. “Mary Poppins Returns” feels like a figment of another era, a film that felt like it should have been released in the 1960s.
Read moreHBO Presents ‘Brexit’ The Movie Starring Benedict Cumberbatch #NotTheOnion
Dominic Cummings is known as the architect of Brexit. So it's then no surprise that a film would be made about his initiative to separate the U.K. from the EU. I presume the film will also have Nigel Farage, for me the face of Brexit. Benedict Cumberbatch plays Cummings in "Brexit," a co-production between HBO and UK’s Channel 4. A look at the just-released trailer and the feeling of an SNL-skit quickly sneaks up on you, not a good thing, but I'll give the film the benefit of the doubt, let's see how this turns out.
Read moreSarah Silverman: Saying “Gay” in a Joke Is Like Saying “Colored People”
Actress-comedian Sarah Silverman compared making gay jokes to describing a black person as “colored.” “I think I can find other ways to be funny. I mean, I used to say ‘gay’ all the time…’Oh, that’s so gay.’ Were from Boston, we’d go, ‘That’s what we say in Boston. I have gay friends. I just say gay,'” Sarah Silverman told TMZ. “And then I heard myself and I realized I was like the guy who said ‘What? I say colored…I have colored friends.’ And I realized it was stupid and I’m certainly creative enough to think of other words besides that, that don’t hurt people. But I fuck up all the time.”
Read moreJennifer Lawrence Slams Harvey Weinstein’s Recent Claims That They Had Sex
We've become so numb to women accusing Harvey Weinstein of sexual assault that when the disgraced ex-Miramax mogul was hit with a new lawsuit on Friday, nobody seemed to care or report it. Yet another actress claims that Weinstein forcibly performed oral sex on her, including repeatedly masturbating in front of her, and threatening to ruin her career if she denied his advances.
Read moreLouisville radio station to play “Baby, It’s Cold Outside” on repeat, for multiple hours, in protest of attempted ban
With a growing number of radio stations wanting to ax the playing of the Christmas tune "Baby, It's Cold Outside," some Louisville radio stations are fighting back by, you guessed it, playing it, not just from time-to-time, but REPEATEDLY, on a never-ending loop.
Read moreCBS Paid Eliza Dushku $9.5 Million Settlement After Offensive Comments Were Made By Her Co-Star
Actress Eliza Dushku believes she was written off the CBS series "Bull" because she complained about inappropriate on-set comments made by her co-star Michael Weatherly. It all culminated in a secret confidential settlement that was reached between CBS and Dushku. The actress made $9.5 million out of the ordeal. The details claim that on-set sexual comments by Weatherly made her uncomfortable when she was beginning a run as a recurring character back in March of 2017.
Read moreJason Momoa 100% Confident that Henry Cavill Will Come Back as Superman in DCEU
Jason Momoa believes that Henry Cavill will be by his side at the DCEU for years to come. This is in sharp contrast to what the "Aquaman" star had said in an earlier interview where he stated that he didn’t know what was happening with Cavill in the role of Superman, as rumors hinted that the latter may just retire from the role.
Speaking to Entertainment Tonight, Momoa is now confident that Cavill would not be leaving the DCEU. When asked if Cavill was done with the role, Momoa said, “He’s absolutely not.” He continued, “He loves the character and he’s not [leaving]. 100%.”
“Aquaman” hits theaters on December 21.
The next original feature from Pixar Animation Studios, “Onward,” will arrive in theaters March 6, 2020
Director Dan Scanlon ("Monsters Uninversity") and producer Kori Rae will helm "Onward" the next project over at Pixar due to be released on March 6th, 2020. The film “centers on two teen elf brothers who go on a quest to discover if there is still magic left in the world.” He went on to add that “at Pixar we try to create stories that come from some kind of personal truth,” said Scanlon, “This film was inspired by my own relationship with my brother.”
Read moreNicolas Cage Calls his upcoming ‘Prisoners of the Ghostland' “The Wildest Movie I've Ever Made"
During a masterclass at the 3rd International Film Festival and Awards Macao, Cage revealed that his upcoming film "Prisoners of the Ghostland," the English-language debut ofdirector Sion Sono (Love Exposure, Suicide Club, Why Don’t You Play in Hell?, Antiporno) was the "wildest" movie he's ever made:
Read moreChristopher Nolan says Damien Chazelle is “One of Our Most Exciting Directors"
Denis Villeneuve says ‘A Star Is Born’ is “the birth of a great director”
Director Denis Villeneuve fell in love with Bradley Cooper’s “A Star Is Born.” At least that's what he exclaimed as part of Variety’s Directors on Directors series, in which Villeneuve even penned an ode to the film:
Read more“On The Basis of Sex" Is A Disservice to the Exceptional Life and Times of RBG
I had high expectations for Mimi Leder‘s "On The Basis of Sex", after all was being been dubbed as the Ruth Bader Ginsburg biopic. I can't think of more appropriate Oscar-bait. However, you hear that thud in the background? That's the sound of a well-meaning but mediocre film losing all steam and buzz after critics watch it.
Read moreChristian Bale on Meeting Donald Trump: “I think he thought I was Bruce Wayne"
In 2011 Donald Trump visited the set of Christopher Nolan’s Batman trilogy capper “The Dark Knight Rises,” which was filming at Trump Tower. Christian Bale remembers that day very well, especially since Trump invited him up to his office and spoke to the Welsh actor as if he actually was Bruce Wayne.
Read moreDirector Lucrecia Martel Was Approached by Marvel For ‘Black Widow’; Says It's “Really Hard to Watch a Marvel Film" and “Painful to the Ears"
Lucrecia Martel's “Zama” has been crowned the best film of 2018 by over 100+ critics as part of the annual Film Comment Critics poll. The film is a peculiar oddity, a tackling of Spanish history with deliberate inaccuracies. It’s an adaptation of Antonio di Benedetto’s 1956 classic novel but with layers of splattered fiction woven into its story. It's a an achievement of epic proportions for the filmmaker, but don't expect her to go the major studio route anytime soon, especially where Marvel is concerned.
Read moreSAG Nominees: ‘Crazy Rich Asians' and ‘Bohemian Rhapsody' Surprise Nominees, Now Well-Positioned for Oscar
The SAG ensemble award has been linked as a good precursor for the Best Picture Oscar nominees. The annual rate is that 4 of the 5 SAG nominees usually make it onto Oscar's final 7-9 shortlist of films — which makes today's mind-boggling decision to nominate "Crazy Rich Asians," for best ensemble cast, a little bewildering.
Read moreSteven Soderbergh’s ‘High Flying Bird’ Set to Premiere at Slamdance
A shocker announcement greeted us today courtesy of Slamdance, the lower-tier Park City festival, and Sundance rival, announced that not only will Steven Soderbergh be there to accept the annual Slamdance 2019 Founders Award, but will also world premiere his next movie “High Flying Bird.”
Read moreIs ‘Black Panther' Worthy of a Best Picture Nomination? Of Course Not.
In the next few weeks you will no doubt see a real push by the media to present "Black Panther" as a worthy Best Picture contender. All for the sake of progress and a rabid Disney agenda that is expertly pushing this narrative. Don't bite.
Read more‘Solo’ Score Ineligible for Oscar Consideration Because Someone Forgot to Submit It
Variety is reporting that the music for: Solo: A Star Wars Story, with a score from John Powell and themes by John Williams, is ineligible for Oscar consideration because someone, somewhere, missed the deadline to submit it. Yes, the November 15 deadline was not met when it comes to Solo's soundtrack, which was probably the best part of the movie, come to think of it. How and/or why did this happen? We're not really sure, but this just proves how forgettable the movie was, even to Disney bigwigs.
A24's Psychedelic-Horror ‘Climax' Receives March 1, 2019 Release Date
Gaspar Noe's "Climax" will no doubt cause a lot of heads to spin, in both good ways and bad. Many of the reviews have mentioned how it is his best movie, I would have to actually make a case for "Enter the Void" to be his crowning achievement, a film that will stand the test of time. Suffice to say, critics went gaga for it at La Croisette. I really liked it but felt the excess finally caught up to it in its final few moments. That's all fine and dandy. As far as I'm concerned Noe has never made a boring film in his career, although his previous film, the 3D explicit sex film "Love," started to feel pedantic and dull in its second hour, and "Climax" is anything but boring.
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Do you really think Ellison fired Gunn before he saw a rough cut of "Man of Tomorrow"? No chance. Clearly, whatever he saw didn't impress him.