It sure looks as though Quentin Tarantino’s ‘Star Trek’ movie will not be happening after all.
Read moreSpike Lee Announced as Cannes Film Festival 2020 Jury President
Oscar-winning director Spike Lee has been named jury president for the 73rd annual Cannes Film Festival. The festival will be taking place on May 12-23, 2020. Lee will not only be the first African-American to serve as jury president for the festival, but also the first person from the African diaspora. Lee has had seven films that have premiered at Cannes over the years, including “Do the Right Thing,” “Jungle Fever” “Summer of Sam,” and “BlacKkKlansman.”
Read moreOscars 2020 Nominations: 6 Biggest Snubs
Now that the dust has settled on today’s Oscar nominations, let’s take a look at six of the biggest acting snubs.
Read moreDamn You, Oscar!
My reactions to this morning’s Oscar nominations
Read more‘Little Women' Star Florence Pugh Says “Everybody's Angry" About Gerwig Directing Snub
When the Academy announced its 2020 Oscar nominations and not one woman was among the Best Director nominees, as you can imagine, social media flipped, outrage ensued. Nominations presenter Issa Rae even got the ball rolling, by saying, “Congratulations to those men” after the category was announced by her and actor John Cho.
Read moreOscar Nominations 2020: ‘Joker’ Leads with 11 Nominations, J-Lo and De Niro Snubbed
Today finally saw the announcement of the 92md Academy Awards. So, who were the big winners and losers, and he got snubbed and surprised? Let’s take a look...
Read moreBox-Office: ‘1917' Soars to $36.5 Million Opening
Universal’s Oscar front runner “1917” exploded into cinemas this weekend as it finally expanded both nationwide and worldwide.
Read moreLeonardo DiCaprio Admits He Still Doesn't Understand the Ending of ‘Inception'
Does it even matter if the top fell over at the end of Christopher Nolan‘s “Inception“?
Read moreFinal 2020 Oscar Nominations Predictions
The 2020 Oscar nominations will be announced dark and early at 5 AM PT, 8 AM ET on Monday.
Read more‘Tenet’ Will Be Christopher Nolan’s Most Expensive Movie, Reported Budget of Nearly $250 Million
‘Fargo’ Season 4 Trailer: Chris Rock Stars as 1950s Kansas City Mob Boss
We all had our doubts when we first heard that Joel and Ethan Coen's masterpiece "Fargo" was going to get adapted for the small screen, courtesy of FX, but after the first episode of creator Noah Hawley's brilliant series adaptation, we were converted.
Read morePodcast: ‘The Irishman' Won't Win Best Picture
I chatted with Hollywood Elsewhere‘s Jeffrey Wells about my belief that the leading Best Picture Oscar candidates are 1917, Parasite and Once Upon A Time in America. I am also, sadly, giving up on “The Irishman” winning Best Picture, I just don’t think it can happen and I lay out the reason why.
Here’s the podcast mp3.
Seeing ‘Cats’ on Drugs and Getting Your Mind Blown Is Actually a Thing Now
Many years from now, Tom Hooper’s “Cats” will be remembered as a movie so bad in execution that it became the stuff of meme legend. Yes, with a tepid 20% score on Rotten Tomatoes and, when all is said and done, expected losses to be near the $100 million mark, the Broadway musical adaptation appears destined for all-time stinker-dom. However, most intriguingly, there seems to be a subset of people who have actually found a way to enjoy the movie while tripping out on drugs.
Read moreArmond White’s Best Of The Decade List is ... Unique
The only list that matters.
National Review’s Armond White has released his eccentric list of the best-released movies of the last decade. Unlike many of my colleagues, I have absolutely no problem with Armond White’s brand of gonzo film criticism. To disagree with White’s opinions is to miss the point he is trying to make with his writings; that any and all film criticism is and always will be open-to-interpretation. There is no one movie that will be loved by every single person who sees it. movie taste is interpretable but never conclusive.
White’s Best of the 2010s list includes potent auteurs such as Marco Bellocchio, Denis Villeneuve, Alain Resnais, and Terence Davies. However, more importantly, controversy arises when he includes two Zack Snyder DC superhero films (“Man of Steel” and “Batman v. Superman: Dawn of Justice”), Michael Bay’s 2013 film, “Pain and Gain,” the Nicolas Cage-starring “Mom and Dad,” and Steven Spielberg’s “The Adventures of Tintin.” Good stuff, bruh.
Bong Joon-Ho's ‘Parasite’ to Be Turned Into An HBO Limited Series
A limited series based around Bong Joon-ho’s “Parasite” is now in the works at HBO, according to Variety. Bong is actually teaming up with “The Big Short” and “Vice” director Adam McKay to co-executive produce the series. As per Variety: “It isn’t clear as of yet whether the series will be a direct English language remake of the film or some kind of spinoff.“ HBO, su[pposedly, beat out a ton of competition to nab the rights for the “Parasite” TV series, including a heavily ammoed effort from none other than Netflix.
Read more‘Birds of Prey' Trailer: Same Old, Same Old?
Whenever a DC and/or Marvel movie is greenlit, the first thing I always look for is for the director behind the project. That can make it or break it for me when it comes to these uber-capitalist entities, most of which are just silly franchise movies trying to make a quick buck. A talented filmmaker can raise the bar of quality, bring some artful resonance to the stakes at hand, case in point would be what Christopher Nolan (The Dark Knight), James Mangold (Logan), Sam Raimi (Sam Raimi), and Taika Waititi (Thor: Ragnarok) did with their respective franchise films.
Read moreThere Will Be No Host at The Oscars For Second Straight Year
The Academy of Motion Pictures Arts & Sciences is weighing on another potential host-less Oscars this year, if you remember, last year comedian Kevin Hart quit amid a hell-storm of criticism over refusing to apologize for gay jokes he made back in 2009. The Academy opting for a host-less event last year meant it was the first time the Oscars didn’t have an emcee since 1989.
Read more‘First Cow' Trailer: Kelly Reichardt Explores a Frontier Friendship
“First Cow” is very much a Kelly Reichardt movie. That will be the deciding factor as to whether or not you want to give this movie a shot. Reichardt, bless her maverick heart, is one of the great American filmmakers of the last ten years, what with a track record that speaks for itself ("Wendy and Lucy," "Meek's Cutoff," "Certain Woman") and a contemplative, minimalist and distinctive style that is meant to purposely isolate mainstream audiences. With "First Cow," Reichardt is returning to the old West of ‘Meek,’ by loosely, very loosely, adapting Jonathan Raymond’s novel “This Half-Life.” It’s a hard movie not to respect, melancholic in nature, as it tackles male friendship, companionship, at the frontier.
Read more‘The Gentlemen' Plays Like Guy Ritchie's Greatest Hits [Review]
Guy Ritchie’s “The Gentlemen” attempts to batter viewers into submission with his new British gangster flick, which despite its good moments leaves you feeling you’ve been told exactly how to feel throughout its run time.
Read more#BaftasSoWhite Trending, Is #OscarsSoWhite Next?
#BAFTAsSoWhite was trending on Twitter after the all-white acting nominations were announced earlier this morning.
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Adam Driver is still not over "The Hunt for Ben Solo," but there's a silver lining: Steven Soderbergh has already moved on to a new script, and Driver calls it one of the best things Soderbergh has ever written.