Disney has forked over close to $75 million for the rights to distribute the filmed version of the “Hamilton” stage production.
Read more‘The Way Back’: Ben Affleck Basketball Drama About Addiction [Trailer]
I’m sure Ben Affleck, who has had personal issues with sobriety over the years, couldn’t have asked for a better comeback narrative than what he’s trying to pull off with “The Way Back.”
Read moreJohnny Depp: Innocent #MeToo Victim?
Johnny Depp’s career has been destroyed due to spousal abuse allegations from former partner Amber Heard, but new phone evidence shows the other side of the story.
Read more‘The Rhythm Section’ Flops with $2.8 Mil; ‘Bad Boys For Life’ Passes $150 Mil Mark
Quiet as Super Bowl weekend usually is for Movies, it’s Sony’s “Bad Boys For Life” that makes the most noise, holding on to the top box office spot for a third consecutive week. T
Read moreOscar Next: ‘1917' Dominates BAFTAs Winning Best Picture and Best Director
The BAFTA film awards have basically sealed the deal for 1917 to win the Best Picture Oscar next Sunday.
Read moreSundance 2020: ‘Minari' Wins Audience and Jury Prizes; ‘I Carry You With Me' Sweeps Next Section
Reviews for the top prize winners of the 2020 Sundance Film Festival
Read more‘Parasite’ and ‘Jojo Rabbit’ Win WGA; Oscar Chances Boosted
The WGA Awards revealed their winners this morning and, suffice to say, they are very surprising. Bong Joon Ho’s “Parasite” took the Original Screenplay honor while Taika Watiti took the Adapted Screenplay Award for “Jojo Rabbit.” Go figure. Then again, potential Oscar winner “Once Upon A Time in Hollywood” by Quentin Tarantino was ineligible for the WGA. Waititi winning means that it won over Greta Gerwig’s “Little Women,” Steven Zaillian’s “The Irishman” and Todd Phillips and Scott Silver’s “Joker.” Gerwig’s screenplay was supposed to be the frontrunner in this category, but it seems as though it is no longer the frontrunner in this category come Oscar night, February 9th.
Never Too Early to Spitball Cannes 2020
Cannes 2020 is still 4 months away, but we couldn’t help wonder what could be part of the lineup this year.
Read more‘Fast & Furious 9' Has Vin Diesel Returning For More Brainless Jolts [Trailer]
The trailer for this summer’s ninth installment in the “Fast & Furious” franchise was released today and, subsequently, “broke” the internet.
Read more‘Beanpole’: Kantemir Balagov’s WWII Drama Is Bleak, But A Deserving UCR Best Director Winner [Review]
28-year-old writer-director Kantemir Balagov shocked and astonished many at Cannes just two years ago with his startlingly assured debut feature, “Closeness,” which won a FIPRESCI prize in the Un Certain Regard section. He returns in UCR selection again, with another challenging and bleak statement set in his native Russia, and has earned the section’s Best Director prize for his efforts.
Read moreNetflix Signs Adam Sandler to $275 million/4 Movie Deal, Claims Its Viewers Spent 2 Billion Hours Watching His Movies
Adam Sandler has benefited tremendously from the streaming era. If his films were starting to underperform in the early 2010s at the box-office, his 2015 partnership with Netflix has expanded his global audience to new territories and consequentially made him the top streaming star in the world.
Read moreSundance 2020: Bloody Nose Empty Pockets, Promising Young Woman, Dick Johnson Is Dead, Boys State
More reviews as the 2020 Sundance Film Festival winds down
Read moreSurprise! First ‘Birds of Prey' Reactions Are Very Strong
Nearly 5 weeks into 2020 and we have our first Comic-book movie of the decade, in the shape of Cathy Yan’s “Birds Of Prey” (and the fantabulous emancipation of one Harley Quinn)”
Read more‘Jesus Rolls’ Trailer: Big Lebowski Spinoff
“The Big Lebowski” character Jesus Quintana finally has a movie of his own, but, tamper your expectations for this film, the trailer is incredibly underwhelming.
Read moreFormer #MeToo Advocate Asia Argento Says Movement Has Become “Silly, Fake, Reactionary”
Asia Argento is none-too-happy about the direction of the #MeToo movement, especially in the States.
Read moreSteven Soderbergh's ‘Contagion' Is Topping iTunes Rental Charts in Wake of Coronavirus
Steven Soderbergh’s 2011 thriller “Contagion” has resurfaced on the iTunes movie charts amidst the Coronavirus spreading from China to other countries.
Read moreWes Anderson’s ‘The French Dispatch’ Gets July 24 2020 Release
Wes Anderson’s upcoming movie “The French Dispatch” now has an official release date.
Read moreBerlinale 2020 Competition Includes Potter, Ferrara, Reichardt, Petzold and Hong Sang-Soo
As I am in over my head in writing at Sundance right now, the 2020 Berlin Film Festival just announced the 18 films will be competing for the coveted Golden Bear award. This year’s lineup is led by filmmakers such as Sally Potter, Abel Ferrara, Kelly Reichardt, Christian Petzold, and Hong Sang-Soo.
Read moreSundance 2020: The Nest, Possessor, The Last Thing He Wanted, Palm Springs
A few gems emerge.
Read moreSundance 2020: The Highlights So Far [Podcast]
I spoke to Hollywood-Elsewhere’s Jeffrey Wells about Sundance 2020 and what looks to be the “keepers” that have emerged so far. We tackled “Palm Springs,“ which sold for a record-breaking $15 million (breaking the original record set by Nate Parker’s “The Birth of A Nation” in 2016). Florian Zeller’s “The Father,” a dementia drama which will surely position Anthony Hopkins as a Best Actor frontrunner next year, and much more.
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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.