Just announced — NEVER RARELY SOMETIMES ALWAYS will be availabe on VOD rental come next Friday 4/3. It is, quite simply, the best movie I’ve seen this year. A tragic, moving and, ultimately, devastating statement on abortion and the American health care system. pic.twitter.com/DI9ppeRzB6
— Jordan Ruimy (@mrRuimy) March 27, 2020
George Miller's ‘Mad Max' Prequel Could Start Filming in 2021
It's been almost 5 years since George Miller gave us his masterpiece, "Mad Max: Fury Road." We all expected his next film to be the "Mad Max: Wasteland," alas that project has had so many delays, due in part to legal issues, that its future has been in limbo for a few years now, that is until today.
Read more‘Crip Camp': Mildly Diverting Doc Tackles Passage of the Disability Act [Review]
“Crip Camp,” the Obama’s latest jaunt into non-fiction Oscar-bait, has them tackling the prejudicial differences people with disabilities faced back in the ‘70s and ‘80s in their fight to pass the “Disability act.”
Read moreGolden Globes Announce Non-Theatrical Streaming Content Can Qualify For 2021 Awards
The Golden Globes voting body, the Hollywood Foreign Press Association, has announced that, at least until April 30th, films can qualify for consideration by the HFPA even if they do not first screen in a theater. That means streaming content will be eligible.
Read moreVin Diesel Has Starred in 10% of All Movies Ever to Surpass the $1 Billion Dollar Mark at thVe B.O.
Vin Diesel’s godawful “Bloodshot” has been released on VOD. The movie failed at the box-office, raking in $9.2 million domestically in its opening weekend and $24.3 million worldwide. That was good enough for second place at the box office, but way under the film’s reported $45 million budget.
Read moreTrump’s White House Coronavirus Briefings Are Drawing Huge Must-See TV Ratings
President Trump’s daily White House Coronavirus briefings are turning into a ratings bonanza [via The New York Times], citing Nielsen numbers.
Read moreWoody Allen Claims He Has Proof That Timothée Chalamet Publicly Denounced Him to Win an Oscar
As I await my hardcover order of Woody Allen’s memoir, “Apropos of Nothing,” subtly released earlier this week, details from the book are starting to slowly trickle in. A particularly interesting tidbit, involving Timothée Chalamet, has made the news rounds today. In one of the book’s chapters, Allen states thatChalamet’s public denouncement of him wasn't motivated by morals as much as the actor’s Oscar chances.
Read moreItaly: Another 683 Dead in Just 24 Hours, 7500 Dead Since Outbreak Began
SXSW: Underwhelming ‘Shithouse' Wins Top Dramatic Jury Prize
The SXSW Film Festival was canceled, but not really canceled. You see, due to COVID-19 (coronavirus) the festival didn’t do public screenings, but it did continue screening movies for its juries and issuing some awards for the films.
Read more‘Wonder Woman 1984' Release Delayed Until August
“Wonder Woman 1984” has been pushed back due to the novel Coronavirus pandemic. Now, instead of June 5th, the Gal Gadot-starring sequel will be hitting screens on Aug. 14.
Read moreEdgar Wright’s Posts His 100 Favorite Comedies on Letterboxd
Director Edgar Wright decided to provide an extensive list of his favorite comedies during these tough times. The “Baby Driver” director posted the list on Letterboxd and I agree with most of these choices (what are “Mistress America” and “They Came Together” even doing on this list?)
Read moreAlejandro González Iñárritu Ready to Shoot New Movie Set in Mexico City
Alejandro González Iñárritu won back-to-back Best Director Oscars for 2014’s “Birdman” and 2015’s “The Revenant,” ever since then he’s been laying low, shooting the VR film '“Carne y Arena,” but no new feature-length films. Well, it does look as though, after a five-year absence, Iñárritu is planning on making a comeback with a new feature-length film.
Read moreCOVID-19: What is the Actual Death Rate?
The U.S. death rate for the COVID-19 Coronavirus started off at 4% on March 8th, but the mortality rate, as more and more Americans are being tested, dipped to a record low of 1% on Sunday.
Read moreCannes 2020: What Films Would Have Competed for the Palme d'Or?
Now that we have scratched off Cannes until, at least, end of June/early July, if not until 2021, I got a particularly interesting email the other day from a reader that was wondering what the main competition lineup would have looked like if Cannes were to have actually happened. Aided by IndieWire’s precious info that Sofia Coppola’s “On the Rocks” was always planned for a Venice launch and that Chloe Zhao’s “Nomadland” is still not completed, we can, more or less, snip down my original list of 35 contenders to the usual 18-21 films that would usually compete for the Palme d’Or every year.
Read moreWoody Allen's Memoir Gets Published
I just ordered my copy of Woody Allen’s controversial memoir “Apropos of Nothing,” which happily found a home today at Arcade Publishing and was immediately released for public consumption [via The Associated Press]. If you remember, Hachette dropped the distribution rights to the memoir a few weeks ago after widespread backlash occurred, spearheaded by Mia and Ronan Farrow.
Read moreCovid-19: How Did it Start? A Timeline of a Coronavirus Cover-Up
It’s been now over four months since the Coronavirus (Covid-19) began in China, the National Health Commission has announced again today that there are no new local cases in the country. What gives?
Read moreHarvey Weinstein Has Tested Positive for Coronavirus
Harvey Weinstein has tested positive for the coronavirus while in prison for rape and sexual assault [via the Niagara Gazette]
Read moreTheater Owners Chief: Cinemas Will Go Bankrupt Without Federal Help
I don’t think many people understand the impact a total shutdown of cinemas for the next few months will have on theater owners. It’s going to be devastating. The morose message to congress from John Fithian, president, and CEO of the National Association of Theatre Owners, is even gloomier; moviegoing will die if Congress doesn’t pass the trillion-dollar coronavirus rescue bill.
Read moreNetflix Boss Confirms Viewing is Way Up Due to Covid-19
Netflix head honcho/Chief Content Officer, Ted Sarandos said today that the company is “pretty far ahead” when it comes to delivering movies and TV shows. So, the good news is that Sarandos doesn’t expect to see any disruption in programming for “the next few months, but may later in the year.“
Read moreThere May Be a “Butthole Cut" of ‘Cats' and Fans Desperately Want It Released
Universal did the world a great service by releasing “Cats” early on VOD. Our social-distancing hearts can all now sit back, relax and marvel at the kitschy atrocity that is Tom Hooper’s razzie-winning movie. This even prompted Seth Rogen to catch up with the film and live-tweeting his thoughts, as he was watching it, totally stoned out of his mind.
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Part of the reason a fourth 'Austin Powers' was never made is that Myers basically stepped away from the industry. After "The Love Guru" bombed in 2008, he all but disappeared from leading roles.