Alex Thompson’s feature-length debut “Saint Frances” is a derivative movie that wound up losing me fairly early into its runtime. O'Sullivan, also making her feature-length debut (as a writer) means well with her screenplay, however, it tries too hard to checkmark every social issue it can cram into its 90-minute runtime. It’s as preachy as a daily scroll through a Social Justice Warriors’ daily Twitter feed, but the result is barely adequate, a bizarrely ineffective and uneven movie. Regardless, critics have been suckered into embracing this weirdly put-together SXSW dramedy, as we can attest by its impressive 98% fresh rating on Rotten Tomatoes and 83 score on Metacritic.
Read more‘Da 5 Bloods': Spike Lee's Vietnam War Epic Finally Has a Trailer
The trailer for Spike Lee’s upcoming Vietnam war movie “Da 5 Bloods” has been released by Netflix and the result is a collage of archival footage, music video, and story. The film is about Four African American veterans who return to Vietnam decades after the war to find a stash of buried gold, but you wouldn’t necessarily know it because the trailer is all about a certain mood: psychedelic chaos, baby.
Read moreLynn Shelton, Director of ‘Humpday,' Dies at 54
Indie filmmaker Lynn Shelton sadly passed away at age 54 on Friday evening. According to a statement by Shelton’s representatives, she died of a previously undiagnosed blood disorder.
Read more‘The Wrong Missy': David Spade's Netflix Comedy is a Time-Capsule-Worthy Bomb [Review]
Netflix’s “The Wrong Missy” is not the kind of counter-programming people wanted in place of “The French Dispatch” this summer. This David Spade-starring romantic-comedy follows the same schema as Adam Sandler’s Netflix goof-fests; there’s a lot of silliness, a lot of crude humor, and plenty of slapstick. No wonder Sandler’s own production company, Happy Madison, produced this laughably bad rom-com. Beware of a comedy where the main character falls off a cliff, not to mention hitting rocks and trees on the way down, and still, somehow, miraculously, survives. Even turning your brain off for this one might not be enough to suffer through its hellish 90-minute runtime.
Read more‘Tommaso’: Abel Ferrara's Personal Film Stars Willem Dafoe [Trailer]
“Tommaso” is based on the life of director Abel Ferrara. If you go into this movie with that knowledge in hand then it will be a much more rewarding experience.
Read moreVincent Cassel: Superhero Films Are “Movies For Kids”
First Pictures For Spike Lee's ‘Da 5 Bloods’
Vanity Fair released the first images for “Da 5 Bloods,” which follows four Black soldiers that return to Vietnam to find the remains of their commander, while also looking for a buried treasure… The cast of the film includes Chadwick Boseman, Delroy Lindo, Isiah Whitlock Jr., Norm Lewis, and Clarke Peters.
Read moreLuca Guadagnino to Direct ‘Scarface’ Remake: Screenplay Written By The Coen Brothers
A new remake of “Scarface” is being developed with Luca Guadagnino set to direct and the Coen Brothers attached as screenwriters. Weird, I know. There was originally a version with director Antoine Fuqua at the helm and Diego Luna in the starring role, but that was in development hell for some time before being completely scratched off by Universal.
Read moreCritics' Poll: ‘Goodfellas' Named Best Movie of the 1990s
“Goodfellas,” Martin Scorsese’s high-wire act of storytelling and visually masterful riff on the gangster genre, has topped our critics and industry poll as the best film of the 1990s. The survey, with 175 people from around the world voting, included directors, actors, producers, festival programmers, and historians. The closest competition to Scorsese’s film in the poll was Quentin Tarantino’s 1994 crime film, “Pulp Fiction,” which finished just 7 votes shy of “Goodfellas,” in second place.
Read more2000s Poll: The Participants
All 180 participants of the 2000s Poll
Read moreWong Kar-Wai’s New Film ‘Blossoms’ Set To Begin Filming in July; Will Be His First Film in 8 Years
Nobody, and I do mean nobody, was as hot a director on the foreign circuit as Wong Kar-Wai in the '90s and '00s. During that time he went on a stretch that was one of the greatest in modern cinematic history: "Chungking Express," "Fallen Angels," "Happy Together," and, the peak of it all, "In the Mood For Love." He oddly enough followed the latter up with a mesmerizing sequel entitled "2046," which, as it stands, is the last, industry-shaking, indisputably great movie he's released.
Read more‘Jeffrey Epstein: Filthy Rich': Netflix Docuseries Investigates the ‘Suicided' Pedophile Billionaire [Trailer]
Jeffrey Epstein’s arrest and eventual suicide sent shockwaves last year and unleashed a slew of conspiracy theories which, come on, admit it, may not have been invented at all. Was he murdered? Did he commit suicide? The Netflix docuseries “Jeffrey Epstein: Filthy Rich” will tackle all of these questions and then some.
Read more‘Hamilton’ : Disney Sets July 3 Streaming Release Date For Lin-Manuel Miranda's $75 Million Musical, A Filmed Version of the Play
"Disney caused shockwaves on Tuesday, announcing their planned release of the original Broadway production of Lin-Manuel Miranda’s global phenomenon “Hamilton” would be dropping onto Disney+ in only a few months.
Read moreThe 15 Most Anticipated Summer Movies of 2020
With the normally bursting at the seams summer movie season all but wiped away, we’ve compiled a list of the films still hitting the small, and, possibly, big screens over the coming months. We will be updating this post whenever a new title is moved from theatrical to VOD. For the time being here are the 15 films we believe will make the most waves between the months of May and August.
Read more‘Unhinged': Russell Crowe Movie To Be First New Theatrical Release Since March [Trailer]
Russell Crowe’s new movie “Unhinged,” is set to be released in theaters on July 1st by new distributor on the block Solstice Studios. No, I’m not kidding. The film is actually set to be the first feature film to be shown exclusively in movie theaters since the shutdown of theaters began in early March. The gist of the plan is actually quite simple, any multiplex that is actually open in America, and there are already a few in Texas and Georgia, will probably screen this film because, well, there is nothing else to screen right now.
Read moreJames Gray's Next Movie Set in the ‘80s, Will Partially Revolve Around Donald Trump and His Late Father
James Gray is already set to direct a new movie, this after his long-delayed “Ad Astra” finally hit theaters last September to positive reviews. This new project, titled “Armageddon Time,” will bring Gray back to New York, after tackling the Amazon jungle in 2017’s “Lost City of Z” and space with “Ad Astra.” Gray’s first 5 movies ( “Little Odessa,” “The Yards,” “Little Odessa,” “We Own the Night,” “Two Lovers,” and “The Immigrant”) were all set in New York City.
Read moreChristopher Nolan's ‘Tenet' May Be Pushed Back to August 14th Release Date
Christopher Nolan and Warner Bros. were set to reach a decision this week as to whether or not they should stick with Tenet’s July 17th release date, but, as social lockdowns in the U.S. start to ease up a bit, we are getting a clearer picture of just how July might look in terms of social distancing restrictions and, sadly, right now, it’s not looking very good for a total reopening of movie theaters.
Read moreAMC's Stock Soars After Report Amazon Could Buy Out the Theater Chain
With theater chain AMC slowly, but surely sneaking into inevitable bankruptcy, shares of the company (AMC Entertainment Holding Inc.) skyrocketed today to 47% in active premarket trading, this after The Daily Mail reported Amazon’s interest in buying out the struggling movie theater chain. The piece confirmed a long-gestating rumor withing the industry that AMC and Amazon have been holding serious talks for a potential buyout in the last few weeks.
Read more‘Capone': Intimately Grotesque Biopic of A Famous Gangster's Final Days [Review]
I do feel bad for writer/director Josh Trank, who may either be the unluckiest filmmaker around or the biggest douchebag imaginable, you take a guess, there are two sides to this story. His “comeback” movie, “Capone,” comes hot off the heels of the disastrous production on” The Fantastic Four,” which had many reshoots and, supposed, “erratic behavior” on the part of Trank, after his director’s cut was completely decimated into a whole new Studio-approved edit. When finally released, “Fantastic Four” bombed at the box-office and earned an embarrassing 9% on Rotten Tomatoes.
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