The 93rd Academy Awards have not been canceled, but a delay is happening. This afternoon the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Board of Governors announced the 2021 Oscars will not be taking place on February 28, 2021. Instead, the ceremony will be telecast on ABC on April 25, 2021, almost two months later. Yikes.

After giving an interview with New York's WOR 710 radio on Friday, in which he defended Woody Allen from 25-year-old sexual misbehavior allegations, Spike Lee gave in to the mob and actually wrote a Twitter apology, in which he stated regretting his defense of Allen earlier in the day. The statement read, “I deeply apologize. My words were wrong. I do not and will not tolerate sexual harassment, assault, or violence. Such treatment causes real damage that can’t be minimized.”

What a shocker. Spike Lee’s overpraised “Da 5 Bloods” is getting mediocre audience scores (62% on Rotten Tomatoes). Why am I not surprised?

It doesn’t take a rocket scientist to understand why the WB delayed “Tenet” from July 14th to July 31st yesterday. They relayed all the pressure of being the first studio to release a major blockbuster over to Disney and “Mulan,” which is set for release on July 24th. Expect it to be delayed very soon, though, and the pressure to shift back to Nolan and the WB.

Woody Allen can count on fellow New Yorker Spike Lee among his supporters in Mia Farrow’s never-ending battle to use the #MeToo movement to shun and destroy her ex-husband.

Comedians like to push boundaries until that very fine line of what is deemed acceptable and unacceptable is somewhat squeezed to its very limit. That, to me, is what the very best of comedy can do. Regardless of the situation that we find ourselves in today when it comes to what can and cannot be said, which is primarily being lead by 'activists' on social media, a movie such as Ben Stiller's "Tropic Thunder" still existing in this maddening stratosphere, uncancelled, is almost a miraculous occurrence.

Warner Bros. Pictures has delayed the release dates of both Christopher Nolan’s upcoming “Tenet” (from July 17th to July 31st) and “Wonder Woman 1984” (from August 12th to October 2nd).

Asghar Farhadi has built a career out of making breathtaking family dramas. With "About Elly," "A Separation," "The Past," and "The Salesman," the Iranian-born writer-director has easily cemented his name on the shortlist of modern world-class directors. I can count these rare and incisively talented filmmakers in less than two hands. So it came as a major disappointment to dislike the 46-year-old director’s last film, the Spanish-language drama "Everybody Knows," which I saw at Cannes 2018. It was a half-decent whodunnit affair, but we've come to expect much more from the Iranian-born director. Sometimes, expectations really do dictate how you feel about a film. This was the perfect example.

The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences revealed the first part of its “Academy Aperture 2025.” This initiative is meant to “advance inclusion in the entertainment industry and increase representation within its membership and the greater film community.” The biggest surprise for me? A set-in-stone lineup of 10 best picture nominees starting in 2021.

It’s been six years since David Fincher released his last feature, “Gone Girl.” The wait for a new film by the venerable director is finally over, as Fincher is about to release “Mank,” a forthcoming Netflix feature about “Citizen Kane” co-screenwriter Herman Mankiewicz.

“Wedding Crashers” director David Dobkin has decided to reunite with Rachel McAdams and Will Ferrell to bring to life a fictitious version of the uber-popular Eurovision Song Contest. Farrell and McAdams star as singers Lars and Sigrit, who are chosen to represent their Scandinavian country at Europe’s most popular singing completion.

As the COVID-19 global pandemic continues to shut down thousands of movie theaters in the U.S, AMC Entertainment has just reported a $2.2 billion loss in its first quarter.

Just 24 hours after being blackballed by HBO Max for “racist depictions,” Americans were quick to try and snatch up a copy of “Gone With the Wind“ on Blu-Ray and DVD. The film got a major boost by becoming the number one bestselling film on Amazon’s best-sellers sales chart for TV and movies early Wednesday morning, even though both DVDs and Blu-ray discs were already sold out.

The 1939 American classic “Gone With the Wind” has been temporarily pulled from HBO Max until further notice. All this after the streaming company got some major flack due to an op-ed by “12 Years A Slave” screenwriter John Ridley which was published in the Los Angeles Times on Tuesday. The gist of the op-ed has to do with Ridley calling on HBO Max to "consider removing" “Gone With the Wind” from its platform as the film has its "own unique problem." "You see, Ridley writes, the civil war epic, and winner of the 1939 Best Picture Oscar, doesn’t just “fall short” with regard to representation, it’s also a film that ignores the horrors of slavery and “perpetuates some of the most painful stereotypes of people of color."

Next May’s Cannes Film Festival is set to be packed with buzz-worthy titles and you can add another one to that list. Skipping the Venice Film Festival this year will be hometown boy Nanni Moretti, whose “Tre Piani” is now set for a Cannes 2021 world premiere [via Il Fatto Quotidiano]. This is a crushing loss for Venice boss Alberto Barbera, who was counting on Moretti’s film to launch his festival this coming September. Barbera is refusing to go digital and is planning on a live, physical edition of the festival, one which would have hand sanitizer at every corner, face masks, and rooms filled at half capacity. Good luck with that Mr. Barbera.