After Spike Lee, Michel Gondry, and David F. Sandberg, here’s a new batch of directors who made films with no crew, and no budget during the COVID-19 lockdown.
Read more‘Sweat’: Cannes Official Selection Title Has an Influencer Experiencing The Dark Side Of Fame [Trailer]
Instagram is filled with “fitness influencers,” or, in a nutshell, physically fit men and women who motivate their followers to work out and attain that next level (whatever that may be).
Read moreThe Ansel Elgort Allegations Are Complicated
The “Baby Driver” actor and star of Steven Spielberg’s upcoming “West Side Story” remake had sexual assault allegations brought forth against him on Friday.
Read moreDavid Lynch: ‘I’m Proud’ of Every Film I've Made Except ‘Dune’
It had been rumored for a while that Legendary Pictures was courting Denis Villeneuve for their upcoming “Dune” reboot and as we greatly anticipate that epic’s fall release, which even got the blessing of Brian Herbert (son of Dune author Frank Herbert), there will no doubt be lots of comparisons to David Lynch's lackluster 1984 version, which was a disappointment to critics and most of the book's hardcore fans.
Read moreJoel Schumacher Dies at 80
Joel Schumacher, the flamboyant director of bombs, cult classics, and some great movies, died Monday morning at the age of 80. He passed away peacefully after a year-long battle with cancer.
Read more‘The King's Man': Someone, Please, Stop This Franchise [Trailer]
With the exception of James Bond, the most popular spy movies out there right now must be the “Kingsman” series. I’m not too keen on this series. The first movie wasn’t bad, the ensuing installment, titled “The Golden Circle,” was unnecessary and, now, this latest one?
Read more‘Babyteeth': Cancer Dramedy is A Promising, But Wildly Uneven Directing Debut [Review]
“Babyteeth” is a self-consciously “quirky” cancer romance that tries, ever so hard, to distance itself from any of the typical YA tropes. ”The Fault in our Stars” this is not, even though, in some key moments near its end, it does feel as though Australian director Shannon Murphy’s feature-length debut will spiral out of control. The fact that it doesn’t is a testament to this rookie director’s raw talents behind the camera.
Read moreNetflix Set to Buy Aaron Sorkin's ‘The Trial of the Chicago 7'
Studios are quite clearly panicking at the moment, which means streaming platforms such as Netflix are trying to take advantage of that panic by buying up 2020 releases. After all is said and done, we might have to call next year’s Oscars, the Netflix awards.
Read more‘Mulan' May Bypass Theatrical Release and Go Straight to Disney+
As I speculated a few months back, Jeffrey Wells over at Hollywood Elsewhere has the exclusive scoop that Disney may be pulling “Mulan” from theatrical distribution and, instead, releasing it straight to their streaming platform Disney+
Read moreOfficial: Michael Mann To Direct Enzo Ferrari Biopic ‘Ferrari,' Set For 2021 Release
Hugh Jackman was announced to star in Michael Mann’s “Ferrari” almost three years ago, this after Christian Bale dropped out of the lead role. Mann has been aiming to make this passion project happen for a long, long time. I've read fairly old interviews where he talked about wanting to do it.
Read more5 Education Myths in Movies [SPONSORED]
A lot of movies lately have shifted to an approach that educates viewers about certain subject matter depending on its genre. There is a lot that has been learned from movies but the film industry has also been accused of perpetuating myths. One example of that is the myths the film industry has spread about the education of students and colleges and lower levels of schooling. Here are 5 of those myths.
Read more‘The Sunlit Night': Eat, Pray, Lofoten [Trailer]
Slate plays a struggling artist traveling to Lofoten, located at Arctic Norway, in search of inspiration - they should have just called it ‘Eat, Pray, Lofoten”. The film is about the communal bonds Slate’s character shares with new friends at a remote village, those include a fellow New Yorker (Alex Sharp) who has come in search of a proper Viking funeral only to find out that the Chief (Zach Galifianakis) is a fraud and actually hails from Cincinnati.
Read moreAMC Requires All Guests Will Have to Wear Masks or Immediately Leave the Theater
These are indeed crazy times we live in and now, caught in the crossfires of a heated political moment, is none other than AMC Theatres.
Read more‘7500': Amazon's Plane-Hijacking Thriller Fails Liftoff [Review]
Joseph Gordon-Levitt is a co-pilot on a hijacked flight from Berlin to Paris in “7500,” the feature debut from German director and co-writer, Patrick Vollrath.
Read moreMovie Industry Set For $20-31 Billion in Losses Due to COVID-19 Shutdown
The movie industry is set to lose an astounding $20-$31 billion in revenues in 2020 due to the repercussions of the COVID-19 pandemic. In stark contrast, it had made close to $42 billion just last year, according to media and tech research firm Omdia. [via CineEurope/ Variety]
Read moreFirst Image of Oscar Isaac in Paul Schrader's Upcoming Crime-Thriller ‘The Card Counter'
Earlier this decade, Paul Schrader had mentioned how he once considered Oscar Isaac for “First Reformed” but, in the end, Schrader thought the actor was ten years too young to take on the role of Father Toller. Instead, Ethan Hawke nabbed the role and it turned out to be one of his very best performances.
Read more‘The Rental': Alison Brie's AirBnB Nightmare In Dave Franco’s Directorial Debut [Trailer]
I have seen actor Dave Franco’s directing debut, “The Rental,” a horror movie opening theatrically, in select drive-ins, and on-demand on July 24. The cast is uniformly indie; Alison Brie, Dan Stevens, Jeremy Allen White, and Sheila Vand, more intriguingly, and what gives the movies its kick, is that the it was not only written by Franco, but also Mumblecore legend Joe Swanberg.
Read moreWhat Movies Might Show Up at the Fall Festivals?
With the Toronto, Venice, and Telluride Film Festivals set to (maybe) happen in 3 months time, and with hundreds upon hundreds of film productions having been stalled from March to June due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the fall festival circuit this year will be one of the most unpredictable in history. There is absolutely no way of knowing if physical events could even be held, with only Toronto hinting at a potential digital side to their festival, as health hazards interfere with the planned proceedings.
Read more‘Psycho' Turns 60
Forty years ago today saw the release of Alfred Hitchcock’s "Psycho,” a movie that, needless to say, shocked mainstream audiences to their core. “Psycho” is considered by some to be the first film in the “slasher” genre, although a good case could be made for Michael Powell's “Peeping Tom,” which was released just a few months before “Psycho” in 1960. However, more so in Hitchcock’s film than Powell’s, the act of preying and being preyed upon is emphasized to the nth degree.
Read moreThe 12 Best African-American Movies
It’s interesting to note that, despite a lengthy and rich history, starting with Oscar Micheaux’s 1920 silent “Within Our Gates,” African-American cinema was mostly known as a fringe genre until blaxploitation showed up in the ‘70s and made it a marketable commodity. And yet, it took close to 3 decades for one of the greatest films ever directed by an African-American filmmaker to see the light of day (Charles Burnett’s “The Killer of Sheep”).
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