What we know about Adam McKay’s “Don’t Look Up,” his upcoming return to comedy, is that it’s the story of two low-level astronauts who must go on a giant media tour to warn mankind of an approaching asteroid that will destroy Earth.

Rachel Brosnahan, of “Marvelous Mrs. Maisel” fame, leads the crime thriller “I’m Your Woman.”Opening the upcoming AFI Film Festival on October 15th, the film positions Brosnahan as a mob boss’ wife who becomes an unwitting accomplice in her husband’s crimes. Judging by the release of today’s trailer for “I Am Your Woman,” this has none of the melancholic allure of ‘Maisel’ and rather goes down the gritty dealings that cemented her breakthrough role in ‘House of Cards.”

Jussie Smollett, the race-hoaxing scam artist/actor of “Empire,” who was criminally indicted for filing a false police report, a Class 4 felony, is, for some reason, still active in the industry and has even just landed a high-profile gig as a director.

These are trying times, my friends. The theatrical experience has been all, but DEAD since March. The COVID-19 pandemic has shut down the industry as a whole in favor of the digital and streaming distribution of films. Christopher Nolan tried to save the day by releasing “Tenet” in late August and, although it amassed a whopping $300 million outside the United States, domestically Nolan’s film mightily struggled, barely amassing $40 million dollars as of this article going live. The domino-effect that Nolan so desperately wanted for cinema failed and now we are all left wondering if this is very much the end of movie theaters as we know it.

It's been more than 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.

“Coming 2 America” is skipping theaters and headed to Amazon. This truly is the end of theatrical, or, at least, the way and shape it used to be before the pandemic hit.

Pixar’s “Soul” premiered at the London Film Festival this past weekend. The reviews are in from those who were lucky enough to attend the public screening, and they are all positive, albeit with a few critics having some reservations.

David Cronenberg may have been hinting at retirement these last five years, but the legendary 77-year-old director may very well not be done with cinema.

After the over-the-top reaction it received at this past January’s Sundance Film Festival, it does look as though critics are slowly coming back to their sense in regards to “Nine Days.” Its Rotten Tomatoes score is now down to 86%, whereas its 77 Metacritic score is still overtly high, albeit based on just 6 reviews. The unwarranted buzz at Park City resulted in the film receiving the screenwriting award

Frances Price has been widowed for 12 years. she and twenty-something son Malcolm have been on an economic, not to mention spiritual, downfall ever since Frances’ late, and very rich, husband Frank passed away. The good news is that it appears that Frank has been reincarnated as a black cat whom she names Small Frank. Son and cat will both be needed in Frances’s next adventure in life, Paris.

Sony Pictures Classics recently bought “The Human Voice,” an absolutely pretentious and uninvolving short film directed by the indisputably great Pedro Almodóvar and starring Tilda Swinton.

Disney has already had two blockbusters skip theaters entirely and go straight to Disney+ (“Artemis Fowl.” and “Mulan”) this year, which begged me to ask the obvious question, would Pixar’s “Soul” be next? This past July, I contacted my source at the Mouse House who confirmed to me that there were indeed plans to move “Soul” to the streaming service. I reported about it and was unsurprisingly met with negative responses, mostly from people who couldn’t accept the fact that Disney would just dump such a prize-worthy feature like that as streaming content.

According to Collider, Netflix is finally ready to release “Mank” on December 4.

I adore David Lynch. I consider him a hero of mine and not just because he’s made some incredible films, but because he truly inspires - he’s inspired me to drink great coffee, meditate more, and, most importantly, look at the world with a whole new set of eyes. Attention must always be paid to whatever new interview he does, whatever new ideas he has to talk about.