A24 is hinting that something is coming in regards to Ari Aster’s long-awaited “Disappointment Blvd.” But what exactly? Trailer? Surprise year-end release?
Read moreFilm Media Complains About The Globes Having No Female Directing Nominees
THR’s Abbey White is again demonstrating how Film journalism can be a total joke these days and why more and more cinephiles are jumping into alternative media platforms such as this one.
Read moreGolden Globes: ‘Banshees’ Leads the Pack With 8 Nominations
For some reason, the same hypocrites who called for the Golden Globes to be permanently canceled last year are now talking about them again.
Read moreIf You’re Looking For ‘Barbie’ Test-Screening Reactions …
As I reported last week, a test-screening for Greta Gerwig’s “Barbie” was supposed to happen in the West Coast on Saturday, but it got cancelled in the last minute. We’ll have to keep an eye out if a replacement date occurs at any point.
Read more‘Oppenheimer’ Photos Released. Film is Only Partially Shot in Black and White.
“Oppenheimer” is being released in theaters on July 21st, but there’s already this massive campaign behind the film.
Read moreSpielberg and Scorsese Talk David Lynch at the DGA
Martin Scorsese and Steven Spielberg had a post-screening talk at the DGA last night. Gosh, I wish I was in attendance. This comes after Paul Thomas Anderson conducted a Q&A with Spielberg a little more than a week ago.
Read moreLos Angeles Film Critics Association: ‘TÁR’ and ‘Everything Everywhere All At Once’ Win Best Film in a Tie [Updated]
Starting at 10am PST, the Los Angeles Film Critics Association will start revealing their year-end awards. I’m hearing there is already lots of love for “RRR” and “Decision to Leave” within this group. More to come …
Read moreBox-Office: Spielberg’s ‘The Fabelmans’ Played 300+ More Screens This Weekend, But Made Even Less Money
Steven Spielberg's “The Fabelmans” added another 335 screens this weekend, it was playing in a little less than 1000 screens, but still managed to dip -7% in its 5th weekend by grossing $1.1M.
Read moreChristopher Nolan’s ‘Oppenheimer’ to Release Trailer Before ‘Avatar: The Way of Water’ Screenings
Embarrassing Taylor Swift/Martin McDonagh Conversation
In case you haven’t heard, Taylor Swift is now a legitimate filmmaker. Swift announced her directorial debut with an original script last week. I didn’t report it because I couldn’t care less about this news.
Read moreWes Anderson’s ‘The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar’ Set For Fall 2023 Release
Wes Anderson’s a busy man. His next film, “Asteroid City,” will be released next summer, with a potential splashy premiere at Cannes. However, he’s already set his sights in releasing another film in 2023.
Read moreNow It’s Titled ‘Whitney Houston: I Wanna Dance With Somebody’ …
Sight and Sound: All the Films Added and Dropped From the Top 100
As one can see below, about a quarter of the Sight and Sound’s too 100 list changed from 2012, with major showings for a number of women filmmakers
Read morePaul Schrader on ‘RRR’ …
If there’s one film that has received a surprising push from the latest critics group awards, it’s definitely SS Rajamouli’s “RRR.”
Read moreBox-Office: ‘The Whale’ Nabs Third Best Per-Theater-Average of the Last 3 Years
“The Whale” grossed an estimated $159K on Friday from 6 locations in NY/LA, for a daily per-location average of $26,525.
Read moreYes, 2022 Was A Very Bad Year For Movies
Three critics from Vulture (Bilge Ebiri, Alison Willmore and Anjelica Jade Bastien) had a discussion about how bad the quality of the waning movie year has been. SPOILERT ALERT: It was horrendous.
Read moreTarantino is Wrong About ‘50s Cinema
I get it, Quentin Tarantino’s comments about the ‘50s being one of the worst decades for cinema stems from his belief that the Hays Code limited artistic expression in Hollywood during that decade.
Read moreAFI’s Top 10 Films of 2022
The American Film Institute announced its annual Best Films of the Year list this afternoon.
Read moreWill Smith’s ‘Emancipation’ is DOA; Slapped Hard by Critics
Once upon a time a Variety pundit by the name of Clayton Davis had inserted Will Smith into his Best Actor predictions and “Emancipation” as his #8 Best Picture nominee. Then the film was seen …
Read moreCritics Really Hate ‘Harry and Meghan’
Netflix decided to release their limited series documentary “Harry and Meghan” this past week and the reactions have been overwhelmingly negative. Who seriously wanted to watch this? I gave up after the first episode.
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