***1/2 out of **** (includes some strong language and brief sexual humor) Released: January 7, 2017, on HBO Runtime: 95 minutes Director: Fisher Stevens, Alexis Bloom Starring: Carrie Fisher, Debbie Reynolds, Todd Fisher It’s as if Providence knew, and spent years preparing this gift for us when we’d need it most. Not meant as a memoriam [...]
Martin Scorsese's decades-long passion project was just renounced by the final major pre-Academy Awards guild, essentially ending its Oscar hopes (ones that were already on life support). Having been snubbed by the Screen Actors, Writers, and Producers Guilds, the Directors Guild of America - the most friendly one to Scorsese of the Big 4 - left the [...]
Deadpool doesn't have a chance at winning the Oscar for Best Picture, but now it has a legitimate shot at snagging a once-unthinkable nomination for the Academy's top prize. After the surprise Best Adapted Screenplay nod from the Writers Guild of America, the Producers Guild of America followed up with a legitimate shocker by adding Deadpool to its [...]
In the new teaser for Pixar's Cars 3, the seemingly washed-up Lightning McQueen says defiantly to his doubters, "I decide when I'm done." That seems to be Pixar's sentiment to moviegoers who aren't necessarily clamoring for a third Cars movie, particularly after Cars 2 was easily Pixar's most corporately crass cash grab to date. At the [...]
Let the comparisons between Emma Watson's voice and Paige O'Hara's officially begin. The latest TV Spot for Disney's live action adaptation of their Beauty and the Beast musical is set to a clip from the Watson-led song "Belle", along with some new visuals. Meanwhile, the bigger reveal is on the new poster. For the first [...]
It's official: La La Land is the biggest slam dunk Oscar favorite in a generation, probably since Schindler's List. Going 7-for-7 in an unprecedented sweep, including a win for Best Motion Picture (Musical or Comedy), the original tuner beat the previous record of 6 Golden Globe wins set by One Flew Over The Cukoo's Nest in 1975 (and tied by Midnight Express in 1978). [...]
The final major Critics Group has its say. It all sounds very familiar. Following the traditional holiday break in Awards Season hype, the National Society of Film Critics kicked off another New Year by reigniting the Oscar Push from now through the end of February. No shockers here. If anything, the NSFC's pick for Best [...]
Adventure has a home, and it's Amazon Prime. All three Indiana Jones movies (plus that other one) are now streaming free for Amazon Prime members. Below are links to the films as well as reviews from my recent Spielberg Marathon. The first three remain classics, even Temple of Doom. Trust me. Raiders of the Lost Ark - Review - Amazon [...]
(Poll Results Below) With news that Lucasfilm's creative braintrust will soon meet to rethink Star Wars: Episode IX, the 2019 release that had planned a major role for General Leia prior to Carrie Fisher's recent tragic passing, some people online are actually beginning to speculate about the unthinkable: Re-casting the role of the Rebellion / Resistance heroine that Fisher iconically defined. The [...]
A Marvel movie with a major guild nomination? Bad Deadpool makes for a Good Deadpool with the Writers Guild of America. It joins ten other movies in three film categories for the 69th Annual WGA Nominations. Could it be a harbinger of Academy love for the crass superhero movie, both in the screenplay category and [...]
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