https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kIDS0tfFzvI Daisy Ridley is so cute and adorable -- with a British accent no less -- as she breaks down The Throne Room scene from Star Wars: The Last Jedi. During this 8-minute video from British GQ, Ridley takes us through the VFX-heavy action sequence, pausing along the way to provide commentary about how the [...]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KK8FHdFluOQ&t=0s It probably won't make as much money as Disney's biggest legacy titles, but this new take on Mulan promises to be more fresh and exciting, with its own reason for being beyond that of a vehicle to print cash. From Whale Rider director Niki Caro, the live-action Mulan -- which stars Chinese-American actress Liu [...]
The American Film Institute -- known to most as the organization that broadcast TV specials for the Top 100 Movie Lists at the turn of the century -- announced their 20th Annual AFI Awards, a Top 10 List for the year's best movies. It doesn't name a single film as Best of the Year; it [...]
Netflix and native New Yorkers were responsible for the best of filmmaking in 2019, according to the prestigious New York Film Critics Circle. For the second year in a row, the NYFCC has named Netflix's big epic Oscar contender as the year's Best Film. In 2018 that was Roma; for 2019, it's Martin Scorsese's The [...]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BIhNsAtPbPI So much for happily ever after. That was the apparent send-off for Daniel Craig's James Bond at the conclusion of 2015's Spectre, especially considering Craig's public comments about how he'd rather slit his wrists than do another Bond film. Well, to quote the franchise, never say never. Now, Craig is back as Bond for one [...]
For 2019, The National Board of Review embraces cinema. The film society that has existed since the early days of movies (now in its 110th year) has released its annual picks for the best achievements in film, naming Martin Scorsese's The Irishman the Best Film of 2019. The Board also tapped the mob epic's screenwriter [...]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RxAtuMu_ph4 Well that took long enough. After twenty-plus movies in which she was the primary (and one of the few) female Avengers, Natasha Romanoff -- and Scarlett Johansson -- finally gets her Marvel solo movie in Black Widow. Joining Johansson in this long overdue movie (that seems part origin story, part reunion during the MCU timeline [...]
Well this is new. For the first time in memory, the annual awards season doesn't begin with The National Board of Review. That's thanks to the upstarts down in Atlanta. Traditionally, the NBR and the New York Film Critics Circle have been the opening 1-2 salvo that kicks off the onslaught of critics groups. But [...]
**** out of **** Rated R (for strong language throughout and sexual references) Released: November 2019 in select theaters; December 6 on Netflix Runtime: 136 minutes Directed by: Noah Baumbach Starring: Adam Driver, Scarlett Johansson, Azhy Robertson, Laura Dern, Alan Alda, Julie Hagerty, Merritt Weaver, Ray Liotta, Wallace Shawn “Movies are the most powerful empathy machine in all the [...]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DEMYlPA5Q7g Two new spots -- "Hold On" (above) and "Celebrate" (below) -- for a saga's end, now just under three weeks away. Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker opens everywhere on December 20, 2019. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dlb0aUZKQpk