https://vimeo.com/382811408 The Safdie Brothers have cut another gem with Adam Sandler. Released on the heels of their critically-acclaimed collaboration Uncut Gems, NYC writer/director siblings Josh and Benny Safdie have dropped a bonus short film online that they made with Uncut star Adam Sandler. It has nothing to do with that intense feature-length drama they made [...]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OF-lElIlZM0 Martin Scorsese's The Irishman is among the year's big Oscar heavyweights, having just scored 10 Academy Award nominations including Best Picture. One of the categories it's a contender in (and favored to win) is Best Visual Effects, for the groundbreaking digital de-aging by Industrial Light & Magic. In this extended 13-minute featurette, Scorsese and his [...]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_1eykFE1fSA "Who the hell is that guy?" That's the question Black Widow asks about a new foe she faces off against at the end of the new trailer for her stand-alone movie. Well Natasha, I have no earthly idea, but of course I'm not a Marvel Comics die-hard fan. Maybe those who are might have [...]
The Clown Prince of Crime got the last laugh on Oscar Nom morning as the R-rated billion-dollar blockbuster Joker led all films with 11 nominations including Best Picture. It's the first time that a movie based on a comic book character has been the Academy's leading nominee, going further than Black Panther did with 7 [...]
I'd been thinking for awhile that Once Upon A Time...In Hollywood would win the Oscar for Best Picture. The Critics' Choice Awards may have just predicted it as well. The association of national broadcast film critics named Quentin Tarantino's ninth feature film the best one of 2019, giving it the most awards with 4 total. [...]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KQfybDxplPw Hot off a #1 wide release debut, a Best Picture - Drama win at the Golden Globes, and on the cusp of major Oscar nominations, Academy Award-winning director Sam Mendes (American Beauty) finds his new World War I epic 1917 one of the most buzzed about films of the awards season. At the core [...]
*** out of **** Rated PG-13 (for thematic content including some racial epithets, and some language) Released: December 25, 2019 limited; wide January 10, 2020 Runtime: 136 minutes Directed by: Destin Daniel Cretton Starring: Michael B. Jordan, Jamie Foxx, Brie Larson, Rob Morgan, Tim Blake Nelson, O’Shea Jackson Jr., Karan Kendrick, Rafe Spall Even in the face [...]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qGF58R1payk In what could be dubbed "The End of The First Five Minutes Of Up: The Movie", Ordinary Love looks to be a deeply heart-wrenching drama about an older middle-age husband and wife (played by Liam Neeson and Lesley Manville), still very much in love, who are faced with a devastating health crisis. Considering Neeson's [...]
The joke's on us. With momentum building for Joker in recent awards guilds and ceremonies (including a leading 11 nominations from BAFTA, the British Oscars), it came as a surprise to see helmer Todd Phillips absent from the list of nominees for the 72st Annual Directors Guild of America. Taking his slot: surprise dark horse [...]
Producers go big, kicking low budget to the curb. The nominations for the 31st Annual Producers Guild of America awards --- honoring the best produced movies of 2019 -- have been announced. The omissions and the snubs were predictable. An equivalent to the Academy Awards' Best Picture category, the PGA nominations are generally a good [...]
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