Netflix is really gaining steam, with The Irishman leading the way. The Critics Choice Awards (produced by the Broadcast Film Critics Association, whose membership is nationwide) unveiled the nominees for their 25th annual ceremony and Martin Scorsese's mob epic led the way, garnering nominations for Picture, Director, Adapted Screenplay, Actor (Robert De Niro), Supporting Actor (Al [...]
L.A. Film Critics may have just sealed Parasite's fate as a major Oscar player. Buzz has been building for the South Korean suspense thriller ever since the film won top honors at this summer's Cannes Film Festival. Now, the Los Angeles Film Critics Association -- right in the heart of Hollywood -- have given it [...]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sfM7_JLk-84&t=0s She's back, she's glam, and she's rockin' the 80s. The first trailer for Wonder Woman 1984 is finally here and it delivers on everything you'd hope a sequel to 2017's breakthrough superhero movie would be. Gal Gadot is doing all the wonders she can do and Chris Pine is back, too, as his Steve Trevor returns [...]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VbVu1eFiseA&t=0s Another day, another promo piece for The Rise of Skywalker. Today, straight from the Star Wars panel at CCXP (a.k.a. 2019 Comic Con Experience) in São Paulo, Brazil, is a two-minute featurette. It focuses on the friendships forged between the three new central actors of the final trilogy -- Daisy Ridley, John Boyega, and [...]
It's December, Christmas is approaching, and so is the newest version of Louisa May Alcott's Little Women. The adaptation from Lady Bird writer / director Greta Gerwig is already getting Awards Season buzz, and now the hype machine comes to your phone machine in this new set of vertical images from the film. Tailor-made in [...]
From New York City to flyover country, that's apparently where the Ecto-1 ended up. In these first look photos for the Ghostbusters reboot from director Jason Reitman (son of original director Ivan Reitman), we catch a glimpse of where the original crew's Ectomobile now lies hidden: covered up in a barn somewhere in rural Oklahoma. [...]
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 [...]