You're Tom Hanks as Mr. Rogers; of course I'll be your neighbor! Sony Pictures released its first photo of the beloved 2-time Academy Award winning actor as the beloved PBS icon, for their movie You Are My Friend. It's not a full biopic of Fred Rogers but, much like that Hanks-as-Walt-Disney film Saving Mr. Banks [...]
This Joker isn't dancing with the devil in the pale moonlight; he's doing it on the public transit a Gotham subway. In this leaked video clip from the set of Joker posted by TMZ (click here), Joaquin Phoenix saunters off a subway after having pulled some sinister prank, leaving chaos and violence in his wake. [...]
https://twitter.com/wbpictures/status/1043184618160021505 Whatever you may have been expecting from the Joker origin film starring Joaquin Phoenix, the look of Batman's most famous villain goes against every preconceived notion and precedent. In the video reveal on Twitter for Joker's makeup design -- posted first by director Todd Phillips (The Hangover Trilogy, War Dogs) -- gone is the [...]
You can have prestige or you can have popularity, but you can’t have both. That’s the conclusion I come to when reading some of the think-piece alternatives to recent changes made by the Academy to the Oscars ceremony. Many of them are reflected in this worthwhile piece by IndieWire’s Tom Brueggemann, “How To Make The [...]
In the wake of the changes to the Oscars telecast, the most controversial addition has been the new category “Outstanding Achievement in Popular Film”. Dubbed “The Popcorn Oscar”, it exists as a crass ploy for ratings that many fear will sacrifice the prestige of the award for the sake of (hopefully, maybe) more viewers. To [...]
The Oscars have officially gotten desperate, and it’s not a good look. The Academy of Motion Pictures Arts & Sciences – the producers of the Academy Awards, with a membership of Hollywood’s elite – has made some big changes to their annual telecast (although it was the Governor's Board of 57 people, not the full [...]
It's back. The Terminator franchise, that is. And women are leading the way. In this first look image for the still-untitled Terminator 6, Linda Hamilton returns as Sarah Connor. She's joined by Mackenzie Davis (Halt and Catch Fire) and Natalia Reyes (2091) who play two new characters. Nothing is known about them, or the story (filming began in June), [...]
First they couldn't see Mission: Impossible - Fallout. Then MoviePass subscribers saw other film listings go from limited surge pricing to being blocked out altogether (even smaller indies and documentaries). Then as of Monday July 30, 2018, most members saw each theater listing in their app be completely wiped out, with the notice "There are [...]
The Dowager is back. And so is the rest of the cast. Focus Features has officially announced the greenlight for the Downton Abbey Movie. Creator Julian Fellowes has written the screenplay (he wrote every single episode during the popular series' entire six season run), all original cast members will return (well, those still around at [...]
Well hello, what have we here? Writer/director J.J. Abrams is bringing back everybody's favorite smooth double-crosser with a heroic streak: Lando Calrissian. The Hollywood Reporter broke the scoop that Billy Dee Williams will be reprising his most iconic character for Star Wars: Episode IX. This news, of course, comes on the heels of the recent [...]