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 [...]
In a surprise to absolutely no one, Lucasfilm has decided to put the A Star Wars Story anthology series on hold (as first reported by Collider.com). It was inevitable in the wake of the disastrous showing of Solo, which was a box office bomb by all Star Wars standards, even the maligned prequels. There are some [...]
UPDATED FINAL NUMBERS: Thanos may have been a tough foe, but the Force wasn't. This movie's got some serious stones. Avengers: Infinity War, the cliffhanging "beginning of the end" for the current Marvel Cinematic Universe storyline, hauled in $258 million at the North American box office over its opening three-day weekend, beating previous record holder [...]
Comic Player One? In an amazing coup for the Zack Snyder-crippled DCEU franchise that no one could've predicted, Warner Bros. announced that Steven Spielberg will direct the film adaptation of DC Comics' "Blackhawk". Energized by the experience of Ready Player One even more than he was probably expecting, Spielberg wants to jump back into more [...]