There's a first time for everything. After 20 years of feature film animation and 16 entries in that time, The Good Dinosaur is likely to become the first release by Pixar Animation Studios to not make a profit and, instead, lose money for the industry titan. Despite a solid 76% fresh score at Rotten Tomatoes and an "A" rating from [...]
The critics from LA and Boston must be drinking the same kool-aid. Spotlight had a banner afternoon, and Mad Max: Fury Road is solidifying itself as a major Oscar contender. The Los Angeles Film Critics Association became the 4th group of the Awards season - and second of the day (Sunday, December 6th) - to name their picks for [...]
The Boston Society of Film Critics became the third group of the 2015 Awards season to name their winners - and it should come as no surprise that the lauded Boston-based true life drama Spotlight took their top spot for Best Picture. In addition, the Oscar contender notched two other wins for Best Ensemble Cast and Best [...]
The New York Film Critics Circle honored the very arthouse films that the National Board of Review ignored. A day after the NBR got the 2015 Awards Season rolling by naming Mad Max: Fury Road the Best Film Of The Year, the critics of New York chose Carol, the universally acclaimed 1950s period piece about a star-crossed [...]
Well how about that? The 2015 Awards season has officially begun, and The National Board of Review named the summer action tentpole Mad Max: Fury Road Best Film of 2015. The surreal directorial vision from George Miller (click here for my review) received universal praise when it was released in May, and now this honor all-but-solidifies MM:FR as being [...]
In a sudden move, Steve Jobs just got yanked from 2,000 screens across the country. It was the exclamation point on the most underwhelming first phase of an Oscar season in quite some time. Talk about not living up to the hype. While most of the season's early Oscar-contenders have been well-reviewed and, therefore, met expectations regarding caliber [...]
The first eight images of the new Harry Potter prequel have debuted. Entertainment Weekly posted exclusive photos from Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them, the new Potterverse saga - based on the J.K. Rowling book - set in New York City 70 years before Harry's adventures. The screenplay was adapted by Rowling herself, and the film - the first [...]
Steven Spielberg had the idea, but it was Melissa Mathison who wrote the story. Mathison, whose screenplay for E.T.: The Extra-Terrestial was nominated for an Academy Award, has died at the age of 65 after suffering an unconfirmed illness. Along with her career as a screenwriter, she was notably married to Harrison Ford for 21 years [...]
First the return of Star Wars, and now this?! The BBC's upcoming Victorian-era special, Sherlock: The Abominable Bride - the latest entry in the beloved Benedict Cumberbatch series - will receive a limited roll-out in U.S. and U.K. movie theaters when it premieres next January. Bonus: The theatrical version of the episode will include 20 minutes of additional footage, including [...]
I guess Chris Pratt will have to find another franchise to reboot. Indiana Jones producer Frank Marshall (and husband of Kathleen Kennedy, the President of Lucasfilm who's in charge of the beloved property) is squashing speculation that someone else will be cast as the world's most famous archeologist, saying "we're not doing the Bond thing". I hope he just means for Indy [...]
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