It’s High Time For Julie Hagerty, 40 Years Into Her Career
Julie Hagerty’s breathy, childlike voice breaks through my phone. “Are you in New York? Are you freezing?” she asks. I…
The Director Who Used Mister Rogers’ Kindness To Examine ‘Male Anger’
Over the past two years, an unlikely superstar has re-entered the zeitgeist in a major way: Fred Rogers. The gentle…
Disney+ Adds Disclaimer To ‘Dumbo,’ ‘The Jungle Book’ For Problematic Scenes
Looks like many of the classic movies showing on Disney+ are coming with a new addition: a disclaimer at the…
Sonic The Hedgehog Got A Makeover In New Trailer After The Internet Had A Meltdown
Let’s flash back to a million years ago in internet time to April 2019: Paramount released a “Sonic the Hedgehog”…
War Epic ‘Midway’ Bests ‘Doctor Sleep’ At The Box Office
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Despite a fresh injection of four big movies into the marketplace including a Stephen King adaptation,…
Dick Cheney Pulls A Dick Move On Christian Bale Over Movie Role
Former Vice President Dick Cheney lived up to his reputation as one of the surliest politicians around with a savage…
Selena Gomez Totally Twins With Little Sister At Adorable ‘Frozen 2’ Premiere
Selena Gomez has iced out the competition. The “Lose You to Love Me” singer brought her little sister Gracie Teefey…
‘Last Christmas’ Director Paul Feig Shares His Real Thoughts About That Fan Theory
Warning! “Last Christmas” spoilers below! Don’t continue unless you’ve seen the movie. The “Last Christmas” trailer gave you its heart,…
Bong Joon-ho Could Teach Hollywood A Thing Or 4
Bong Joon-ho swears he isn’t exhausted. The 50-year-old director has spent the past two months canvassing North America to promote…
James Dean Starring In New Film 64 Years After His Death Thanks To CGI
Don’t call it a comeback! Screen icon James Dean is about to appear in his first film since his death…
911 supervisor played Netflix movie as caller sought help
A South Florida 911 dispatch supervisor was watching “I Am Mother” on Netflix while a caller unsuccessfully tried to get…
Martin Scorsese: Franchise Films Like Marvel Threaten To Destroy Cinematic Art
Marvel movies bristle with drama, but nothing in the franchise films is risky enough to be considered true cinema, legendary…
Shia LaBeouf Calls ‘Honey Boy’ A ‘Love Letter’ To His Once Estranged Father
Shia LaBeouf doesn’t shy away from personal trauma in “Honey Boy,” the semi-autobiographical film that also marks his screenwriting debut.…
Linda Hamilton ‘Went Nuts’ On James Cameron For Not ‘Treating Me Like A Human’
Linda Hamilton likes to draw a clear distinction between herself and onscreen alter ego Sarah Connor, but a bit of…
Delta Responds To ‘Booksmart’ Backlash After Olivia Wilde Slams Censored Film
Delta Airlines vowed Friday to review its in-flight movie policies after a trimmed-down version of the coming-of-age comedy “Booksmart” came…
Issa Rae And LaKeith Stanfield Fall For Each Other In Trailer For ‘The Photograph’
Issa Rae and LaKeith Stanfield fall in love in the newly released trailer for the upcoming romantic movie “The Photograph.”…
Kasi Lemmons And The Spiritual Journey of ‘Harriet’
Kasi Lemmons “expected every kind of criticism” about her film “Harriet.” The filmmaker told me as much in September during…
Olivia Wilde criticizes airlines’ censorship of her film ‘Booksmart’
Olivia Wilde’s coming-of-age film, “Booksmart,” was critically acclaimed, but if you happened to catch it on an airplane, you didn’t…
Comedic Actor John Witherspoon Of ‘Friday’ Fame Dead At 77
Comedic actor John Witherspoon, whose five decades in Hollywood included starring roles in the cult “Friday” film franchise and the…
Robert Evans, Iconic ‘Chinatown’ Producer, Dies at 89
LOS ANGELES (Variety.com) – Robert Evans, the Paramount executive who produced “Chinatown” and “Urban Cowboy” and whose life became as…
James Gunn Reacts To Francis Ford Coppola Dissing Marvel Movies
Call him the guardian of the Marvel galaxy. “Guardians of the Galaxy” director James Gunn Sunday again fended off criticism…
‘Maleficent: Mistress Of Evil’ Claims No. 1 Over ‘Joker’
LOS ANGELES — The Walt Disney Co.’s “Maleficent: Mistress of Evil” has knocked “Joker” out of the No. 1 spot…
What Hollywood Still Needs To Learn About The Success Of Diverse Films
History tends to repeat itself. Yet despite so many examples, we’re still surprised by the strong performance of films that…
Robert Downey Jr. Asked To Be Left Out Of Oscar Campaigns For Iron Man
Robert Downey Jr. used his superpowers to stop Oscar campaigns for his Tony Stark/Iron Man character. In an interview on…
Scorsese Says Marvel Films Are More Like ‘Theme Parks’ Than Cinema
Listen up, Marvel. Martin Scorsese would like a word. Though the superhero film franchise has throngs of devoted fans, as…
Man loudly cheering on-screen murders in ‘Joker’ NY screening sends many to exit
Extra layers of security, intense on-screen action and a frightening incident inside a New York theater combined to create an…
Let’s Talk About The Black Women In ‘Joker’
Disclaimer: This piece contains spoilers for “Joker.” “Joker” is an ugly film. That isn’t a judgment call: There are plenty…
Pedro Almodóvar, Cinema’s Chief Iconoclast, Has Many Muses. This Time, He’s One Of Them.
On the day after his 70th birthday, Pedro Almodóvar was recovering from jet lag. He had recently traveled from his…
Robert De Niro Regrets 1 Movie He Made With ‘Irishman’ Co-star Al Pacino
Robert De Niro and Al Pacino have made four movies together ― and De Niro apparently wishes one of those…
Margot Robbie Returns As Harley Quinn In New ‘Birds Of Prey’ Trailer
Looks like Harley Quinn is coming back to the big screen, but this time without a Joker. That’s one of…
Sony, Disney Back To Work On Third Spider-Man Film
Looks like there will be a homecoming of sorts for Spider-Man, now that Disney and Sony have settled their differences.…
Jonah Hill Could Be Newest Batman Villain, And Fans Are Dying To Know Which One
The actor, director and comedian is in talks with producers to play an unspecified villain in the film, according to…
Adam Sandler Sparkles In ‘Uncut Gems’ Trailer
Screen goofball Adam Sandler is showing off his dramatic side in a trailer for “Uncut Gems.” (Watch it below.) The…
From Emmys To Oscars? How ‘Downton Abbey’ Could Become A Successful Film Franchise
Julian Fellowes writes whenever, wherever. He credits that ability to his days as an actor, when he was on the…
Keanu Reeves Has Some Excellent ‘Matrix 4’ News
Keanu Reeves was asked Tuesday about the soon-to-film “Matrix 4” and he tried hard to deflect questions from Nischelle Turner…
‘Princess Bride’ Star Cary Elwes Has A ‘Perfect’ Response To Remake Rumors
It might seem absolutely, totally, and in all other ways inconceivable, but there’s apparently been a discussion about remaking the…
The Guy Who (Literally) Wrote the Book on 1999 Movies Picks His Top Five 1999 Movies
Brian Raftery isn’t one for nostalgia. That might sound strange, considering he recently published a book celebrating the movies of…
1999 Was The Pinnacle For The Dark Teen Comedy. Then It Disappeared.
As the Halloween dance rages — a gymnasium of high schoolers in cheap costumes bouncing around to the sounds of…
Go To The ‘Downton Abbey’ Movie For Escapism, Stay For The Dames
As soon as the “Downton Abbey” theme hits the speakers in your local movie theater, patrons will visibly relax in…
Ansel Elgort, At Once Hopeless And Happy, Has A Lot On His Mind
Ask Ansel Elgort how he is feeling today, and he might meet the query with a pause. “That’s a big…
‘Star Wars: The Phantom Menace’ Was The Prequel To Today’s Fan Culture
It was 1:30 a.m. in Santa Monica, California, on May 3, 1999. Most people would be in bed at that…
‘Downton Abbey’ stars arrive for movie spin-off world premiere
Dame Maggie Smith, Michelle Dockery and Jim Carter are among the film’s stars who have descended on the red carpet…
The Steady Cultural Demise Of ‘American Beauty’
When “American Beauty” nabbed the Oscar for Best Picture in March 2000, its win seemed forward-thinking. The movie “dealt with…
Lifetime Releases Trailer For Its College Admissions Scandal Movie
And the aptly titled “The College Admissions Scandal” will premiere on the network on Oct. 12. Penelope Ann Miller, Mia…
Michael B. Jordan Says He Felt A ‘Huge Responsibility’ With His ‘Just Mercy’ Role
Michael B. Jordan knows just how powerful it is to portray social justice activist and attorney Bryan Stevenson in the…
Michael B. Jordan Fights For Justice In ‘Just Mercy’ Trailer
A newly released trailer for “Just Mercy” shows actor Michael B. Jordan portraying an attorney fighting for justice for an…
Linda Hamilton Has Been Celibate For More Than 15 Years: ‘I Love My Alone Time’
Linda Hamilton will be back as the gun-toting, mankind-defending badass Sarah Connor when the latest “Terminator” sequel hits theaters this…
Filmmaker Nate Parker Apologizes For Being ‘Tone Deaf’
VENICE, Italy (AP) — Three years ago, filmmaker Nate Parker came under scrutiny for a rape allegation from his college…
Scarlett Johansson On Being Cast In ‘Marriage Story’: It Felt ‘Fated’
Director Noah Baumbach had no idea Scarlett Johansson was going through a divorce when he met with her about starring…
It’s Totally Cool To Keep Crushing On Devon Sawa
If that phrase rewinds a memory tape in your mind, Devon Sawa was surely a big part of your 1990s…
Let’s Face It: The 2019 Summer Movie Season Was Dreadful
With summer coming to a close, we can finally say goodbye to what was arguably the most horrendous movie season…
Trump’s Reported ‘Sharknado’-Like Hurricane Plan Gets Reality Check From Film’s Writer
So perhaps the idea of bombing hurricanes is, yeah, not too fin-tastic. According to a new report from Axios, President…
In ‘Brittany Runs A Marathon,’ A ‘Fat Sidekick’ Takes Center Stage And Finds Self-Love
In the new comedy “Brittany Runs a Marathon,” Jillian Bell plays Brittany Forgler, a 27-year-old New Yorker who spends her…
‘Breaking Bad’ Movie Starring Aaron Paul Gets Netflix Release Date
Buckle up, “Breaking Bad” fans. A feature-length film about the TV series’ beloved meth cook Jesse Pinkman (Aaron Paul) is…
‘It Chapter Two’ Reactions Are Mixed, But Most Agree 1 Thing Is Great
Many people seem Barry, er, very pleased with one performance in “It Chapter Two.” Entertainment Weekly reports that a handful…
The Casualty From The Disney/Sony Spider-Man Split No One’s Talking About
Breakups are hardest on the kids, and with the recent news that Sony and Disney have yet to reach a…
Keanu Reeves And Carrie-Anne Moss Returning For ‘Matrix 4’
Warner Brothers is taking the red pill and plugging back into “The Matrix,” with stars Keanu Reeves and Carrie-Anne Moss…
Spider-Man May Split From Marvel Thanks To Disney-Sony Standoff
The next “Spider-Man” film could be very far from home for fans of the Marvel Cinematic Universe because of a…