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Miller’s January NBC News article with the headline “Green Book’ is a movie about racism, made by white people for white people. See the problem?” clearly irked Wessler to no end, to the point where he sent her an angry email defending the film. I don’t blame him. He opened the letter by saying, “‘Green Book’ is the furthest thing from a racist movie.” Wessler continued “It was made by white people and black people....

Why oh why must Phillips/Phoenix mess with the lightning-in-a-bottle moment of the 2019 Venice Golden Lion winner. It’s not even that I don’t believe a good movie can be made out of this one, but I like my great movies untouched, their legacies unburdened by being messed around with. The sequel is said to be called “Joker: Folie à Deux,” (nifty title) and Phillips posted a shot of the script on his instagram....

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Last night’s hostless Oscar ceremony was lifeless. Barely any jokes were made, the mood was somber and stilted. This kind of self-seriousness on the part of the A-list in California is why much of America is tuning out of these types of awards shows. Take, for example, the meltdown that occurred within the media and Twitter when the late —recently sainted— Chadwick Boseman lost the Best Actor Oscar to Anthony Hopkins....

Scanlon wrote and directed the decent “Monsters University,” but that’s not the level of artistry I want to see with this new movie. Speaking to People about the film, Scanlon said, “I absolutely hope people are laughing their heads off and crying their eyes out. My hope is some of the questions that I’m asking in the film will be questions other people are asking about their own lives. And I think that’s what a lot of the times get us to connect to a movie....

Bong has set up the world premiere for this Black and White version at the International Film Festival of Rotterdam at the end of January. The film will then come Stateside, as NEON is teaming up with the Film at Lincoln Center in New York and the American Cinematheque in Los Angeles to release a black and white version of “Parasite.” Both are set to premiere in Los Angeles on January 31st and at the Walter Reade Theater in New York on January 30th....

Best Film1. “Parasite”2. “The Irishman”3. “Marriage Story”4. “Once Upon a Time… in Hollywood”5. “Portrait of a Lady on Fire”6. “Pain & Glory”7. “Uncut Gems”8. “The Souvenir”9. “Joker”10. “Little Women” Best Actor1. Adam Driver, “Marriage Story”2. Antonio Banderas, “Pain & Glory”3. Adam Sandler, “Uncut Gems”4. Joaquin Phoenix, “Joker”5. Robert De Niro, “The Irishman”Best Actress1. Lupita Nyong’o, “Us”2. Scarlet Johansson, “Marriage Story”3. Elisabeth Moss, “Her Smell”4. Rene Zellweger, “Judy”5. Awkwafina, “The Farewell”Best Supporting Actor1....

I’m not saying it’s a bad movie, the reviews are still actually pretty good. I liked Del Toro’s film when I saw it in mid-November, but I found that it didn’t need the useless musical numbers. nor did some of the storytelling work as well as it should have. It’s now sitting at 82 on Metacritic. Del Toro’s film is still being seen as the Animated frontrunner, as it should be, but now the race is tighter and films like “Turning Red” and “Marcel the Shell With the Shoes On” don’t seem like such long shots after all....

However, during the last weekend of Sundance, I had heard rumblings that a movie called “Relic” may have been the best horror title of the 2020 fest. I managed to find a publicist, on a Saturday no less, to sneak me into the final screening of this Australian-American horror movie. Although not in the same league as the very best of the genre, Natalie Erika James’ directorial debut will please plenty of genre fans this summer, hungry for new fare during the COVID-19 lockdown....

Expertly combining archival footage and interviews, the film operates as a fitting tribute to the racing legend, as it takes viewers through the key moments in his racing and personal lives. Rather than attempting to paint a narrative or feed any existing one as to who the ‘real’ Schumacher was, the film takes the absolute right approach, allowing his family, friends (and sometimes foes) to provide detail, backstory, and fresh insights into some of Schumacher’s greatest and toughest moments....

Amber is obsessed with the restaurant chain’s wealthy and charismatic owner, and manages to “frequent” him. Obsession turns into disappointment, and a sudden friendship with … Aubrey Plaza? Amidst the goofy nightime partying, Baena also adds in a murder-mystery for good measure. “Spin Me Round” is purposefully eccentric, revelling in its absurdities, ultimately crossing a line of hipster tweee that nixes the enjoyment. Not even the always-reliable Plaza can save this one....

When “Saw” made its debut at Sundance in 2004, it ended up changing the game in the horror genre. The visual style and grisly violence would influence a whole set of new young horror filmmakers for the next two decades to come. However, after a number of unnecessary sequels drove the concept into the ground, but don’t tell that to Chris Rock, who is trying to revive the franchise with his own reboot....

The release calendar was shaken to its core today when Disney announced a slew of changes to its own calendar, including the total removal of Niki Caro’s “Mulan” and Wes Anderson’s “The French Dispatch.” Also, Ridley Scott’s Ben Affleck and Matt Damon-starring “The Last Duel,” which had its production halted this past March due to the pandemic, has been moved from a December release to an October 2021 date. Yikes....

Jeff Nathanson, the writer behind the misbegotten 2019 “Lion King,” is back to script the sequel. The 2019 film, directed by Jon Favreau, was horrendously bland, there was none of the excitement and sense of adventure of the original 1994 animated classic. Of course, with Jenkins at the helm of the sequel, there is the slight chance that something special could arise, but I doubt it. Regardless, this is, technically speaking, the definition of “selling out,” but do you actually blame Jenkins for signing on?...

It’s exactly what I expected. A flat looking but, potentially, immersive family drama. You can kind of see what this will be all about. There’s none of the mind-bending parallel realities of “The Father.” This is a drama that will rely heavily on emotional gut punches. I’m perfectly fine with that, it’s definitely “Oscar-bait”. You can also now understand why some of the pickier fests (Telluride, NYFF) may have possibly passed up on it....

In an interview conducted with Vanity Fair, Aronofsky describes the genesis of “The Whale.” More intriguingly, the author of the piece gives us a some additional details about what to expect: Of course, this is a puff piece. I really want to believe this film will be great … a lot of it focuses on Brendan Fraser’s comeback, and that seems to be the narrative that A24 will be going for when it comes to “The Whale....

Sheridan’s next effort is titled “Those Who Wish Me Dead” and its synopsis sounds, well, very Sheridan-esque: “A teenage murder witness finds himself pursued by twin assassins in the Montana wilderness with a survival expert tasked with protecting him – and a forest fire threatening to consume them all.” Contribute Hire me Advertise Donate Team Contact Privacy Policy

In 2011, Bruce Springsteen started recording the album Western Stars, only to sideline the project for an E-Street Band tour. Recording sessions eventually continued over the years, the album was completed in 2018 and the belated release this year was met with glowing reviews. But Western Stars wasn’t backed by a tour, the first time the musician skipped the road on an album since his 1982 folk acoustic landmark, Nebraska....

Stylishly directed again by Jenkins, “Wonder Woman 1984” gets its kicks in hammering down some feminist power, maybe less so than the original. And Gal Gadot, surprisingly, delivers a good performance (did she get acting lessons?). The Israel-born actress brings the kind of humanity to her paper-thinly written superheroine that I didn’t see coming from her. If you remember, in the first film, set in Europe during World War I, Diana/Wonder Woman fell for American pilot Steve Trevor (a very playful Chris Pine), and then he died....

Variety has now confirmed Fincher as director, they spoke with producers Dede Gardner and Jeremy Kleiner, who revealed that filming is now due to begin in June 2019. Fincher is currently directing the second season of his Netflix series “Mindhunter” and Pitt is in Los Angeles shooting Quentin Tarantino’s “Once Upon a Time in Hollywood.” Thus, the reason for the delays. Fincher hasn’t directed a movie since 2014’s “Gone Girl....