Thursday, March 28, 2024

Movies

Box Office: Theater Worries as Animated Japanese Movie About a Boy and a Fish Leads 3rd Lowest Weekend of 2023

It was not a good time at the box office this weekend. The rough total for all films came in at just over $68 million....

Ryan O’Neal Got a Rare New York Times Obit from Famed Hollywood Reporter Aljean Harmetz

Ryan O'Neal has died, and it's sad, of course. But there is a bright side. O'Neal got a New York Times obit written by legendary...

Ryan O’Neal Dead at 82, Jumped from “Peyton Place” to Fame with “Love Story,” Long Relationship with Farrah Fawcett

Ryan O'Neal is dead at age 82. He burst onto the scene with TV's "Peyton Place" opposite Mia Farrow in the mid 60s. In 1970,...

Box Office: Beyonce’s “Renaissance Tour” Movie Flops, Drops 74% After One Week

Not all tours can be translated into film. Taylor Swift's "Eras Tour" movie keeps chugging along. It's made over $250 million worldwide. But Beyonce's "Renaissance" movie...

Ava DuVernay’s Docudrama of Ideas, “Origin,” Gets a Splashy Lincoln Center Premiere, Explains Movie’s Alternative Title

Editor's note: Ava DuVernay's "Origin" opens today. A kind of docudrama, "Origin" is like a PBS miniseries of ideas. -RF Here's our report from the...

AFI Top Ten Movies and TV: Flower Moon, Oppenheimer, Succession, Poker Face, But No Color Purple, Air, Crown, or Maisel

The AFI Top Ten Movies and TV shows have been announced. The list for movie is succinct and maybe the Oscar Top 10 also....

National Board of Review Follows New York Film Critics Circle, Names “Killers of the Flower Moon” Best Picture

The National Board of Review, a group I've chastised in the past for a variety of issues, has followed the New York Film Critics...

Will Smith, Johnny Depp, More Stars Partied at Saudi Film Festival, Vanity Fair Sponsored It Despite Lack of Women’s Rights, Khashoggi Murder

Johnny Depp, Will Smith and a dozen or more female stars didn't mind getting a free trip to Saudi Arabia in the last week. They...