Movies

Box Office: “Shaft” Is Killed by Bad Karma, “Men in Black International” Domesticated, “Rocketman” Crosses $60 Million

The Friday box office wasn't kind to the sequels. But their loss is the gain of "Rocketman," now crossing $60 million on its way...

“Shaft” Gives the Shaft to Oscar Winning Composer, R&B Hero Isaac Hayes, Leaves Out Famous Music from New Film

Besides Richard Roundtree, the one thing that anyone remembers from the groundbreaking 1971 film "Shaft" is the music. The main theme became a number...

The Great Sylvia Miles, Two Time Oscar Nominee, New York Landmark, Leaves Us At Age 94

A big light went out in New York on Wednesday. Sylvia Miles-- twice an Oscar nominee, a woman to be reckoned with -- died...

Martin Scorsese on Bob Dylan, and Their Magnificent Rolling Thunder Revue Documentary: “I don’t think he’s seen any of it”

Martin Scorsese captures the spirit of everything that’s great about Dylan in his phenomenal documentary, “Rolling Thunder Revue.” The Netflix film premiered Monday evening...

“The Dead Don’t Die,” They Just Party on as Jim Jarmusch Film Premieres at MoMA

Jim Jarmsuch's opening night film from Cannes, "The Dead Don't Die," landed in New York Monday night with a swank premiere at the Museum...

Box Office Hell: “Dark Phoenix” $7 Mil Lower than Lowest Estimate, “Pets 2” Comes in 53% Lower than Original, But “Rocketman” Hits $50 Mil

What a weekend! Marvel-Fox-now Disney's "Dark Phoenix" came in at $33 million including Thursday previews. The low estimate had been $40 million, so this was...

Friday Box Office: “Dark Phoenix” Set to Be Lowest Grossing of the 12 X Men Movies, “Rocketman” Holding On, “Pets 2” in Doghouse

"Dark Phoenix" is doing as poorly as its reviews suggested. Last night the final "X Men" movie took in $14 million. It will be...

Review: “Secret Life of Pets 2” Suffers from Sequel-itis, Lack of Imagination, And Filmmaker Hubris

“The Secret Life of Pets 2” the sequel of the first film from 2016, will probably make a gazillion dollars this weekend, (it goes...

“Rocketman” Soars By 57% Tuesday Over Monday, Elton John Places 3 Albums Including 2 Boxed Sets in Top 10, and the “Rocket Man” Single is Back, Too!

Don't say "Rocketman" isn't flying high. The Elton John biopic was up 57% Tuesday over Monday, which means adults are flocking to see it. The...

Landmark Tiananmen Square Doc Makes Producer Trudie Styler, Director Michael Apted “Persona Non Grata” in China 30 Years Later

Producer Trudie Styler says that after making the landmark Tiananmen  Square documentary, "Moving the Mountain," back in 1994, she and director Michael Apted became...