Thursday, December 5, 2024

Movies

AFI Top 10 for 2024 Includes “Wicked,” “Dune Two,” TV Special Award “Baby Reindeer”

Here are the top 10 lists for movies and TV from the American Film Institute this year. These are likely the Oscar movies. AFI MOTION PICTURES OF THE YEAR ANORA THE BRUTALIST A COMPLETE...

Spirit Awards Nominations Follow Gotham Awards, Omit The 3 Main Netflix Offerings

The 2025 Indie Spirit nominations were announced today. Film Independent boldly replicated the Gotham Awards, only their presentation will be in a cold, rainy...

“Wicked” Best Picture from National Board of Review, Fan Group Leans on Fave Studios As Usual, No Netflix

The National Bored of Review. They are predictable. The NBR is a fan group whose members pay big annual fees and also pay to be...

Bob Dylan Speaks! Endorses Biopic “A Complete Unknown,” Met with Director Over Script 5 Times (Exclusive)

I'm telling you this story backwards: I can tell you Bob Dylan met with writer-director James Mangold five times when the coming biopic "A Complete...

Netanyahu Film: Doc Maker Alex Gibney Says No One Will Show “The Bibi Files” But You Can See It Here

Alex Gibney has made dozens of terrific documentaries. So has Lexi Bloom. But Gibney says their film, "The Bibi Files," about the corruption and crimes...

“Wicked,” Hits the Oscar Trail: Deadpool Meets Elphaba as Ryan, Blake, Brooke, Joey Pants Turn Out for NY Screening

The cozy Metrograph Theater is at the corner of Chinatown and Who-knows-where, but a lot of A-listers showed up tonight for a screening of...

NY Film Critics Name “The Brutalist” Best Picture, Adrien Brody Best Actor

No surprise: the New York Film Critics Circle has given Best Picture to Brady Corbet's "The Brutalist." The film's star, Adrien Brody, is Best Actor....

Gender Neutral Gotham Awards Go Exclusively to Men, Snub Female Stars

Monday night's Gotham Awards were packed with A list stars, notching up the importance of the evening as the opening salvo for Hollywood prizes Among...

Box Office: “Moana 2” Makes Almost as Much as Hit “Wicked” In Just Six Days

Yes, "Wicked" is a big hit. Total box office after 11 days is $262 million. That's right over the rainbow. But "Moana 2" has made...

Surrender, Dorothy: “Wicked” Crosses $200 Mil Mark After 9 Days, “Gladiator II” Eyes $100 Mil

Someone tell L. Frank Baum that "The Wizard of Oz" is the gift that just keeps giving. Yesterday, "Wicked," in which the Wizard becomes a...

Tom Cruise’s “Scary Movie” Next Project as Director Doug Liman Supports Cowboy Doc (Exclusive)

It looks like director Doug Liman and Tom Cruise's supernatural thriller, "Deeper," is going forward. At a screening of Gregory Kershaw and Michael Dweck's documentary,...