Movies

Oracle-Backed Annapurna Pictures Takes $38 Million Bath with Box Office Flop “Sisters Brothers”

It's all over for the movie no one saw but got great reviews: Jacques Audiard's "The Sisters Brothers." The movie cost $38 million and...

Richard E. Grant, Now Starring with Melissa McCarthy, on Making “Logan”: “I felt like a dandelion in the wind”

Melissa McCarthy and Richard E. Grant play fabulous duo in crime, Lee Israel and Jack Hock, in “Can You Ever Forgive Me?” The film...

Box Office: Ryan Gosling’s “First Man” Has a Soft Landing with $5.8 Mil Friday Night, Oscar Chances Slow

What happened to Damien Chazelle's "First Man"? There so much enthusiasm for it in Venice and Toronto. I still think it's a terrific film,...

Oscars: “Cold War” Stars Heat Up New York with Polish Film That Took Cannes, Festivals By Storm

This may be premature — 'Cold War'” is going to become a musical,” said Oscar-winning Polish director...

Golden Globes Will Take the Year’s Two Musicals– “A Star is Born” and “Bohemian Rhapsody”– as Dramas Instead

We finally got to a year with two big musicals-- "A Star is Born" and "Bohemian Rhapsody." So will they be deemed Comedy/Musical by...

Hollywood: Conservative Money Won’t Pay for Liberal Films as Oracle-Backed Annapurna Pics Faces Crisis

I'm not here to bury Megan Ellison. I like her a lot. When Megan (not to be confused with her billionaire father Larry) was...

Box Office Update: “A Star is Born” Had a Better Weekend Than Thought, Is Now Up to $51 Mil

Warner Brothers underestimated "A Star is Born" for the regular three day weekend. Originally the studio said the film made $42.5 million from previews through...

Fox News-Roger Ailes All-Star Film Dropped Suddenly Before Production by Annapurna Films

The all -star film about Roger Ailes and the fall of Fox News in the #MeToo scandal has been dropped suddenly by Annapurna Pictures. That's...

Coincidence? Taylor Swift Steps Up for Democrats as Kanye West Doubles Down on Trump Backing

Taylor Swift came out swinging for the political fences this week. She endorsed Democrats running for office in Tennessee, and vehemently came out against...

Oscar Race 2019 Comes into Focus with Help from Hamptons, NY Film Festivals: Almost Too Many Choices

The self appointed Oscar prognosticators are out and about. They're making their lists, checking them twice, even if they haven't seen all the movies....