Friday, December 19, 2025

Movies

Box Office: Warner’s Wonky “Wonka” Previews a Worrisome $3.5 Million on Thursday Night

The jury is out on "Wonka." Last night, the Timothee Chalamet starrer took in $3.5 million in previews. That's a little wonky, but the holiday...

All the Songs and Scores Eligible for the Oscars: From Diane Warren to Ryan Gosling, Lenny Kravitz, and Bruce Springsteen

Here are all the songs and scores eligible for 2024 Oscars. It's quite a list. If I could pick five songs and scores each,...

Exclusive: George Clooney A List Premiere for Thrilling “The Boys in the Boat” — Star Will Make Next Movie with Noah Baumbach (UDPATED)

UPDATED THURSDAY NIGHT: After I published this scoop at 1:18pm Thursday, it turned into chum in the water. Four hours later, "exclusives" were claimed...

Review: Jeffrey Wright Gives a Tour de Force Performance in Cord Jefferson’s Savvy “American Fiction”

I first saw Cord Jefferson's "American Fiction" at the Hamptons Film Festival and was knocked out. It opens this Friday and is a sleeper...

Critics Choice Nominations Gets It Mostly Right But Snubs Annette Bening, Fantasia, George Clooney Boat Movie, “Wonka,” Chalamet, Ava DuVernay “Origin”

The Critic Choice nominations are out. They weren't supposed to be out until Noon Eastern time, but People magazine misread the time zone and...

RIP Great Actor Andre Braugher, 61, Star of “Homicide,” “Brooklyn Nine Nine,” Two Time Emmy Winner

The great actor Andre Braugher has died at age 61. The report says he had a short illness. Braugher won 2 Emmy Awards on 11...

Golden Globes 2024: Huge Snubs for “The Color Purple,” “Ferrari,” George Clooney Film, Ava DuVernay “Origins,” Plus “May December” is a Comedy?

Even though the Golden Globes increased its membership for diversity, they still managed to exclude one of the most vibrant and powerful films of...

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....