Friday, May 17, 2024

Movies

Review: Dakota Johnson Does Her Best Work So Far in “Cha Cha Real Smooth,” A Perfect Sundance Movie

If Cooper Raiff's "Cha Cha Real Smooth" had played at Sundance for real in the Eccles Auditorium or at the Library, there would have...

More Bad News for “West Side Story”: Dissed by Cinematographer Awards, No Nomination

I'm glad I didn't have money on "West Side Story." But I did think it would sweep all the awards. Now it's been dissed...

Review: Two Time Oscar Winner Mahershala Ali Shouldn’t Be Overlooked This Time Around in “Swan Song”

Oscar voting starts Thursday and one performance that should not be overlooked is Mahershala Ali’s nuanced turn playing two identical characters in the moody...

Baby You’re a Rich Man If You Want to Buy Julian Lennon’s Beatles Memorabilia as NFTs

Julian Lennon is auctioning off some of prized Beatles memorabilia. Well, not really. They're going to be NFTs-- non fungible tokens in the pretend world....

Sundance Review: Emma Thompson Naked and Unafraid in Stunning “Good Luck to You, Leo Grande”

Sundance: Oscar winner Emma Thompson ("Howard's End") has always been an uncommonly fine actress, whether she was the painfully restrained but deeply caring housemistress...

Box Office: “Spider Man 8” Climbs Back to Number 1, Knocking Off “Scream 5”:

Spider Man, Spider Man does whatever ais  spider can. In this case, "Spider Man: No Way Home" does the unexpected and climbs back to number...

Sundance: Lena Dunham’s First Big Project After “Girls” is About Porn And All Its Glories

First let me say that I think Lena Dunham is an excellent writer. Between "Tiny Furniture" and many episodes of "Girls," I was always...

Sundance: Disney Focuses Its Searchlight on Horror Cannibalism With Charmer Who Cuts Up Dates and Eats ‘Em

You will want to become a vegetarian after watching "Fresh." Or should I say, "Flesh." This is a horror movie that is pretty disgusting,...