Movies
New York Film Festival Pulls Out the Big Guns: “Dune,” Joaquin Phoenix, Maggie Gyllenhaal, “French Dispatch”
The New York Film Festival has pulled out the big guns for its Spotlight films. I'm most excited about Mike Mills's "C'mon, C'mon," starring...
Movies
Anthony Mackie, Finally, Gets to Play Captain America, the Second Marvel Black Super Hero
If Anthony Mackie had been white, my friends, he'd have already had an Oscar. That's me saying it.
Mackie has waited and waited, but now...
government
UPDATE: Hollywood in Peril with Location Filming in Georgia as Film Commission Ignores Spike, Doesn’t Track COVID Cases
UPDATE Nancy Nydam writes: DPH does not have any outbreak reports from a film set, and specifically nothing from “The Staircase.”
EXCLUSIVE If you're in...
Movies
MGM’s Lion Sleeps Tonight as “Respect” Falters, “Flag Day” Scores Poor Reviews, But “Soggy Bottom” Story Mystery Solved (Exclusive)
MGM's fabled lion sleeps tonight.
In the Hollywood jungle, the mighty jungle, MGM is waiting to be purchased by Amazon. An announcement was made in...
Movies
Box Office UPDATE: “The Suicide Squad” Dead With $42 Mil Total, “Respect” Gets None on $8.8 Mil Opening
Two bombs, two different kinds of movies.
Box office experts will be Monday morning quarterbacking "The Suicide Squad" for a long time to come.
Well reviewed,...
Business
Friday Box Office: Ryan Reynolds’ “Free Guy” Opens Bigger than Expected, “Respect” Sings the Blues
The week's new movies came in Friday night with baggage good and bad from Thursday previews.
Ryan Reynolds' "Free Guy" whipped up $8.5 million on...
Celebrity
“Respect” Director on Cutting Aretha Franklin’s Famed Backup Singer Cissy Houston from Movie: “That is part of artistic license”
One of the biggest mistakes in the forthcoming Aretha Franklin biopic, "Respect," is the cutting of her most famous back up singer.
Cissy Houston, leader...
Movies
Broadway: Scott Rudin’s Miserable “West Side Story” Will NOT Re-open, As Predicted Here, To Make Way for Spielberg Movie
As I predicted, Scott Rudin's "West Side Story" revival will not reopen on Broadway.
I'm told this is because Disney does not want this reviled...