Thursday, May 2, 2024

Movies

Review: Robin Wright Goes Wrong with “Land,” A Beautiful, Well Intended Plotless Mess

I'm a big Robin Wright fan, so there's that. But she chose "Land" to direct, Focus Features picked it up right away and Sundance took...

Denzel Washington Has the #1 Movie This Weekend, So Disney Thought They’d Cash In and Re-release One of His Old Ones

The number 1 movie this weekend was "The Little Things," starring Denzel Washington and Jared Leto, from Warner Bros. It made about $4.8 million...

Sundance: “Mass” Is A Stone Cold Drama Acting Master Class for Quartet of Actors Including Martha Plimpton and Jason Isaacs

Wanna see some acting? Like some real acting? Then you'll have sit through the uncomfortable but searing "Mass," written and directed by Fran Kranz. Guess...

Sundance Record Broken as “CODA,” Film About Singing Teen from Deaf Family, Breaks Record with $25 Mil Sale

Apple has gotten to the core of Sundance. The computer/phone company with a burgeoning film firm broke the Sundance record today. They bought "CODA" for...

Broadway Hit Musical “Dear Evan Hansen” Coming to Movies in September But Will It Come Back to Broadway?

"Dear Evan Hansen" is already a movie. While we were buying toilet paper, Universal spent the last few months shooting the Tony winning Broadway musical...

Retiring at 84: Kris Kristofferson, Famed Songwriter of “Me & Bobby McGee,” Acclaimed Actor, Renaissance Man

Kris Kristofferson is calling it a day. The famed singer-songwriter and actor is retiring now at age 84. He deserves some downtime after a stellar...

Sundance Review: Questlove’s “Summer of Soul” is Like a Box of Fine Chocolates, with Unseen Performances by Stevie Wonder, Gladys Knight, Other Stars

There was a Harlem Cultural Festival in New York in the summer of 1969. Stevie Wonder, Gladys Knight, Sly Stone, the 5th Dimension, and...

Reality Bites: Armie Hammer Reportedly Out of “Godfather” Mini-Series Playing Movie’s Producer Al Ruddy

Not since Tiger Woods' meltdown a decade ago has a career melted down this quickly, and badly. Actor Armie Hammer, who was on top of...