Sunday, December 21, 2025

Movies

COVID Scuttles Critics Choice Awards After Taking Governors Awards and New York Film Critics

Now the Critics Choice Awards are scuttled because of COVID.  Here's the announcement: "After thoughtful consideration and candid conversations with our partners at The CW...

Motion Picture Academy Cancels January 15th Governors Awards, Critics Choice Looks Imperiled

The Motion Picture Academy has canceled their big January 15th event for the Governors Awards at the Fairmont Century Plaza. The reason is the...

James Franco Admits in New Radio Interview “I Did Sleep with Students” in Acting Classes He Taught

James Franco is a sociopath. That's the main takeaway from the interviews Jess Cagle has posted with Franco from Sirius XM and ET Canada....

Review: Japan’s “Drive My Car” Is Winning All the Critics Prizes for a Reason, It’s the Only Contemporary Drama

Life moves slowly. Loss. Grief. So much happens in Ryusuke Hamaguchi's "Drive My Car," Japan’s entry for the Best International Film Academy Award, it...

Steady “Spider Man” Flies to $328 Million on 6th Day of Release With No End in Sight

Spider Man, Spider Man, does whatever a spider can. Actually, thank God spiders can't really do what Peter Parker can nowadays. Otherwise, the world might...

Oscars: French “Horror” Film “Titane,” Submitted by France Fails to Make Short List, Almodovar Missing for A Stupid Reason

The Academy has spoken. The Foreign Film branch has announced its shortlist and left off Julia Ducournau's "Titane," unlikely winner of this year's Palme...

Oscars: Academy Short List for Best Songs Includes Diane Warren, Beyonce, Lin Manuel Miranda, JHud, Van Morrison

Here's the Academy short list for Best Song. Included are some perennials like Diane Warren for her great song, "Somehow You Do" from a...

COVID ‘Cron Starts Causing Trouble: New York Film Critics Postpone January 10th Ceremony

The New York Film Critics Circle has postponed its January 10th awards ceremony. “Out of safety concerns for our award winners and our members, we’ve...