Friday, April 19, 2024

Movies

Review: Judd Apatow’s Pete Davidson Movie, “King of Staten Island” Is Surprisingly Moving, and Marisa Tomei Is Sensational

I'm going to give away the ending of Judd Apatow's "The King of Staten Island," a wonderful narrative drama with humor starring and about...

8 Different Versions of “Gone with the Wind” Zoom to Amazon Top 50, But Oscar Winner Hattie McDaniel May Be Getting Her Revenge

Rhett Butler's fans DO give a damn! Since HBO Max dropped "Gone with the Wind" from its service-- basically calling it racist-- the most popular...

Review: Spike Lee Finds His Hearts of Gold and Darkness in the Lengthy, Ambitious, Watchable “Da 5 Bloods”

Spike Lee follows up his great "Blackkklansman" with a lengthy-- two and half hours-- war opera, his own exploration of his heart of darkness,...

Leonardo DiCaprio Sets Record for Oscar Winner With Most Associates Who’ve Been Convicted of Crimes and/or Gone to Jail

Leonardo DiCaprio's list of former friends who've been convicted of a crime keeps getting longer. Leo's former girlfriend, Bar Refaeli, has pleaded guilty to tax...

Life Imitates Art for Actor Frank Grillo, Now in Showtime’s Wall Street Hit, “Billions”: In 1999 He Pleaded Guilty to Securities Fraud

EXCLUSIVE Actor Frank Grill0's run  on "Billions" -- the great Showtime drama about greed and power on Wall Street -- is even more life...

John Travolta Sets a Record: Last Five Movies Each Has a Zero Rating on Rotten Tomatoes, A Sixth One Wasn’t Shown to Critics

John Travolta has set a record, I think, on Rotten Tomatoes. The follically challenged has been movie star brag that his last fives movies were...

Paramount Streaming Ava Duvernay’s Snubbed “Selma” for Free After Warner’s Does Same for “Just Mercy”

Paramount did little for Ava Duvernay's "Selma" when it came out several years ago. They gave it to no Oscar campaign and allowed a...

RIP Oscar Nominee Bruce Jay Friedman, 90, One of Our Great Writers, Brought Nudity to PBS in 1973 with “Steambath”

Bruce Jay Friedman passed away today. He was 90 years old, and one of our greatest writers. There are many tributes to Bruce, particularly...