Saturday, December 20, 2025

Movies

Review: Armie Hammer Gets Painted by Geoffrey Rush in Stanley Tucci’s Touching “Final Portrait”

Geoffrey Rush excels at playing tortured always on the edge characters. Rush repeats this talent by playing the artist Alberto Giacometti in Stanley Tucci’s...

Review: Steven Spielberg Directs Futuristic, Glib, “Ready Player One” Like He’s 41, Not 71

It would have been if Steven Spielberg had just kept directing important films like "The Post" and "Lincoln." He's 71, and it's okay if...

Box Office Bonanza: “Black Panther” Will End Up Third or Fourth Biggest Movie of All Time

Now the story gets really interesting... "Black Panther" is now the fifth biggest movie of all time on the domestic box office list. This week...

Mini Studio A24 Partner Leaves as “Lady Bird,” “Disaster Artist” Et Al Get Kudos, Earn Less Than Thought

Original partner John Hodges is abruptly leaving mini-studio A24 after starting it in 2012 with David Fenkel and Daniel Katz. The departure was the...

Tragedy: NYC Firefighter Dies in Massive Fire on Harlem Set of Edward Norton Movie “Motherless Brooklyn”

There are numerous reports this morning of a tragedy in Harlem on a movie set. Michael Davidson of Harlem’s Engine Company 69--a 15 year...

Elvis is Back in the Building: Priscilla Presley and Springsteen Manager Jon Landau Produce Historic Legacy Doc for HBO

Elvis is back in the building. Maybe he never left the building. But on Tuesday morning the draw of meeting his devoted ex wife...

The Real Roxanne, First Girl Rapper, Gets Her Own Movie, Confused Producing with Directing: She Yelled “Cut!” a Lot

Before Nicki Minaj, Lil’ Kim, Cardi B, Remy Ma and Missy Elliott, in 1984 there was 14 year-old rapper Roxanne Shanté. Born Lolita Gooden,...

The First Oscar Movie of 2018? Wes Anderson’s “Isle of Dogs” Prescient Take on Trump and Banned Immigrants– with Its All Star Cast and...

It was quite the star-studded turn out last night for Wes Anderson's "Isle of Dogs," but then again, the cast itself is right in...