Sunday, December 21, 2025

Movies

Soft Box Office, Oscar Doldrums as Hollywood Fights Bad Publicity and No Campaigning

It wasn't a great weekend at the box office. The third "Fifty Shades" installment made just $38 million as audiences and the couple on the...

Fifty Shades of Profit: “Freed” Ending to Trilogy Handcuffs $5.6 Mil in Thursday Night Previews

We all like to snicker at the "Fifty Shades of Grey" series. It gets terrible reviews. Right now it's at 10 on Rotten Tomatoes. But...

Hollywood Tragedy as Rose McGowan’s Former Manager, Jill Messick, Commits Suicide After Battle with Depression

A really terrible Hollywood tragedy today: Jill Messick, formerly Rose McGowan's manager and also an executive producer of several Miramax movies, committed suicide at...

Exclusive: Shia LaBeouf Making “Honey Boy,” a Movie About His Childhood, Explosive Relationship with Father

EXCLUSIVE:  Shia LaBeouf once told an interviewer that when he was a child star his father's pet name for him was "Honey Boy." Now LaBeouf...

Three Charles Manson Movies Are Coming, But Quentin Tarantino’s Is In Jeopardy at Sony Over Polanski-Thurman Stories

Not one, not two, but three Charles Manson movies are coming. One of them, by Quentin Tarantino, however, is in jeopardy at Sony and...

REVIEW Clint Eastwood’s “15:17 to Paris” Is An Eclectic Mix of Patriotic, Christian, and Cutting Edge — And Will Resonate in the Heartland

Don't believe the mixed or bad reviews coming in early for Clint Eastwood's "15:17 to Paris." I saw it tonight, and like A.O. Scott...

Review: Ryan Coogler’s “Black Panther” is a Marvel: Women Rule Wakanda in Hip, Funny, Black Breakthrough

I don't subscribe to Rotten Tomatoes, but Ryan Coogler's "Black Panther" has a 100 there as of today and I second that emotion. If...

Berlin Film Festival Will Feature Ed Sheeran Documentary Made by His Cousin, Plus Willem Dafoe Gets Special Award

The Berlin Film Festival will feature a special presentation: a documentary about singer Ed Sheeran made by his cousin. Will it talk about his...