Friday, April 26, 2024

Movies

Sundance Record Set as “The Birth of a Nation” Sells to Fox Searchlight for $17.5 Mil

When the dust -- or mud-- settled in Sundance today, a new sales record was set. Fox Searchlight has reportedly bought "The Birth of...

Oscars: Motion Picture Academy Answers Questions on New Rules, Reassures That Everyone Still Gets Screeners

AMPAS answers questions about the new rules at the Academy. It's funny-- I think a lot of people worried they wouldn't get free screeners...

Sundance Repudiates #OscarsoWhite: Longest Standing Ovation for New “The Birth of a Nation”

Sundance is on fire tonight. Most of the critics are white and everyone is sensitive to the #Oscarssowhite campaign. Three years after "12 Years...

Sundance: Casey Affleck Hit Rolls the Dice and Takes Amazon $10 Mil Bid Over Established Distributors

The word from Sundance is that Amazon was the accepted high bidder-- a whopping $10 million-- for Kenneth Lonergan's "Manchester by the Sea." Several established...

Producers Guild Awards Go to “The Big Short,” “Game of Thrones,” “Amy,” “The Jinx,” John Oliver HBO Show, Seinfeld “Cars”

Upset at the PGA! "The Big Short" won Best Picture. Seems like we have chaos now in the Oscar race. "Spotlight" or "The Revenant"...

Lady Gaga Reveal at PGA: Aunt Was Raped In College, Reason Singer Devoted to Campus Rape Doc and Song

Leah Sydney reporting... Lady Gaga never ceases to amaze or reveal. At the Producers Guild of America Awards tonight in Hollywood she revealed why she...

Tonight: Which Film will Win Producers Guild Award? Oscar Usually Predicted Here

Here are the ten movies nominated for the PGA tonight. The ceremony starts soon in Hollywood. Going back at least until 2007, the PGA...

BadFellas: “Dirty Grandpa” — One of Worst Movies Ever– Scores a Huge Friday Night

Friday night brought out the worst in moviegoers. "Dirty Grandpa," with a 6 rating on Rotten Tomatoes and reviews citing it as "the worst...