Tuesday, December 23, 2025

Movies

“Spotlight” Named Best Picture by Film Critics, Leo, “Revenant” Ignored, “Creed” Star Best Actor

The National Society of Film Critics comprises a lot really great writers who've matriculated out of the New York and L.A. Film Critics groups....

Joy Mangano Returns to HSN, Sells Over 250,000 Miracle Mops in 24 Hour Marathon

UPDATE 11:30pm 250,000. Times $40. You do the math. Joy Mangano should do the marketing for the Oscars. EARLIER With 12 hours to go,...

Tarantino’s Three Hour “Hateful Eight” — in Fewer Theaters– Outplays “Sisters,” “Joy,” “Concussion,” “Good Dinosaur”

Quentin Tarantino and Harvey Weinstein win again. They expanded "The Hateful Eight"-- the two hour, forty seven minute version without an intermission or overture--...

Plenty of “Room” At Awards Shows for the Man Who Made Brie Larson an Oscar Contender

We probably haven't talked enough about the brilliant "Room," a suspenseful and emotional film about a mother and son locked in a tiny room...

Movies: Best of 2015 Includes Moving Michael Keaton into Lead Actor for “Spotlight,” Then it All Gets Easier

Here's the deal. A few years ago I wrote that Kate Winslet should be moved from Supporting to Lead for "The Reader." She was...

Watch Lady Gaga Perform Diane Warren’s “Til it Happens to You” 2015’s Best Movie Song

Diane Warren wrote this amazing song, produced and tweaked by Lady Gaga, who performed it at the Billboard Women in Music event earlier this...

Haskell Wexler, Two Time Oscar Winning Cinematographer and Filmmaker, Was 93

Jane Fonda Tweeted today about Haskell Wexler, the Academy Award winning and legendary cinematographer who has died at age 93: "The brilliant, beloved Oscar-winning...

Oh Yes, By the Way, “Star Wars” Crossed the $1 Billion Line at the Worldwide Box Office

Blahblah blah. "Star Wars" crossed the $1 billion line on Sunday, globally. That's about $550 million US and $550 million everywhere else. Harrison Ford is...