Saturday, April 25, 2026

Movies

Zooey Deschanel Tells Writers: “Hit On Me”

Woody Allen won his fifth Writers Guild Award Sunday night for originals screenplay, this time for "Midnight in Paris." Best Adapted Screenplay went to...

French Movie Ad Was Parody of James Bond (Duh)

Just in case the Hollywood Reporter still doesn't get it, those French ads for "Les Infideles" were a parody of the ads for "For...

An “Artist” Smear Fails: No “Scandal,” Says French Billboard Company

UPDATE: There were exactly two complaints about billboard ads for the French film "Les Infideles" according to Noemi Fuento of JC Decaux, the international...

Red Tails, Red Hook, Red Dawn– Red Ink?

Maybe red is not the color to have in your movie's title. "Red Tails," maybe one of the worst movies ever made, had a...

No “Shame” for Oscars, or Hoover, Reitman, Drive, Tattoo or Tintin

The Oscar nominations are in, and there are lots of movies and actors who got left out. Steve McQueen's "Shame" was totally snubbed, along...

Bingham Ray, Champion of Independent Film, Dies at 57

This is heartbreaking. Bingham Ray, one of the nice guys, a champion of independent film, died today at age 57. He suffered two strokes...

Why Sundance 2012 is A Fizzle by All Accounts

I was sorry to miss this year's Sundance Film Festival--my first absence in eons. But from all reports it's kind of a fizzle, with...

Spike Lee Premiere Causes Ruckus at Sundance

Spike Lee premiered his "Red Hook Summer" at Sundance on Sunday night and things got a little raucus. Maybe because the Giants were playing...