The BBC has snapped up 23 gems from the Rko vaults, from Fred and Ginger to salty romcoms and rousing westernsMany a friend and family member has told me they’re watching more classic cinema than usual in lockdown, and not just because they’ve binged every bit of new content Netflix has to offer. Nostalgia, however […]
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Of all the characters that appeared in “Spider-Man: Into the Spider-verse,” the two that have definitely gone on to become massive fan-favorites are Miles Morales and Gwen Stacy. And though there is a ‘Spider-Verse’ sequel in the works that presumably features Morales as the lead character, there hasn’t been word on when we might see […]
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Composer Max Steiner, whose scores for “King Kong,” “Gone With the Wind” and “Casablanca” placed him in the movie-music pantheon, isn’t much discussed today. He seems to belong to that old-school, pre-synthesizer world of orchestral scoring from the ’30s, ’40s and ’50s.But as author Steven C. Smith points out in his engrossing new biography of […]
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HBO Max launched to much fanfare last week with one of the most impressive catalogues for any new streaming service. From critically acclaimed HBO series like Game of Thrones and The Sopranos, to the coveted streaming powerhouse Friends, to the entire Studio Ghibli filmography, it seemed like any movie or show could win the honor […]
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Lovable sitcom star Kevin James plays a heavily tattooed neo-Nazi in the new home invasion movie Becky, and if you think that sounds more than a little ridiculous, I can’t say I’d blame you. I saw more than a few double takes online when the trailer first hit. “You expect me to buy The King […]
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Paramount Pictures has announced that it is offering free digital rentals of Ava DuVernay’s “Selma” for the rest of the month.The news comes less than 24 hours after star David Oyelowo said that Oscar voters told the studio that they would not support the film after the cast wore T-shirts that said “I Can’t Breathe” […]
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It’s hard to imagine that the definitive studio movie about Trump-era authoritarianism would come from the guy behind “Taken 2” and “Taken 3,” but that sure didn’t stop him from trying. Of course, you should never doubt the delusional self-confidence of a man who changed his last name to “Megaton,” just as you should never […]
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As protests continue, more and more people in the entertainment business are taking notice. Today, Paramount has decided to make Ava DuVernay‘s Selma available for free rental on digital platforms through the end of the month. The Best Picture-nominated film tells the story of Martin Luther King Jr. and his involvement with the 1965 Selma […]
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When Netflix announced plans to help further show what people were watching with its Top 10 lists, people were initially very happy. Finally, instead of Netflix telling subscribers what’s “popular” and “trending,” we can see what is actually being watched. Well, unfortunately, that also means we get to see when bad films and TV series […]
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In a recent profile of Fantastic Four director Josh Trank, the filmmaker said he slept with a gun by his bed because of threats he was receiving online due to his decision to cast a black actor as Johnny Storm, Aka The Human Torch. Now Trank says he initially tried to cast a black woman […]
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