Category: Movie News
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Let’s Talk About Ray Liotta’s Most Underrated Performance
We’re still reeling days after the loss of Hollywood legend Ray Liotta, the man who gave us a bevy of incredible performances across just about every genre. While known by most as Henry Hill in the Martin Scorsese masterpiece “Goodfellas,” Liotta has truly done it all. He’s played threatening gangsters, hilarious con men, and even…
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6 Biggest Cannes Winners and Losers — From Tom Cruise’s ‘Top Gun’ Triumph to George Miller’s Disappointing Genie
The 75th annual Cannes Film Festival reminded the world just why people love going to the movies. And movie theaters received an important endorsement from a powerful A-list ally. “I make movies for the big screen,” Tom Cruise said on May 18, just hours before “Top Gun: Maverick” premiered to a rapturous standing ovation on…
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The Original ‘Top Gun’ Rules the VOD Charts and Netflix, so Will ‘Maverick’ Have a 120-Day Window?
Paramount is having a great week.Not only is “Top Gun: Maverick” projected to have the best Memorial Day weekend gross in perhaps 25 years (adjusting for inflation) with an estimated 156 million U.S./Canada gross through Monday, with nearly 300 million worldwide — they also dominate this week’s VOD charts, including placing #1 at Netflix.Three Paramount…
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‘Keep Sweet: Pray And Obey’ Trailer: New Netflix Documentary From Emmy Award Winner Rachel Dretzin
From Emmy and Peabody Award-winning filmmaker Rachel Dretzin comes a documentary like no other, “Keep Sweet: Pray and Obey.” Based on the true events of the Yearning for Zion Ranch raid—a Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (Flds) —the four-part documentary series tells the story of the courageous men and women who escaped…
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Working With Michael Caine Left Its Mark On Daniel Radcliffe
I will fully admit that I have not thought one second about Jon M. Chu’s 2016 magic heist film “Now You See Me 2” since I left the theater except to continuously bemoan the fact that it was not called “Now You Don’t”. The tales of [checks notes] The Four Horsemen do not stick firmly to the…
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Box Office: ‘Top Gun Maverick’ Breaks Memorial Day Weekend Records With 156 Million
Tom Cruise’s star-spangled blockbuster “Top Gun: Maverick” capped off Memorial Day weekend with a box office debut for the record books. The sequel, which sees Cruise return to the cockpit after 36 years, collected 156 million in its first four days of release.Those ticket sales were enough to overtake Disney’s “Pirates of the Caribbean: At…
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Millie Bobby Brown Jokes About The Massive ‘Stranger Things’ Cast: “You Need To Start Killing People Off”
“Stranger Things” creators, the Duffer Brothers, recently revealed their hit Netflix series wasn’t originally planned to go beyond one season. Four seasons later, and a fourth season cut into two parts, perhaps some of the cast is getting a little impatient too and perhaps thinks the cast has gotten too sprawling. In a recent interview,…
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‘Maestro’ First Look: Bradley Cooper Transforms Into Leonard Bernstein in ‘A Star Is Born’ Follow-Up
Bradley Cooper is fully transformed in the first look at his Netflix-backed biographical drama “Maestro,” which serves as his directorial follow-up to Oscar winner “A Star Is Born.” Set photos from the movie released by the streaming giant depict Cooper opposite co-star Carey Mulligan. Cooper stars in “Maestro” as esteemed Broadway composer Leonard Bernstein, with…
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The Best And Worst Moments In Top Gun: Maverick Ranked
It took 36 years for Tom Cruise and company to deliver “Top Gun: Maverick.” Is it worth the wait? That depends entirely on your need for speed. The original “Top Gun” is a pop art masterpiece. It’s one iconic scene after another as if the entire film was embedded in some universal cultural keystone, and director…