Category: Movie News
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Gru’s Family Are The Anti-Incredibles In Despicable Me 4 Trailer
Reformed supervillain Felonius Gru (Steve Carell) has come a long way since “Despicable Me” released back in 2010 — the billion-dollar box office hit that put brand new animation studio Illumination on the map. In the first film, Gru adopted three orphan girls as part of a plot to steal the Moon, intending to discard…
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10 Best Character Arcs in ‘Gossip Girl’, Ranked
This classic teen comedy-drama was based on a book series of the same name by Cecily von Ziegesar and ran from 2007 to 2012. Gossip Girl follows the everyday lives of the Manhattan elite, specifically a group of teenagers who attend a prestigious private school on the Upper East Side. An anonymous blogger called Gossip…
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Morgan Freeman’s Role In The Twilight Zone You May Have Forgotten About
Long before the 2019 revival of “The Twilight Zone” dropped on CBS All Access, there was the 1985 revival of the same name. This version was also not quite as well-received as the original series, but it still delivered plenty for fans of the classic series to enjoy: Fun premises, spooky characters, ominous narration, and…
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‘Sujo’ Review: Tense Mexican Drama Plays Like ‘Boyhood,’ Except With the Son of a Sicario as Its Subject
The winner of the World Dramatic competition at Sundance, co-directors Astrid Rondero and Fernanda Valadez’s understated and essential Mexican drama “Sujo” is one of two films in this year’s lineup (the other being “Ponyboi”) in which children who were given distinctive names by doomed macho dads spend years wondering what those monikers mean. In both…
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10 Best ‘Jersey Shore: Family Vacation’ Episodes, Ranked
Six years after Jersey Shore went off the air, the cast returned for a follow-up show called Jersey Shore: Family Vacation. That series has been going strong now for six seasons, renewed for a seventh, making it surpass the original. Now that the cast is older, and more mature (in some ways), some with families…
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The Spiral Isn’t The Only Season 1 Symbolism In True Detective: Night Country
This article contains spoilers for “True Detective: Night Country.”2014’s “True Detective” season 1 introduced a whole host of unique symbols, tropes, and stylistic choices to the crime procedural. It was so visually distinctive that fans have long since pined for the affecting mix of cosmic horror symbolism, occult mythology, and eclectic styles drawn from various…
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China Box Office: ‘Jonny Keep Walking’ Keeps Pace Atop Unchanged Top-Five Chart
Fish out of water comedy film “Jonny Keep Walking” kept its place at the top of the mainland China box office in its fifth weekend of release. The top five titles remained unchanged from the previous week.“Jonny,” in which a man from the countryside struggles to hold down a corporate job in a big city,…
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True Detective: Night Country’s Third Episode Features A Classic Silence Of The Lambs Reference
This post contains spoilers for episode 3 of “True Detective: Night Country.””Quid Pro Quo, Clarice. I tell you things, you tell me things. Not about this case. About yourself,” says Dr. Hannibal Lecter (Anthony Hopkins), speaking with FBI trainee Clarice Starling (Jodie Foster) in “The Silence of the Lambs.” The quid pro quo scene is…
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This ‘Game of Thrones’ Episode Was the Beginning of the End for the Show
There are very few shows whose fall from grace was harder than Game of Thrones, the HBO adaptation of the dark fantasy series, A Song of Ice and Fire, by George R. R. Martin. With its complicated political plots, multifaceted characters, and impressive budget for a television show, it captivated audiences around the world and…
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Five talking points from 2024 Sundance
Sundance Film Festival ran from January 18-28 and, after a sluggish start, there were deals (click here for the latest), celebrity sightings, and a protest.Christopher Nolan turned up to collect an honourary award at the festival’s opening night gala fundraiser and called the occasion a “full circle moment” 23 years after premeiring his breakout thriller…