Editor’s Note: The following contains spoilers for The Little MermaidAs a famous crustacean once said, “The seaweed is always greener in somebody else’s lake,” and so is all the money that Disney’s 2023 live-action remake of The Little Mermaid made in its theatrical run. While many of Disney’s live-action updates of their classic animated films […]
Continue readingIt’s been more than a year since Robert Pattinson’s emo Caped Crusader arrived in “The Batman.” Director Matt Reeves’ noirish take on the Dark Knight might not have had quite the cultural impact of, say, “The Dark Knight,” but it did manage to become a box office hit during a troubling time for the industry. […]
Continue readingEmerald Fennell found her crown jewel in Barry Keoghan for “Saltburn.” Fennell, who won the Best Original Screenplay Oscar for her feature debut “Promising Young Woman,” told Vanity Fair that she cast Keoghan in sophomore film “Saltburn” after seeing 2017 film “The Killing of a Sacred Deer.”Yorgos Lanthimos’ body horror thriller first pitted Keoghan and […]
Continue readingIn 2006, audiences were thrown into the deep end when the film adaptation of the hit series Miami Vice was an esoteric and disorienting crime thriller that abandoned the tone and style of the source material. Michael Mann’s efforts were divisive at the time, but Miami Vice has since been critically re-evaluated as a cult […]
Continue reading(Welcome to Did They Get It Right?, a series where we look at an Oscars category from yesteryear and examine whether the Academy’s winner stands the test of time.)We are in somewhat of a transitional period with how we think about the acting categories for entertainment awards. This, primarily, has to do with gender. We […]
Continue readingDenzel Washington stars as Roman Israel, a driven, idealistic defense attorney who, through a tumultuous series of events, finds himself in a crisis that leads to extreme action. Directors: Dan Gilroy Writers: Dan Gilroy Stars: Denzel Washington, Colin Farrell, Carmen Ejogo
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