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Continue readingJames Caan is dead at the age of 82, his official Twitter feed confirmed on Thursday. “The Godfather” actor shot to superstardom after playing the doomed Sonny Corleone in Francis Ford Coppola’s 1972 adaptation of the Mario Puzo novel, but he gained fans across decades. Not many actors could simulate being shot with dozens of […]
Continue readingThe Cannes Film Festival has unveiled the program of its Cinema de la Plage section which launched last year with a mix of restored classics, cult films and premieres.Open to all audiences, the Cinema de la Plage will take place on the beach every evening and will be free of charge. The program, which runs […]
Continue readingHollywood history is filled with stories of movies surpassing the books that inspired them, but perhaps none loom larger than “The Godfather.” Francis Ford Coppola’s film is so beloved that it is easy to forget that Mario Puzo’s novel was not nearly as well received. But a new miniseries about the making of the film, […]
Continue readingJust as some meetings should be emails, some TV shows should be movies. Never has this felt truer, in enormously extended fashion, than in the Paramount+ limited series “The Offer.” In short, “The Offer” is the unnecessary answer to the question, “How did they ever make a movie out of Mario Puzo’s wildly popular novel […]
Continue readingParamount+ is about to make you an offer you can’t refuse. The streaming service announced back in 2020 that, along with their rebranding from CBS All Access to Paramount, that they would be bringing audiences a limited series about the making of “The Godfather” titled “The Offer.” The move was met with some raised eyebrows […]
Continue readingBy now you’ve surely seen some trailers and stills from “The Offer,” an upcoming Paramount+ limited series depicting the frankly insane behind-the-scenes drama that went on while “The Godfather” was being made. Miles Teller, Juno Temple, Matthew Goode, Giovanni Ribisi, and Dan Fogler are starring in the series which debuts April 28, 2022, on Paramount+, and they’ve just […]
Continue readingEvery Tuesday, discriminating viewers are confronted with a flurry of choices: new releases on disc and on demand, vintage and original movies on any number of streaming platforms, catalogue titles making a splash on Blu-ray or 4K. This twice-monthly column sifts through all of those choices to pluck out the movies most worth your time, […]
Continue readingLandmark American crime drama “The Sopranos” is renowned for its authenticity. The story of Tony Soprano (James Gandolfini) tackling his mental health issues while balancing family life and his duties as a mob boss made for some of the most gripping television of all time. Often thought to be one of the greatest TV shows […]
Continue readingThere has been media debate whether “Spider-Man: No Way Home” could get a best picture Oscar nomination, since voters of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences have been reluctant to celebrate movies in that genre. But describing this as a superhero movie is like saying “The Godfather” is a gangster film. It Is, […]
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