Netflix’s top ten rented movies of all time
Netflix, apparently under the assumption you two are still friends after recent, uh, differences of opinion, has gotten all buddy-buddy and divulged its list of the top ten rentals in its 14-year...
View Article“Get me George Clooney and you’ve got yourself a deal.”
When George Clooney enters talks to star in your movie, it doesn’t matter that the script has been bouncing around for quite some time and nothing has been greenlit yet; things get serious. Of course,...
View ArticleWho is that starring in ‘The Heat’ with Sandra Bullock?
Because it’s nobody I recognize. This British poster for the distaff buddy cop comedy The Heat, opening June 28 (that July 31 date is in the UK), has been attracting some heat of its own for its...
View ArticleHow do your choices line up with the People’s Choice Awards choices?
The curious thing about the People’s Choice Awards, or maybe I should say the curious-est thing, is not the laughable categories and choices, or the equating of mass America’s taste with quality, or...
View ArticleHere are your 71st annual Golden Globe nominations. Thoughts?
It’s time to see what fresh hell the Hollywood Foreign Press Association has brought us this year. To be fair, the Golden Globes haven’t been quite the train wreck in recent years as they were in the...
View ArticleWomen in Hollywood: Just because we keep talking about it doesn’t mean it’s...
You know 2013 wasn’t such a great year for women in Hollywood because no one pulled out the nearly annual – and always condescending – “This is the Year of the Woman” claims. Roles for women of any...
View ArticlePrevious roles of this year’s Oscar nominees: Best Actress
Every day this week we’ll showcase the nominees in one of the top categories for this Sunday’s 86th Oscars ceremony by highlighting one or two other previous performances from them that might have...
View ArticleApril 2015 Movie Milestones
April is not known for being a prime release month for award-winning or blockbuster movies, but there are several notable ones that are celebrating milestone anniversaries in 2015. Very few of you have...
View Article2016 Best Actress nominees: deja vu all over again?
The folks over at Indiewire are leaping past the summer movie season and focusing on this fall’s prestige pics, specifically forecasting ahead to next year’s Oscars. They based their, let’s call them...
View ArticleThis week’s movies brought to you by the letter R
A curious thing about the four movies opening locally this weekend — three are wide releases and the fourth is a potential Oscar contender which had a limited opening two weeks ago: all are rated R, as...
View ArticleAll-female ‘Ocean’s 8’ adds Rihanna, Hathaway, more
The all-female reboot of Ocean’s Eleven, scaled back to a more manageable Ocean’s 8 (or Ocean’s Ocho, as IMDb has it), is coming close to booking a full cast of stars two months before its scheduled...
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