We’re halfway through 2018. At the end of the year, I’ll have my complete list of the 18 Best Movie Trailers of 2018. Here are my 9 selections for the first half of the year: “BEAUTIFUL BOY” The newest trailer released of the group – this drama stars Steve Carell and Timothee Chalamet as a […]
J.A. Bayona is the talented director of 2012’s Oscar-nominated drama “The Impossible”, based on the true story of the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami (starring Naomi Watts, Ewan McGregor and Tom Holland) and the 2016 drama “A Monster Calls”, based on the novel about a boy dealing with sadness and grief (with Liam Neeson, Sigourney Weaver […]
“Sicario: Day of the Soldado” (out June 29th) is the sequel to 2015’s action/thriller “Sicario”, which earned 3 Oscar nominations, a Critics Choice Best Picture nom, a Best Supporting Actor BAFTA nom for Benicio del Toro. del Toro returns alongside Josh Brolin for the second chapter in this series. However, “Soldado” comes from a different […]
Kevin Costner returns to TV this week on Paramount Network’s new drama series “Yellowstone”. Costner’s career was monstrous in the 80s and 90s, with films such as “Bull Durham”, “Field of Dreams”, “Dances with Wolves” (for which he won 2 Oscars), “JFK” and “The Bodyguard”. But after a string of critical and box office disappointments, […]
Last year, to shake things up, the MTV Movie Awards became the MTV Movie & TV Awards, with non-gender or genre defining categories. Most of the nominees came from films that had recently opened in theaters (such as “Get Out”, “Logan” and “Beauty and the Beast”) instead of the entire prior 12 months. This year’s […]
When ABC cancelled two of their iconic soap operas in 2011, they decided to replace them with a duo of lifestyle talk shows. “The Revolution”, featuring Tim Gunn and Ty Pennington, was canceled after just six months (January – July 2012). [A summer stint of “Good Afternoon America” with Lara Spencer and Josh Elliott aired […]
Sunday night’s 72nd Tony Awards will have a much different vibe than last year. For starters, the host of the 2017 ceremony, Kevin Spacey, will not be on the premises. Instead, the emcees are singing/performing/Broadway vets Josh Groban and Sara Bareilles – safe choices who might do a fine job, but they’re not gonna bring-in […]
At the end of last year, I wrote a piece on a potential resurgence of nationwide advance screenings. I predicted there would be one more big one before 2017 was over, and I was right, as Amazon entered into the game with a successful advance screening launch around the country of “Jumanji: Welcome to the […]
To prep for the highly-anticipated documentary “Won’t You Be My Neighbor?”, opening in select theaters next Friday, June 8th, I decided to watch an episode of “Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood”. To be honest, this PBS program wasn’t one of my childhood TV staples, but over the past two decades, Fred Rogers has been a major cultural […]
Last summer, FOX debuted a pair of new game shows. One was a revival of the classic “Love Connection”, with “Watch What Happens Live” host Andy Cohen taking over the hosting gig made famous by Chuck Woolery. Cohen has dealt with plenty of relationship drama through his “Real Housewives” shows and reunion specials on Bravo, […]