Emily Blunt and Ryan Gosling are facing-off at the box office over the July 21-23 weekend with “Oppenheimer” and “Barbie”. But soon, they’ll be joining forces on a major promotion tour. Late last year they filmed “The Fall Guy” together. It’s a Universal action film from “Atomic Blonde”, “Deadpool 2”, “Hobbs & Shaw” and “Bullet […]
Here’s my list of the 10 Best Movies of the First Half of 2023: 1) “SUZUME” (Crunchyroll) 2) “BOSTON STRANGLER” (20th Century/Hulu) 3) “JESUS REVOLUTION” (Lionsgate) 4) “BLACKBERRY” (IFC Films) 5) “FLAMIN’ HOT” (Searchlight/Hulu/Disney+) 6) “ELEMENTAL” (Disney/Pixar) 7) “EMILY” (Bleecker Street) 8) “TETRIS” (AppleTV+) 9) “STILL: A MICHAEL J. FOX MOVIE” (AppleTV+) 10) “JOHN WICK: […]
This December will mark 10 years since Margot Robbie broke through on the big screen in Martin Scorsese’s “The Wolf of Wall Street” and quickly became a household name. The Aussie actress appeared about two months earlier in Richard Curtis’ romance drama “About Time”, alongside Rachel McAdams, Bill Nighy and Domhnall Gleeson (who Robbie would […]
The end of the first half of 2023 is upon us, so it’s time to reflect on the films and, in particular, the performances that have graced big and small screens in motion pictures over the past six months. Let’s break it down by category: In the Supporting Actor group, my favorite performance goes to […]
Warner Bros. has a new President of Feature Animation. It’s former DreamWorks Animation CCO Bill Damaschke. And he’s determined to make WB as much of an animation powerhouse as DreamWorks, Disney, Pixar, Illumination and Sony. Warner Animation Group kicked-off in 2014 with blockbuster “The LEGO Movie” and found major success with spinoff “The LEGO Batman […]
The last time Indiana Jones was on the big screen was 2008’s “Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull”. Harrison Ford returned to this beloved character after a 19-year absence (from a movie called “The Last Crusade”). Karen Allen reunited with him. Shia LaBeouf co-starred, just one year after his triple-header of hit […]
When “Transformers: Rise of the Beasts” opens on June 9th, there’s a lot on the line. It’s one of just three major theatrical releases for Paramount this summer, joining “Mission: Impossible — Dead Reckoning Part One” (July 12th) and animated “Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem” (August 2nd). The modern day “Transformers” motion picture saga […]
Just days before the release of “Fast X”, stars Vin Diesel and Michelle Rodriguez revealed (and Jason Momoa confirmed) that the planned two-part final chapter will now become a three-part finale. After seeing “Fast X”, I’m now even less excited for what’s to come. Stretching out franchise enders was a popular trend in the early […]
If you’ve been to the movies over the past year or two, even a tenth of the amount of times I have, this thought has probably crossed your mind: “Why in the world did they show the trailer for that in front of this?” Back in the day, there was usually a reason why specific […]
Rachel McAdams, star of this weekend’s “Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret”, had a breakthrough 2004, with roles in iconic comedy “Mean Girls” and just as iconic romance drama “The Notebook”. She immediately rose to Hollywood’s A-list, and followed-up with a 2005 trifecta of comedy “Wedding Crashers”, thriller “Red Eye” and dramedy “The Family […]