This past semester, I took a Film Noir class. I watched 17 classics in the genre for the first time. And they are… “The Big Sleep” (1946) – Bogey and Bacall make for a winning pair. “The Blue Dahlia” (1946) – For “Logan” fans, this one stars Alan Ladd (“Shane”) and for “Leave it to […]
It’s been a historic year in the world of entertainment. These are the 10 Most Fascinating – the people who helped shape and re-define it. Alec Baldwin Baldwin continued his run as Donald Trump on “Saturday Night Live” (which earned him an Emmy). He hosted more episodes of ABC’s “Match Game” revival (which earned him […]
You’d think that a film with Steve Carell, Bryan Cranston and Laurence Fishburne – from writer/director Richard Linklater – would be either a box office hit, an overwhelming critical darling, an awards contender, or a combination of the three. But “Last Flag Flying” hasn’t flown high… or really at all. And it’s honestly a mystery […]
Best Ensemble: “The Big Sick”, “Get Out”, “Lady Bird”, “Mudbound” and “Three Billboards”. “The Post” gets snubbed completely and “The Shape of Water” gets snubbed in this category. Best Actor: Denzel Washington gets in over Tom Hanks. And Daniel Kaluuya gets in over Daniel Day-Lewis. They join Chalet, Franco and Oldman. Best Actress: Meryl Streep […]
“The Shape of Water” leads all film nominations with 7, followed by “The Post” and “Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri” with 6 each. SURPRISES: “All the Money in the World” has been nominated for 3 awards: Best Director (Ridley Scott), Best Actress in a Drama (Michelle Williams) and Best Supporting Actor (Christopher Plummer), but not […]
Nominations for the 23rd Annual Critics Choice Awards are out! “The Shape of Water” leads all film nominations with 14. Due to ties, there are 7 nominees in Best Director, Best Actor and Best Supporting Actress categories. Here are the 9 biggest categories: Best Picture The Big Sick Call Me by Your Name Darkest Hour […]
2016 was a record year at the box office – and in my opinion one of the best ever in terms of quality – for animated movies. 2017 has been having an opposite effect in both cases. The domestic box office total for 2017 animated movies is at $1.25 billion, making it the 6th biggest […]
“All the Money in the World” Ridley Scott made the stunning announcement on Nov. 8 that he was going re-shoot Kevin Spacey’s scenes in the film with Christopher Plummer in the role of J. Paul Getty instead… and still have the film open on Dec. 22. Well, he succeeded, as just a few days ago, […]
I’ve ranked all the Pixar movies in 2010, 2011, 2013 and 2016. Pixar’s two 2017 films now need to be added to the list. So let’s see where they fall. I’ve made a few minor switches in the order of the others as well: 1. “CARS” (2006) 2. “RATATOUILLE” (2007) 3. “TOY STORY 3” (2010) […]
ABC was originally set to air the new 22-minute “Olaf’s Frozen Adventure” as a holiday special this season, and I think it would’ve done well in the ratings. But a few months ago, Disney decided instead to release this “Frozen” tale in theaters, attached to showings of Pixar’s latest film, “Coco”. It’s an interesting move, […]