Practically everyone has dreamed about seeing their name on the big screen during the closing credits of a movie. How cool would that be! Well, now you have your chance. But it’s going to cost you. Exactly one dollar!!!! Academy Award-winning Producer Barrie Osborne (“The Great Gatsby”, “The Lord Of The Rings” trilogy, “The Matrix”) […]

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As a proud member of the Broadcast Film Critics Association, I’m pretty excited with the news that the 2015 and 2016 Critics’ Choice Movie and TV Awards have a new home. In fact – TWO new homes! The Movie Awards show – The 20th Annual Critics Choice Movie Awards – will air live on Thursday, […]

For the second year in a row, the first weekend of October has proved to be a Box Office bounce-back. Last year, 7-Oscar recipient “Gravity” opened on Oct. 4-6 to a huge $56 million, and Sony previewed the Tom Hanks drama “Captain Phillips” in more than 800 theaters nationwide. Now, following a disappointing September, Oct. […]

ABC felt confident enough to release the pilot episodes of two of their new Fall shows online and On Demand weeks before their premiere nights. I’ve already reviewed the inaugural installment of the drama “Forever”. Now it’s time for my thoughts on Episode 1 of the romantic comedy “Selfie”, which airs this Tuesday, September 30th […]

“The Boxtrolls”, the latest animated creation from Focus Features and Laika Animation, opens this weekend. Believe it or not, it will be only the 12th major stop-motion animated film ever released. While I didn’t see 2001’s “Monkeybone”, directed by Henry Selick, I have seen the other 11 – some of them multiple times. Here’s my […]

The Fall TV Season is here, and that means a new crop of shows set to vie for big ratings. ABC felt confident enough to release pilot episodes of two new programs, the comedy “Selfie” and the drama “Forever”, online and On Demand weeks before their respective premiere nights. My thoughts on the inaugural episode […]

The Academy Awards are only five months away, and two crucial elements are still missing: a host and some legitimate contenders. By this time last year (it was August 2nd, 2013 to be exact), Ellen DeGeneres had been named host of the 86th Oscars. For some reason the Academy is taking its time with this […]

Last year, the British actor with the great name, Benedict Cumberbatch, was in five high-profile movies: “August: Osage County” (alongside Meryl Streep and Julia Roberts), “Star Trek Into Darkness” (as you know who), “The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug” (as the voice of the dastardly dragon), and Best Picture Oscar winner “12 Years a Slave”. […]

Morgan Freeman is one of the most respected actors in Hollywood, with more than 100 credits over a career that is celebrating its 50th year. Three of Freeman’s five Oscar nominations were in the Best Actor category (“The Shawshank Redemption”, “Driving Miss Daisy”, and “Invictus”). But in the last 15 years or so, Freeman has […]