So, what have we learned so far this awards season? THERE ARE SOME LOCKS At this point, Christopher Nolan is on his way to finally earning Academy gold in the Best Director category. One of Nolan’s “Oppenheimer” stars, Robert Downey, Jr., will continue to earn Best Supporting Actor prizes. And Da’Vine Joy Randolph (“The Holdovers”) […]
The 29th Annual Critics Choice Awards will air Sunday Jan. 14 on The CW. You could make an argument that any of the 10 movies nominated for Best Picture this year could win. “Barbie” and “Oppenheimer” may be the favorites, but watch out for “American Fiction”, “The Holdovers”, “Killers of the Flower Moon” and “Maestro”. […]
It’s time for me to name The 10 Best Movies of 2023. And they are: “The Holdovers” (Focus) “Robot Dreams” (NEON) “The Taste of Things” (IFC) “Society of the Snow” (Netflix) “The Deepest Breath” (Netflix) “Hot Potato: The Story of The Wiggles” (Amazon) “They Cloned Tyrone” (Netflix) “Suzume” (Crunchyroll) “Two Tickets to Greece” (Greenwich) “Priscilla” […]
It’s the fourth year in a row I’m writing a piece on the finest television. These are the series that I enjoyed watching during 2023 for fun. Please Note: this list does *not* include motion pictures considered “TV Movies” or any animated series related to my Animation Scoop reporting. “Alaska Daily” (ABC) “Baking It” (NBC) […]
When I saw the first released image of a completely unrecognizable Jason Isaacs as Cary Grant, I was immediately intrigued by the new four-part miniseries “Archie”, which debuts this Thursday December 7th on BritBox U.S. Grant was a Hollywood legend — one of the most popular and recognizable actors of his day, for his good […]
“Chicken Run: Dawn of the Nugget” (in select theaters Dec. 8 and on Netflix Dec. 15) is Aardman’s seventh stop-motion animated feature and their ninth feature overall (counting CG movies “Flushed Away” and “Arthur Christmas”). Sam Fell, who directed “Flushed”, is in the “Nugget” director’s chair. The original “Chicken Run”, released in 2000, earned $106 […]
The first time a Walt Disney Animation Studios movie opened in the month of November was “Fantasia” in 1940. The next was “Robin Hood” in 1973. The film after that was “Oliver & Company” in 1988, followed by the next four Disney animated movies in a row — “The Little Mermaid”, “The Rescuers Down Under”, […]
“Finding Nemo” was the second movie I ever saw in a theater. I watched “Broadcast News” a long time ago and went to see “The Simpsons Movie” on opening night. So I’ve been familiar with Albert Brooks for a long time. But his new documentary “Albert Brooks: Defending My Life” (premiering Saturday at 8pm on […]
“Shrek the Third” was DreamWorks Animation’s first threequel — the studio’s inaugural third installment in a franchise. Its $121.6 million open in May 2007 remains the biggest weekend ever for a DWA release. (2004’s “Shrek 2”, with $108 million, is in second place.) “Shrek the Third” earned $813M worldwide, not quite the $929M global gross […]
After eight years of trying to make it happen, Universal and producer Jason Blum will finally release “Five Nights at Freddy’s” in theaters and on Peacock next Friday October 27th. The feature film adaptation of the popular video game franchise stars Josh Hutcherson and Matthew Lillard. I recently had the chance to interview director Emma […]