These are my 29 favorite scenes and most memorable moments from 2017 movies: “All the Money in the World” – Climactic ransom/pick-up sequence. “Battle of the Sexes” – Billie Jean King (Emma Stone) meets Marilyn (Andrea Riseborough) at a beauty salon. “The Big Sick” – Kumail (Kumail Nanjiani) gets frustrated at a fast-food drive thru. […]
“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, […]
As of now, there won’t be a new movie opening in wide release on Christmas Day. There are two films opening in NYC & LA (“Phantom Thread” and “Molly’s Game”), but none in more than 600 locations. Why? Because Dec. 25 is a Monday this year. And while there will be an extended weekend box […]
So far in 2017, Disney has released five movies: “Beauty and the Beast” in March, “Born in China” (through Disneynature) in April, “Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2” and “Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales” in May and “Cars 3” in June. But now Disney has a giant, gaping hole in the […]
Lights Camera Jackson (a.k.a. Jackson Murphy) began his career as a film critic in 2006 at the age of 7. To date, Jackson has written nearly 1,000 reviews of new releases and, in total, has seen more than 1,500 films. In 2010, Jackson became the youngest person to win a NY Emmy Award, for his […]