Wednesday, January 15, 2025

Tide Turns: Scorsese-DeNiro “Irishman” Reported Going to Netflix, Not Paramount or Any Studio

This is big news. Indie Wire is reporting that Martin Scorsese's all star "The Irishman" -- a movie I wrote about 7 years ago---...

“Moonlight,” “Arrival” Take Writers Guild Awards, Trump is Bashed at Ceremony: “Maybe it’s time to build a wall around Hollywood”

"Moonlight,”  and “Arrival” were the big film winners last night at the annual Writers Guild Awards, and FX’s “Atlanta” “OJ” and “The Americans” HBO’s,...

Ryan Gosling Sings Again in Terence Malick’s “Song to Song,” But There’s Still That Fish Eye Photography

What can we say about Terrence Malick? That someone else has put up more money for a new movie no one will see-- with...

Box Office: Oscar Nominated Movies Doing Great, But LEGO Dominates “Fifty Shades,” “Great Wall”

Maybe the third "Fifty Shades" movie should be made of LEGO. In its second weekend part two of the "Fifty Shades" series is being dominated...

Movies: Brad Grey Is Negotiating His Exit from Paramount After 12 Pretty Good Years

The story in Hollywood this weekend is that Brad Grey, who took over Paramount Pictures in 2005, is negotiating his exit. At one time...

“La La Land” Sweeps “British Oscars” BAFTA Awards, Viola Davis Gets Supporting Actress for “Fences”

In what is likely to be the deal at our Academy Awards, "La La Land" has swept the British BAFTAs. Damien Chazelle has won Best...

Fifty Shades of Disaster: “Gray” Sequel Scores 75 Negative Reviews, Box Office Blowout Expected, Part 3 to TV?

Call it Fifty Shades of Disaster. The sequel to "Fifty Shades of Gray," called "Fifty Shades Darker," is a critical bust. So far only 9%...

David Oyelowo Promises After Biopics “Selma” and “United Kingdom,” New Cloverfield Film “God’s Particle” Has “No Speeches”

Fresh off his stunning off Broadway success in "Othello" with Daniel Craig, the charming and very buff David Oyelowo joked with journalists this week...