Wednesday, September 18, 2024

Movies

Cannes 2015: Woody Allen, Natalie Portman, Cate Blanchett, and No Terrence Malick

Sacre bleu! Cannes 2015 was announced this morning. There's a strong mix of films, with directors Todd Haynes, Gus van Sant, and Jacques Audiard...

“Avengers: Age of Ultron” Premieres in Hollywood 3 Weeks Before Actual Opening

For some reason Marvel and Disney premiered "The Avengers: Age of Ultron" last night in Hollywood, three weeks before it opens in theaters. ABC,...

Cannes Film Festival Announces First Ever Opening Night by Female Director, Emmanuelle Bercot

The Cannes Film Festival will open with a film for the first time by a female director. Emmanuelle Bercot will debut on May 13th...

Exclusive: “Girl with Dragon Tattoo” Noomi Rapace Headed for Shainberg’s “Rupture”

Here's the word over the weekend: I'm told that Noomi Rapace, so startling in "The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo"-- the original Swedish movie--...

Don’t Ask Simon Curtis About “Downton Abbey”– He Has His Own Soap Opera with “Woman in Gold”

“Woman In Gold" director Simon Curtis is bullish on the audiences, not so much on the critics. The Weinstein Company is expanding its hit,...

The Problem with Bio-Pics: You Can’t Make ‘Em with The Heirs, and You Can’t Make ‘Em WIthout Them

I don't know what happened today exactly to force John Singleton (following Antoine Fuqua) off the Tupac Shakur film. But I can guess since...

Tupac Film: John Singleton Out and Carl Franklin In as Director of Troubled Biopic?

EXCLUSIVE Will the biopic of Tupac Shakur ever get to the screen? It does seem like respected producer-director- writer John Singleton is out as...

“Furious 7” Scores 9th Biggest Opening Weekend Ever with $143.6 Million

It was a fast and furious weekend for the late Paul Walker, Vin Diesel and friends. They scored $143.6 million for "Fast and Furious...