Joey King on Fighting Antisemitism at 12 Years Old and Having Trauma...
Joey King has nothing against method acting – it’s just not for her. Especially for projects like her latest, the Holocaust series “We Were the Lucky Ones.” Based on Georgia Hunter’s best-selling novel...
View ArticleCourteney Cox in Talks to Join ‘Scream 7’ Following Neve Campbell’s Franchise...
Courteney Cox may be heading back to the “Scream” franchise, as sources tell Variety she is in talks to reprise the role of Gale Weathers in the seventh movie of the slasher series, to be directed by...
View ArticleRemembering Louis Gossett Jr. in ‘An Officer and a Gentleman’: His Timeless...
There had been drill sergeants in movies before Louis Gossett Jr. played one in “An Officer and a Gentleman” in 1982 (though for the life of me, I can’t remember any). There would be a lot of them...
View ArticleNicholas Galitzine on ‘Mary & George’ Sex Scenes, Tom Cruise’s Influence on...
Nicholas Galitzine may have told his parents that he has a lot of sex scenes in “Mary & George” with both women and men, but that didn’t keep things from getting awkward when his mom and dad were...
View ArticleDev Patel on ‘Monkey Man’ Sequel Possibilities and Trans Representation:...
Dev Patel refused to let the slew of injuries he suffered while filming his elaborate fight scenes in “Monkey Man” get in the way of him completing the movie. Patel not only directed and co-wrote the...
View Article‘The People’s Joker’ Is a Comic-Book Fantasia More Authentic Than Just About...
“The People’s Joker,” a scandalous IP-on-acid coming-out comic-book psychodrama, is a movie that has all the earmarks of an underground/ midnight/guerrilla-cinema sensation. Vera Drew, who directed and...
View ArticleCritic’s Notebook: Sharper Than Ever, French Crime Classic ‘Le Samouraï’...
SPOILER ALERT: The following essay discusses key plot points, including the ending. Last weekend, I took in “Le Samouraï” for what must have been the sixth or seventh time, relishing the new 4K...
View ArticleNicole Richie on the 20th Anniversary of ‘The Simple Life,’ Starring in...
Nicole Richie has been a “diehard fan” of the 1991 cult comedy “Don’t Tell Mom the Babysitter’s Dead” for as long as she can remember. “I’ve been quoting this movie my whole life,” she says. And now,...
View Article‘Challengers’ Courts Oscar Buzz as Zendaya Looks to Net Her First Best...
In Luca Guadagnino’s latest cinematic endeavor, “Challengers,” Zendaya, Josh O’Connor, and Mike Faist form a dynamic, throuple-esque trio, each delivering performances that scream Oscar-worthy. The...
View ArticleDigging Into the Cannes Lineup, Sight Unseen: Heavy on English Movies and...
Reviews will have to wait till the Cannes Film Festival kicks off on May 14, but it’s not too early for a critic to weigh in on this year’s lineup — or how it looks on paper, at least, and what the...
View ArticleWhy I Wasn’t Scared by ‘Civil War’
A great many people appear to have come out of “Civil War,” Alex Garland’s a-house-divided-against-itself-can-kick-highly-equipped-military-ass dystopian combat thriller, feeling all shook up. They’re...
View Article‘Scream’ Actors Support Fired Co-Star Melissa Barrera at ‘Abigail’ Premiere:...
Melissa Barrera may have been fired from the “Scream” series, but she’s still very much a part of the franchise’s “family.” Several “Scream” actors, including Mason Gooding, David Arquette, Matthew...
View ArticleMelissa Etheridge and Danny Trejo Co-Chair Mobilize Recovery Bus Tour to...
Melissa Etheridge and Danny Trejo are among the co-chairs of this year’s Mobilize Recovery initiative. Kicking off from Los Angeles on Sept. 20, Mobilize Recovery Across America 2024 will depart on a...
View ArticleLily Gladstone and Bowen Yang to Star in ‘The Wedding Banquet’ Remake From...
Lily Gladstone and Bowen Yang will star in Bleecker Street and Shivhans Pictures’ remake of Ang Lee’s 1993 romantic comedy “The Wedding Banquet” from director Andrew Ahn. Kelly Marie Tran, Oscar winner...
View Article‘Challengers’ Stars Josh O’Connor and Mike Faist Nailed That Sexually-Charged...
SPOILER ALERT: This article contains plot details for “Challengers,” now playing in theaters. Josh O’Connor never had a churro until he shot “Challengers.” The British actor and his co-star Mike Faist...
View ArticleMaddie Ziegler Teases Her Dramedy Short ‘Kodar’: ‘So Much Heart in Just a Few...
When Maddie Ziegler first read the script for her new dramedy short “Kodar: The Primordial God of Light and Ether,” she immediately started googling the title character. With his ghostly complexion and...
View ArticleRestored and Rereleased, the Beatles’‘Let It Be’ Is Revealed to Be the Joyful...
The revelation of seeing "Let It Be" today, when everything about the Beatles is now ancient history, is that as you experience the movie anew (or for the very first time), it’s not the myth of the...
View ArticleThe Beatles’ ‘Let It Be’ Film Is Still Sad, Even After a Vibrant Peter...
(This article is unintentionally a counterpoint to my colleague Owen Gleiberman’s considerably more-positive take on the Beatles’ “Let It Be” film, restored by Peter Jackson and released today on...
View ArticleJeremy Strong in Talks to Play Bruce Springsteen’s Manager Jon Landau in...
Jeremy Strong could be joining Jeremy Allen White in “Deliver Me From Nowhere,” the 20th Century Studios movie about Bruce Springsteen and the making of his 1982 album, “Nebraska.” The “Succession”...
View ArticleRemembering Sam Rubin: KTLA’s Gentleman on the Red Carpet Who Never Stopped...
I spent the first 37 years of my life on the East Coast, and even there, I knew who Sam Rubin was. The beloved KTLA Los Angeles entertainment reporter, who died May 10 at age 64, was a Hollywood...
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