'Observe and Report' didn't make a huge cultural impact at the time, but I always considered it highly underrated - and with a decade of hindsight, it may have been the most prescient film of its era. Read More
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On Sunday night, as part of 'Game of Throne's' season premiere, a new, very different version of its iconic opening sequence debuted. Read More
Will Ferrell and Adam McKay recently announced that they are putting an end to their production partnership. The pair have been working together since their days on SNL. Read More
Francis Ford Coppola, who is 80 years old, isn't done yet, as the director has announced that he is finally planning to make his dream project, called 'Megalopolis.' Read More
'Quiet Storm: The Ron Artest Story', a documentary about the former NBA star, will debut on Showtime May 31. Read More
HBO has always gotten creative with Game of Thrones promos ahead of the show's new seasons and their latest one sees them pairing with the Bellagio for a one-of-a-kind fountain show. Read More
In the pool for the most unlikely celebrity Twitter beef, who had actor Jim Carrey and the granddaughter of Italy's World War II-era Fascist dictator Benito Mussolini? Read More
A Denzel Washington led Macbeth movie is set to be directed by the Coen brothers (minus one brother)
For as long as the Coen Brothers have been making movies neither of them has ever made a movie without the other, until now. Read More
A follow-up series to the popular HBO show is now in development. Can the new 'Sex and the City' stay relevant in a very different era? Read More
Disney Theatrical is in the "early stages" of developing 'The Princess Bride' into an Broadway musical after years of rumors and speculation. Read More
On Monday, we finally officially learned that Apple will be launching its streaming service, Apple TV+, later this year. They didn't announce pricing, but they did announce some of their long list of original shows. Read More
The goons who have spent the last few years claiming that film critics are bribed by Disney have now taken to claiming a new conspiracy theory: That the box office results themselves are rigged. Read More
It's been rumored for several years, but now it's official: Keanu Reeves and Alex Winter are making a third Bill & Ted movie. Read More
Charles' show, for whatever reason, hasn't gotten much buzz, but those interested in how the world works, and how it laughs, would be well-served to set aside four hours to watch it. Read More
On February 28, 2016, three years ago now, HBO's Last Week Tonight With John Oliver aired a segment that was especially prescient about the Trump era, and the many ways how mainstream comedy would try, and fail, to react to it. Read More
Like most things in American life, this has become a media story. And a narrative has been pushed, but it's a narrative full of myths and misunderstandings. Read More
This 2005 documentary about presidential hopeful, Cory Booker, is a fascinating portrait of bare-knuckle, East Coast urban politics. But the 80-minute film also deals with a lot of issues that are still resonant in politics, and are likely to remain so in the 2020 election. Read More
Let’s talk about the phrase “that movie could never be made today.” And what it really means. It’s said a lot by movie commentators, armchair tweeters, and others, about the daring, shocking, and “non-politically correct” works of the past, and their obvious superiority to the works of the present. Read More
A look at Kevin Spacey, Louis C.K., and how out of whack certain narratives have gotten, related to comedy and comedians. Read More
While a whole generation is growing up with "Netflix documentary" as a genre, docs are cleaning up at the box office, too. According to The Numbers, documentaries grossed a total of $95 million domestically in 2018, more than doubling last year's total of $44 million. A big factor in that is that there were a lot of really great documentary films this year. Read More
In praise of Tim Burton's storytelling, tear jerking masterpiece, which offered all of the emotion and none of the Johnny Depp. Read More
Two movies this year, 'Gotti' and 'Gosnell', sought to market themselves by harnassing resentment against critics and other media. Read More
It's official, 'Bohemian Rhapsody' is a box office hit and given Hollywood's never-ending copycat tendencies, that means we're about to get many more music biopics. So let's imagine an alternate world in which music rights are no object, nor is the necessary approval or control of surviving band members, and examine some music biopics that haven't happened yet, but should. Read More
Armstrong's story is a naturally cinematic one that had never before been the subject of a standalone movie, so it was somewhat strange that the main story told in the media, leading up to 'First Man's' release was… its supposed lack of American flags. Read More
