The company is taking counteraction against the country for its perceived overaggressive investigation into allegations of streaming manipulation.
Legendary King Crimson guitarist, Robert Fripp, is currently in dispute with David Bowie’s estate over the manner in which he is currently credited for his work on two of Bowie's albums.
The co-creators of the cult classic rock mockumentary only made a measly $98 in soundtrack royalties between 1989 and 2006 and $81 in merchandising royalty since 1984.
Few movies in recent history have met as much condemnation as 'Joker', but this concern isn’t new. In fact, it joins a long lineage of widely acclaimed films that expressed the popular rage of the times in which they were created.
Disney's long-in-the-works attempt to combat Netflix has finally launched, and while there have been plenty of legit reasons to complain about it's early days, there is one thing that's occasioned criticism that is, to my mind, utterly ridiculous.
This series of three articles will cover censorship under administrations fighting to preserve the diminishing, collective public perception of supposed “universal truths” in the postmodern world. In Part 3, we'll explore the direct role the US Government has played in "protecting" its national interests in film throughout the years.
The 2019 'Watchmen', much like 'The Last Jedi', got a certain segment of fans very, very angry but taking brave risks, and questioning assumptions, is what great art is supposed to do.
Fandom, clearly, is broken, in a lot of key ways and it really needs to get back to loving the movies, and getting joy out of them, and not using them as a platform for irrational hostility.
There have been quite a few social-media freakouts in the last couple of years and this Vaughn/Trump one is yet another backlash to the backlash, in search of an original backlash.
Gone are the days when the number one concern of womankind was ditching the vacuum. We have a bigger problem in 21 Studios' conventions, TED-talk style YouTube videos, and 21 University ("It's like Netflix, for men").
A woman, claiming to have been a part of James Brown's inner circles, has just delivered a bin of alleged evidence to the Fulton County DA that could prove that he was murdered. A claim that has been raised multiple times before.
Even the most popular films that contend for Best Picture usually inspire at least some level of backlash, but 'Parasite' never did; that is, until it actually won...
'Sticks & Stones', and the cultural discussion around it means that we get to once again act out an irritating, tiresome cultural two-step, one marked by bad faith, straw-manning, and a complete misunderstanding of social media outrage, how it works, and its ultimate effects.
If you thought the discourse about Todd Phillips' 'Joker' was tiresome before the movie was actually released, then you ain't seen nothing yet.
The denunciations of Scorsese have been pretty hilarious and what has followed is the ridiculous notion that if someone doesn't like Batman or Iron Man as much as you do, it's the equivalent of actual prejudice or discrimination.
'Joker' was supposed to be a one-off from the get-go, until rumors from The Hollywood Reporter on a sequel sparked fans' hopes.
We're back catching up about what's new in the art world, discussing whether the "Coachelification" of Art Basel is a good thing, and Baltimore Museum of Art's pledge to purchase art solely from women in 2020. Then we catch up about Kanye West and Jesus Is King, Joker, the Martin Scorsese and Disney+ controversies, and recent album drops.
'Frozen II' had a surprisingly "woke" message and I was bracing for a significant reaction from the usual anti-SJW suspects but it never happened, and I think I know why...
It's that time of the year again! It's time we try to sit down and come to a consensus about our Top 25 Albums of the year. It's a lengthy discussion full of eccentric picks and notable snubs.
As the Oscar season approaches, one argument we're hearing more and more often is that this or that actor, director, or movie is obviously "thirsty" for an Oscar, and that such a thing is worthy of mockery.
Stephen King, who nominates in 3 Oscar categories, faced backlash for considering only quality, not diversity. Apparently, the two are not separate things.
By any objective measure, Greta Gerwig's adaptation of 'Little Women' has been a huge success. However, ever since its release on Christmas, it's been seemingly endlessly mired in controversy, in a way that's not in any way deserved.
According to the prosecutors in the case, the duo bought about $5.2 million worth of tickets and sold them for approximately $14.1 million, all under the BZZ Limited banner.
The lengthy legal battle between Led Zeppelin and Randy Wolfe's estate, of Spirit fame, may have finally come to a conclusion as the court has ruled that there is no direct evidence that Led Zeppelin stole the opening riff for "Stairway to Heaven."