'Moonlight' is probably best-known for that now infamous Best Picture debacle, but it deserves much better than that. More than anything else, it tells the type of story that movies that compete for, and win Oscars, very rarely tell.
It's practically inevitable that Hollywood will jump at the chance to exploit the tragedy of the January 6 insurrection to make a blockbuster movie, and there's some impulses that I hope they avoid...
There was a bit of an online freakout in late January when actress Alyssa Milano posted a GoFundMe to raise money for her son’s baseball team trip.
During these sociopolitical times, it would seem like a ripe environment for Sacha Baron Cohen's brand of parody and shock humor. So why didn't 'Borat 2' leave as indelible of a mark as the first one?
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.
Tarantino's previously announced plans to put seven uncut scenes from 'Pulp Fiction' up for auction as NFTs has been hit by a cease-and-desist letter from Miramax.
In the early weeks of 2023, one of the major issues in film discourse centered on the area of sex scenes. It seems everyone has an opinion about sex in the movies: There's either too little of it or too much.
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...
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.
'We Need to Talk About Cosby', the new 4-part documentary from W. Kamau Bell, just might have created a new template for how to tell the complicated and extremely uncomfortable stories of the most significant #MeToo offenders.
One of the classic "Captain America" Harley-Davidson choppers that appeared in the counterculture icon, 'Easy Rider,' is up for auction. But its authenticity has been called into question.
The annual Academy Awards were held last Sunday, and it was clearly a very different Oscars ceremony than usual ― leading to the worst ratings in the history of the broadcast. Here's what I think works and doesn't work about the annual proceedings.
Houston Astro's star outfielder Alex Bregman just announced that he's firing his agent, at least in part, due to a recently announced documentary on their sign stealing scandal produced by LeBron James' media company.
As much as we may try to deny it, the fact of the matter is that we actually love a good controversy; so let’s examine 4 circumstances where bad publicity have ironically helped properties achieve higher levels of success.
Florida rapper Kidd Wes claims that Gambino’s "This Is America" has ‘substantial similarities' to his song from 2016.
Since 'Booksmart' arrived in theaters two weeks ago, fans (and foes) of the movie, on "film Twitter" and elsewhere, have been having an extended series of arguments about the film, one that's extended beyond what's on screen.
How the reaction to a piece about how 'Friends' holds up illustrates some of the worst tendencies of pop culture analysis on the Internet.
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").
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.
It was all an elaborate hoax aimed at promoting their new album. Chuck D detailed everything on a recent appearance on Talib Kweli's 'People's Party' podcast.
The 2021 edition of the Golden Globes was a debacle in all sorts of ways, and while they correctly called out the Hollywood Foreign Press for one major issue, they completely ignored an equally large scandal surrounding the association.
So, we get to do this stupid thing again, huh? Warner Media announced that it was temporarily pulling the classic 1939 film 'Gone With the Wind' from the streaming service HBO Max, and its ensuing freakout has been swift and immense. Although unjustified.
We're back talking about the rapidly evolving Jussie Smollett situation, the brilliance of The Umbrella Academy and Russian Doll, our thoughts, opinions, and impressions about this years Oscars ceremony, and we see who got the most winner predictions right.
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.