"Ready Player One" may be the latest most egregious manifestation of nerd-pandering to date, but entertainment directed at nerds and geeks, clearly, isn't going anywhere, nor should it. A lot of it, after all, is quite great. I just ask filmmakers, and the studios supporting them, to be more respectful of their audience, and the audience, in turn, to dial back the toxicity.
Yes, Pennywise is scary as hell, but the clown itself serves a purpose for the story and taps directly into our shared emotions and inner children, all while being an absolute spectacle to behold. And because of that, we love him.
John Turturro didn't have any writing or directing role in the original movie, but the actor has frequently talked about wanting to make a Jesus movie until the film finally entered production in late 2016. And now we know when we'll see it.
Hollywood has always had a certain fascination with casino games, especially ones like roulette, here's our 3 favorite scenes in film.
It's been rumored for several years, but now it's official: Keanu Reeves and Alex Winter are making a third Bill & Ted movie.
Check out some of this week's most talked about and interesting film trailers like IT, Justice League, Captain Underpants, Spider-Man: Homecoming, Death Note, and more.
'Yesterday' is one of the featured titles at this year's Tribeca Film Festival and is scheduled to premiere on May 4.
The celebration is set to begin on August 1, 2023, and will highlight films like 'Do the Right Thing', 'Belly', 'Boyz n the Hood', 'Poetic Justice', and more.
Phoebe Waller-Bridge has seen a fast rise to prominence in both writing and acting in "Fleabag", "Killing Eve", and now "Solo: A Star Wars Story". It's time you got to meet her.
Jiwon Choi talks about what inspires her audiovisual artwork, the importance of understanding who you are, and what she hopes to inspire in others with her work.
The 2010s have brought to cinema an almost exponential rise in diversity, renowned directors have released acclaimed opuses, and while the Marvels and Star Wars of the industry have gobbled up studio budgets, independent creators have still been getting it done. Don't listen to the haters--cinema is alive and well.
In the era of subscription services, we are given unlimited access to a massive library of content, yet we still find ourselves defaulting back to the same ones over and over again. Well, there's actually a science behind this behavior.
We're back talking about some recent art shows around New York, our uneasy feelings about the Jussie Smollett attack, the fallout from Liam Neeson's recent interview, and lastly, discuss if there are movies from the past that couldn't be made today because of a more 'PC' culture.
This is a rare occasion of two films with the same title coming out in the same year; one stars Mahershala Ali while the other stars Udo Kier.
Check out some of this week's most talked about and interesting film & TV trailers like The Punisher, Isle of Dogs, Tomb Raider, Annihilation, GOTTI, and more.
The list is actually quite long, and there are 67 movies to choose from. Ranging from Ringo Starr's 1974 'Son of Dracula' to Jim Jarmusch's 'The Dead Don't Die', released just this year.
The plot is based on the so-called 27 Club theory, based on the idea that there is something sinister in the fact that multiple famous rock stars have left this world at the age of 27.
In short, The Last Jedi felt like it was a film desperately trying to course correct The Force Awakens' lack of progress and in doing so drastically changes things, sometimes in seemingly spiteful and heartbreaking ways. It's the boldest Star Wars film yet and it represents the end of the Star Wars that we (the older generation) have come to know and love - in more ways than one.
'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.
At first glance 'Dead Man Walking' looks like a typical piece of liberal Hollywood message-based filmmaking, but the film is different from others in the genre in quite a few key ways and 25 years after its release, it's every bit as devastating as it was upon arrival.
September had a ton of great new albums and music videos from the likes of Beck, Sam Smith, Queens of the Stone Age, and Rapsody; and it also featured some interesting trailers for Mudbound, Isle of Dogs, and The Punisher. We've highlighted some of the best drops over the month and now we're ready to crown the best album, movie trailer, and music video.
For this show we have Shannon Griffiths, frequent writer and collaborator, joining us as a co-host. We ask her what shows she's currently watching and her thoughts on Time's Up and this recent wave of change washing across Hollywood and how that may affect this year's Oscars. Then we give our annual predictions on the winners and react to the biggest snubs and surprises.
Fences is a slow quiet family drama that I would suggest to anybody to watch. It's subtle, yet packs in lots of intensity with steady cinematography and a few interesting plot twists.
July had a ton of great new albums and music videos from the likes of Meek Mill, JAY-Z, Kendrick Lamar and Lana Del Rey; and it also featured some interesting trailers for Borg vs. McEnroe, The Disaster Artist, and The Shape of Water. We've highlighted some of the best drops over the month and now we're ready to crown the best album, movie trailer, and music video.