In an interview this past weekend with Vanity Fair, Apatow defended his vocal political stances by saying “It’s fair to criticize anybody on a public stage” and, when he was asked about Louis C.K’s recent stand-up routine, where he joked about Trans people and the Parkland kids, Apatow stated that “sometimes your humanity is more important” than crossing the line and telling a politically incorrect joke. Apatow (who still refuses and has mastered the art of ducking in commenting on the five allegations of sexual misconduct against frequent collaborator James Franco), seems to be thinking he has been appointed, by someone, I’m not sure who, as the moral epicenter of Hollywood....

Of note, we do have to mention that it’s not just Spacey, but Dustin Hoffman is now acting in Europe as well due to being thrown to the stake during #MeToo hysteria. The reckoning of third wave feminism just came crashing down on these guys. If you remember, Spacey was kicked off his own Netflix show, “House Of Cards,“ and then had his already shot role in Ridley Scott’s “All The Money In The World” completely erased and redone by actor Christopher Plummer....

Driver will be taking on the role originally slated for Hugh Jackman, and this after Christian Bale had dropped out of the lead role to make “Ford v Ferrari”. Cruz is said to be playing Ferrari’s wife. Mann has been aiming to make this passion project happen for a long, long time. I’ve read fairly old interviews where he talked about wanting to do it. And so, today’s news is a big victory for Mann....

Here are a handful of the best online gambling movies. The Runner Runner Richie Furst (Justin Timberlake) plays the lead role in Runner Runner. He is a student who pays his tuition with money earned from online poker. He eventually realizes that he has been deceived while playing and decides to confront the site’s owner. From beginning to conclusion, the film is thrilling. It emphasizes the dangers of internet gambling and how hazardous casinos may affect your life....

Earlier this week I wrote: “A few months back we were one of the first sites to report that Vince Gilligan was going to shoot the “Breaking Bad” movie in New Mexico. We had later confirmed, through Revenge of the Fans, that the cast would include several key “Breaking Bad” players, such as Jonathan Banks (Mike), Jesse Plemons (Todd), Charles Baker (Skinny Pete), Matt Jones (Badger), Robert Forster (Ed, aka The Disappearer), Tess Harper (Mrs....

I wrote on 1.31.20 about “Promising Young Woman”: “Emerald Fennell’s debut feature, “Promising Young Woman” plays like a feminist “Death Wish.” This thought-provoking movie has been the talk of the town ever since its premiere last weekend. Carey Mulligan stars as Cassie a barista and med-school dropout, haunted by her best friend’s dorm-room rape and ensuing suicide. Cassie spends her evenings, however, in clubs and bars, exacting revenge on any man who dares go over the line with her....

The final weeks of the year will be quiet in the industry, with mostly just “Spider-Man: No Way Home” being seen in theatres and, if it doesn’t bomb, “The Matrix Resurrections.” This site will continue operating as per usual, but maybe with less news and reviews being posted. The Oscars don’t particularly like superhero movies unless a really good one gets released. “Spider-Man: No Way Home” could be just that....

In an interview with Vulture, Schrader admitted to torrenting a director’s cut of his misbegotten 2014 film. Consider me impressed by his direct openness. Contribute Hire me Advertise Donate Team Contact Privacy Policy

It’ll take time for the industry to catch up to a coherent and lasting form of inclusive filmmaking. Despite all that, count me as disappointed that Debra Granik, Jennifer Fox, Chloe Zhao and Lynne Ramsay weren’t nominated, since they made great films this past year. With #OscarsSoMale becoming a trending topic on Twitter today, and the boss of Women and Hollywood, Melissa Silverstein tweeting “I am always glad that days like this afford us to have a conversation about the lack of women getting nominated for big awards....

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Searchlight Pictures released ‘Dispatch’ in 52 theaters in advance of its nationwide debut next weekend. Anderson’s ode to old-school journalism earned $555,000 on Friday, setting the stage for a $1.7 million opening weekend. Its $32,692 per-theater average will easily be the biggest per-theater average since the release of 1917 in late 2019. [via Forbes’ Scott Mendelson]Where does “The French Dispatch” rank in the Anderson oeuvre? If you ask me, it’s at the bottom tier next to his 1996 debut “Bottle Rocket....

He’s obviously trolling all the haters. No other reason to bring this up a year after the film was released. Contribute Hire me Advertise Donate Team Contact Privacy Policy

The 86-year-old director of “Chinatown” and “Rosemary’s Baby” has been a fugitive of the law in the United States for the better part of 40 years now. Back in 1978, he fled to France instead of facing his sentence on a charge of statutory rape of 13-year-old Samantha Geimer, charges which he had pleaded guilty to. Geimer has been fairly open about forgiving Polanski about what he’d done and has even pleaded to the press to stop harassing him and let him live his life....

When asked about the #MeToo controversy surrounding Allen, Morton refused to condemn the legendary writer-director. Unlike Timothee Chalamet and Greta Gerwig, Morton, a victim of sexual abuse herself, said that she is actually grateful of her time spent working with Allen: “I don’t have any regrets,” the actress said. “I’m terribly sorry for the situation that is publicly known. It’s heartbreaking. I was sexually abused. Some of the people that hurt me can’t be brought to justice for complications of time....

Despite refusing to condone Woody Allen and vehemently taking a stance against political correctness, ScarJo did apologize last year for being “oh, so insensitive” in accepting the “Rub & Tug” role, but now, it appears, she is backtracking on that apology and actually taking a stance against the PC police. “As an actor I should be allowed to play any person, or any tree, or any animal because that is my job and the requirements of my job....

Sony’s Tom Holland-led superhero movie is on pace to earn close to $100 million at the weekend box-office. All of this, despite growing concerns over the omicron variant of COVID-19. Should estimates hold, ‘No Way Home’ will have made $478 million in its first 10 days in domestic theaters. That’s more than double the next highest-grossing movie of 2021, Marvel’s “Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings,” which earned $224 million overall in its 10-week run....

Not much of the conversation has leaked except for a quick segment where Spielberg talks about how David Lynch became John Ford. The story goes that ‘Fabelmans’ screenwriter Tony Kushner’s husband Mark Harris recommended David Lynch, but it took some convincing on the part of Laura Dern to get the director to take on the role. [via Tomris Laffly] Spielberg said, “[Lynch] says, ‘I decided I am going to do this under one condition....

In an interview for New York’s WOR 710 radio on Friday, Spike Lee defended Allen, noting he still calls the blacklisted director a friend. Asked to weigh in on the controversy around Allen, Lee said, “I’d just like to say Woody Allen’s a great, great filmmaker, and this cancel thing is not just Woody. And I think that when we look back on it, [we’re] gonna see that, short of killing somebody, I don’t if you can just erase somebody like they never existed....

The lineup would have been comprised of 29 new narrative and documentary feature films, big titles include “Ammonite” “Concrete Cowboy” “Nomadland” and “The Father.” 17 of the 29 Telluride titles are documentaries. However, many of these films will not be at TIFF this year, some are at Venice, and those titles include Roger Michell’s “The Duke,” Gia Copolla’s “Mainstream,” and Quentin Dupieux’s “Mandibules.” Ostensibly, and curiously, missing from the Telluride lineup are Steve McQueen’s “Mangrove/Lover’s Rock,” “Regina King’s “One Night in Miami,” and Frederick Wiseman’s “City Hall....

However, here comes huge news if you’re a Malick aficionado: he’s already begun shooting his next movie in Rome. Various Italian media are reporting that Malick’s next movie will be called “The Last Planet” and will reportedly convey passages “in the life of Christ” through representing evangelical parables. The small City of Anzio, near Rome, is also very aware that Malick is shooting on location there, so much so that even its mayor Candido De Angelis says the town is “honored to have been chosen by a director and contemporary artist of the international depth of Terrence Malick....