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Lifetime isn’t exactly known for Oscar-worthy movies, but this one is too soap opera-y even for them. Based on the tumultuous relationship between Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton, this made-for-TV movie failed spectacularly and on a high-profile level thanks to its status as Lindsay Lohan’s supposed “comeback vehicle.” While some critics admitted the film was enjoyable on a campy level, the acting and screenplay were almost universally panned. After all, any movie with lines like “You haven’t lost me, I’ve lost you” and “I wont live without you!...

Disney’s animated “Raya and the Last Dragon,” opened to $8.6 million from 2,045 screens. Last weekend’s animated debut, “Tom & Jerry,” had earned almost double that ($14.1 million). ‘Raya’ was made available to Disney Plus subscribers for a $30 fee, but “Tom and Jerry” was also a streaming exclusive on HBO Max, and without the extra fee. Disappointing numbers. In its second weekend of release, “Tom & Jerry” picked up $6....

That’s what Universal did today, announcing that a number of their films currently in theaters including “The Invisible Man,” “Emma” and “The Hunt” will be available to rent online beginning this Friday, March 20. They will be priced at $19,99 per rental. NBCUniversal CEO Jeff Shell stated, “Universal Pictures has a broad and diverse range of movies with 2020 being no exception. Rather than delaying these films or releasing them into a challenged distribution landscape, we wanted to provide an option for people to view these titles in the home that is both accessible and affordable,” said Shell....

Anderson tends to go a few years in between projects, but maybe he’s entered the “life is short phase of his career.” If everything goes according to planned then he would have a film released in 2020, 2021 and 2022. I’m still itching to rewatch “The French Dispatch,” a film I was very mixed on at Cannes, but want to give another. I ranked Anderson’s films 10.27.21. Contribute Hire me...

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Anderson is set to direct an adaptation of Roald Dahl’s ‘The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar’ starring Benedict Cumberbatch for Netflix. There is no word yet if it’s going to be done via stop motion animation like Anderson’s other Dahl adaptation, 2009’s “The Fantastic Mr. Fox,” but consider us intrigued. Is Anderson going to start churning out a film per year ala Woody Allen? He tends to go a few years in between projects, but maybe he’s entered the “life is short phase of his career....

Films mentioned include Alejandro González Iñárritu’s “Bardo,” Noah Baumbach’s “White Noise,” Sarah Polley’s “Women Talking,” Florian Zeller’s “The Son,” Paul Schrader’s “Master Gardener,” Maria Schrader’s “She Said,” Todd Field’s “Tar,” and Andrew Dominik’s “Blonde.” Those are pretty much the hot titles expected for the September festivals. If Telluride doesn’t choose one of the above then there might be something wrong, quality-wise, with that omitted title. You can also expect Scott Cooper’s “Pale Blue Eye,” which isn’t mentioned by IndieWire....

His latest film, which was shot in San Sebastian, Spain, is titled “Rifkin’s Festival” and stars Christoph Waltz, Gina Gershon, Wallace Shawn, Elena Anaya, Louis Garrel, and Sergi Lopez. The romantic comedy follows an American married couple who head down to the San Sebastián Film Festival only to both fall for different people. The wife has an affair with a French director, whereas the husband falls for a Spanish woman....

Sometimes being subtle with your movie can be an overdone trait. Case in point Ira Sach’s latest film “Frankie,” which just premiered in competition at Cannes. This unconventional family gathering takes place by the seaside of the Portuguese town of Sintra, which makes this the first time Sachs has managed to shoot a film outside his native New York City. An attempt at evoking Eric Rohmer’s anti-romanticism, “Frankie” falls completely flat....

A very autobiographical film for Lapid (think 8 1/ or Stardust Memories) the Israeli director is the central character here, a successful movie director, played by Avshalom Pollak, who has just had a great hit at the Berlin film festival (“Synonym” won the top prize there in 2019). Prepping for his next film, this one about a Palestinian activist named Ahed, the director accepts to take a break and attend a government-sponsored special screening about his last film in his hometown of Arava....

You see, towards the end of the film, Arthur Curry and Princess Mera share a kiss, that moment seems to have been censored in the aforementioned muslim-heavy countries. In Indonesia, that moment was cut as multiple people noted on social media. “My theater burst out in laughter when that happened because the way it’s cut is so jarring,” said one Indonesian moviegoer. This was most likely a decision made by the State agency Lembaga Sensor Film which tends to vet films before release....

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This was the best documentary I saw at this year’s Sundance Film Festival and it will surely rank as one of the best movies, fiction, or non-fiction, that will be released this summer. There have been rumors have been whether or not some of the film was staged, I wouldn’t know, but, regardless, it’s an incredibly infectious vision. Here’s what I wrote about the film back in January at Sundance: “Bloody Nose, Empty Pockets” has filmmaking duo Bill and Turner Ross tackling the final day at Roaring 20s, a dive bar in Vegas, before it closes its doors for good at 4 in the morning....

And so here we are, and yet another biopic based on a legendary musical figure has emerged on the Hollywood release calendar. Tackling Queen frontman Freddie Mercury, ‘Rhapsody’ has all the conventions you expect, but none of the filmmaking prowess to elevate it beyond that. A lot of the blame must rest on the specific moments chosen to depict on-screen. The clear highlights are the musical sequences; The band molding together the parts for their epic Bohemian Rhapsody, finding the iconic bass line of Another One Bites the Dust and, of course, an 11 minute re-creation of the famous Live Aid performance which shook the world back in 1985....

The social media reactions for “Bombshell” have been positive, with many mentioning its #MeToo parallels. “Bombshell” seems to be a tight, well-acted backroom saga about how Fox News anchors Gretchen Carlson (Nicole Kidman) and Megyn Kelly (Charlize Theron) brought down Fox Honcho Roger Ailes (John Lithgow) on sexual harassment allegations. Is “Bombshell” a Best Picture contender? Perhaps or perhaps not, but the #MeToo factor must be taken into the equation....

With that being said, although very much a Carnahan film through and through, the recently-released “Boss Level” is quite the stinker. Here another movie using the tired-old time-loop trope popularized by “Groundhog Day” 27 years ago. This past year’s “Palm Springs” playfully turned the time-loop genre over its head, refusing to adhere, in the conventional sense of the term, to any of the tropes that usually come with it. The year before that, Netflix’s “Russian Doll” managed to bring a meta-awareness to the circular narrative....

Thought the trailer does show us plenty of footage, not much is actually known about “Tenet,” Nolan’s upcoming 11th film, but EW does describe it as “an action epic evolving from the world of international espionage.” Its star John David Washington may very well be going to the “afterlife” and Robert Pattinson his intelligence partner. Nolan describes Washington as the “hero” of the film, but the trailer also give us a look at co-star Pattinson and Elizabeth Debicki (“Widows”)....

This is yet another painful blow to theater owners around the world who were relying on the fall movie slate to stage a semi-comeback of sorts, but the business of theater-going is all but dead as you know, with many theater chains set to declare bankruptcy in the coming weeks and months. Eddie Murphy will be back in the role of Akeem, the privileged African prince who settled into Queens to look for an American wife in the 1987 original....

His brother, fellow comedian and actor Albert Brooks, tweeted the news on Wednesday: “R.I.P. My dear brother Bob Einstein. A great brother, father and husband. A brilliantly funny man. You will be missed forever.” His ‘Curb’ co-star Richard Lewis had this to say about the actor’s passing. “I knew him forever,” Lewis wrote on Twitter. “His long career is hard to match. His role on #curbyourenthusiasm was excruciatingly brilliant! Our cast and crew will be devastated....

The film will be released November 15th, which means Oscar is being eyed by Mangold and 20th Century Fox. Expect it to premiere at Telluride and/or Toronto. Contribute Hire me Advertise Donate Team Contact Privacy Policy