Under Paris: Netflix has delivered one of the best shark movies ever made | Thrillers
aJust ten years ago, I unwittingly became complicit in the incredibly hackneyed advertising gimmick of wearing a heart monitor during a movie that was billed as one of the scariest films of all time. I wore the monitor and my subconscious reactions were intended to provide quantitative proof of just how terrifying the movie was. […]
Carey Mulligan and Keira Knightley join calls for UK creative industries anti-harassment body | Movies
Stars of British screen including Carey Mulligan, Keira Knightley and Naomie Harris have joined a call to secure funding to support a newly set up independent organisation dedicated to tackling harassment across the creative industries. They are, Signatories to the Open Letter It calls on companies to pledge funding to the Creative Industries Independent Standards […]
Romeo n Juliet 4EVA review – Jamaican teens breathe fresh life into Shakespeare romance | Movies
noFew things induce groans of despair quite like a “modern” Shakespeare performed by teenagers, but this Jamaican shortened version of Romeo and Juliet is beautifully done, emotionally acted and directed in an understated, easy-going style by British-Jamaican director Paul Buckner. Reality TV The film follows kids as they put on Shakespeare at their school. The […]
The life of Hollywood icon Marilyn Monroe: Movies, marriages, fashion moments and more
Marilyn Monroe was born Norma Jean Mortenson in Los Angeles on June 1, 1926. Monroe was a notable actress of the 1950s, and her legacy continues to this day. After growing up in foster homes and orphanages, Monroe began her career as a model and actress, landing minor roles in films such as The Asphalt […]
Activists lean on Hollywood to load movies with more climate alarmist propaganda
LGBT activist group GLAAD has for years been pressuring Hollywood filmmakers to produce as much non-straight content as possible. GLAAD Annual Studio Responsibility Index GLAAD evaluates the work of major film distributors to determine how closely they follow the rules. Last year, GLAAD determined that of 350 films being released in 2022 by 10 major […]
‘Experts’ Demand Even More Global Warming Hysteria in Movies
Box office receipts are falling 42 percent In 2019, the final pre-pandemic year, Hollywood just experienced its worst Memorial Day weekend in over a quarter century, and now many experts are calling for the film world to get even more woke with more hysteria over global warming. Before I go any further, let me ask […]
Post your questions for Harry Hill | Movies
Harry Hill, a former doctor and still a registered practitioner, cemented his career as a bespectacled, big-collared stand-up comedian when he won the Perrier Best Newcomer award in Edinburgh in 1992. More than 30 years on, he’s just announced a New Bits & Greatest Hits tour to celebrate “60 years of fun” ahead of his […]
Scorsese, Coppola Bashing Marvel Movies ‘Felt Harsh’
Actor Chris Hemsworth, who played Thor in the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU), said he felt “harsh” when he heard criticism of Martin Scorsese and Francis Ford Coppola’s superhero films. In 2019, Scorsese angered millions of Marvel fans when he said MCU movies were more like theme park rides than movie experiences. “I tried, you know? […]
Disney to cap Marvel output at 3 movies per year to focus on ‘quality’
Disney has announced that it will limit Marvel movies to three per year and Disney+ shows to two in a bid to focus on “quality” after criticism that the company makes too many mediocre superhero movies. The Mouse House announced Tuesday that streaming platforms Disney+ and Hulu delivered a quarterly operating profit of $47 million […]
Disney lost over $600 million from just 4 movies in 2023
A shocking report details the costs of Disney films, finding that in 2023, just four of the company’s big-budget projects collectively lost more than $500 million. Disney movies have repeatedly appeared on this year’s biggest bomb lists, but the amount of money the Mouse brand will spend just to make a movie run into the […]