‘Rental places will surge back’: readers on the fight to preserve physical media | Movies
‘Necessary due to space reasons‘ In my family, we have gotten into the habit of ordering inexpensive DVDs when we find a show or movie that we are sure we want to watch again (that’s a trick in itself!). At the end of 2020, when I moved into a new apartment in another part of […]
‘Dalí’s were unfilmable’: the astonishing story of Hitchcock’s lost storyboards – found in a bric-a-brac sale | Movies
IIt’s Los Angeles in the early 1970s, and critic John Russell Taylor is driving around the San Fernando Valley checking out merchandise at various yard sales. Locals usually display their purchases on the lawn to raise cash. But what’s less unusual is the bounty Taylor found with his one yard. It’s his panel from a […]
Horror movies hit different when you’re a mom
I liked watching horror movies. They were lighthearted thrills, irony, escapism, and casual little horror simulators for the last (female) men who were all too comfortable and safe. Our list of favorites is constantly updated and never fazed by gore, sadism, and edgy themes. it was fun. After having children, this pastime disappeared. It’s not […]
‘Charlie and the Chocolate Factory’, ‘The BFG’, ‘Matilda’ and other Roald Dahl books that have been made into movies
Roald Dahl’s books have captivated the hearts of children and adults for generations. His imaginative stories have inspired many popular films. You may not even know that some of your favorite movies came from Dahl’s stories. Dahl’s live-action and animated films include the popular Charlie and the Chocolate Factory. These six films are inspired by […]
Marvel Star Gwyneth Paltrow Bashes Hollywood’s ‘Big Push’ into Superhero Movies
Gwyneth Paltrow plays Pepper Potts in Marvel Studios movies iron man and the avengers The film criticized Hollywood’s superhero boom for lacking quality. Currently appearing on hot ones On the podcast, the Goop entrepreneur joined actresses Issa Rae and Dakota Johnson to bash Hollywood in general and superhero movies in particular. The Wrap report. Paltrow […]
Movies for Normal People, Like ‘Ghostbusters,’ Are Box Office Hits
3 movies made for ordinary people — Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire, Dune: Part 2, and kung fu panda 4 — is setting numbers at the box office, and I don’t think that’s a coincidence. All the excuses fake media concocts to explain the box office failures that occur fall apart once you look at the opening […]
Banning TikTok Would Be a ‘Gut Punch’ to Hollywood’s Ability to Promote Movies, TV Series to Young Viewers
New report says TikTok ban would be a ‘severe blow’ to Hollywood’s ability to promote movies and TV shows, especially for young Americans who spend countless hours on the Chinese social media app right. Hollywood studios are increasingly relying on TikTok as a marketing tool to reach younger audiences, and even professional distribution companies are […]
The Trust Fall: Julian Assange review – partisan portrait of WikiLeaks man | Movies
RRemember Julian Assange? The WikiLeaks founder, who dominated headlines in the 2010s, has been incarcerated in London’s Belmarsh Prison since 2019 and has disappeared from sight. And that was a plan, this impassioned documentary argues, with the help of staunch advocates including the late John Pilger. Tariq Ali, Jill Stein, Pentagon document leaker Daniel Ellsworth, […]
Movies Can Now Be Graded By ‘Climate Reality Check’ Test
Recently released films can now be scored on a new ‘Climate Reality Check’ test that assesses whether a film deals with the so-called ‘climate crisis’. “A new ‘climate reality check’ test has been taken – these three Oscar-nominated features pass,” reads the headline of the article by Chloe Veltman. NPR. Veltman said the new test […]
‘Climate Reality Check’ measures accurate representation of climate change in movies, TV shows
new research is calling on the entertainment industry to do a proper “reality check” and acknowledge that “climate change is our reality.” “It’s something that’s happening here and now, not somewhere else or in the future. It affects every aspect of life. But that reality is still largely absent from the stories on our screens.” […]