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Extreme Reactions to Joker – Hard to Parse for Oscar
Last night, Joker finally was shown to audiences. It has already broken box office records and is on target to...
High Praise for Eddie Murphy and Dolemite is My Name
I can't think of the last time I had so much of a purely enjoyable cinematic experience as seeing Dolemite...
Best Actor — Too Many Contenders, with No Frontrunner … Yet
The Best Actor race has been packed at every stage this year, with no end in sight, and other promising...
Best Actor – Make Room for Eddie Murphy in Dolemite is My Name
Believe it or not, Netflix has yet another Best Actor contender in Eddie Murphy who is mesmerizing in Dolemite is...
The Irishman – One more glance back before the end
What a powerfully moving story Martin Scorsese has told with The Irishman, a film about the guy who confessed to...
Don’t Blame Joker and Todd Phillips for Sparking Violence in America
We're living through a kind of late-wave puritanism on the left. The same way American culture could not shake off...
Predictions Friday – The Presumed Frontrunners and Their Challengers
What's all the buzz in the Oscar race now? Well, there isn't actual Oscar buzz, as you may know. Right...
A Trailer at Last for Todd Haynes’ ‘Dark Waters’
It was "Untitled Todd Haynes project" and now it is "Dark Waters." This is a shift for Todd Haynes in...
Brad Pitt and the Divergent Stories of His Career
Brad Pitt is in two movies this year. Both roles seem to speak to the contrasting paths of his career....
TIFF – Best Actor: A Tale of Two Adams and a Phoenix
The Toronto Film Festival has just about given its last gasp, though not quite. The People's Choice Award will be...
Venice Gives Joker Top Prize, Polanski’s Officer and Spy Wins Jury Award
The winners at Venice rocked the house, for sure. Todd Phillips' Joker won the top prize - The Golden Lion....
Michael B. Jordan Joins the Best Actor Race with ‘Just Mercy’
Michael B. Jordan headlines as Bryan Stevenson, who wrote the bestseller the film is based on, "Just Mercy: A Story...
The State of the Race — Movies with Two Lead Actors and Best Gets Out of Telluride
Once Upon a Time in Hollywood is still the film to beat for Best Picture, at least right now, after...
Eddie Redmayne and Felicity Jones Look for Answers in New Aeronauts Trailer
The new trailer for the Tom Harper film that stars Felicity Jones and Eddie Redmayne takes us back to London...
Timothee Chalamet is The King in New Teaser Trailer
Here is a look at Timothee Chalamet who is starring in David Michod's The King. All hail King Henry! Watch...
Beautiful Trailer for Malick’s A Hidden Life
The plot, as follows: A HIDDEN LIFE is the story of an unsung hero, Franz Jägerstätter, who refused to fight...
“Dolemite Is My Name” Gets a Trailer
Eddie Murphy stars in "Dolemite Is My Name." Those of us who grew up in the 1970s remember "Dolemite." It...
Martin Scorsese’s ‘The Irishman’ to Open the 57th New York Film Festival
Martin Scorsese's "The Irishman" will open the New York Film Festival on September 27. My first thought on this is...
Ang Lee and Will Smith’s Gemini Man Gets an Official Trailer
Gemini Man (#GeminiMan) is an innovative action-thriller starring Will Smith (#WillSmith) as Henry Brogan, an elite assassin, who is suddenly...
Venice Books ‘Joker,’ ‘Ad Astra,’ ‘Seberg,’ and More for Buzzy Lineup
Not to be outdone by Toronto, which just announced a slew of mouth-watering world premieres for their upcoming edition on...
