2017 Oscar Winners
The Oscars ceremony last night was marked by high drama, controversy and a stunning upset. Honestly, I’m having trouble believing it myself, but indeed the shocking fact remains that Lin-Manuel Miranda did not EGOT…
The Oscars ceremony last night was marked by high drama, controversy and a stunning upset. Honestly, I’m having trouble believing it myself, but indeed the shocking fact remains that Lin-Manuel Miranda did not EGOT…
After last week’s avalanche of Blu-rays, this week eases off considerably. Strangely, even though Tuesday is Valentine’s Day, I don’t see many romantic movies in the latest assortment of discs – unless you accept...
As Hollywood continues to gloat all through awards season about the quality of the movies it makes, the fact remains that many of the Oscar nominees have simply not been widely seen by audiences outside industry voting circles. Wi...
This year’s Academy Award nominations were announced today and, as fully expected, the Oscar voters are gaga for ‘La La Land’. The musical scored 14 nominations in all, tying the record with ‘All About Eve&...
With ‘Moana’ topping the charts for a third consecutive week and ‘Rogue One: A Star Wars Story’ opening this weekend, it’s likely that Disney’s record year will include reigning the box office f...
Light on new releases, there wasn’t much change in this weekend’s box office Top 10. Aside from two older movies holding over very well, most titles performed almost exactly as expected.
The long holiday weekend bore box office gifts for several holdover movies, but only one of the new releases found success. One saw so-so returns, one flopped, and one really flopped.
The fans turned out this weekend for the latest offering in J.K. Rowling’s wizarding world, but that was the only movie to perform as expected. Not only did the other wide releases miss the mark, but the expanding limited re...
What a weekend! Although none could topple last week’s Top 2, three of the four new movies performed exceptionally well. On top of that, last week’s releases held over superbly. November is looking up – especially for ...
One new must-see film storms theaters this weekend. However, I’m guessing that only half of the moviegoers who see it will leave as head-over-heels in love with it as critics are. Those folks have two other new options: a PG...
Generally, when giant alien spacecraft appear out of nowhere around the globe, it’s a bad thing. If ‘Independence Day’ proved nothing else, it’s that those ET ain’t friendly and deserve to be greeted ...
Denis Villeneuve continues his transition from Canadian indies to sprawling Hollywood fables that retain his masterful style and personal touch. After last year’s searing drug war thriller ‘Sicario’, the director...