Now Streaming: Good Omens
Even as his American Gods fell apart in its second season, allegedly due in some part to the author’s interference, Neil Gaiman split his attention to a second television project more under his direct control. Amazon’s...
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Oscar Poll: Best Actress 2018
While we’re predicting this year’s Oscars, let’s move on to the Best Actress category. Which of the nominees do you believe will take the trophy? Which one actually deserves it?
Weekend Roundtable: From Oscar Gowns and Tuxes to Capes and Tight
The producers of superhero movies have been very aggressive about casting Oscar winners and nominees to lend some prestige and class to their silly comic book fantasy epics. Among others, Anthony Hopkins, Robert Downey Jr., Benedi...
Weekend Roundtable: Worst Movies by 2018 Oscar Nominees
When Oscar season comes around, we like to play a little game where we remember that not all of the celebrated actors and directors have had spotless track records for quality entertainment. Let’s look back at some of the wo...
2018 Golden Globe Winners
The Golden Globe Awards traditionally have a reputation as the biggest party in Hollywood, where celebrities often get sloppy drunk and everybody has a fun time. Coming off the turmoil of the past year, however, it’s little ...
The Best of the Best in Film 2017, Part 1
Well, folks, we did it. 2017 is over. We survived. It wasn’t easy. At times, it felt like nothing but horrible things happened for a solid 12 months. Heroes died, scandals rocked the entertainment community, American politic...
‘Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri’ Review: M
‘Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri’ is a righteous and angry film. It deals with an unsolved and dismissed crime that rocked a small town, along with the people left harmed in its wake. However, if Martin McDon...
TIFF Journal: ‘Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
‘Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri’ will likely take multiple viewings to process its achievements. What’s clear from the first round is that writer/director/playwright Martin McDonagh (‘In Bruges&#...
‘Hail, Caesar!’ Review: A Very Coen Goof
The thing about the Coen brothers is that no matter strange, dark and personal their movies get, they also still enjoy a good laugh. Their latest film. ‘Hail, Caesar!’, comes after three fairly ambitious pictures that ...
‘The Good Dinosaur’ Review: The Average Pixar
Over the years, Pixar has become victims of its own success. The studio has produced so many truly astounding works of animation that, when it releases a movie that’s merely good, it can’t help but feel like a mild dis...
Now Playing: Bay Brings Nothing New to the ‘Transformers
Earlier this year, Michael Bay admitted that the 2009 ‘Transformers’ sequel ‘Revenge of the Fallen‘ “was crap” (his words). Of course, he placed most of blame on the Writer’s Strike, not h...