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Cannes Journal: Once Upon a Time in… Hollywood

Jason Gorber — Wed, 22 May 2019 16:00:35 +0000

The fable-like title (an obvious allusion to Leone) and Quentin Tarantino’s track record of toying with history should give you a pretty good hint about what’s in store with his latest film. Once Upon a Time in… Hollywood is set in 1969, and broadly speaking the film covers the era of the Manson murders, where...

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Weekend Roundtable: Child Stars All Grown Up

Josh Zyber — Fri, 18 Mar 2016 19:00:39 +0000

Growing up in Hollywood is tough on a child actor. Many young lives have been ruined by fame at too early an age. Newly anointed Oscar winner Leonardo DiCaprio and ‘Divergent’ star Shailene Woodley are among the select group of former child stars who have transitioned to successful acting careers as adults. In this week’s...

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2016 Oscar Winners

Josh Zyber — Mon, 29 Feb 2016 07:03:10 +0000

Over the course of what I swear felt like 12 grueling hours, this year’s relentlessly dull Academy Awards ceremony stirred to life only briefly with shocking upset victories in two categories, including the big prize of the night. Prior to the very moment he lost, Sylvester Stallone looked like a sure thing for Best Supporting...

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2016 SAG Award Winners

Josh Zyber — Tue, 02 Feb 2016 14:00:56 +0000

In most years, the Screen Actors Guild Awards are considered a predictor for the Oscars. In light of the #OscarsSoWhite controversy, however, voters for the Saggies (that’s not actually what the trophies are called, but it should be) made a point of distancing themselves from this year’s Oscar nominations. I don’t say that to diminish...

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2016 Golden Globe Winners

Josh Zyber — Mon, 11 Jan 2016 16:00:00 +0000

It used to be, in years past, that the big winners at the Golden Globes were often in sync with the Oscars that followed and could be considered a strong predictor. That isn’t necessarily the case anymore. Basically, nobody takes the Globes seriously, least of all master-of-ceremonies Ricky Gervais, who returned for his fourth time...

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‘The Revenant’ Review: Beautifully Plodding

Philip Brown — Wed, 06 Jan 2016 17:00:53 +0000

By now, you’ve likely heard endless tales about how difficult it was to make ‘The Revenant’. Those stories are true and the danger and difficulty of the shoot bleeds onto the screen like a glossy Herzog deathtrap. However, the movie is also difficult to watch in ways both good and bad. Sure, the story is...

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The Trailer Park: Spectre of the Fun

M. Enois Duarte — Thu, 06 Aug 2015 16:00:29 +0000

This week’s collection of movie trailers center around the wonderful theme of espionage, including a mercenary who can’t his mouth shut, a sleeper agent from the most unlikely of places, and the legend that all spies aspire to be. ‘Deadpool’ Poor Ryan Reynolds. Has anyone had as much bad luck appearing in a comic book...

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Weekend Roundtables: Career Turnarounds

Josh Zyber — Fri, 17 Apr 2015 19:00:56 +0000

Sometimes, an actor just needs to find the right role to suit his or her talents. In this week’s Roundtable, we discuss the actors that we used to dislike, even hate, until one project finally turned their fortunes around. There are two possible ways to look at this topic: You generally don’t like the actor,...

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Oscar Poll: Best Actor 2014

Josh Zyber — Thu, 27 Feb 2014 14:00:35 +0000

Yesterday, you made your predictions for which movie would win Best Picture at this Sunday’s Academy Awards ceremony. Today, let’s go through some of the other major categories, starting with Best Actor. Is Matthew McConaughey a lock to take home the trophy, or will Christian Bale, Bruce Dern, Leonardo DiCaprio or Chiwetel Ejiofor claim victory...

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Now Playing: Greed Really Is Good

Luke Hickman — Tue, 24 Dec 2013 14:00:54 +0000

Oliver Stone and Michael Douglas have nothing on Martin Scorsese’s new based-on-a-true-story portrayal of Wall Street. Normally, movies released on Christmas Day consist of happy holiday content, but ‘The Wolf of Wall Street’ goes against that grain. It’s the anti-Christmas movie. Leonardo DiCaprio plays real-life stock market manipulator Jordan Belfort, who, in the 1990s, took...

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The Trailer Park: Old Wolves, New Tricks

M. Enois Duarte — Thu, 25 Jul 2013 19:00:25 +0000

This set of trailers for some potentially great upcoming movies leaves me feeling a little hesitant. The films all have potential, but the previews aren’t very convincing. I think that the success of these movies will definitely ride on the casts, directors and interest in the stories, rather than how well the trailers sell them....

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Weekend Movies: Let’s Party Like It’s the Roaring ’20s

Luke Hickman — Fri, 10 May 2013 15:00:22 +0000

If anything, this will be an interesting weekend at the box office. Baz Luhrmann’s flashy adaptation of an American literary classic and a Tyler Perry-produced comedy may not worry about competing against one another, but both have to compete against last weekend’s $174 million blockbuster. Darryl from ‘The Office’ and the Man in the Iron...

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