Cinema Blend: Film News

• newOne Avengers: Endgame Character That Surprisingly Needed No CGI
  The true tragedy of Endgame is that no one knows his/her name.
  - 28 mins ago, 15 Sep 19, 12:04pm -
• newStar Wars: A New Hope's Most Infamous Mistake Has Gotten Its Own Documentary
  Writer, podcaster, and YouTuber Jamie Stangroom made a documentary about A New Hope's most hilarious mistake.
  - 49 mins ago, 15 Sep 19, 11:43am -
• newEvery James Cameron Movie, Ranked
  Even the King of the World can be ranked!
  - 2 hours ago, 15 Sep 19, 10:52am -
• newThanos Vs. Darkseid: Does Marvel Or DC Have The Ultimate Supervillain?
  Who is the better supervillain: Thanos or Darkseid? Let's see if we can find an answer (if such an answer can be found) in this ongoing debate.
  - 2 hours ago, 15 Sep 19, 10:49am -
• newWhy Terminator: Dark Fate Never Wanted To De-Age T-800 With A 'Digital Arnold'
  How is the T-800 back ... and aging?
  - 2 hours ago, 15 Sep 19, 10:41am -
• newWait, Robert Downey Jr. Could Be In Black Widow?
  Here's all the evidence pointing in Tony Stark's general direction.
  - 4 hours ago, 15 Sep 19, 8:45am -
• newSuicide Squad Director Tired Of Being Attacked For Film That Didn't Match His Original Vision
  The director is taking big swings at his critics.
  - 18 hours ago, 14 Sep 19, 6:16pm -
• newJohn Wick 3 Actor Bummed To See 'Very Cool' Scenes Cut From Film
  Release the deleted scenes! And The Snyder Cut, I suppose, although that's a different fandom.
  - 19 hours ago, 14 Sep 19, 5:39pm -
• newControversy Over Joker's RT Score Relaunches Fans' DC Vs. Marvel Feud
  Joker's specialty is chaos...
  - 20 hours ago, 14 Sep 19, 4:21pm -
• newWatch Iron Man's Amazing Alternate Ending, As Kevin Feige Announces New MCU Box Set
  Kevin Feige really is a mastermind....
  - 22 hours ago, 14 Sep 19, 2:26pm -

Cinema Blend: Movie Previews

• Tigers Are Not Afraid
  Estrella (Paola Lara) receives three chalk pieces from her teacher, he tells her that each piece of chalk will grant one wish. Estrella's mother suddenly disappears, she uses one of the chalk to wish for her mother to return home. However, Estrella i…
  - 2 days ago, 13 Sep 19, 4:36pm -
• This Week In Trailers: Midway, Little Monsters, And TIFF Favorites
  Here's what you may have missed.
  - 2 days ago, 13 Sep 19, 3:11pm -
• The Lodge
  A bone-chilling nightmare from the directors of GOODNIGHT MOMMY, THE LODGE follows a family who retreat to their remote winter cabin over the holidays. When the father (Richard Armitage) is forced to abruptly depart for work, he leaves his children,…
  - 4 days ago, 11 Sep 19, 6:45pm -
• The Good Liar
  Career con man Roy Courtnay (Ian McKellen) sets his sights on his latest mark: recently widowed Betty McLeish (Helen Mirren), worth millions. And he means to take it all. But as the two draw closer, what should have been another simple swindle takes…
  - 4 days ago, 11 Sep 19, 6:37pm -
• All Rise
  A 17 year old honors student is accused of murder.
  - 4 days ago, 11 Sep 19, 6:27pm -
• Last Christmas
  Kate (Emilia Clarke) harumphs around London, a bundle of bad decisions accompanied by the jangle of bells on her shoes, another irritating consequence from her job as an elf in a year-round Christmas shop. Tom (Henry Golding) seems too good to be tru…
  - 4 days ago, 11 Sep 19, 6:20pm -
• The King
  Hal (Timothée Chalamet), wayward prince and reluctant heir to the English throne, has turned his back on royal life and is living among the people. But when his tyrannical father dies, Hal is crowned King Henry V and is forced to embrace the life he…
  - 4 days ago, 11 Sep 19, 6:06pm -
• Waves
  Set against the vibrant landscape of South Florida, and featuring an astonishing ensemble of award-winning actors and breakouts alike, Waves traces the epic emotional journey of a suburban African-American family—led by a well-intentioned but domin…
  - 4 days ago, 11 Sep 19, 5:48pm -
• Motherless Brooklyn
  Lionel Essrog (Edward Norton), a lonely private detective living with Tourette Syndrome, ventures to solve the murder of his mentor and only friend, Frank Minna (Bruce Willis). Armed only with a few clues and the engine of his obsessive mind, Lionel…
  - 4 days ago, 11 Sep 19, 5:37pm -
• Arctic Dogs
  Starring an all-star voice cast featuring: Jeremy Renner, Heidi Klum, James Franco, John Cleese, Omar Sy, Michael Madsen, Laurie Holden, Anjelica Huston, and Alec Baldwin.Swifty the Arctic fox works in the mail room of the Arctic Blast Delivery Ser…
  - 4 days ago, 11 Sep 19, 3:55pm -

Cinema Blend: Movie Reviews

• Tigers Are Not Afraid Review: A Hauntingly Beautiful Horror Fairy Tale
  Mixing the tones of supernatural horror and emotional drama is something that’s quite common, but at the same time it’s not as easy to find examples of a story truly walking that line in an effective manner. Tigers Are Not Afraid is one of those…
  - 2 days ago, 13 Sep 19, 5:15pm -
• Tall Girl Review: Its Heart Is In The Right Place, But It Has Nothing New To Say
  There are many films that approach similar subject matter in much more skillful and impactful ways, and they can probably be easily found by just swiping past this one on Netflix.
  - 2 days ago, 13 Sep 19, 3:01am -
• Hustlers Review: A Fun Yet Flawed Modern Crime Story
  With powerhouse performances, and a unique spin on familiar storytelling, this film is a fun, albeit flawed, exercise in transforming the old into something new.
  - 3 days ago, 12 Sep 19, 3:21pm -
• The Friend Review
  The movie tells a tragically familiar story of cancer's effect on a family, and does so with honesty, care, and (surprisingly enough) joy.
  - 4 days ago, 11 Sep 19, 4:12pm -
• Downton Abbey Review
  Overall, Downton Abbey is an exquisite return to the wonderfully familiar, while at the same time featuring a sharper wit and even more gorgeous scenery than ever seen in the canon before.
  - 6 days ago, 9 Sep 19, 7:01pm -
• Ford V Ferrari Review
  Ford v Ferrari thrills by simulating the record-breaking pace of the cars on the tracks, but really captivates because we care deeply about the men trying to make the victory happen.
  - 6 days ago, 9 Sep 19, 6:29pm -
• The Goldfinch Review
  John Crowley has to do a serious balancing act throughout the movie. But with two timelines and plenty of A-List talent to feature, the movie's pacing ends up slowing down. It's this lack of energy that sometimes brings The Goldfinch down.
  - 7 days ago, 8 Sep 19, 8:40pm -
• IT Chapter Two Review
  IT Chapter Two falls into the classic sequel trap of overemphasizing what worked in the past instead of fully committing to the future.
  - 12 days ago, 3 Sep 19, 12:00pm -
• Falling Inn Love Review
  [I]t’s easy to forgive its sillier plot developments and schmaltzy cuteness, but what still drags the whole experience is just how boring and uninspired it manages to be...
  - 13 days ago, 2 Sep 19, 4:48am -
• Joker Review
  You’ll definitely feel like you’ll need a shower after seeing it, but once you’ve dried off and changed clothes, you’ll want to do nothing else but parse and dissect it.
  - 15 days ago, 31 Aug 19, 1:15pm -

CNN.com: The Screening Room

• "In a Dream"

  

  LONDON, England -- Sheffield Doc/Fest is a film festival, industry session programme and market place making for five intense days in November.This is the festival’s 15th year and our first day was on Thursday, the 6th. We took a red-eye flight fro…
  - 10 Nov 08, 10:33am -
• A meeting with Mr Bond

  

  LONDON,England -- As I enter the room I realise I have Bond at a disadvantage. His trigger-finger and indeed his right arm is trapped in a sling -- a reminder of recent skirmishes on behalf of Her Majesty's Secret Service. I raise my right hand and m…
  - 30 Oct 08, 11:46am -
• Return to form for Woody Allen

  

  LONDON, England -- Lust, passion, laughter, art, a beautiful city and a ménage a trois with two of the world’s most beautiful actresses -- you couldn’t ask for more perfect ingredients for a great Woody Allen tragic-comedy.What some are calling…
  - 27 Oct 08, 12:01pm -
• Fact and fiction meet in "W"

  

  (LONDON, England) -- Could it be more timely? As America prepares to go to the polls, “W,” Oliver Stone’s biopic of the still incumbent president, George “Dubya” Bush tells the story as that of a heavy-drinking frat boy who found God and ma…
  - 24 Oct 08, 7:42am -
• Is 'Frost/Nixon' the thinking man's 'Rocky?'

  

  LONDON, England -- I've just watched the stunning "Frost/Nixon," a feature that boasts exceptional acting performances, with Frank Langella’s portrayal of disgraced U.S President Richard Nixon a standout.Director Ron Howard should also be praised f…
  - 15 Oct 08, 11:07am -
• Why you should thunder along to 'Tropic'

  

  LONDON, England -- A movie directed, co-produced, co-written and co-starred by Ben Stiller was never going to be an artistic chef-d’oeuvre. Never mind, cause “ain’t nothing but a thang,” as one of the lead actors would say.The moguls behind "…
  - 15 Oct 08, 6:05am -
• Artfully done

  

  LONDON, England -- Damien Hirst's formaldehyde shark and gilded calf are sold for millions while banks crumble, but art has always delighted in courting paradox and eluding definition.The same can be said for the documentary "Beautiful Losers." Openi…
  - 9 Oct 08, 11:22am -
• Sherlock, stock and two smoking barrels?

  

  Film buffs were baffled earlier this year when Warner Brothers announced that Guy Ritchie, the British master of the gritty gangster flick, is to direct the studio's screen adaptation of Sherlock Holmes.Would Ritchie turn the legendary inspector into…
  - 2 Oct 08, 8:19am -
• Raindance Film Festival starts today

  

  (LONDON, England) -- The likes of Guy Ritchie and Christopher Nolan are alumni of Raindance, the UK-based indie film champions who are launching their 16th film festival today.It runs from 1-12 October in London's West End and is a great place to cat…
  - 1 Oct 08, 5:41am -
• Music and murder in Paolo Sorrentino's 'Il Divo'

  

  (LONDON, England) -- Murder to music is rarely done as artfully as in the opening sequence of "Il Divo," Sorrentino's biopic of seven-time Italian Prime Minister, Giulio Andreotti. The subject matter may be highly political but, this is no stodgy, hi…
  - 30 Sep 08, 11:54am -

Entertainment Weekly: Movie Coverage

• newHBO documentary Leaving Neverland wins Emmy at Creative Arts Awards
  Leaving Neverland, the polarizing documentary that focuses on longtime allegations of sexual abuse by Michael Jackson, won an Emmy Saturday at the Creative Arts portion of the annual awards show.The two-parter produced by Dan Reed and Executive Prod…
  - 13 hours ago, 14 Sep 19, 11:04pm -
• newOne Day at a Time showrunner reveals season 4 shoot dates
  The wait for more One Day at a Time episodes just got a lot shorter!On Saturday, showrunner and executive producer Gloria Calderón Kellett took to Twitter to reveal when season 4 will shoot in 2020 for its new home network Pop TV.“WE FINALLY HAV…
  - 20 hours ago, 14 Sep 19, 4:08pm -
• newDeleted Iron Man post-credits scene actually references Spider-Man, X-Men at MCU's beginning
  The X-Men joining the Marvel Cinematic Universe is still just a distant hope for fans, and Spider-Man’s future in the MCU is in major jeopardy right now in the wake of the Sony-Marvel rift. But it turns out that there were plans to include both, at…
  - 23 hours ago, 14 Sep 19, 1:41pm -
• How Hailee Steinfeld and Dickinson creator are welcoming the legendary poet into the modern era
  Emily Dickinson: celebrated American poet and sexually fluid iconoclast with a vocabulary borrowed from Clueless?That’s how Dickinson, which comes to Apple TV+ as part of its inaugural round of programming on Nov. 1, imagines the death-obsessed…
  - 1 day ago, 14 Sep 19, 11:00am -
• Netflix's The I-Land tries (and fails) to be the next Lost — just like these 11 other shows
  A bunch of strangers waking up on a beach with no memory of how they got there. Pretty soon they’re discussing the possibility of their plane crashing, and someone even wonders if they’re dead and just all in heaven (or some kind of afterlife). T…
  - 1 day ago, 14 Sep 19, 10:00am -
• Titans recap: We are family
  Now that Trigon’s taken care of, it’s high time to get into the meat of Titans season 2. So far, it seems clear that much of the season will focus on the Wilson family, and I love that.We met Slade Wilson, a.k.a. Deathstroke, last week. The gray…
  - 2 days ago, 13 Sep 19, 8:24pm -
• A Little Late With Lilly Singh sets Mindy Kaling as first guest, early premiere time
  A Little Late With Lilly Singh is ready to take on the late-night space.Singh and NBC’s new show has officially set its first guest in Mindy Kaling, EW has confirmed. Kaling’s The Office costar Rainn Wilson will also make a special appearance in…
  - 2 days ago, 13 Sep 19, 8:02pm -
• Rob Zombie reveals 'complete chaos' behind the creation of Devil's Reject's sequel 3 from Hell
  Writer-director Rob Zombie‘s new movie 3 From Hell (out Sept. 16) is a sequel to the filmmaker’s 2005’s The Devil’s Rejects. That film starred Sid Haig, Bill Moseley, and Sheri Moon Zombie as Captain Spaulding, Otis Driftwood, and Baby, a tr…
  - 2 days ago, 13 Sep 19, 7:30pm -
• How Universal Studios Hollywood's Halloween Horror Nights brought Ghostbusters and Us to life
  It may only be September, but it’s already Halloween in Hollywood. Universal Studios Hollywood’s fan-favorite Halloween Horror Nights kicked off Thursday and will continue to terrify fans throughout the spookiest season of the year.The annual ev…
  - 2 days ago, 13 Sep 19, 7:29pm -
• Jennifer Lopez and Constance Wu get all cuddly in sweet GIFs from EW's cover shoot
  To play friends who become partners in crime in Hustlers, Jennifer Lopez and Constance Wu had to form an onscreen bond that felt authentic. During their EW digital cover shoot, we learned that their chemistry is the real deal, and they’re still ple…
  - 2 days ago, 13 Sep 19, 7:00pm -

Geek Tyrant

• newCheck Out the New Trailer for ROMANCE OF THE THREE KINGDOMS XIV

  

  Koei Tecmo has dropped a new trailer for Romance of the Three Kingdoms XIV.
  - 2 mins ago, 15 Sep 19, 12:30pm -
• newGame Night Table Topper Looks Like a Must Have for Many Tabletop Gamers

  

  The Game Night Table Topper looks like an amazing product for tabletop gamers.
  - 32 mins ago, 15 Sep 19, 12:00pm -
• newMarvel Fan Imagines What Edward Norton Could Have Looked Like as Smart Hulk

  

  Had Marvel Studios and Edward Norton decided to continue working together on the MCU films, things would have been interestingly different. Especially when Bruce Banner makes the transition to Smart Hulk in Avengers: Endgame. In case you’ve wondere…
  - 1 hour ago, 15 Sep 19, 11:30am -
• newWEAK HERO Is a New Webcomic Series on WEBTOON

  

  Weka Hero is a new comic on WEBTOON.
  - 2 hours ago, 15 Sep 19, 11:00am -
• newLand Rover Teams with LEGO for New Set Based on the New Defender

  

  Land Rover and LEGO have teamed up to bring us a new LEGO Technic set.
  - 2 hours ago, 15 Sep 19, 10:30am -
• newFIND THE PATH Secures Partnership with Paizo and Starts a New Podcast for Patrons

  

  Find the Path and Paizo are teaming up to bring fans a brand new Pathfinder podcast for patrons.
  - 3 hours ago, 15 Sep 19, 10:00am -
• newBIG TROUBLE IN LITTLE CHINA Collector's Edition Comes with a Limited Edition Vinyl Soundtrack and More

  

  If you’re a fan of John Carpenter’s Big Trouble in Little China, there’s a collector’s edition blu-ray box set coming from Shout Factory and Sacred Bones Records that you’ll probably want to get your hands on. On top of the Blu-ray, Steelbo…
  - 3 hours ago, 15 Sep 19, 9:30am -
• newHonest Trailer For Disney's ALADDIN - "As Far as Soulless Cash Grabs Go, This One is Clumsily Entertaining"

  

  The team over at Screen Junkies has released a new episode of Honest Trailers and this one sets its sights on Disney’s recent live-action remake of Aladdin. Out of all of the live-action remakes that Disney has made over the past few years, Aladdin…
  - 4 hours ago, 15 Sep 19, 9:00am -
• newFunimation is Bringing ONE PIECE: STAMPEDE to North American Theaters

  

  One Piece: Stampede is being brought to North American theaters this fall.
  - 4 hours ago, 15 Sep 19, 8:30am -
• newHasbro Is Bringing Ms. Monopoly to Tabletops to Celebrate Women Trailblazers and Flip the Pay Gap

  

  While women are still struggling in many careers to make as much as their male counterparts, progress is being made, and some companies are choosing to close that pay gap. So while we wait for equal pay in real life, at least women can pretend to mak…
  - 5 hours ago, 15 Sep 19, 8:00am -

Hollywood Reporter: Movies

• Read More
  Different providers offer different cell phones, so take a look at the options from each provider to choose the right one for you. You may also want to look into any promotions that the providers have to offer, such as free cell phones in exchange fo…
  - 21 Mar 19, 6:02am -

L.A. Times: Movie Reviews

• newNew movies in L.A. this week: Brad Pitt in 'Ad Astra,' 'Downton Abbey,' 'Rambo: Last Blood' and more

  

  Movies opening in L.A. for Sept. 15-22 include Brad Pitt in "Ad Astra," a big-screen "Downton Abbey" and Sly Stallone in "Rambo: Last Blood"
  - 4 hours ago, 15 Sep 19, 9:00am -
• newClassic movies, film festivals, etc., in L.A. this week: 'Selena,' 'The Godfather' and more

  

  Movie events & revivals in L.A. this week, Sept. 15-22
  - 4 hours ago, 15 Sep 19, 9:00am -
• newShould you read 'It' and 'The Goldfinch' before seeing the movies?

  

  Read the book? See the movie? Do both? In what order? The questions surrounding movies adapted from the page have no easy answers.
  - 23 hours ago, 14 Sep 19, 1:36pm -
• 'The Diary of Anne Frank' gets a 60th anniversary salute at the academy

  

  The film academy will screen a new 4K restoration of 1959's "The Diary of Anne Frank" at the Samuel Goldwyn Theater.
  - 1 day ago, 14 Sep 19, 12:00pm -
• Matt Damon and Christian Bale on the difficult road for adult dramas in Hollywood today

  

  The two stars of the new racing drama stopped by the LAT studio for a talk alongside director James Mangold.
  - 2 days ago, 13 Sep 19, 9:25pm -
• The 'Hustlers' music: How Janet Jackson, Lorde and that perfect club cameo came to be

  

  How "Hustlers" scored Janet, Britney, Lorde and that perfect cameo
  - 2 days ago, 13 Sep 19, 9:00pm -
• Best of the 2019 Toronto Film Festival: There was 'Parasite' and there was everything else

  

  L.A. Times writers Glenn Whipp and Justin Chang discuss their Toronto festival highlights including "Marriage Story," "Knives Out," "Uncut Gems" and "The Lighthouse."
  - 2 days ago, 13 Sep 19, 2:26pm -
• Indie Focus: 'Hustlers' takes the stage

  

  Another edition of your regular field guide to the world of movie in Los Angeles and beyond.
  - 2 days ago, 13 Sep 19, 1:48pm -
• 'Knives Out' speaks to politics today. Rian Johnson and Jamie Lee Curtis say that's intentional

  

  Writer-director Rian Johnson and cast members Jamie Lee Curtis, Don Johnson and Jaeden Martell on the sharp murder mystery 'Knives Out'
  - 2 days ago, 13 Sep 19, 1:24pm -
• Newsletter: Toronto Film Festival wraps up

  

  Tom Hanks charmed as Mister Rogers, while "Joker" received a mixed response at the Toronto International Film Festival.
  - 2 days ago, 13 Sep 19, 11:00am -

MTV: Movies

• Natalie Portman Thinks Her Twin Millie Bobby Brown Is ‘Magical’

  

  Natalie Portman talks 'Annihilation,' comparisons to Millie Bobby Brown, her latest 'SNL' Natalie Raps sketch and more.
  - 21 Feb 18, 9:45am -
• Ryan Coogler Sent Black Panther Fans The Sweetest Thank You Note

  

  'Black Panther' director Ryan Coogler sends a sweet note thanking Marvel fans for the film's historic accomplishments.
  - 20 Feb 18, 8:53pm -
• 9 Black Panther Questions That Still Need To Be Answered

  

  Is Killmonger really dead? Where is the last Infinity Stone? And more 'Black Panther' questions.
  - 20 Feb 18, 9:52am -
• Here’s A List Of All The Box Office Records Black Panther Just Broke

  

  WAKANDA FTW: 'Black Panther' just broke a handful of records at the box office thanks to its seismic opening weekend.
  - 18 Feb 18, 5:09pm -
• Chris Evans, Ryan Reynolds, And Other Marvel Heroes Celebrated Black Panther‘s Opening Weekend

  

  Chris Evans, Ryan Reynolds, Mark Ruffalo, and more Marvel heroes showed their support for 'Black Panther' on social media throughout its opening weekend.
  - 18 Feb 18, 12:11pm -
• Black Panther Is Coming Real Close To Beating The Avengers At The Box Office

  

  'Black Panther' is already breaking February records at the box office with its projected $200 million opening — and it's coming really close to 'The Avengers' $207 million record, too.
  - 17 Feb 18, 11:13am -
• Brie Larson, Serena Williams, And More Celebs Who Are Helping Kids See Black Panther

  

  Brie Larson, Serena Williams, Octavia Spencer, and more celebs have donated to 'Black Panther' causes, helping kids around the country see the movie opening weekend.
  - 16 Feb 18, 8:46pm -
• Michael B. Jordan Credits Ryan Coogler For Giving Him The ‘Self-Confidence’ To Direct

  

  Michael B. Jordan and Ryan Coogler talk about their collaborations and how Coogler inspired Jordan to get behind the camera.
  - 16 Feb 18, 3:57pm -
• Eddie Redmayne Wore Tons Of Deodorant And ‘Pulled Lots Of Muscles’ For Early Man

  

  Eddie Redmayne talks about the intense physicality of doing voice work for 'Early Man.'
  - 16 Feb 18, 2:50pm -
• How Do The Black Panther Characters Compare To Their Comic-Book Counterparts?

  

  How the characters of Ryan Coogler's 'Black Panther' compare to their comic-book counterparts.
  - 16 Feb 18, 11:07am -

Newsarama: Film

• THE BUTCHER OF PARIS Explores the True Crime tale of a WW2-Era Killer

  

  Can French detectives beat the Nazis to uncovering a murderer in Paris?
  - 2 days ago, 13 Sep 19, 3:08pm -
• HBO's WATCHMEN Official Trailer

  

  More details on the world and characters of HBO's WATCHMEN.
  - 2 days ago, 13 Sep 19, 2:41pm -
• SWAMP THING GIANT #2 Pushed Back 3 Weeks

  

  Swamp has a way of pulling you back.
  - 2 days ago, 13 Sep 19, 2:33pm -
• Full Issue: ANIMOSITY #9

  

  Ahead of the collection of this year's stories in ANIMOSITY YEAR TWO.
  - 2 days ago, 13 Sep 19, 2:30pm -
• Mexican Martial Arts Cartoon SEIS MANOS Picked up by NETFLIX

  

  VIZ's first original cartoon gets a streaming deal.
  - 2 days ago, 13 Sep 19, 2:19pm -
• WONDER WOMAN Flashes Forward to a DEAD EARTH with MURDER FALCON Creator

  

  DANIEL WARREN JOHNSON and MIKE SPICER will tell a new DC BLACK LABEL WONDER WOMAN tale.
  - 2 days ago, 13 Sep 19, 1:47pm -
• CONAN and MOON KNIGHT to Crossover for Marvel's SERPENT WAR This December

  

  By Crom!
  - 2 days ago, 13 Sep 19, 1:15pm -
• GRANT MORRISON's KLAUS Returns to Tell THE LIFE AND TIMES OF JOE CHRISTMAS This December

  

  A new holiday tale from GRANT MORRISON.
  - 2 days ago, 13 Sep 19, 6:23am -
• 28 Years Ago Today, ROBERT LIEFELD's LEVI'S Commercial Debuted

  

  Button your fly.
  - 2 days ago, 13 Sep 19, 5:40am -
• WONDER WOMAN #83 Shifted to December As Prep Begins for 750th Issue

  

  Steve Orlando's run preps for a big anniversary.
  - 2 days ago, 13 Sep 19, 5:16am -

npr: Movie

• newA Portrait Of Molly Ivins, Maverick Texas Journalist, In 'Raise Hell'

  

  A new documentary about the political columnist and author takes a personal look at a woman who used her scalding wit and investigative skills to skewer politicians for nearly four decades.
  - 5 hours ago, 15 Sep 19, 7:45am -
• newMoviePass Has Officially Shut Down, And We Don't Know If There Will Be A Sequel

  

  The service announced Friday that it would be suspending service for an undefined amount of time.
  - 20 hours ago, 14 Sep 19, 4:25pm -
• Cinematographer Roger Deakins' Films Are Artistic Yet Unpretentious

  

  From The Big Lebowski to Shawshank Redemption to Blade Runner 2049, cinematographer Roger Deakins has created some of film's most beautiful images. Now he has a new film out, The Goldfinch.
  - 2 days ago, 13 Sep 19, 4:17pm -
• The 'Hustlers' Grab Back In This Crime Story With A Feminist Twist

  

  Inspired by an article in New York magazine, Hustlers is a giddy, energetic film about a band of New York strippers who start ripping off their rich, finance-world clients.
  - 2 days ago, 13 Sep 19, 1:34pm -
• For 45 Years Deauville Festival Has Brought American Movies To France

  

  The Deauville American Film Festival is less well-known than Cannes and not as influential as Toronto, but it's no less filled with stars — and this year, a bit of controversy.
  - 2 days ago, 13 Sep 19, 5:09am -
• Clever Caper Comedy 'Hustlers' Makes It Rain

  

  Jennifer Lopez leads a troupe of strippers who bilk rich Wall Street clients out of huge amounts of money in a "boisterous, entertaining and self-aware" film based on a true story.
  - 3 days ago, 12 Sep 19, 5:00pm -
• The Intense, Moody 'Monos': Teen Guerrillas, In The Mist

  

  In this fierce, elliptical, episodic drama, a team of children somewhere in the Latin American jungle are tasked with guarding an American hostage.
  - 3 days ago, 12 Sep 19, 5:00pm -
• Critics Discuss Hits And Misses At The Toronto International Film Festival

  

  NPR's Bob Mondello and film critic Joelle Monique discuss what they liked and what's newsworthy at the still-in-progress Toronto International Film Festival.
  - 3 days ago, 12 Sep 19, 4:24pm -
• Forget What You Think You Know About The Manson Murders

  

  According to one journalist, we've been missing the real, even weirder story all along.
  - 3 days ago, 12 Sep 19, 11:06am -
• 'She Said' Reveals The People And Practices That Protected Weinstein

  

  New York Times reporters Jodi Kantor and Megan Twohey, who broke the story of Harvey Weinstein's alleged sexual misconduct, talk about the obstacles Weinstein created to prevent their investigation.
  - 5 days ago, 10 Sep 19, 1:53pm -

NYMag: Movies

• Museum Piece

  

  The stiff, stuffy The Monuments Men.
  - 2 Feb 14, 9:21pm -
• To Siri With Love

  

  Spike Jonze's Her fixes Joaquin Phoenix up with an operating system.
  - 15 Dec 13, 8:09pm -
• Man of Constant Sorrow

  

  Oscar Isaac catches a bad break (or ten) in Inside Llewyn Davis.
  - 1 Dec 13, 9:13pm -
• Quixote in Flyover Country

  

  Bruce Dern road-trips to claim bogus prize money in Nebraska.
  - 10 Nov 13, 8:03pm -
• Bike Shorts on Fire

  

  Alex Gibney confronts cycling’s top cheat in The Armstrong Lie.
  - 3 Nov 13, 7:46pm -
• Outlaw Pharmacology

  

  Matthew McConaughey plays a drug-smuggling AIDS patient in Dallas Buyers Club.
  - 27 Oct 13, 9:08pm -
• Paris Is Burning

  

  You’ve never seen a love story like Blue Is the Warmest Color.
  - 20 Oct 13, 8:04pm -
• Fright Fests

  

  Six horror-film festivals that provide all the shock and terror you need.
  - 15 Oct 13, 3:53pm -
• Found at Sea

  

  Robert Redford gives a career-best performance in All Is Lost.
  - 14 Oct 13, 4:51pm -
• Solo Voyage

  

  All Is Lost’s Robert Redford doesn’t need co-stars, but he could use a towel.
  - 13 Oct 13, 9:05pm -

Rolling Stones: Movie Reviews

San Francisco Chronicle: Movie

• Review: 'The Art of Racing in the Rain' a sloppy wet kiss of a dog movie
  Who can resist cute dog stories, even if it is the centerpiece of a sappy film and the dog has Kevin Costner’s voice? Don’t allow a curmudgeon like me to rain on your parade.“The Art of Racing in the Rain,” a sure-handed but predictable adap…
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• Movie review capsules for week of Aug. 26
  A.X.L. A sci-fi adventure about a robotic dog, created by the military, and the friendship he develops with a teenage boy (Alex Neustaedter). Not reviewed. Rated PG. 100 minutes. Alpha A slightl…
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• Capsule movie reviews for Aug. 5
  American Animals Writer-director Bart Layton has made an interesting movie, a narrative feature with documentary elements, about an inept group of would-be thieves who join forces to steal a rare book from a college library. The movie is funny, but w…
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• Movie review capsules for July 29
  American Animals Writer-director Bart Layton has made an interesting movie, a narrative feature with documentary elements, about an inept group of would-be thieves, who join forces to steal a rare book from a college library. The movie is funny, but…
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• 'Falbalas,' a Jacques Becker favorite, to screen at BAMPFA
  I’m going to come clean right from the start and break the first rule of film criticism — that is, by reviewing a movie I haven’t seen. Here’s the reason for making an exception this time: This is a hard movie to see.…
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• Capsule movie reviews for week of July 15
  American Animals Writer-director Bart Layton has made an interesting movie, a narrative feature with documentary elements, about an inept group of would-be thieves, who join forces to steal a rare book from a college library. The movie is funny, but…
  - 12 Jul 18, 12:00pm -
• Movie capsule reviews for July 8
  American Animals Writer-director Bart Layton has made an interesting movie, a narrative feature with documentary elements, about an inept group of would-be thieves, who join forces to steal a rare book from a college library. The movie is funny, but…
  - 5 Jul 18, 12:23pm -
• ‘Eating Animals’ review: Thoughtful, provocative documentary on factory farming
  Look, I was heading in this direction anyway, but it says something that I’m polishing off this review of “Eating Animals” at a delicious vegetarian restaurant in San Francisco. But I would think it would be hard to walk away f…
  - 2 Jul 18, 5:28pm -
• Capsule movie reviews for July 1
  American Animals Writer-director Bart Layton has made an interesting movie, a narrative feature with documentary elements, about an inept group of would-be thieves, who join forces to steal a rare book from a college library. The movie is funny, but…
  - 28 Jun 18, 12:18pm -
• Capsule movie reviews for June 24
  Adrift Shailene Woodley plays a woman adrift in the middle of the Pacific in this dull survival story, interspersed with scenes of the woman’s lackluster romance with a fellow adventurer (Sam Claflin). Rated PG-13. 105 minutes.—M.LaSalle…
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The A.V. Club: Film

• newThey weren’t all kickers: Tackling the history of women in football

  

  This week’s entry: List of female American football playersRead more...
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• newSunday's Best Deals: Bidets, Cable Organizer Bag, Calphalon Cookware, Japanese Sunscreen, and More

  

  A Brondell Swash Luxury Bidet Seat at Home Depot, Cable Organizer Bag, and a Calphalon Flash Event kick off Sunday’s best deals from around the web.Read more...
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• newStart a New Series While These Kindle Books Are Up to 80% Off

  

  Up to 80% Off Select Series | Kindle | AmazonRead more...
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• newTell us about your pop culture weekend: September 13-15

  

  Our weekly thought-starter asks you (and us) a simple question each week: What pop culture did you consume this weekend, and what did you think of it? If you have suggestions for AVQ&A questions, big or small, you can email them to us here.Read m…
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• newKen Burns on the origins of Country Music

  

  Here’s what’s happening in the world of television for Sunday, September 15. All times are Eastern. Read more...
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• newNBC executives were extremely concerned about the sexual purity of the female Friends

  

  In 2019—15 years after the show went out in a blaze of “No, god, don’t get back together with Ross”-ian glory—Friends is held up as one of the great TV success stories of the last generation, a ratings draw so potent that NBC went deep into…
  - 19 hours ago, 14 Sep 19, 5:27pm -
• newControversial report suggests we're all just going to use Disney+ to re-binge The Simpsons

  

  There are any number of reasons to be excited for the advent of Disney+, the entertainment mega-giant’s new streaming service/desperate demand for the last remaining shreds of oxygen in the pop culture biosphere. Maybe you love the idea of Werner H…
  - 21 hours ago, 14 Sep 19, 3:59pm -
• newThe line between domestic terrorists and supervillains blurs in the latest Watchmen trailer

  

  One of the enduring appeals of Alan Moore and Dave Gibbons’ Watchmen is that it takes place, more or less, in a version of the real world. Sure, Nixon is still president in the 1980s, and the pirate comic book industry is booming, but the book, as…
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• newA deleted version of Nick Fury's big Iron Man speech namechecked mutants and "radioactive bug bites"

  

  Nick Fury’s big theater kid moment at the end of the original Iron Man—we like to imagine him testing out all the various shadows in Tony Stark’s apartment to lurk in, the better to make stepping out of one as dramatic as humanly possible—is…
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• Rat Time cements Keiler Roberts as one of comics’ preeminent humorists

  

  Keiler Roberts wouldn’t call herself a life coach. Judging by her self-deprecating autobiographical comics, she would balk at the idea of herself as a figure of inspiration. But whenever I finish one of her books, I leave with new lessons in how I…
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The Guardian: Film + Interviews

• Richard Ayoade: ‘I’m even more humble than people expect’
  The comedian, 42, on cheap shoes, law degree shaming, meeting The Edge and being from IpswichI wasn’t especially angry as a teenager, unless I was battling injustice. Then I’d lose my temper a little bit. But other than the righteous, smiting ang…
  - 1 day ago, 14 Sep 19, 9:01am -
• The stars of The Kitchen on on-screen equality
  Tiffany Haddish, Melissa McCarthy and Elisabeth Moss talk all-female casts, box-office hopes and Kool-Aid picklesMelissa McCarthy, Elisabeth Moss and Tiffany Haddish are kicking back in the Warner Bros commissary, discussing an American delicacy that…
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• 'An account of how insane we once were' – Paul Thomas Anderson on There Will Be Blood
  The director explains why he won’t quibble with his film being named best of the century – but what makes it really great is Daniel Day-LewisThe 100 best films of the 21st centuryDo you think it’s the best film of the century so far?Who am I to…
  - 2 days ago, 13 Sep 19, 1:00am -
• ‘Farmed’ out to a white family, I became a skinhead: Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje on his first film
  Nigerian actor Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje was ‘farmed out’ to foster parents in 1970s Essex to improve his prospects. It did not go well, as he shows in his directing debut, FarmingThere are some stories that, though they wait half a lifetime, must…
  - 7 days ago, 8 Sep 19, 3:00am -
• Gillian Anderson: ‘I fall in love with my characters’
  She’s played a host of strong female leads, from Miss Havisham to Blanche DuBois – and now Margaret Thatcher. Gillian Anderson talks about living in Britain, obsessive fans – and dating ChewbaccaGillian Anderson is a woman of many duelling qual…
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• From The Nightingale to Charles Manson (twice): why Damon Herriman is the scariest man in film
  He’s made an art form of playing creepy characters and he’s everywhere at the moment. But the Australian actor didn’t plan it that wayWhen discussing the recent work of Australian actor Damon Herriman, one is tempted to deploy that hackneyed tu…
  - 8 days ago, 7 Sep 19, 4:00pm -
• Sandy Powell: ‘Who would play me in a film of my life? Eddie Izzard’
  The costume designer on an embarrassing on-set confrontation and her love of sausage rollsBorn in London, Powell, 59, made costumes for the choreographer Lindsay Kemp in the 80s; she graduated to film after being mentored by Derek Jarman. She has won…
  - 8 days ago, 7 Sep 19, 4:30am -
• Awkwafina: 'Growing up, I latched on to strong Asian-American idols'
  Nora Lum is the comic-turned-star of The Farewell. She talks China, family and diversity in the film industry Nora Lum’s voice is deep and distinctive – a husky New York drawl that rings with both world-weariness and barely constrained mirth. Tha…
  - 8 days ago, 7 Sep 19, 2:00am -
• 'I'm a perfectionist' – director Lynne Ramsay on delays, self-image and dancing with Joaquin Phoenix
  She’s one of the greatest voices of contemporary cinema, yet the Scottish director is far from prolific. Perhaps, she says, it’s because of her obsessive natureLynne Ramsay crash-lands on an armchair on the terrace – hair flying, skirts swirlin…
  - 9 days ago, 6 Sep 19, 3:00am -
• Common: 'I wanted to be the dopest. Then I found a higher purpose'
  He got his start in the era of gangsta rap and admits to a ‘bros before hoes’ attitude early in his career. So how did the Chicagoan become one of conscious rap’s strongest voices?It’s apt that Common and I meet in Philadelphia, the US city o…
  - 12 days ago, 3 Sep 19, 11:20am -

The New Yorker: Movies

• newPublishing a Book, by the Numbers

  

  Michelle Rial illustrates a series of humorous pie charts that break down the aspects of publishing a book by percentages.
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• new“I Was Never Really the Ingénue”: An Interview with Judith Light

  

  Rachel Syme interviews the actor Judith Light—a star of ”One Life to Live,” “The Assassination of Gianni Versace,” and “Transparent”—about her long career navigating the word of show business.
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• newThe Democrats’ Trust Exercise

  

  Last week’s debate was largely about how radical, or just how ambitious, the Party and its candidates are prepared to be, Amy Davidson Sorkin writes.
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• newKen Burns’s Delightful “Country Music” Gets the Big Things Mostly Right

  

  David Cantwell reviews the new Ken Burns documentary series “Country Music,” which features such luminaries as Johnny Cash, Merle Haggard, Little Jimmy Dickens, and more, and will be premièring on PBS.
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• newSunday Reading: The World of Malcolm Gladwell

  

  From The New Yorker’s archive, a selection of pieces by Malcolm Gladwell on cultural trends, Steve Jobs and Apple, Enron and corporate culture, physical geniuses, school shootings, and racial profiling.
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• newEddie Money’s “Take Me Home Tonight,” a Perfect Earworm with a Rich Pop History

  

  Ian Crouch writes about the hit song “Take Me Home Tonight,” by Eddie Money, who died on Friday, at the age of seventy.
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• The Power of Imagining Ten Thousand Dollars

  

  Ellis Rosen writes a humorous, self-help-book-style take on the power of financial self-actualization.
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• Review: “Hustlers” Is a Lurid Crime Story with No Edge

  

  Richard Brody reviews “Hustlers,” directed by Lorene Scafaria and starring Constance Wu, Jennifer Lopez, Cardi B, Julia Stiles, Keke Palmer, and Lily Reinhart.
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• Democratic Debate Night with Steve Bullock, the Last Governor in the Presidential Race

  

  Eren Orbey writes about the governor of Montana, Steve Bullock, whose Presidential bid is centered on a pledge to reform campaign finance, and his observations, from a gastropub in Des Moines, about the Democratic debate.
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• President Trump Wages War on Government and Expertise, and Our Institutions Surrender

  

  Masha Gessen on President Trump’s contempt for government and expertise, manifested in the Supreme Court order clearing d the way for extreme restrictions on the right to seek asylum, and the appointment of an administrative assistant as the United…
  - 2 days ago, 13 Sep 19, 4:20pm -

The Village Voice: Film

USA Today: Movies

• new'The Goldfinch': How is the movie different from Donna Tartt's novel? (Spoilers!)

  

  Donna Tartt's novel 'The Goldfinch' is now a movie with Ansel Elgort as Theo. It's a faithful adaptation with a few key differences. (Spoilers ahead!)       
  - 17 hours ago, 14 Sep 19, 7:09pm -
• newFact vs. fiction in 'The Goldfinch': The real Dutch painting's remarkable, tragic story

  

  Nicole Kidman and Ansel Elgort's "The Goldfinch" is centered around a Dutch masterpiece with a real tragic story that rivals the film's fiction.       
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• newSylvester Stallone is back as John Rambo in 'Rambo: Last Blood'

  

  "Rambo: Last Blood" is the final chapter of the "Rambo" movie series.       
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• newThe Crawley family saga continues in 'Downton Abbey' movie

  

  The story of the Crawley family continues on the silver screen in "Downton Abbey."       
  - 23 hours ago, 14 Sep 19, 1:03pm -
• newBrad Pitt is on a mission for the truth in 'Ad Astra'

  

  Brad Pitt journeys across the solar system to learn the truth about his missing father in "Ad Astra."       
  - 24 hours ago, 14 Sep 19, 12:56pm -
• 'Hustlers': J.Lo spills about Usher's cameo, Lizzo danced with the flu (spoilers!)

  

  Did you love 'Hustlers'? Here's how all the best moments with Usher, Lizzo and Cardi B went down on set.       
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• The very best and worst Stephen King movies (including 'It 2'), ranked

  

  There have been winners and clunkers in the Stephen King film canon, and we're ranking the best and the worst (including the new 'It: Chapter Two').       
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• Looking for a horror film on Friday the 13th? We've ranked the 50 best of the century

  

  The 21st century so far has given us scary movies with an artful bent, such as "Get Out" and "Hereditary." The best horror movies since 2001, ranked.       
  - 2 days ago, 13 Sep 19, 10:19pm -
• Pennywise, take the wheel: A scary clown appears to drive man's 'It'-themed Jeep

  

  Don't be alarmed if you see Pennywise the clown on the highway – it's just Andrew Johnson's jeep inspired by the movie "It."       
  - 2 days ago, 13 Sep 19, 9:52pm -
• 8 major books being made into movies soon, from 'The Goldfinch' to 'Little Women'

  

  Can't wait for 'Cats' and 'Little Women'? Here's a preview of which novels book-lovers can expect to get the Hollywood treatment in the near future.       
  - 2 days ago, 13 Sep 19, 8:51pm -