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Review: The Lost City of Z

Posted 9 years ago

PLOT: A dramatization of real-life explorer Percy Fawcett's 20-year effort to find a lost civilization deep in the jungles of the Amazon during the early part of the 20th Century. REVIEW:"The jungle is hell, but one kind of likes it."...

Andy Serkis directorial debut with Andrew Garfield lands prime Oscar release

Posted 9 years ago

The Oscar season is probably going to be pretty crowded this year with the release of plenty of biopics, soapy dramas and high-quality thrillers, to the point where each movie is going have to be sensational in order to break...

Review: Aftermath

Posted 9 years ago

PLOT: After a devastating air collision results in the death of his wife and daughter, a man (Arnold Schwarzenegger) becomes dangerously obsessed with the air traffic controller (Scoot McNairy) who was on-duty during the accident . REVIEW: Arnold Schwarzenegger deserves...

CinemaCon 2017: Fox presentation – Alien, Greatest Showman, Red Sparrow

Posted 9 years ago

The Fox presentation at CinemaCon 2017 kicked off in usual fashion with a really cool dance number (with light up suits) and was really well-choreographed. In fact, I almost thought I was at a Disney presentation, but then I remembered...

Why It Works: Straight Outta Compton

Posted 9 years ago

Why It Works is an ongoing column which breaks down some of the most acclaimed films in history and explores what makes them so iconic, groundbreaking, and memorable. ****SPOILERS AHEAD**** When I first heard an N.W.A. biopic was in the...

Weinstein Co. sets Mary Magdalene, Current War & Wind River in Oscar slots

Posted 9 years ago

The Weinstein Company hasn’t been a major player in the Oscar race in a few years, with last year’s hopefuls – mainly THE FOUNDER– not getting much attention (despite its great reception). But the studio still has some hopeful aces...

Watch our Oscar “Best Picture” Retrospective for 2002 (video)

Posted 9 years ago

In this recurring series we take a look at the Oscar nominations of years past, examining the flicks that were nominated, as well as the pic we feel got snubbed among all the other candidates. Love ’em or hate ’em,...

Spielberg, Hanks & Streep prioritizing The Post; aiming for 2017 release

Posted 9 years ago

Twas less than a week ago when we got the news that Sir Steven Spielberg would be directing a movie with Tom Hanks and Meryl Streep about the publishing of the Pentagon Papers, all in an attempt to win every...

Tom Hanks & Meryl Streep to headline a Spielberg Pentagon Papers drama

Posted 9 years ago

There's no doubt that Steven Spielberg and bringing controversial times in our history to the screen go together like peanut butter and jelly. Between such films as SCHINDLER'S LIST, EMPIRE OF THE SUN, AMISTAD, as well as several others, the...

Elle Fanning looks to the overcast for inspiration in Mary Shelley pics

Posted 9 years ago

If you’re famous enough you’ll eventually get your own movie. That’s just famous people science. In a lot of ways this is great, because making a movie out of a person’s life is the only way some people will get...

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