The UnPopular Opinion: Passengers

Posted 8 years ago

THE UNPOPULAR OPINION is an ongoing column featuring different takes on films that either the writer HATED, but that the majority of film fans LOVED, or that the writer LOVED, but that most others LOATHED. We're hoping this column will...

Darren Aronofsky speaks on mother! and disposable cinema

Posted 8 years ago

Writer-director Darren Aronfosky's mother! was quite possibly the most controversial horror movie of this year. Hell, it might be the most controversial of the last 10 years. In fact, we have heard the likes of Martin Scorsese, Paramount and lead...

Read Darren Aronofsky’s screenplay for mother!

Posted 8 years ago

Not to be that guy, but I write a lot of scripts. I study the craft of screenwriting and I try to read and analyze any screenplay I can find. No big deal. A lot of you guys out there are in...

Ellen Page joins the cast of The Umbrella Academy for Netflix

Posted 8 years ago

Ellen Page, who portrayed the "phasing" mutant Katherine Anne "Kitty" Pryde for Fox's X-MEN: THE LAST STAND and X-MEN: DAYS OF FUTURE PAST, has recently been enrolled as the first to join the cast of Netflix's UMBRELLA ACADEMY. Based on the...

Darren Aronofsky’s mother! hits Blu-ray this December

Posted 8 years ago

Director Darren Aronofsky’s mother! has become notorious even in its short time of release. Almost exactly half of the audience loved the film, while the other half loathed it. I have yet to see the movie so I can't weigh in...

Jennifer Lawrence asks people if they know who Jennifer Lawrence is

Posted 8 years ago

Being put on the spot, and then asked to rattle off a list of films starring a specific actor, can sometimes evolve into a frustrating exercise – especially when the interviewer is the actor in question. Recently, while serving as a...

Jimmy Kimmel Live books top-tier talent to host show in his absence

Posted 9 years ago

Due to the postponement of Jimmy Kimmel and wife Molly McNearney's son's heart surgery, the late night funnyman is adding a list of top-tier celebrities as guest hosts for this week's round of shows. Getting the party started will be...

Martin Scorsese weighs in on Rotten Tomatoes & mother! reception

Posted 9 years ago

Movie grading sites and review aggregators like Rotten Tomatoes, Metacritic and Cinemascore have increasingly come under fire by industry vets, who claim they in no way prove a movie’s quality and are purely marketing tools. Audiences look for the low...

Harvey Weinstein praises Darren Aronofsky’s mother! as a masterpiece

Posted 9 years ago

While writer/director Darren Aronofsky's horror offering mother! flounders at the global box office, having made just over $27 million worldwide so far, we've seen both distributor Paramount and star Jennifer Lawrence come out in defense of the film, which received...

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