10 NEW TO NETFLIX “Collateral”“Coming to America”“The Departed”“Despicable Me”“The Expendables”“The Fast and the Furious”“Ferris Bueller's Day Off”“The Jerk”“Lost in Translation“Paddington” 13 NEW TO BLU-RAY/DVD “Asteroid City” Wes Anderson returned to Cannes this year with his best film since “Moonrise Kingdom.” His latest is a fascinating, moving examination of the entire artistic process. This film takes … Read more
The Cinema Foundation, a non-profit branch of the National Association of Theatre Owners, has named this Sunday, August 27th, National Cinema Day, a one-day event that will see participating locations sell movie tickets for prices as low as four dollars. This special effort aiming to reinvigorate moviegoing will occur at more than 3,000 theaters across the U.S., … Read more
– Process filmmaking is crucial to the heist plot: the heist is only exciting if the audience understands just how difficult the job is in the first place. The stakes and constraints must be set up, just so; the thieves need to be competent at their jobs in order to make the heist’s stakes plausible, … Read more
The rules state that by submitting a Press Inclusion Initiative form and Press Accreditation Application, applicants are being considered for two separate things. Regardless of whether they are selected to receive a stipend towards attending the festival in-person or online, they will be considered independently for a press credential at the festival. Press Accreditation Applications for … Read more
As weird as it sounds, there are — at least according to Hollywood — “good” times to release movies to theaters. Summer has become the home of big blockbusters — mostly because kids are out of school, and families are looking for entertainment (and probably some air conditioning). The winter is the de facto launching ground … Read more
Highlighting Chicago’s history, the festival will occur in Bronzeville and Hyde Park, with pop-up events happening throughout the city during the year with partners including Ava DuVernay’s Array, EventNoire, BMOA of Chicago, Polsky Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation at the University of Chicago and Silver Room. The three-day festival will kick off on August 18th with a … Read more
The horror comedy Slotherhouse, about a killer sloth terrorizing a sorority house, will receive a theatrical release in August Last month, we got a look at the trailer for the killer gopher horror comedy Caddy Hack, which is set to make its premiere at Kevin Smith’s Smodcastle theatre in Atlantic Highlands, New Jersey on August … Read more
According to Netflix, their “most popular” film ever is Red Notice, their glossy comic thriller starring Dwayne Johnson, Ryan Reynolds, and Gal Gadot. So the streaming service must have high expectations for Heart of Stone, Gadot’s latest project for the service; an action film where the former Wonder Woman teams up with another secret agent (Jamie Dornan) … Read more
The America Ferrera-led Ugly Betty heads back to Netflix on August 1. According to the streaming platform, its extensive catalog will include all four seasons of the comedy-drama. Based on the Colombian telenovela Yo soy Betty, la fea, Ugly Betty centers on the titular lead who lands a job as a secretary in the popular high-fashion magazine … Read more
HBO’s Winning Time: The Rise of the Lakers Dynasty returns with new episodes on HBO and on Max starting on Sunday August 6. The new season follows the evolution of the LA Lakers into the 1980s, up through 1984, when the Lakers and Celtics squared off in 1984 to crown the champions of basketball. If … Read more