For months and months, Barbie has been pitted against Christopher Nolan’s Oppenheimer. Coming out on the same summer weekend, people got weirdly obsessed with “Barbenheimer” and who would earn the most money at the box office. Long before the films opened, it became very clear that Barbie would open bigger than Oppenheimer, and it did. But even though Oppenheimer has also had an outstanding … Read more
I was at one of New York City’s bigger multiplexes for a press screening last night, and the place was packed to a degree I have not seen in a movie theater in a long time — especially on a Monday night. The line for concessions snaked all the way down the lobby, and it … Read more
Fifteen years ago this week, Christopher Nolan released a little movie called The Dark Knight which delivered what I consider the best comic book film to date. It’s a rare example of an anticipated Hollywood blockbuster that lives up to the hype, an exceptional filmmaking piece that has only improved with age. Everything here clicks. … Read more
Kit Harington responds to rumours, saying that Dane Whitman/Black Knight was never going to be in the Blade movie. Kit Harington joined the Marvel Cinematic Universe as Dane Whitman in Eternals. The actor didn’t have the biggest role in the movie, but it was clear that his character was being set up to become the … Read more
In a recent interview with Deadline, HBO head of drama Francesca Orsi shared a new detail about the upcoming Game of Thrones prequel A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms: The Hedge Knight. Orsi confirmed that they’re currently mapping out a three-season plan for the spin-off which would be based on author George RR Martin’s other … Read more
Executive producer George RR Martin has announced his “full and complete and unequivocal support” of the Writers Guild of America’s writers strike. The author has confirmed development on HBO’s upcoming Game Of Thrones prequel A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms: The Hedge Knight has been temporarily shut down until the strike reaches a fair conclusion. … Read more
Bologna’s talent and charisma helped him ascend to the loftiest echelons of the royal court. But his background as the son of a plantation owner and a slave meant that he could never truly belong. Over the past 200-plus years, Bologna’s life story and impressive body of work have been buried and lost to time; … Read more