Richard Linklater found himself blocked from using a Led Zeppelin song in Dazed and Confused because Robert Plant wouldn’t allow it. If ever a soundtrack helped boost a movie’s legacy, it’s that of Richard Linklater’s Dazed and Confused, a non-stop party album that encapsulated not just the era in which the movie is set but … Read more
Sylvester Stallone thought his career was over after he tore his pec right off the bone, but he used the injury for a plot twist in Rocky II. In Rocky II, Sylvester Stallone’s character has to learn how to box right-handed due to the eyesight problems he developed following his first fight with Apollo Creed, … Read more
The first official trailer for Peter Five Eight is here, previewing Kevin Spacey’s first feature role in a few years. Alongside Spacey, the film also features Jet Jandreau. Jandreau plays Sam, “a glamorous real estate agent who is revealed to be an unhinged and troubled alcoholic with a dark secret.” Rebecca De Mornay also plays … Read more
Actors Zazie Beetz and Jack Quaid announced the 96th Oscars® nominations today, live from the Academy’s Samuel Goldwyn Theater via a global live stream on Oscar.com, Oscars.org and the Academy’s digital platforms, an international satellite feed and broadcast media. The 96th Oscars will be held on Sunday, March 10th, 2024, at the Dolby® Theatre at Ovation Hollywood and will … Read more
Rounding out the Best Picture nominees are two more romances, Andrew Haigh’s “All of Us Strangers” and Ira Sachs’ “Passages”, as well as Minhal Baig’s Chicago-set drama “We Grown Now.” Nominated for Best Documentary are “Bye Bye Tiberias,” “Four Daughters,” “Going to Mars: The Nikki Giovanni Project,” “Kokomo City” and “The Mother of All Lies.” Best International … Read more
Eustache reportedly drew the film’s emotional content from his own life, and I think that is one key to its greatness: It has the gut-level passion and authenticity of a first-hand account, one by an artist who perhaps sensed that he needed to pack everything he had to say into one massive opus. Autobiography in … Read more