TIFF is such a massive festival that it’s remarkably difficult even with a staff as large as ours (five people here with varying assignments) to even get to half of it. And the truth is that with major films like “Nutcrackers,” “The Life of Chuck,” “The Wild Robot,” and “We Live in Time” taking a … Read more
Join us on JoBlo Originals for our Live Stream Friday Night Flicks, where we’ll chat Furiosa and give away a 4K Blu-ray of the classic Mad Max: Fury Road! Fresh off of the launch of JoBlo Horror Originals’ first-ever livestream, Friday Night Frights with Tyler Nichols, comes the second episode of another livestream show, Friday … Read more
It’s worth keeping in mind that critics haven’t seen any of these films, and in some cases, we don’t even have a really strong sense of what a particular movie is about. Also important: Handicappers will sometimes base their predictions on who the jury president is, assuming that the kind of film that he or … Read more
The long-awaited Beetlejuice sequel Beetlejuice Beetlejuice was promoted during the Warner Bros. presentation at CinemaCon Beetlejuice Beetlejuice, director Tim Burton’s long-awaited sequel to his 1988 classic Beetlejuice (watch it HERE), is set to reach theatres on September 6th. Since this is one of the most highly anticipated releases of the year, it was, of course, Beetlejuice Beetlejuice was promoted during … Read more
A jukebox musical based on the songs of Prince is coming from producer Ryan Coogler and Universal Pictures. Dearly beloved, we are gathered here today…to tell you about this Prince jukebox musical headed our way. It has been announced that Ryan Coogler will be producing a new film for Universal that will rely heavily on … Read more
The tech firm Soul Machines ignores John Connor’s warning about the future by introducing a “hyper-real” digital Marilyn Monroe Chatbot. Cancel humanity, folks. You can all go home. The tech firm Soul Machines is resurrecting screen legend Marilyn Monroe as a “hyper-real” AI-generated digital Chatbot that lets you engage in conversations with the blonde bombshell … Read more
We remember Philip Seymour Hoffman on the 10th anniversary of his death by remembering some of his best performances. I remember exactly where I was when I discovered Philip Seymour Hoffman had died. I was at a revival screening of the 1979 version of Battlestar: Galactica at a Montreal theatre, waiting for the film to … Read more
In my notes regarding Stanfield’s performance, I wrote “EYES.” Most of his directors—Jordan Peele and Boots Riley in particular—know the immense power of Stanfield’s big brown eyes. Whether trembling with suppressed fear in “Get Out” or gleaming greedily during telemarketing calls in “Sorry to Bother You,” Stanfield’s eyes communicate entire universes without a word. The … Read more