People get so uptight about long movies. They’ll happily sit at home and binge three, four, five hours of a TV show in one long sitting, then kvetch if Martin Scorsese asks them to sit in a movie theater for 206 minutes without looking at their phones. If 206 minutes sounds long to you, get … Read more
A standard episode of the kids show Bluey is just seven minutes long. That’s part of the show’s appeal — the stories are so short they are perfect for little ones’ little attention spans. (At that length, plots can also be simple and silly as “Bluey and Bingo make Bandit and Chilli dance” without having to … Read more
I also found it incredibly curious that Sukjin Han, a crew commander for one of the Mars simulations, was the only interviewee, be it study participant, scientific expert, astronaut, or family member—to concede that in order for a manned mission to Mars to actually succeed, there will need to be some self-sacrifice on the part … Read more
Paramount is developing another remake of The Longest Yard, with Rodney Barnes, writer on HBO’s Winning Time, penning the script. The Mean Machine is getting back on the field… again. Deadline reports that Paramount Pictures are developing another remake of The Longest Yard. The 1974 original was a prison sports comedy starring Burt Reynolds as … Read more
Saw X director Kevin Greutert says that the upcoming sequel will have the longest runtime of the franchise. The Saw franchise isn’t known for its length, with every installment of the series falling under two hours, but the runtime of Saw X is expected to be the longest yet. Saw X director Kevin Greutert spoke … Read more
Oppenheimer is likely to be one of the biggest movie events of the year. It tells the tale of J. Robert Oppenheimer and the Manhattan Project. Nuclear fission was achieved and the rest was history. Strangely enough, Oppenheimer held left-wing political views, and after speaking out about nuclear proliferation, the United States government essentially branded … Read more