What was the biggest movie of 2023? It all depends how you measure it. In terms of box-office performance, the biggest movie of the year was Barbie with $1.4 billion in worldwide grosses. But Zack Snyder says that’s just one way of looking at things. If you look at pure viewers, he said in a recent appearance … Read more
Those who find the movie willfully baffling — impenetrable for impenetrable’s sake — will be hard to convince. (In Jessica Kiang’s positive New York Times review, she observed, “The film is undeniably enjoyable, but its giddy grandiosity only serves to highlight the brittleness of its purported braininess.”) But for some, like Chinapen, that denseness — … Read more
“To start off saying ‘musical, musical, musical,’ you have the potential to turn off audiences. I want everyone to be equally excited.” Those are the words of Paramount president of global marketing and distribution Marc Weinstock, explaining to Variety why his company made the decision to obscure the fact that their new version of Mean Girls was actually … Read more
Robert Downey Jr. is again defending Tropic Thunder, even comparing its controversy to that of All in the Family. You never go full blackface. That is, unless you understand the joke. But for some – chiefly those who couldn’t pick up on the satire – Robert Downey Jr. in Tropic Thunder was too easy of … Read more
Fool Me Once is a British thriller series that follows Maya Stern, who is shocked after watching a security camera footage of her house. In the footage, she sees her murdered husband appear as an intruder and all hell breaks loose. This thriller show can certainly make you ponder, hours after you’ve finished it. So, … Read more
Inventing Anna is a miniseries that follows the life of Anna Delvey, a charismatic young woman who infiltrates the New York high society. She claims to be a German heiress with a trust fund and befriends socialites, stays at luxurious hotels, and hosts extravagant events. She does all this while trying to secure loans and … Read more
James Cameron hired “short extras” so it would make the sets on Titanic appear larger, thus saving money in set design. When it came to bringing the story of the doomed liner the RMS Titanic to the big screen, James Cameron would face some of the greatest challenges of his career. And while we would … Read more
TERENCE DAVIES Terence Davies was once called “the keeper of British cinema.” He kept it well. It felt like watching a film by Terence Davies was to spend time with Terence Davies. More than most filmmakers, he poured himself into his work, using his craft to reflect his memories and dreams. His films are often … Read more
Ricky Gervais is further discouraging anyone who might be easily offended to skip his upcoming Netflix special, Armageddon. It seems like it’s at least once a year that Ricky Gervais makes waves for a joke made at the expense of others. And with that normally comes a defense or casual brushing off. Ahead of the … Read more
Well, two things. One is, I mean, his jokes are just terrible. One of the things that, I mean, Hopkins and I talked about a fair amount was that Freud did have a sense of humor, a strong sense of humor. There was an undertone of laughing at himself, really, laughing at just the preposterous … Read more