There’s a long-held belief about Hollywood history that, from basically the moment “Heaven’s Gate” nearly bankrupted United Artists in 1980 to the moment “Sex, Lies, and Videotape” kicked off the indie boom of the ‘90s, studio executives had an almost pathological aversion to any movie with artistic ambition. There’s at least some truth to this, … Read more
Robb in particular is still one of the show’s most fascinating characters, and Lawtey continues to deliver the show’s most unwavering emotional performance. “I don’t know why i’m still here,” He says at one point this season, and while he’s talking about his job at Pierpoint, it’s impossible to not think that he’s talking about … Read more
From then on, “What Remains” becomes a chilly psychodrama that dares you to feel something for a pedophile. Of course, Lake is a product of sexual abuse; his father began molesting him way back when he was three. When he hears about the unsolved case of a missing six-year-old boy, he wonders if he did … Read more
I always felt robbed in the invisible friend department because none of my drawings came to life and acted as my consciousness or dared me to do stupid things. I swear, some kids have all the luck. That was the premise for McGee and Me, a production from 1989 that targeted young Christian audiences in … Read more
The “she” is Tracy Flick, a preternaturally ambitious teenager who dared to run for high school class president and tried really, really hard to win. In the 25 years since “Election,” Tracy Flick (as played by Reese Witherspoon) has become one of the most infamous and oft-referenced characters in modern cinema, and her name has … Read more
Gondry’s style creates an analogy for what happens when a person’s memories begin to disintegrate or disappear, in the all-over, “global” sense (Alzheimer’s), as well as for the fleeting universal experience of struggling to remember a name, or some aspect of a dream. and somehow managing to grasp a sliver of it, only to see … Read more
In what will likely be one of the slowest weekends of the year, Mean Girls remained on top while I.S.S opened in a dismal 7th place. January is generally a quiet time at the box office as studios give their big Holiday hits some breathing room while also avoiding the massive draw that is the … Read more
Christopher Nolan sees the tremendous box office success of Oppenheimer as a sign that the state of moviegoing is on the upswing. Nobody would have thought that a three-hour movie about the father of the atomic bomb would be one of the highest-grossing movies of the year, giving pink dolls, plumber brothers and the Guardians’ … Read more
David Ayer says he remains optimistic about the Ayer Cut of Suicide Squad reaching fans after years of stumbling blocks and campaigning. When David Ayer’s Suicide Squad crash-landed in theaters, disparate reactions painted the ensemble superhero movie as a mixed bag. While some fans delighted in the anti-hero adventure’s humor, comic book-style action, and character chemistry, others … Read more
Leonardo DiCaprio can’t thank Sharon Stone enough for paying his salary on Sam Raimi’s The Quick and the Dead. Leonardo DiCaprio has become one of our finest actors, but thirty years ago, he was an unknown who found his salary paid by Sharon Stone after the studio refused to hire him. Leonardo DiCaprio had auditioned … Read more