“Hugo” “Hugo” celebrates the birth of the cinema and dramatizes Scorsese’s personal pet cause, the preservation of old films. In one heartbreaking scene, we learn that Melies, convinced his time had passed and his work had been forgotten, melted down countless films so that their celluloid could be used to manufacture the heels of women’s … Read more
The first reactions to Alex Garland’s Civil War have hit social media, with the vast majority praising the intensity of the film. What’s so civil about war anyway? Well, nothing, but if we’re talking about Alex Garland’s new movie, Civil War, there is a lot of common ground to be found, as social media’s first … Read more
The reviews of Madame Web are here. Spoiler alert: They’re not amazing. Or at least they’re not amazingly good. If you’ve been following along with the news around this movie — like, say, the report that star Dakota Johnson left her longtime agency for new representation “just days after a baffling first trailer debuted” — you … Read more
Kumail Nanjiani went to therapy after the bad reviews for Eternals. The 45-year-old actor played the part of Kingo in the 2021 Marvel Cinematic Universe blockbuster but explained that promoting a film that did not impress audiences took such a toll on his mental health that he sought help from a counsellor. Nanjiani told Inside of … Read more
The Academy Awards are voted on by filmmakers, but many other awards given out during awards season, like the Golden Globes, are given out by critics. And that can create some tension. Sure, the critics like this movie or this performance. But they might not like everything that actor did in the past. And they might have made … Read more
Golden Globes host Jo Koy is getting bad reviews for his monologue, with him getting notably defensive as it went on. There’s nothing worse than silence for a comedian, but that’s something Golden Globes host Jo Koy was met with a few times during his monologue last night. When the audience failed to laugh at … Read more
Disney’s Wish is the long-running animation studio’s latest feature — and the movie it is releasing right as the company commemorates its 100th anniversary. As such it comes with a certain amount of weight, as it’s being called upon to be the movie to sum up what the past 100 years of films has been about, and what … Read more
The Marvels is due out in theaters in a matter of days — really less than 48 hours before the early screenings of the movie begin on the East Coast — but no one has seen the film yet. Typically Marvel lets at least some journalists see their films a week ahead of their big release, even … Read more
A new report has accused a a movie publicity company of manipulating Rotten Tomatoes scores by paying for reviews. Rotten Tomatoes has a lot of influence over moviegoers, perhaps too much. Without reading a single review of a movie, one only needs to look at the Rotten Tomatoes score, a figure between 0 and 100 … Read more
If you use Rotten Tomatoes to decide whether to see a movie —and especially if you use it primarily by glancing at films’ ratings without digging deeper into what the individual reviews that make up that rating say — there is a new article out that you definitely should read. Called “The Decomposition of Rotten Tomatoes,” it … Read more