‘The Force Awakens’ with Daisy Ridley: ‘Star Wars 7’ negative reviews have been few, but bluntly acerbic. ‘Star Wars: The Force Awakens’: Negative reviews have been few, but pointed Star…
‘Star Wars: The Force Awakens’ Premiere: Lupita Nyong’o at the most anticipated event since the days of Nostradamus. ‘Star Wars: The Force Awakens’ premiere in Hollywood The most anticipated event…
Disney employees Darth Vader and Princess Leia as Lucasfilm now belongs to the Disney Enterprises realm. Lucasfilm now part of the (infinite) Disney Universe Disney has just gobbled up –…
Moebius’ art. Moebius a.k.a. Jean Giraud has died Comics artist Jean Giraud, a.k.a. Moebius, died at age 73 on March 10. According to the Los Angeles Times obit, the Parisian-born…
Art designer Ralph McQuarrie, who worked on the designs for George Lucas Star Wars and its sequels, died today at the age of 82. The Indiana-born McQuarrie began his career…
Rachel McAdams, Channing Tatum, The Vow March 3, ’12, update: According to Box Office Mojo, February 2012 was the best month of February in terms of movie attendance since 2004.…
Debbie Reynolds, Katherine Heigl, One for the Money Jan. 28 update: Forget Tuesday’s Oscar nominations announcement: Liam Neeson’s action vehicle The Grey, which will likely be totally ignored when the…
Alain Resnais’ Last Year at Marienbad: Intertextuality via cinematic ‘touchstone.’ Forget all prior claims you’ve read about Alain Resnais,” 90-minute, black-and-white effort L’année dernière à Marienbad / Last Year at…
Gordon Willis, Roger Corman, and Lauren Bacall: Honorary Oscars. Honorary Oscar recipients Roger Corman, Lauren Bacall, and Gordon Willis at the 2009 Governors Awards ceremony held at the Grand Ballroom…
Jared Leto, Sarah Polley, Diane Kruger, Linh Dan Pham and director Jaco van Dormael: The curious case of ‘Mr. Nobody’ talent. ‘Mr Nobody’ director Jaco van Dormael and actors Jared…
Star Wars with Alec Guinness and Mark Hamill. Part four of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences’ “Great To Be Nominated” series will kick off on Monday, April 23,…
Iraq War parallels in Revenge of the Sith? According to director-screenwriter George Lucas, similarities between his film’s intergalactic wars of the future and the earthbound wars of the present are…