Starring an excellent Michael Fassbender in a dual role, Ridley Scott’s suspenseful Alien: Covenant takes the franchise in a more discerning direction.
Marred by a cartoonish supervillain and an overabundance of superheroes, X-Men: Apocalypse disappoints despite the obvious talent of director Bryan Singer.
Golden Globes’ historic gif moment: Lady Gaga and Leonardo DiCaprio. 2016 Golden Globes: ‘Diversity’ Hollywood Style & Leo and Kate together again There was plenty of “diversity” at the 2016…
Online Film Critics Awards: Rooney Mara (pictured with Cate Blanchett) strangely listed in the Best Supporting Actress category for ‘Carol.’ Rooney Mara listed as supporting actress in Online Film Critics…
Steve Jobs movie poster. ‘Steve Jobs’ movie: ‘Riveting, high speed’ biopic starring Michael Fassbender at his best On the outside, computers are clean, symmetrical slabs of molded polycarbonate; pleasant, or…
X-Men: Days of Future Past with Hugh Jackman as The Wolverine. ‘X-Men: Days of Future Past’: Bryan Singer has a surefire hit with latest ‘X-Men’ sequel With yet another spring and…
“Racist” 12 Years a Slave Italian poster? That’s Brad Pitt – instead of lead Chiwetel Ejiofor – in Steve McQueen’s 12 anni schiavo. But is this poster truly racist, as…
Jurassic World director Colin Trevorrow the handle the original Jurassic Park‘s top scene-stealer, Tyrannosaurus Rex. ‘Jurassic World’ director: Colin Trevorrow Colin Trevorrow, whose low-budget, time-travel-themed indie Safety Not Guaranteed won…
‘That’s My Boy’ with Adam Sandler and Andy Samberg. ‘That’s My Boy’: Worst Adam Sandler box office flop? June 17, ’12, update: The R-rated father-and-son comedy That’s My Boy will…
Madagascar 3 movie: Madagascar 3: Europe’s Most Wanted June 10 update: Weekend box office: The Prometheus movie monsters have been beaten by Madagascar 3: Europe’s Most Wanted‘s cuddly talking animals.…
Ridley Scott’s Prometheus movie. Philosophical question: if God created the universe and all its creatures, did he also create the title character in Ridley Scott’s 1979 horror classic Alien? If…
Irish Film Awards: Brendan Gleeson in The Guard Irish Film Awards: Winners Michael Fassbender & Saoirse Ronan John Michael McDonagh’s The Guard, reportedly the most successful independently made Irish production…
Robert Pattinson in Bel Ami: Berlin Film Festival. A week or so ago, we wondered if the Robert Pattinson period drama Bel Ami would be screened at the 2012 Berlin…
Tabloid with Joyce McKinney. The Detroit Film Critics Society’s surprising Best Documentary pick, Errol Morris’ Tabloid, offers a glimpse into “The Case of the Manacled Mormon” a.k.a. “The Mormon Sex…
https://youtu.be/bfYTsRLjpPgVideo can’t be loaded because JavaScript is disabled: Shame REDBAND Trailer (https://youtu.be/bfYTsRLjpPg) “Shame, shame, shame”: Michael Fassbender shows that sex is in the eye of the beholder in the trailer…
Glenn Close: Potential Best Actress Oscar contender at the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences’ Governors Awards. Glenn Close: Potential Best Actress Oscar contender at Academy’s Governors Awards Five-time…
Sex addiction movie Shame with Michael Fassbender. Shame, writer-director Steve McQueen’s follow-up effort to his acclaimed IRA drama Hunger, has been getting all-around excellent notices for the film itself, for…
James McAvoy, Michael Fassbender, Jennifer Lawrence, Nicholas Hoult, X-Men: First Class June 10 Directed by Matthew Vaughn, and starring James McAvoy, Michael Fassbender, Jennifer Lawrence, Rose Byrne, January Jones, Kevin…
Family conflict at the core of Terrence Malick’s Palme d’Or-winning psychological drama The Tree of Life. Pictured above: Maïwenn, Mélanie Laurent, Kirsten Dunst, Edgar Ramírez, Marisa Paredes, Dede Gardner, Pablo…
SAG Award honoree Betty White. In addition to Betty White’s and Sandra Bullock’s speeches, another highlight at the SAG Awards ceremony was much less polished though quite memorable nevertheless. That…
Michael Fassbender as Bobby Sands in director Steve McQueen’s Hunger. With six wins, Steve McQueen’s Hunger was the big winner at the 2009 Irish Academy Awards. The story of Irish…
“How to make-up” at the movies? Make-up artist Conor O’Sullivan shows how it was done in Christopher Nolan’s blockbuster The Dark Knight. John Caglione Jr. was Heath Ledger’s make-up artist;…
Zack Snyder’s ultra-violent historical epic movie 300 stars Gerard Butler as King Leonidas of Sparta, the one stand-out in the non-battle sequences.
Mad Max: Fury Road: National Board of Review winner. National Board of Review Awards: First indication of Mad Max: Fury Road awards season potential Going over the December 2015 movie…
‘The Wolverine’ 2013 movie box office: Latest domestic summer season disappointment Starring Hugh Jackman, the James Mangold-directed The Wolverine debuted with a way lower than expected $21 million from 3,924…
Scene-stealer Michael Fassbender, Prometheus The consensus seems to be that Ridley Scott’s Prometheus is no Alien. And it’s no Blade Runner, either. But most critics have found Scott’s latest foray…
Jeremy Irvine Jeremy Irvine, the star (along with the titular character) of Steven Spielberg’s World War I drama War Horse, arrives at the 2012 London Film Critics Awards. Irvine was…
Shame with Carey Mulligan and Michael Fassbender. Oscar chances? There have been precious few Oscar-winning “sex movies.” Now that Steve McQueen’s psychological drama Shame has received an NC-17 rating from…
Robert Pattinson, Andrew Garfield, James McAvoy, Garrett Hedlund, Michael Fassbender, Chris Pine, Justin Timberlake and Joaquin Phoenix. Those are the names included in a Deadline.com piece about performers who have…
Somebody Save Me: Gay conversion therapy film Save Me. Save Me is the tale of a couple of troubled gay men (Chad Allen, Robert Gant) who find salvation (of an…