Alien: Covenant review: Michael Fassbender plays android brothers David and Walter in this effective sequel to Ridley Scott’s muddled Prometheus. ‘Alien: Covenant’ review: Recapturing ‘some of the excitement, awe, and horror’ of 1979 original Before we get to Alien: Covenant, a rant about its predecessor,…
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X-Men: Apocalypse with Oscar Isaac a cartoonish presence as the supervillainous title character. ‘X-Men: Apocalypse’ review: Step back for series, but latest ‘X-Men’ movie ‘works well enough’ There’s a three-way brawl going on in the Marvel universe, but it doesn’t involve Spider-Man, Captain America, or…
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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 Golden Globes ceremony, held on Jan. 10 at the Beverly Hilton Hotel in Beverly Hills.…
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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 Society Award nominations The nominations for the 2015 Online Film Critics Society Awards have been…
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Mad Max: Fury Road: National Board of Review 2015 winner. National Board of Review 2015 Awards: First indication of ‘Mad Max: Fury Road’ awards season potential Going over the December 2015 movie awards not previously discussed on this site, we begin with the National Board…
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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 at least inoffensive, to look at. On the inside, however, the part most consumers don’t…
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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 summer movie season overstuffed with superhero extravaganzas, 20th Century Fox’s X-Men series, which debuted in…
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Amy Adams’ Oscar nominations: Best Actress win for American Hustle? Adams is seen here with Christian Bale. Oscar predictions Below are our last-minute Oscar 2014 predictions. The 86th Academy Award nominations are going to be announced on Thursday, January 16, at 5:30 a.m. Pacific Time…
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“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 social media hysteria would have us believe, or merely another instance of lack of truth…
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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 the Waldo Salt Screenwriting Award at the 2012 Sundance Film Festival, will direct the 3D,…
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‘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 quite possibly become the biggest box office bomb in Adam Sandler’s career since the lowbrow…
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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. And if studio estimates are accurate, Prometheus was – surprisingly – more than $10 million…