It doesn’t take much to see that the problems of three little people don’t amount to a hill of beans in this crazy world. Those problems added up to immortal romance cinema for Bogie and Bergman in Casablanca. Things are not so lucky for the love triangle at the core …
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As the first first woman-led superhero epic from the Marvel Cinematic Universe, Captain Marvel touches down at the multiplex with a lot of sexist monkeys on its back. Rotten Tomatoes had to ban trolls from its website who were hellbent on review-bombing the movie before it even opened. Incels are …
Read More »Watch Devastating Trailer for Ava DuVernay's Central Park Five Series 'When They See Us'
A terrible injustice alters the lives of five young men of color in the first trailer for Ava DuVernay’s upcoming series about the Central Park Five, When They See Us, premiering May 31st on Netflix. The simple clip boasts a chilling sequence in which one of the boys mills about …
Read More »Oscars 2019: Who Should Win, Who Will Win
There’s a crisis at the Oscars this year — and it’s not about #OscarsSoWhite or #TimesUp, though those inclusion issues still deserve attention. Let’s call this catastrophe #OscarsSoMoney. It’s a year in which the Academy seems less interested in the quality of films than in the numbers they can attract …
Read More »Watch Marie Kondo Struggle to Tidy 'Ellen' Writer's Office
Ellen DeGeneres gave expert organizer Marie Kondo one of her most difficult challenges to date on Ellen Thursday: Cleaning up the incredibly cluttered office of one of her writers, Troy Thomas. The Tidying Up host and her translator surprised Thomas in his office, prompting the writer to mutter a terrified, …
Read More »'Fyre' Fest Documentary: Bahamian Cook Surpasses $123,000 Fundraising Goal
A Bahamian cook who lost her life savings in the aftermath of the disastrous Fyre Festival has been reimbursed and then some thanks to a fundraising effort that followed her appearance in the Netflix documentary Fyre. As Maryann Rolle tearfully recounted in the film, she drained $50,000 from her life …
Read More »'Love, Death & Robots': See David Fincher, Tim Miller's Alien Spiders and Garbage Monsters
Filmmakers Tim Miller (Deadpool) and David Fincher (Gone Girl, Fight Club) will unite to executive produce Love, Death & Robots, an upcoming animated anthology series for Netflix. The 185-minute project will feature 18 short pieces – each five to 15 minutes long and aimed at adult audiences – spanning science …
Read More »Watch Ben Affleck, Oscar Isaac Battle Drug Lord in 'Triple Frontier' Trailer
In the tense trailer for Netflix action-thriller film Triple Frontier, Ben Affleck and Oscar Isaac lead a team of former Special Forces operatives in a massive heist against a South American drug lord.The clip opens with the five-man crew – Affleck’s Tom “Redfly” Davis, Isaac’s Santiago “Pope” Garcia, Charlie Hunnam’s …
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