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Fresh starring roles for familiar faces are in the new release spotlight this week, and though the vehicles vary — a new entry in a horror franchise and a modest, indie character drama — the results are just as pleasing. We’ve also got a controversial new documentary, a horror drama that you might’ve slept on, […]
This week’s best new releases couldn’t be further apart: a breakneck political satire on one hand, the meditative final film from an Iranian master on the other. And on your streaming services, we have one of last year’s best movies, a classic comedy, and a shoulda-been-a-classic as well. Let’s dive in: ON NETFLIX Monty Python […]
All right gang, 2018 is over — whatever the hell that was — so you know what that means: enough with the looking back lists, time for some looking forward lists! To be precise, it’s time to get foamy-mouthed with anticipation over what we have in store for 2019 at the movies, one of the […]
We’re kicking off the new year with a nice, strong new release Tuesday, featuring two engaging bio-documentaries and two fall features that should’ve made more noise than they did. Oh, and one of 2016’s Best Picture nominees is back on the Netflix. Check it out: ON NETFLIX Hell or High Water: Jeff Bridges, Chris Pine, […]
Warner Bros. The Chinese box office has become an essential part of the success of some of Hollywood’s biggest movies. Movies that underwhelmed in the US, like “Rampage,” rebounded in China. Others, like “Aquaman,” dominated the global box office thanks to huge box office in China. China is projected to dethrone the US as the […]
While assembling the big “best movies of 2018” list last week, I was struck (as I usually am) by the sheer volume of noteworthy movies to choose from in 2018 — how many of them could have just as easily made that top 30+ list, had I been in a different mood or chosen to […]
Universal The movie review website Rotten Tomatoes collects film reviews and creates a critics consensus based on “fresh” and “rotten” ratings. Any movie on the website that has a rating below 60% is considered “rotten.” 2018 films like “Gotti” and “Breaking In” were rated as rotten for numerous reasons. Sometimes critics and audiences disagreed on […]
Merry Christmas Eve, folks, and if you’re anything like me — well, first of all, sorry about that. And second of all, you’re probably looking for something to watch this Christmas Eve and Christmas Day. The bad news is, with the continued swing towards original programming, a fair number of your holiday favorites are only […]
For the film industry, 2018 was, in many ways, a turning point — a moment in which the combination of years-long calls for proportionate representation, the rolling aftershocks of #MeToo and #TimesUp, and the increased availability of inclusive storytelling resulted in a rich assortment of movies and moviemakers, painting on canvasses as vast as the […]
Netflix is an unstoppable machine, churning out more original programming by the minute. As we head into 2019, the streaming service has an ambitious plan: to release at least 90 movies. For reference, most traditional movie studios release around 30 movies a year – but Netflix wants to outpace that. And they probably will, too. […]
