A priceless haul. A crack team of thieves. A plan that can’t fail. Welcome to the world of heist films, a genre with a familiar setup but the infinite pleasures of watching smooth criminals try to beat the odds and avoid getting caught. This week, Ocean’s 8 adds its name to a list of high-profile capers, offering a female-centric spin on the Ocean’s franchise, which began with George Clooney, Brad Pitt, and their buddies […]
Damien Chazelle directed Ryan Gosling to an Oscar nomination for best actor in “La La Land,” and he could do the same in the upcoming “First Man.” The Neil Armstrong space drama is one of Universal Pictures’ major Oscar contenders set for release this fall and it’s Chazelle’s first movie since “La La Land” made him the youngest best director Oscar winner in history. “First Man” stars Gosling as Armstrong and recounts the […]
Casting eight female stars, all consummate scene-stealers, as master thieves in a gender-reversed spin on the all-dude Ocean's 11 trilogy? It's a smart idea – not to mention smashing fun. Yes, the plot has more holes than a wheel of swiss cheese and director Gary Ross (The Hunger Games) lets the script he wrote with Olivia Milch go slack in its mid-section, but odds are you won't give a fuck. Ocean's 8 is a heist […]
Lucasfilm's stand-alone Han Solo origin pic is faltering at the global box office, where it is expected to top out in the $400 million range. To borrow one of Han Solo's lines from Star Wars: The Force Awakens, "That's not how the Force works!" It's an apt way to sum up the troubled performance of Solo: A Star Wars Story. In one of the biggest box-office surprises in recent times, Solo is badly underperforming […]
Netflix adds a very popular movie this week. “Thor: Ragnarok” joins on June 5. This movie had a global box office haul of $854 million in 2017, so there’s a decent chance you’ve already seen it. Or, at the very least, you’re probably vaguely aware of what this movie is about. You can read more about the movie below, but basically this is the most recent “funny” Marvel superhero movie. […]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=1&v=Yt1mhmR0dJY "We're gonna try something — hope you like it," said Axl Rose before Guns N' Roses ventured into related territory, covering a Velvet Revolver song for the first time on the opening night of the European leg of their ongoing '...Not in This Lifetime' tour Over the weekend, a 15-second clip (seen below) emerged of GN'R rehearsing Velvet Revolver's Contraband standout, suggesting that the group was ready to branch out in their cover song selection. Rose's lower […]
Bernard’s been through a lot this season, but things took a turn for the even more intense—while explaining a bit about why his behavior’s been so erratic this season—in “Les Écorchés.” And while we’re now one big step closer to the Valley Beyond... we ain’t there yet. Let’s recap! Last time we saw Bernard, he was being greeted by Ford in the virtual world after plugging directly into the Cradle. But this […]
Every once in a while it's possible to run into a problem with an app as a result of a change or update that can't be easily solved. Once the troubleshooting basics are done and restarting your phone or "swiping away" the app from your recent list hasn't fixed things, it may be time for (slightly) more drastic measures. So for anyone who isn't familiar, this is how you roll […]
Director Patty Jenkins' Wonder Woman 2 movie could have fans feeling nostalgic for VHS tapes. Wonder Woman fans will have to wait until November 2019 before they see their favorite Amazonian superhero battle bad guys. But luckily Wonder Woman 2 director Patty Jenkins and president of DC Entertainment Geoff Johns can't help but drop a few hints about the upcoming movie. Both Jenkins and Johns updated their social-media accounts on Friday afternoon with a mysterious, static image […]
