Netflix has signed a lease to keep New York City’s iconic Paris Theater open, and will use the space to play some of its most prestigious films, the company announced today. The Netflix have plans to get into major theatrical distribution, but will instead use this to showcase their own films. The move comes at a time when AMC Theaters and Regal have also refused to stream Netflix originals because […]
Oscar-winning director Danny Boyle wanted to make one quick movie before directing the new James Bond film. He just had to. And though he ended up leaving the Bond film, the question was always, “What movie couldn’t wait for James Bond?” Now we know and we totally get it. The film is called Yesterday and it’s about a world where, somehow, nobody’s ever heard of the Beatles. Except for one guy. Watch the exceptional trailer […]
“The Lord of the Rings” director Peter Jackson is collaborating with The Beatles on a new movie he promises “will be the ultimate ‘fly on the wall’ experience” that fans have longed for. Jackson will craft the as-yet-untitled film from 55 hours of previously unreleased footage showing the legendary British music group recording what would become its Grammy Award-winning album “Let It Be” in January 1969. British director Michael Edward […]
Instead of cementing favorites, Sunday night’s SAG Awards gave a boost to a couple of dark horses and added a hint of chaos to an awards season that finally seemed to be solidifying. With just under a month until the Oscars, a lot of uncertainty remains around some of this year’s biggest awards, including the ever-shifting tides in the Best Picture race. This is ostensibly when the SAG Awards come in […]
“Black Panther” will get the second most Oscar nominations on Tuesday (January 22). We’re predicting that this blockbuster Marvel movie will reap 10 bids: Best Picture, Best Adapted Screenplay, Best Costume Design, Best Makeup and Hairstyling, Best Production Design, Best Score, Best Song (“All the Stars”), Best Sound Editing, Best Sound Mixing and Best Visual Effects. That will put it just one nomination behind “A Star is Born.” But how many Academy Awards […]
Director James Wan looks at Amber Heard's moment that stood out in China. [This story contains spoilers for Aquaman.] There's a quiet moment in Aquaman that stands out amid the spectacle, and even director James Wan is surprised by the splash it made. When Wan was promoting Aquaman in China late last year, Warner Bros. asked him to guess what the most popular scene was for that country. "I'm thinking of all the crazy set […]
In Arthur Conan Doyle’s original telling, Sherlock Holmes indulged in morphine and cocaine because the drugs offered him a break from “the dull routine of existence.” His mind, Dr. Watson recalls him saying in “The Sign of Four” (1890), rebelled at “stagnation.” Problems, work and cryptograms: Their inspiration would permit him to dispense with “artificial stimulants.” More laughs are all that would have been necessary to prevent the stagnation of “Holmes […]
It was a fever, a bookshelf, and possibly divine intervention, that made Adam McKay realize he didn’t know Dick. In the late winter of 2016, the writer-director had just finished the awards-circuit death march for The Big Short, his look at the housing crisis. Then, a week after the Oscars, the 50-year-old filmmaker found himself laid up with what he characterizes as “the worst flu you could possibly imagine.” He’s recalling this while slumped […]
Deadwood fans, your long wait is almost over. Writer David Milch’s acclaimed HBO Western that was canceled on a cliffhanger more than a decade ago will at last return with a movie in 2019 (and sooner than you think — we’re told a premiere is planned for spring). The entire core cast are back, led by Ian McShane as the ruthless bar owner Al Swearengen and Timothy Olyphant as hard-nosed lawman Seth Bullock. The […]
