With the 2021 awards season is in full swing, the 26th annual Critics Choice Awards will honor the best and brightest in both film and television on Sunday. This year’s ceremony is an in-person/virtual hybrid show, with host Taye Diggs and some of the presenters filming from a stage in Los Angeles, while nominees appear remotely from various locations around the world (like Emmy and Golden Globe nominees). Netflix received 46 film nominations, […]
"Fast & Furious" fans will have to wait a bit longer to see the next installment in the blockbuster series. Universal is once again delaying "F9," the ninth movie in the action franchise, pushing the film from a Memorial Day weekend release on May 28 to June 25. The film, which stars Vin Diesel as Los Angeles street racer turned international spy Dominic Toretto, has been delayed multiple times because of the Covid pandemic. […]
The biggest winners of the 78th Golden Globes were “Nomadland” and “Borat Subsequent Moviefilm.” The two films earned awards for best picture; “Nomadland” for the drama category and “Borat Subsequent Moviefilm” for the comedy or musical division. Among notable achievements of the night, Chloe Zhao, the director behind “Nomadland,” became the first woman to win the best director award since 1984 when Barbara Streisand secured an award for “Yentl.” Despite […]
Franchise newcomer Neil Patrick Harris was surprised by filming on The Matrix 4, saying it didn't feel like he was shooting a big blockbuster. The Matrix 4 cast Harris in a secret role in 2019, joining returning stars Keanu Reeves (Neo), Carrie-Ann Moss (Trinity), and Jada Pinkett-Smith (Niobe) in the franchise. Other newcomers in the cast include Priyanka Chopra, Jessica Henwick, Yahya Abdul-Mateen II, and Jonathan Groff, who are all appearing in undisclosed […]
Zack Snyder treats Ray Fisher's Cyborg in a way likely to resonate with fans of color, writes Richard Newby: "It's not just a desire to see ourselves in costumes as heroes, but to see ourselves as heroes with respect given to the fact of how we are treated differently even with all of our power." It’s not a dream. It’s not a hoax. Justice has finally been delivered. On Sunday […]
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has announced the shortlists for nine categories for the upcoming Oscars. The categories and number of films include documentary feature (15), documentary short subject (10), international feature (15), makeup and hairstyling (10), original score (15), original song (15), animated short film (10), live action short film (10) and visual effects (10). The shortlist voting concluded on Feb. 5, and the remaining will move […]
Continuing its recent nominations rout at the Golden Globes and SAG nominations last week, Netflix starts this week in the same mode scoring 46 noms in the Critics Choice Awards, with David Fincher’s Mank landing in an impressive 12 categories to lead the field. A24’s tender drama of a Korean American family seeking a new beginning on an Arkansas farm, Minari was just behind with 10 nominations. Netflix’s Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom and Universal’s Tom Hanks western, News […]
'The Prom's' James Corden earned an unexpected nomination over fellow star Meryl Streep with Rosamund Pike sneaking into the best actress in a motion picture, musical or comedy, as Tom Hanks, 'Malcolm & Marie,' 'Never Rarely Sometimes Always,' 'Fargo' and 'Insecure' weren't nominated. The 2021 Golden Globe nominations raised a number of eyebrows with unexpected inclusions and omissions among this year's nominees. In terms of surprises, Sia's yet to be […]
The Matrix 4 title may have just leaked online. Speculation unfolded over the weekend following a now deleted Instagram post. In it, hair stylist Shunika Terry alleged that she had received a trench coat wrap gift from Matrix 4 director Lana Wachowski and producer James McTeigue after working on the movie. The trench coat in question appears to have come alongside a note which referred to the film as Matrix Resurrections, which understandably sent fans into a […]
