Prepare yourself for the year to come with 52 highly anticipated new movies to watch in 2018. “Why 52?” That’s the first question we hope gets dropped on Twitter in response to this year’s list. It’s one we get every year, as we’ve done this now since 2013. The reasoning is simple: the average moviegoer sees 8.5 new movies per year. For us, that’s way too low. Now, we understand […]
Remember January – that traditional time in the movigoing calendar when all the studios seize on the post-holiday, post-awards-deadline lull to unload their least-desirable properties? Still, that does not mean there isn't some wheat among the waves of chaff – for example, a Cannes-approved award-winner, an all-business thriller from a cult favorite, a blaxploitation throwback and a glimpse into Russian insanity that sets the Weirdest Documentary of the Year bar […]
Every year, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences selects the very best in cinema from the previous calendar year. This group of industry professionals and insiders is considered by some to be the authority on the subject, and thus the Academy Award is the highest honor a film can receive. But sometimes it’s an honor just to be nominated, and indeed when the Oscar nominations roll around, each […]
Take a look at which titles to check out before they disappear from the streaming service next month. Over the next month a number of movies and TV shows will inevitably be leaving Netflix. Twilight, the Matrix trilogy, Sky High, The Heartbreak Kid, The Break-Up and Hatched are some of the films that will be taken off the streaming service in November. Be sure to check out the titles before […]
Thor: Ragnarok. Imprisoned Thor (Chris Hemsworth) must escape to protect his home from an evil princess (Cate Blachett) and other bad people (including Jeff Goldblum). PG-13 Jane. Documentary footage from half a century ago captures naturalist Jane Goodall and her groundbreaking work studying chimpanzees. Music by Philip Glass. PG Blade of the Immortal. Another ultraviolent Takashi Miike film, this one about a samurai who is cursed with immortality until he can kill enough evil men. R […]
The Internet is giving folks a strange crop for August, courtesy of an eclectic mix of high-concept comedies, audacious original movies and foreign imports modeled after familiar narratives. Wet Hot American Summer gets brought back from the great beyond yet again and Netflix raises the curtain on its big superhero team-up show; Amazon hosts a pair of off-kilter sitcoms; and the most gleefully sadistic film franchise in recent memory comes online. Here's […]
The Sundance Film Festival has been the launching pad for some of the greatest indie films ever made. The likes of “Reservoir Dogs,” “Little Miss Sunshine,” and last year’s “Manchester by the Sea” all got their starts at the mountainside festival. That track record of finding new talent and fresh stories is what keeps studio executives and fan lovers flocking to Park City. So as Sundance gets ready to kick […]
From prestige dramas about prejudice and tragedy to Vin Diesel motorbiking off a moving bus, here's what you'll be seeing over the next month Ah yes, January – when Oscar hopefuls platforming into wide release meets the sort of stuff that studios treat like dumpster fires. (Monster Trucks, coming soon to a theater near you!) But this upcoming month has more to offer than you might assume, with a number […]
Venice and Toronto have wrapped their annual film festivals, and now it’s New York’s turn to premiere some of the fall’s biggest and best new movies. The 54th New York Film Festival runs from Sept. 30 through Oct. 16 and will offer an array of eagerly anticipated domestic and international releases, including films that have won acclaim at other festivals this year, including Manchester By the Sea, Elle, Personal Shopper, Paterson, and Pablo Larrain’s buzzed-about Kennedy assassination drama Jackie. With opening […]
