Robert De Niro and Samuel L. Jackson’s characters from “Jackie Brown” are...
Even without the participation of Quentin Tarantino, I’m extremely jazzed about this one. John Hawkes and Mos Def (now known as Yasiin Bey) have signed on to star in Switch, playing younger versions of...
View ArticleThis might be the worst movie news you hear all month
On Saturday, Aug. 25, Lifetime debuts its latest TV movie “Fatal Honeymoon,” about, well, you can probably take a stab at the plot, and one of its stars is … Harvey Keitel. HARVEY KEITEL! How did we...
View ArticleMichael Douglas to play an American president … again
Fresh off his recently wrapped role as the late flamboyant entertainer Liberace in the HBO telefilm Behind the Candelabra, Oscar winner Michael Douglas is set to portray another famous show biz...
View ArticleScorsese. De Niro. Pacino. Keitel. Pesci. Excited yet?
The long-in-development The Irishman with all those names attached just got a baby step closer to existing, if the latest comments from theoretical leading man Robert De Niro prove true. The real-life...
View ArticleFilm Independent’s Spirit Awards nominations are out; ‘Moonrise’ and ‘Silver...
It isn’t even December yet, but Film Independent’s Spirit Awards have already announced their nominations for 2012. The 28th annual event, which “celebrates artist-driven filmmaking and recognizes the...
View ArticleFun facts and figures about this year’s Oscar nominations
1. Much has already been made of age in this year’s Best Actress race, with Emmanuelle Riva of Amour being the oldest ever acting nominee in the category at 85 (and the second-oldest female and overall...
View ArticleWATCH the new trailer for Jennifer Lawrence/Bradley Cooper Christmas pic ‘Joy’
Get a peek at what’s sure to be a multiple Oscar nominee next year. How can I tell? History. Joy, due out on Christmas Day, is the third collaboration between writer-director David O. Russell, Jennifer...
View ArticleAnd finally, the Oscar race begins
2015, the movie year, has been solid with blockbusters (Jurassic World, Avengers: Age of Ultron) and welcome surprise successes (Straight Outta Compton‘s three weeks at number one), but some of the...
View ArticleAmazon hot, but Netflix chilled out at this Sunday’s Oscars
Come Sunday, Amazon is set to make history. It already has, truthfully. When Oscar nominations were first announced last month, the streaming service collected seven, six for Manchester by the Sea and...
View ArticleWriters Institute goes to the movies tonight with still photographer for...
The New York State Writers Institute presents the penultimate event of its Fall 2017 slate of readings, talks, panels, symposiums and films — and the first under the stewardship of former Times Union...
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