The two teenagers on the screen trudging through the endless dunes of the Sahara on their way to Europe were actors. So were the fellow migrants tortured in a bloodstained Libyan prison. But to the young man watching the movie one recent evening in a suburb of Dakar, Senegal’s capital, the cinematic ordeal felt all … Read more
Hayes Campbell, the dreamy protagonist of the new rom-com “The Idea of You,” has a bit in common with the mega pop star Harry Styles: In the movie, Hayes, played by Nicholas Galitzine, is a member of August Moon, a boy band with tons of very ardent teen and tween girl fans. Styles was a … Read more
Samuel L. Jackson, Uma Thurman, John Travolta and Harvey Keitel reunite to celebrate the 30th anniversary of “Pulp Fiction.” Other co-stars from the 1994 iconic movie joined them on the red carpet at the TCM Classic Film Festival, held at the TCL Chinese Theater in Hollywood, California, on April 18, 2024. Harvey Keitel, Samuel L. … Read more
This is no magician’s act. British start-up Invisibility Shield Co. has revealed that it has created a 6-foot-tall “Megashield” being sold for $828 — which they claim can make multiple people invisible, like something straight out of a “Harry Potter” film. The shields utilize ultra-large, precision-engineered lens arrays, which form the face of each shield … Read more
Prop culture is finally having its moment. Just a few decades ago, key items from even such legendary movies as “Star Wars” were often thrown aside or tucked into someone’s pockets after filming wrapped. But the new documentary “Mad Props” follows Tom Biolchini, a banker from Tulsa, Oklahoma, as he scours the world for the … Read more
“We younger Negro artists who create now intend to express our individual dark-skinned selves without fear or shame,” a young Langston Hughes proclaimed in an essay nearly 100 years ago. “If white people are pleased we are glad. If they are not, it doesn’t matter.” Seeking to establish his autonomy as a Black writer, he … Read more
A mighty monster stomps across the skyline, scaled and unstoppable, leaving destruction in his wake. Bridges, skyscrapers, electrical towers: Nothing can withstand his might. Every step produces a shock wave, every breath a firestorm. He swats away missiles and artillery shells like so many gnats. Civilians race before him through the streets, necks craned upward … Read more
‘Shin Kamen Rider’ Stream it on Amazon Prime Video. Hideaki Anno is everywhere these days. In addition to leading a multi-feature “rebuild” of his anime series “Neon Genesis Evangelion,” he has been writing the recent reboots, including “Shin Ultraman,” of Japanese pop-entertainment figures. The latest of those movies, which Anno also directed, centers on Hongo … Read more
Shania Twain’s brush with death is no fiction, but there was a lot of science involved. The country music icon revealed Sunday that during a recent battle with COVID-19 and pneumonia, she had a sci-fi-like experience while being airlifted to a hospital, reported the Mirror. “It was progressively getting worse. My vital signs were getting … Read more
Former British Prime Minister John Major has slammed “The Crown” as “damaging and malicious fiction” amid continuing backlash over the Netflix series’ historical inaccuracies. Major, now 79, served as prime minister from 1990 to 1997, and will feature as a central character in the show’s upcoming fifth season. Set for release next month, Season 5 … Read more
Morfydd Clark (Galadriel) and Tyroe Muhafidin (Theo)Screenshot: Prime Video Anything worth doing takes a long time to do it, and Lord Of The Rings’ slow-burn approach to fantasy ended in the eruption of the Southland volcano last week. However, the audience’s patience wasn’t for naught. It imbued our heroes with integrity and resilience and Middle-earth … Read more
Image: New Line Cinema There is, somehow, a sequel to The Animal happening. The Simpsons takes on It in new Treehouse of Horror images. Plus, director Lee Cronin teases Evil Dead Rise, and new footage from She-Hulk and Rick and Morty. Spoilers now! The Animal 2 Deadline reports Rob Schneider will reprise his role as … Read more
STOCKHOLM (AP) — French author Annie Ernaux was awarded this year’s Nobel Prize in literature for “the courage and clinical acuity with which she uncovers the roots, estrangements and collective restraints of personal memory,” the Swedish Academy said Thursday. Ernaux, 82, started out writing autobiographical novels, but quickly abandoned fiction in favor of memoirs. Her … Read more
This is not a still from the episode, but two stills, and it amuses me very much.Photo: Jace Downs/AMC The third act of The Walking Dead’s 11th and final season has begun, but it doesn’t seem like anyone notified the show. Other than a quick montage of familiar faces at the start, with a bit … Read more
Olivia CookePhoto: Ollie Upton/HBO The pacing of House Of The Dragon is a curious thing, oscillating between a breakneck speed that hardly lets us learn the names of its players before it dispatches them and lethargic, plodding slowness. Maybe that’s what happens when you adapt one section of a fake history book rather than a … Read more
Olivia Cooke and Fabien FrankelPhoto: Ollie Upton/HBO House Of The Dragon pulls a 10-year time jump with “The Princess And The Queen,” taking a page from The Crown. And like that other royal drama Matt Smith was also in, this involves a massive recasting to age up its characters, plus the introduction of a new … Read more
Brie Larson at the D23 Expo 2022.Photo: Jesse Grant/Getty Images for Disney (Getty Images) Since starring as the intergalactic superhero Captain Marvel in the MCU’s first film focused on a woman lead, Brie Larson has faced the constant ire of sexist Marvel fanboys and their twitchy Twitter fingers. Utilizing the classic online tool of misogyny, … Read more
Milly Alcock Photo: HOLLIE ADAMS/AFP (Getty Images) (This post contains spoilers for House Of The Dragon season 1, episode 4. Proceed with caution!) From the perspective of this non-actor, there are few aspects of showbiz that seem more uncomfortable than filming a sex scene—one of them, however, is definitely filming an incestuous one. In Game … Read more
Milly AlcockPhoto: Ollie Upton (HBO) Let it be known: The allure of known intellectual property remains strong in these United States. Audiences can’t resist the opportunity to go back and poke around in the past of a recently concluded blockbuster fantasy franchise. So put any worries that a decline in quality or even the slow-motion … Read more