movie review KINDS OF KINDNESS Running time: 164 minutes. <br>Rated R (strong/disturbing violent content, strong sexual content, full nudity and language). There are so many supremely skilled actors in director Yorgos Lanthimos’ latest film, “Kinds of Kindness.” But about 15 minutes into the three-part, nearly-three-hour slog, I found myself whispering of Emma Stone, Jesse Plemons … Read more
The movie might have been titled “Don’t Look Now,” but viewers’ eyes were wide open for one steamy scene. That’s because the 1973 supernatural horror film starring Julie Christie and Donald Sutherland, who died Thursday at age 88, included one of the most controversial sex sequences in Hollywood history. The nookie was so realistically shot, … Read more
Donald Sutherland made his final public appearance three years before his death at age 88. The actor’s death was confirmed by his actor son, Kiefer Sutherland, on Thursday. He died in Miami after a long battle with an unknown illness. “With a heavy heart, I tell you that my father, Donald Sutherland, has passed away. … Read more
Queen Goldie. Goldie Hawn revealed that she was instrumental in getting “The First Wives Club” rewritten after being extremely dissatisfied with the initial script for the 1996 comedy film. “I fought for every single thing I could because what happened with ‘First Wives Club,’ we all turned it down because it was very male bashing … Read more
movie review I AM: CELINE DION Running time: 102 minutes. Rated PG (thematic material and brief smoking images). On Prime Video June 25. One of the rawest moments I’ve ever seen in a documentary about a living superstar comes near the end of “I Am: Celine Dion.” The “My Heart Will Go On” singer, who … Read more
It’s a family matter. Kevin Costner is defending casting his son, Hayes, in his movie “Horizon: An American Saga,” as the film gets critically panned. The “Dances With Wolves” star and director, 69, cast his 15-year-old son as Nathaniel Kittredge in the first of the four-part Civil War-era Western without an audition. “I realize there … Read more
Now that’s the power of love. Celine Dion was overwhelmed with emotion on Monday night at the premiere of her new documentary “I Am: Celine Dion” at Lincoln Center. “I have so much gratitude to welcome all of you this evening,” the teary “My Heart Will Go On” singer began after a long standing ovation. … Read more
Marvel has a hero in Russell Crowe. The 60-year-old actor defended the superhero media company after Dakota Johnson criticized her flop movie “Madame Web,” saying the project was “made by committees” and had no artistic value. “You’re telling me you signed up for a Marvel movie, and some f–king universe for cartoon characters … and … Read more
New Yorkers with newborns want to be part of that world. Parents from the Big Apple and beyond are taking deep dives “Under the Sea” for baby-name inspiration, popularly crowing their little ones “Ariel” — after the principal princess in the 1989 classic “The Little Mermaid” — per a June 2024 report. The study, commissioned … Read more
The superhero world isn’t for everyone. Jude Law revealed that he was considered for the role of Clark Kent-Superman in Brett Ratner’s axed superhero movie in the early 2000s, but he ultimately passed on the major career opportunity. “This is true. Yeah. And there was a process of flirtation going on,” Law, 51, said on … Read more
Hollywood’s summer movie anxieties gave way to joy this weekend with the massive debut of Disney and Pixar’s “Inside Out 2.” The animated sequel earned $155 million in ticket sales from 4,440 theaters in the U.S. and Canada, according to studio estimates Sunday. Not only is it the second-highest opening weekend in Pixar’s 29 years … Read more
“Inside Out 2” gave moviegoers all the feels. On its first day in theaters Friday, the Disney and Pixar flick brought in $62 million, The Numbers reported. A sequel to 2015’s “Inside Out,” it chronicles a teenager’s journey with four new emotions — Anxiety, Envy, Ennui and Embarrassment, which are all also animated characters in the … Read more
Martin Starger, who as a senior executive at ABC in the 1970s helped bring “Happy Days,” “Roots,” “Rich Man, Poor Man” and other shows to the small screen — and the network nearly to the brink of No. 1 in prime time — before turning to producing movies, most notably Robert Altman’s “Nashville,” died on … Read more
Nicole Kidman and Sandra Bullock played sisters Gillian and Sally Owens, respectively, in the 1998 dramatic comedy, which was directed by Griffin Dune and based off Alice Hoffman’s 1995 book of the same name. Source link #Nicole #Kidman #confirms #Practical #Magic #sequel #Sandra #Bullock
‘Inside Out 2’ In the sequel to the Pixar charmer “Inside Out,” Riley (voiced by Kensington Tallman) develops a new range of (anthropomorphized) emotions like Anxiety (Maya Hawke) and Envy (Ayo Edebiri) when she reaches puberty. From our review: Franchises often bank on nostalgia, so it’s easy to fall for “Inside Out 2,” which works … Read more
“My name is Kelsey Mann, and I’m the director of ‘Inside Out 2.’ So here in this scene, we see Joy and the original emotions come on to this new space that’s inside Riley’s imagination. And it’s an area that’s being taken over by Anxiety. She’s working with all these mind workers to come up … Read more
Never letting go of these memories. Kate Winslet and Leonardo DiCaprio may have had chemistry as Rose and Jack in “Titanic,” but their kissing scenes were pretty awkward for the British actress. According to Winslet, 48, the intimacy with DiCaprio, 49, was “not all it’s cracked up to be.” “So we kept doing this kiss … Read more
The brats are striking back. In the new Brat Pack documentary on Hulu, Andrew McCarthy, 61, confronted writer David Blum, 68, about how he coined the now-iconic group title in a notorious New York Magazine cover story from 1985. At the time, Blum was doing a piece on Emilio Estevez and joined him on a … Read more
Don’t call them brats. Over the years, the members of the “Brat Pack” — a collection of popular young actors in the 1980s — have made it clear that they weren’t, and in some cases still aren’t, fans of the group nickname. The phenomenon started with the 1985 New York magazine cover by David Blum. … Read more
Don’t you forget about them. “Brats,” the new documentary about the Brat Pack (now streaming on Hulu) covers the famous group of ‘80s stars, their memories about their heyday, and their gripes with that moniker. The circle of stars associated with the label are Emilio Estevez, Molly Ringwald, Demi Moore, Ally Sheedy, Judd Nelson, Anthony … Read more