107 posts tagged ‘films’
The week in film: Ridley Scott's movies ranked, Best Actress contenders revealed
AV Club,
It’s been nearly five decades since Ridley Scott’s first feature film, The Duellists, hit theaters, and now, even well into his 80s, the legendary filmmaker shows no signs of slowing. Napoleon, his latest feature, is as grand and intense as anything else in his long career, and it demonstrates just how adept Scott… Read more...
The best movies to watch on Apple TV Plus right now
Unlike Netflix, Amazon Prime, or Hulu, which each offer movies to stream from many studios both large and small, Apple TV+ focuses almost exclusively on Apple Originals that are, for the most part, only available on its platform. So what are the best movies to check out right now on Apple TV+? Read more...
Jenna Ortega won't be in Scream VII either
The Scream franchise has lost its other Carpenter sister. One day after production studio Spyglass fired lead actress Melissa Barrera for what they deemed to be “hate speech,” news broke that Jenna Ortega will also be exiting the franchise ahead of the upcoming Scream VII. Ortega and Barrera played sisters Tara and… Read more...
Saltburn director Emerald Fennell doesn't think her mind is all that twisted
This story contains spoilers for Emerald Fennell’s Saltburn. Read more...
Fantastic Mr. Fox is the best Thanksgiving movie
Thanksgiving gets totally bulldozed by Christmas, doesn’t it? There are certainly far fewer shows and movies to watch to get in the spirit of the thing. Sure, we’ve got some Thanksgiving episodes and a handful of films explicitly or tangentially about the holiday, including the beloved-but-dated classic Planes, Trains… Read more...
Wish review: This kingdom really needs some magic
It was probably inevitable that Marvel’s world-building virus would infect its Disney host. But it’s still startling to see how urgently the new Disney animated fairy tale Wish attempts to retcon 86 years of disparate animated features into something like a shared universe—one where Peter Pan, Thumper, and Pinocchio… Read more...
Every Ridley Scott movie ranked, including Napoleon
It’s been nearly five decades since Ridley Scott’s first feature film, The Duellists, hit theaters, and now, even well into his 80s, the legendary filmmaker shows no signs of slowing. Napoleon, his latest feature, is as grand and intense as anything else in his long career, and it demonstrates just how adept Scott… Read more...
Chris Columbus has 900 boxes of old Mrs. Doubtfire footage, wants to make a documentary with it
Before he died, Robin Williams supposedly stipulated in his will that Disney was not allowed to repurpose unused recordings of his performance as the Genie in Aladdin for new movies involving the Genie, which Disney apparently got permission to ignore for its “Once Upon A Studio” anniversary short. And now that that… Read more...