Monthly Archives: October 2019

Disney’s “Maleficent: Mistress of Evil” genocidal war movie masquerading as a kids’ fairytale had been predicted to clear $42 million on its opening weekend. That ain’t happening. A $35.5 million first weekend will be enough for it to claim a … Continue reading →

That’s being given as the reason why the summer blockbuster was pulled from China’s release slate for next weekend. Can’t understand why the Maoist Kingdom would be bothered by depicting an early Hollywood Chinese hero as a poseur of the … Continue reading →

Interesting time to be taking “A Few Good Men” tack on the big screen about police work, that it’s a rough, dirty job “but somebody’s gotta do it.” You know, with the rash of “I shot because I was scared” … Continue reading →

Everything about “Street Flow,” a coming-of-age parable about two brothers wrestling over the future of a third sibling, is familiar. It’s in the “projects,” called “suburbs” here. The young men are black. One brother is a gangster, the other in … Continue reading →

Michael Moore (@MMFlint) Tweeted: Here’s a clip from the opening scene of my film, “Bowling for Columbine”, which will have a special nationwide screening tomorrow night (Saturday) at 9pm ET on MSNBC… “You Open a Bank Account, You Get a … Continue reading →

Apparently, PBS fans just can’t quit “Downton Abbey.” The pre-Depression soap opera, a costume-and-wealth-bedecked period piece that opened over a month ago, just became the biggest hit in the history of Focus Features. It passed the cowboy romance “Brokeback Mountain” … Continue reading →

Who would have guessed that Robert Pattinson would turn out to be the daring one, the “Twilight” star who filled his post glitter-makeup career with the most fascinating projects? “Good Time,” High Life,” “Damsel,” “The Lost City of Z,” “The … Continue reading →

“Zombieland: Double Tap,” the ten-years-later sequel to “Zombieland,” turns out to be one tap too many. And a tap way-heyyy too late. The returning cast is less interested, the new characters less interesting. The violence is less shocking, the only … Continue reading →

  The journalist, memoirist and writer-director Nora Ephron kept this phrase as the creative person’s mantra — “Everything is copy.” In an artist’s life, everyone you meet, everything you hear and see, everything you experience is fair game to be … Continue reading →

This documentary about the big rivalry game between two largely Latino high school football teams, opens Nov. 8.