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Review: Adam Sandler Can’t Turn Off His Inner Moron in ‘Blended’ Mess
In his big-screen comedy career, Adam Sandler has been paired with everyone from Jennifer Aniston (2011’s Just Go With It) to an obnoxious kid...
Review: Bryan Singer Reclaims X-Franchise With Heady, Thrilling ‘Days of Future Past’
Bryan Singer kicked off the X-Men movie franchise with a pair of high-concept action-thrillers (in 2000 and 2002) that used the beloved Marvel...
Videophiled Cult: 11 Classic ‘Godzilla’ Romps Across Three Decades
Remakes have a tendency to revive interest in the originals, at least as far as the studios are concerned. They roll out new editions rolling on...
Review: ‘Million Dollar Arm’ Starts Slow But Gradually Reveals Its Charms
In terms of its focus, Million Dollar Arm is lot more like Jerry Maguire (1996) than it is like The Rookie (2002), or even Slumdog Millionaire, an...
Review: ‘Godzilla’ Redux Serves Up Monstrous Action, Human Drama
While it remakes the original Godzilla film (the mid-'50s classic King of the Monsters!) to a certain degree, the more obvious comparison for the...
Awards & Festivals
Videophiled: Tommy Lee Jones is ‘The Homesman,’ season four of ‘Game of Thrones,’ and three Oscar nominees
With the Oscars coming next week, three of the big nominees are coming to disc in advance of the ceremony: Birdman (Fox, Blu-ray, DVD), The Theory...
Seattle’s First Dive Bar Film Festival Celebrates the Swiftly Disappearing Taphouse
Contributed by Gwendolyn Elliott When the iconic Rainier R was restored to its original perch atop Seattle’s Rainier Brewery last year, it seemed...
Oscar Winners
The Oscars went off just as planned: a dazzling star-filled night with few surprise and no upsets. Here are all the Oscar winners... Best Picture -...
Live-Blogging the 86th Academy Awards
Check out the Oscars Winners Gallery 5:15: Okay, kids, let's get this show on the road. 15 minutes of the pre-show is about all I can take. Starting...
Oscar Pre-Show: 1964
As always, it’s a nightmare getting anywhere near Hollywood this weekend — especially with the bizarre torrential downpours we’ve been having for...
Interviews
Interview: The Director and Writers Who Brought Jane Fonda, Diane Keaton, Candice Bergen, and Mary Steenburgen Back to the Screen
(l-r) Mary Steenburgen stars as Carol, Jane Fonda as Vivian, Diane Keaton as Diane and Candice Bergen as Sharon inBOOK CLUB: THE NEXT CHAPTER, a...
Interview: August Winter on Being Part of Sarah Polley’s Powerful ‘Women Talking’
I am always thrilled when Sarah Polley releases a new film. I certainly enjoyed her as an actress back in the day but in my opinion her work as a...
‘Three Minutes: A Lengthening’ Reveals the Lost World of Jews in Pre-War Europe
As a child, David Kurtz emigrated from Poland to the United States. Years, later, in November 1938, he returned to Europe for a sightseeing trip and...
Interview: Lucas Bravo Defies Stereotypes in the Delightful ‘Mrs. Harris Goes to Paris’
In post-World War II London, Ada Harris (Lesley Manville) earns a living cleaning houses. She’s led a lonely life since her beloved husband Eddie...
Interview: Laura Carmichael on Revisiting Lady Edith in ‘Downton Abbey: A New Era”
Elizabeth McGovern as Cora and Laura Carmichael as Lady Edith © 2022 FOCUS FEATURES LLC They’re baaaack! It’s been an interminable wait through the...
Features
‘So You Think You Can Dance’ Is the Inspiring Show We Need Now
I had the opportunity to attend the taping of last night’s So You Think You Can Dance and talk to all of the Top 10 dancers including the two that...
Dottie Ponedel and Marlene Dietrich: A Match Made in Movie Heaven
I always love learning about the behind-the-scenes artists who played a big role in creating the magic of Hollywood but whose names are not that...
Losing My Head Over ‘Anne of a Thousand Days’
This post is part of the blogathon, ‘TILL DEATH US DO PART: To Love, Honor, and...Murder, hosted by Theresa Brown of CineMaven’s Essays from the...
Happy 106th Birthday to the Fabulous Ginger Rogers
How is it possible that today would have been the 106th birthday of gorgeous and talented Ginger Rogers? I saw her twice in the flesh—at a Chicago...
Seven (Surprising) Discoveries at the 2017 TCM Classic Film Festival
My eyes are still recovering from watching back-to-back movies from 9 am to midnight for days on end at the eighth annual TCM Classic Film Festival...
Home Viewing
Videophiled TVD: Gods and Monsters edition – Preacher, Constantine, Teen Wolf
Preacher: Season One (Sony, Blu-ray, DVD) is based on a comic book series by Garth Ennis and Steve Dillon but it's no superhero adventure. Developed...
Videophiled Crime TVD: ‘The Night Of,’ ‘Elementary,’ the ‘Chicago’ way, and more
The first episode of The Night Of (HBO, Blu-ray, DVD), the HBO mini-series created by Oscar-winning screenwriter Steven Zaillian and acclaimed...
Videophiled: New deluxe editions of ‘Punch Drunk Love,’ ‘To Live and Die in L.A.,’ ‘Rabid,’ and more
To Live and Die in L.A.: Collector's Edition (Shout! Factory, Blu-ray) (1985) has aged well. While on the one hand you can hold it up as the...
Videophiled Cable TVD: more ‘Game of Thrones,’ ‘Outlander,’ ‘The Knick,’ and ‘Better Call Saul’
Game of Thrones: The Complete Season Six (HBO, Blu-ray, DVD) – For five years the epic HBO historical fantasy series "Game of Thrones" has followed...
Videophiled TVD: The end of ‘Person of Interest,’ ‘Penny Dreadful,’ and ‘Banshee’
Penny Dreadful: The Final Season (Showtime, Blu-ray, DVD) – The third and final season of the Showtime series that reimagines the characters of 19th...
News & Reviews
Interview: Lauren Greenfield Continues Her Incisive Exploration of ‘Generation Wealth’
For the past 25 years, acclaimed photographer and filmmaker Lauren Greenfield has travelled the world, documenting a vast range of cultural...
Interview: Jonas Carpignano’s Powerful and Moving ‘A Ciambra’ Explores Italy’s Romani Community
In a small Romani community in Calabria, Pio Amato is desperate to grow up fast. At 14, he drinks, smokes, and is one of the few people in town to...
Videophiled: Sully, Florence, American Honey, and Suicide Squad – From hero to villains
Sully (Warner, Blu-ray, DVD, 4K UltraHD, VOD) is a fittingly modest nickname for an unassuming career airline pilot who became an American hero in...
Videophiled: ‘Hell or High Water,’ ‘Don’t Think Twice,’ and ‘The Intervention’
Hell or High Water (Lionsgate, Blu-ray, DVD, VOD) is as good an American drama as you'll see this year. Jeff Bridges stars as a Texas Ranger on the...
Videophiled Family: ‘Pete’s Dragon,’ ‘Kubo,’ and ‘The BFG’
Pete's Dragon (Disney, Blu-ray, DVD, VOD) is that rare breed of remake that outshines the original. The 1977 film, about an orphaned boy who runs...