Crisp autumn air has taken over, the roads are covered with golden leaves, and you’re snuggling in the blankets in your favorite cardigan. Now all that is missing is a heavy mug of hot cocoa and a good movie that is enough to sweep away all your stress. After the … [Read More]
The president of the SAG-AFTRA Foundation, Courtney B. Vance, announced on Wednesday that the organization was raising donations. Vance had stated about this fundraising and its efforts over the last few weeks. “The entertainment industry is in crisis, and the SAG-AFTRA Foundation is currently processing more than 30 times our … [Read More]
The Laundromat: When her idyllic vacation takes an unthinkable turn, Ellen Martin (Academy Award winner Meryl Streep) begins investigating a fake insurance policy, only to find herself down a rabbit hole of questionable dealings that can be linked to a Panama City law firm and its vested interest in helping … [Read More]
Don’t look up stars Jennifer Lawrence, Leonardo DiCaprio, Meryl Streep, Jonah Hill, Kid Cudi, Ariana Grande, Tyler Perry, Ron Perlman and more. The Good The casting looks fantastic on paper. Jennifer Lawrence, Leo DiCaprio, Cate Blanchett, Timothee Chalamet, Meryl Stree, Jonah Hill, Ariana Grande, Kid Cudi. I can keep going … [Read More]
I don’t have to tell anyone this is a loony tunes awards season with every day bringing horrific new allegations of sexual harassment and abuse. All this has made for skittish publicists and studio heads putting more restrictions and embargoes on movie reviews and related stories than I’ve ever experienced … [Read More]
Robert De Niro received the prestigious Chaplin Award for Lifetime Achievement from the Film Society of Lincoln Center at their annual gala at the Koch Theater Monday evening. (Previous recipients include Tom Hanks, Morgan Freeman, Robert Redford, Michael Douglas and Barbra Streisand.) “I feel really honored to receive this,” he … [Read More]
Synopsis: A wealthy New York heiress is led to believe that she’s a famous Opera singer. So Meryl Streep plays a real-life person. It’s happened plenty of times. Meryl Streep singing on-screen, also happened. Meryl Streep playing a real-life person who thought she could sing, but couldn’t? Now that’s something … [Read More]
I had a really fun opportunity to speak to actor Simon Helberg (Big Bang Theory) about his new movie Florence Foster Jenkins (out now in theaters). Helberg came through Chicago and I spoke to him as part of a critics roundtable. He talked about working with Meryl Streep, learning to … [Read More]
Three-time Academy Award (R) winner Meryl Streep goes electric and takes on a whole new gig – a hard-rocking singer/guitarist – for Oscar (R)-winning director Jonathan Demme and Academy Award (R)-winning screenwriter Diablo Cody in the uplifting comedy Ricki and the Flash. In a film loaded with music and … [Read More]
Synopsis: A witch tasks a childless baker and his wife with procuring magical items from classic fairy tales to reverse the curse put on their family tree. (c) Imdb [springboard type=”video” id=”1289127″ player=”tmbg001″ width=”599″ height=”336″ ] Christmas Day, Disney is unwrapping their big present to all moviegoers. … [Read More]
[springboard type=”video” id=”902449″ player=”tmbg001″ width=”599″ height=”336″ ] The haunting story of THE GIVER centers on Jonas (Brenton Thwaites), a young man who lives in a seemingly ideal, if colorless, world of conformity and contentment. Yet as he begins to spend time with The Giver (Jeff Bridges), who is … [Read More]
Director: David Frankel Written by: Vanessa Taylor Starring: Meryl Streep, Tommy Lee Jones, Steve Carell Genre: Comedy, Drama MPAA: PG-13 Synopsis: After thirty years of marriage, a middle-aged couple attends an intense, week-long counseling session to work on their relationship. Welcome to another edition of The Movie … [Read More]