3+ hour, 34+ min ago  (470+ words) Help me, cute little Grogu, you're our only hope! The "Star Wars" saga is in trouble following a dispiriting sequel trilogy and some less than stellar TV spinoffs. The less said about "The Acolyte," the better. The one ray of…...

2+ mon, 1+ week ago  (653+ words) Richard Roeper said what he wasn't supposed to say about that 2016 "Ghostbusters" reboot. The veteran film critic suggested his peers graded the Paul Feig reboot "on a curve." That's not something a critic shares lightly, and Roeper isn't right-leaning by…...

6+ mon, 3+ week ago  (968+ words) Clint Eastwood's "Space Cowboys" (2000) was a comeback for the legendary filmmaker and a project that initially seemed like a guilty pleasure. It emerged as a substantial and hugely enjoyable work. When it was first announced that Eastwood was playing an…...

7+ mon, 3+ week ago  (1243+ words) I love movies, I want to save movies, and this is about movies. Once, not just memorable but transformative music has become largely functional. The scores for "The Godfather," "The Rock," and "Bram Stoker's Dracula" are still etched into my…...

8+ mon, 2+ week ago  (740+ words) Max Martini followed the light from director Guillermo del Toro's laser pointer on the set of 2013's "Pacific Rim." That helped the actor know where the Kaiju was at any given moment. For "Osiris," Martini could look the creatures straight…...

9+ mon, 1+ day ago  (383+ words) Wherever director James Gunn goes, little brother Sean Gunn isn't far behind. The Hollywood duo routinely work together on film projects, most recently the older Gunn's "Guardians of the Galaxy: Vol. 3." Sean Gunn plays Kraglin Obfonteri in that trilogy. Now,…...

9+ mon, 1+ week ago  (609+ words) Gina Carano's fight with Disney isn't going away. Nor should it. The Mouse House canned Carano in 2021 after she posted a plea for tolerance by comparing today's political climate to the early days of Nazi Germany. Critics interpreted her post…...

9+ mon, 3+ week ago  (732+ words) Whoopi Goldberg is the unofficial leader of TV's dumbest show. The Oscar winner presides over "The View," a daily mashup of hate, misinformation and wide-eyed conspiracy theories, all in the name of female empowerment. And Goldberg is often the worst…...

9+ mon, 3+ week ago  (426+ words) May the Schwartz be with you." That phrase caught on in the "80s as Mel Brooks" Spaceballs" skewered the Star Wars" franchise. It didn"t hit as hard as Young Frankenstein," and the satire couldn"t measure up to Blazing Saddles…...

9+ mon, 3+ week ago  (804+ words) George Clooney is everywhere'onstage, onscreen, at Biden fundraisers, in Sudanese war zones and conveniently, at the crossroads where Hollywood, globalism, and U. S. foreign policy always seem to meet. Most people see the smile. The charm. The tailored suits and the polite…...