Jared Leto stars as Michael Morbius in Sony’s “Morbius.” sony It’s never a good sign when a critic says your movie could have been “better summed up in a two-minute trailer,” but, alas, that is the case for Sony’s latest Marvel film “Morbius.” As Adam Graham of the Detroit News notes in his review of […]
Will Smith Monday evening apologized in an Instagram post to comedian Chris Rock for his behavior in Sunday night’s Academy Awards ceremony, which included slapping him on stage over a joke about the Oscar winner’s wife, Jada Pinkett Smith. “My behavior at last night’s Academy Awards was unacceptable and inexcusable,” Mr. Smith wrote. “Jokes at […]
CNN — The Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences in a statement issued on Monday condemned the actions of best actor winner Will Smith after the “King Richard” star stormed the stage and slapped presenter Chris Rock in the face during Sunday’s Oscars ceremony. “The Academy condemns the actions of Mr. Smith at last […]
Will Smith slaps actor Chris Rock onstage during the 94th Oscars at the Dolby Theater in Hollywood, California on March 27, 2022. Robyn Beck | dpa | Getty Images Sunday’s 94th Academy Award ceremony was already a ham-handed attempt at boosting ratings even before the soon-to-be Oscar-winning actor Will Smith slapped Chris Rock on stage. […]
After months of boring, assumed winners, the Oscars race has been shaken up recently by shocker developments no one saw coming. When they air Sunday, March 27, on ABC, the evening should be full of surprises. Here, Post critic Johnny Oleksinski picks who will win and who should win at the 2022 Academy Awards. Best […]
LOS ANGELES—After a 111-minute family drama called “CODA” premiered at the Sundance Film Festival in January 2021, the usual phalanx of distributors began vying for the film. According to a person involved in the negotiations, the iPhone maker saw something in the movie, about the hearing daughter of an all-deaf family, that few others did: […]
“The Lost City,” directed by brothers Adam and Aaron Nee, is a boisterous romp designed around a one-of-a-kind treasure. Ostensibly, that prize is the Crown of Fire, a priceless headpiece rumored to be constructed from hundreds of red diamonds. In truth, it’s the woman searching for the jewels—or rather, it’s Sandra Bullock acting the part […]
When did Hollywood decide that all globe-trotting adventures have to be extremely stupid? In the 1980s, “Raiders of the Lost Ark” and “Romancing the Stone” weren’t chicken soup for the moron’s soul. Neither was the much more recent “National Treasure,” starring Nicolas Cage. However, the dumb new movie “The Lost City” joins “Uncharted,” “Jungle Cruise” […]
Naomi Watts in director Małgorzata Szumowska’s Infinite StormPhoto: Bleecker Street Joel and Ethan Coen definitely understood the impact upon an audience of telling them, as they subversively did with 1996’s Fargo, that what they were about to watch is “based on a true story.” The use of those words helped set and frame has certain […]
Steven Spielberg needs some potholders for the amount of hot water he’s in at the moment. The critically acclaimed director is getting heat for comments he made about Korean actors on the Netflix series “Squid Game.” At a Producers Guild of America Awards panel over the weekend, the 75-year-old applauded the streaming service for awarding […]
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