Sony’s lower-priced movies rule the VOD charts elsewhere as consumers look for value in their home-viewing spending. Is it a sign of consumers becoming more price-conscious? This week’s VOD charts suggest perhaps, and also that Sony is still figuring out how to thread the needle without its own streaming channel. “Morbius,” just reduced to $5.99, … Read more
“I don’t really care about movies,” the man says, nervously wringing his hands together. “I used to…but not anymore. Maybe it’ll come back?” It’s not an uncommon sentiment to hear in the Year of Our Lord 2022. What makes that comment stand out, however, is that it’s being delivered by a French filmmaker who’s sitting … Read more
Photo: Searchlight Pictures In her prolific career, actress Emma Thompson has portrayed heroines in some of the most iconic big-screen romances, from a movie adaptation of the Jane Austen classic Sense and Sensibility to the modern classic Love, actually. And at first, her role as Nancy Stokes, a pleasure-deprived widow in Good luck to you, … Read more
Sony made a splash at the CineEurope conference in Barcelona with British star Aaron Taylor-Johnson on the ground to tease David Leitch’s “Bullet Train,” in which Taylor-Johnson stars opposite Brad Pitt, Sandra Bullock and Karen Fukuhara. Taylor-Johnson, who just wrapped the shoot of “Kraven the Hunter,” introduced 15 minutes of footage of the action-packed comedy … Read more
It’s rare that I see a film that’s completely and entirely unlike any other film I’ve ever seen: largely because most films take from the vast pool of inspiration and visual shorthand created by every film that preceded it, whether the filmmakers are aware of it or not. So many movies are copies of one … Read more
Spider-Man: No Way Home may have been the final chapter in Tom Holland’s Spider-Man origin story, but it doesn’t mean MCU fans have seen the last of the web-slinger or his friends. While the Multiversal epic masterfully set up Spidey’s future in New York City, due to Doctor Strange’s spell, the future of Jacob Batalon’s … Read more
My father died on Super Bowl Sunday. The night before, he had told me — in his signature style of sincere but “got places to be” — that he was proud of me. He then went to sleep and never woke up. Today, four months later, we celebrate Father’s Day. I’ve always thought the purpose … Read more
Madison Thames (centre) stars as Finney Shaw, a boy communicating with past victims of the serial killer that kidnapped him, in The Black Phone.photo: Universal Pictures Based on a short story by Joe Hill, The Black Phone hits a sweet spot regarding its subject matter, its setting, its tone, and its star that should allow … Read more
After reigning 124 years ago as Rex, king of Carnival, Charles A. Farwell rides again — in a bit of film discovered in March in a Dutch museum. This two-minute snippet, believed to be the oldest existing movie footage shot in New Orleans, will be shown Wednesday at 6 pm at the Presbytère overlooking Jackson … Read more
If you’re looking for a new movie to watch on Amazon Prime Video, you’ve come to the right place. June marks the streaming debut of Daniel Craig’s final James Bond film, “No Time to Die,” but that’s far from all. Below, we’ve assembled a list of the best new movies streaming on Prime Video this … Read more