All Together Now: It’s a New Family Comedy on HBO
Indie film fans will fondly remember 2011’s “Jeff, Who Lives at Home,” about a 30-year-old slacker played by Jason Segel who lives in his mother’s basement. With millions of people feeling the pinch of a shrunken economy and cutbacks around every corner, the movie resonated on many levels with a core yet small audience. Now its creators, Mark and Jay Duplass have brought that same sort of schlumpy/normcore sensibility to their first...
‘Selma’ Brings MLK and the Civil Rights Movement to Vivid Life
Director Ava DuVernay has said she doesn’t like historical black pictures, and she’s made sure that her “Selma” stands out from the rest in its tone, in its focus and in its style of storytelling. It’s already nabbed four Golden Globe nominations and five Critics’ Choice nods that are a testament to her work. Unbelievably, although the US civil rights movement has been chronicled extensively, this is the first feature-length film with...
Gwen Stefani, Pharrell and Adam Levine Will Rock the People Magazine Awards
With awards season poised to take a break for the holidays after the recent nomination announcements from the Critics’ Choice, Golden Globes and SAG, along comes—what is to the best of our current knowledge– the very last award show of 2014. And it’s a first – the inaugural edition of “The People Magazine Awards,” slated to air on NBC Thursday night from the Beverly Hilton. The two-hour telecast, which will air live on the East...
Home Entertainment Heavyweights Lauded at Variety’s Press Play Hall of Fame
What better way to demonstrate what Variety’s Press Play Home Entertainment and Digital Hall of Fame was all about than director Brett Ratner holding up a LaserDisc copy of “The Silence of the Lambs” during his acceptance speech at the 34th annual gala dinner event held December 9 at the Beverly Wilshire Hotel. Ratner, whose films include “Hercules,” the “Rush Hour” series, “Red Dragon,” “Tower Heist” and “X-Men,” was one of the...
Critics’ Choice Showers ‘Birdman,’ ‘Budapest’ and ‘Boyhood’ with Noms for 20th Annual Awards
“Birdman,” “The Grand Budapest Hotel” and “Boyhood” lead the pack in the just-announced nominations for the 20th Annual Critics’ Choice Awards voted on by members of the Broadcast Film Critics Association. Historically, the awards–which will be broadcast live on A&E on January 15, 2015 with Michael Strahan hosting– are the most accurate predictor of the films and talent that will also receive Oscar nods. With 13...
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