Meet Mariska Hargitay’s Mom Jayne Mansfield in a Dramatic Documentary
Most people know Mariska Hargitay from her starring role as Olivia Benson on Law and Order: SVU. And many people know that Mariska’s mom was the movie star Jayne Mansfield, who died tragically in a 1967 car accident when Mariska was only three years old. But the vast majority will not know the shocking truth of Hargitay’s life until they see her new documentary, My Mom Jayne. That’s because Hargitay kept a deep, dark secret for 30...
Take a Joyride with Brad Pitt in ‘F1: The Movie’
Get yourself in the fast lane to your local theater to see F1, preferably in IMAX. The two and half hour film could be Brad Pitt’s Top Gun: Maverick as the Formula One-set saga is brought to you by the same people– producer Jerry Bruckheimer and director Joseph Kosinski–who scored almost $1.5 billion at the box office for Tom Cruise three years ago. F1: The Movie roars onto screens today after a worldwide publicity tour...
‘Elio’ is a Trippy Journey to Another Universe
Just about every human being on the planet can relate to the feelings of Elio, the title character in Disney Pixar’s new animated film opening nationwide June 20. Elio feels misunderstood, unloved, lonely, weird and wants to get away from it all. Far, far away—to another planet. In Elio, a young boy who has been recently orphaned and lives with his aunt Olga, an Air Force colonel whose dreams of becoming an astronaut have been put on...
‘The Life of Chuck’ is a Soulful Look at an Ordinary Existence
Stirring, Heartbreaking, Mysterious. These are some of the words that come to mind after seeing The Life of Chuck, based on a Stephen King story. King is practically synonymous with words like fear, dread, and horror and this adaptation of his work is about the furthest you can get from those frightening emotions. It’s a celebration of life, told in three chapters in reverse chronological order with the mystery of who is Charles Kranz...
LGBTQ+ Celebration of Cinema and Television Honors Trailblazers Including Wanda Sykes, Bowen Yang and Niecy Nash-Betts
There wasn’t a better way to kick off the first weekend of Pride Month than at the 2nd annual Critic Choice LGBTQ+ Celebration of Cinema and Television. The festive fete at the Fairmont Century Plaza recognized more than a dozen performers and producers whose work has served to shine a light on a wide range of LGBTQ+ experiences. Actor and standup comedian Sherry Cola, who emceed last year’s inaugural celebration, returned to host the...
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