Silly, Scary ‘I Know What You Did Last Summer’ Flashes Back to 1997 Original
If you’re a fan of the original 1997 slasher film, you’re probably going to enjoy this re-boot – especially with the participation of two of the original film’s stars, Jennifer Love Hewitt and Freddie Prinze Jr. They survived the on-screen bloodbath after a group of five teenage friends tried to cover up a fatal car accident. As a first-time viewer of the franchise, I didn’t even buy that premise. Did one of them standing in the...
It’s a Bird! It’s a Plane! It’s a Hit! It’s ‘Superman!’
The DC Universe can breathe a sigh of relief as the Man of Steel brought in the big bucks–$125 million in North America– to the opening weekend of Superman, starring David Corenswet. There was so much on the line for DC as director James Gunn gave a new interpretation of an iconic superhero character whose recent cinematic outings were poorly received. Plus, who can ever live up to Christopher Reeves’ legacy? Another...
‘Severance,’ ‘The Penguin,’ ‘The White Lotus’ and ‘The Studio’ Lead Emmy Nominations
Emmy voters showered their love on a number of hot shows of the moment, giving 27 nods to Apple TV+’s Severance, 24 to HBO’s The Penguin and 23 each to Apple’s The Studio and HBO’s third season of The White Lotus. After the nominations for the 77th Primetime Emmy Awards were announced, HBO and Max led the leader board with a record 142 nods, followed by Netflix’s 120 and Apple’s 79. Shows that run on the Walt Disney’s combined...
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...
‘Materialists’ Teeters Between a Modern Romance and a Fantasy Fable
There’s something inherently material about the love triangle amongst Chris Evans, Dakota Johnson and Pedro Pascal in Materialists. They are delicious. Except for often times the character portrayed by Johnson, a successful New York City matchmaker whose own personal life is in shambles. She basically considers herself an eternal bachelorette. It seems Dakota’s Lucy cares more about her client’s personal happiness than her own. And...
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