If mountain-climbing documentaries make you puke-dizzy, Free Solo is probably not a good idea. This National Geographic head-spinner from husband-and-wife co-directors Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi and Jimmy Chin is extreme in the extreme. The focus is on Alex Honnold, a free climber who gives the finger to gravity every time he …
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You can probably think of a few cover versions of songs off the top of your head that you like as much as, or maybe more, than the originals: There are the obvious ones, and the obscure ones, and the velvet-roped V.I.P. section reserved for “Hallelujah” and Dylan’s body of …
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A few critics are calling it the worst movie of the year. Unfair! The Happytime Murders, the R-rated look at a serial killer running wild in a puppet-populated L.A., has what it takes to be a contender for worst of the decade. Directed by Brian Henson (son of the late, …
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There are boxing movies, there are jailbird dramas and there are hell-and-back memoir adaptations — A Prayer Before Dawn throws all three of these genres into a dingy cell together, forcing them to either make nice or beat each other senseless in a survival-of-the-fittest showdown. Thankfully, filmmaker Jean-Stéphane Sauvaire’s Bosch-like …
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It may be time to dress Oscar in a cape. The people behind the Academy Awards announced Wednesday that they will be adding a category to the program that recognizes an “outstanding achievement in popular film.” It did not elaborate on how it would distinguish a popular film, telling voters …
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OnThe Late Show, Stephen Colbert addressed the sexual misconduct allegations against his network’s boss, Les Moonves, by calling for more accountability. The comments came after a New Yorker expose alleged that Moonves sexually harassed six women in the workplace. The late-night host spoke to the audience about the issue with …
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If there is one thing to take away from Blindspotting(opens nationwide July 27th), the forthcoming film from co-writers, co-stars, and longtime friends Daveed Diggs and Rafael Casal, it is that a person’s context matters. So it’s important to share that on the day we meet, in the middle of a …
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Millie Bobby Brown has an up-close look at the end of the world in the first trailer for Godzilla: King of the Monsters, the sequel to the 2014 reboot of the monster movie franchise. The preview premiered Saturday as part of San Diego’s Comic-Con. “The new story follows the heroic …
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Stephen Colbert opened Thursday’s Late Show by recapping a week’s worth of whirlwind headlines on the fallout from President Trump‘s heavily criticized Finland meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin. “We know Trump is in Putin’s pocket, but the remains, ‘Why?’” the host asked. “There are only two possible answers: Either …
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Johnny Deppsettled one of the many high-profile lawsuits in which he’s entangled that were detailed in a recent Rolling Stone story. The actor sued the Management Company – where his former business managers work – for $25 million last year for fraud. They decided to settle on Saturday at a …
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