“Today, we pounce,” Aron said. “With the backdrop of AMC’s Q2 favorable earnings it is now time for us to take decisive and even valorous action — look up that word in the dictionary, ‘valorous.’” Huh? If you’re confused — either by the slang, the securities terms, or Aron’s performative performance — that’s OK. Here’s a breakdown of what the hell Aron announced Thursday. On August 19, AMC will issue one preferred equity stock unit for each of its 560....
Right now, Beth is being retconned from fiery avenging angel to confused, emotional mess — and that doesn’t work. Take Beth’s problems with environmental activist Higgins. Summer decried everything Yellowstone was about but, equally crucial, she caught the eye of Yellowstone patriarch John Dutton (Kevin Costner), which really pissed Beth off. With Summer currently residing in the main house on house arrest, it was only a matter of time before the two came to blows....
The point of this strained metaphor is two-fold: 1) I should eat dinner, and 2) when it comes to the vexing, 21st century dilemma of too many choices, I understand the annoyance of having another option tossed on the table. Yet here I am, asking you, dear readers, to consider one more TV show before year’s end. It’s one I was in no rush to revisit myself, after a first season that never really gelled and a delay that worked as an excuse to forget the potential within those initial hours....
Abel Ferrara has never been much for salvation, at least not in the sense that it might be handed to us on a silver platter by someone who died more than 2,000 years ago; his “Bad Lieutenant” wasn’t exactly a self-portrait, but Harvey Keitel referring to Jesus Christ as a “rat fuck” didn’t come out of nowhere. In recent years, however, the grindhouse nihilism of Ferrara’s earlier work has been tempered by the personal acceptance of impending doom....
That makes it a great time to revisit “Zodiac,” as well as a good opportunity to take a deep dive into the making of the film. “Zodiac” attracted as much attention for its painstaking production process as it did for the finished product, as the always detail-oriented David Fincher went above and beyond to make sure everything in his film was historically accurate. Sometimes his methodical process hurt his relationships with the cast, but one thing is for certain: They made a great movie....
The “Normal People” breakout star appears in both “God’s Creatures” (out now) and “Aftersun,” two films set to be distributed by A24. Mescal plays a father adrift on a holiday alongside his 11-year-old daughter Sophie (Francesca Corio) in Turkey in the late 1990s. A present-day Sophie (Celia Rowlson-Hall) reflects over 20 years later on the tense trip with her father. “Aftersun” premiered at 2022 Cannes’ Critics Week, marking writer/director Charlotte Wells’ feature debut....
Many movies arrive with dreams of a franchise, but “Army of the Dead” lands on Netflix with one already intact: Zack Snyder’s stylish and gory zombie action-thriller hits the streamer with two prequels already in the queue, 2022 anime series “Army of the Dead: Lost Vegas” and a standalone feature, “Army of Thieves,” based around Mattias Schweighöfer’s kooky safecracking character that’s already finished and coming out later this year. “Army of the Dead” covers a lot of plot in its staggering credits sequence, when the walking corpses are battled and trapped in Sin City by a team of mercenaries....
Ryan Gosling shared that his role in upcoming “Barbie,” written and directed by Greta Gerwig, isn’t all just playing in a Barbie Dream House. The “Gray Man” actor opened up about the hardships of his “Ken-ergy.” “That Ken life is even harder than the ‘Gray Man’ life, I think,” Gosling said to Entertainment Tonight. “Ken’s got no money, he’s got no job, he’s got no car, he’s got no house....
So this is how Season 6 begins, not with a Gene but a teardown. Rather than start this final chunk of story with a flash-forward to Jimmy under yet another new identity, remembering instances of regret in his life and pain he has caused others, “Wine and Roses” starts with a headfake. A monochrome cascade of ties (set to the instrumental that helps lend its name to the episode) gives way to a lavish, full-color tour of the erstwhile Chez Goodman, as a full crew works to wipe an ostentatious palace of everything but the wallpaper....
So if the show containing him isn’t faltering, then all eyes turn to Jimmy McGill (Bob Odenkirk). Call him by his newly christened moniker Saul Goodman or not: At this point, even the man himself is barely drawing a distinction between the two anymore. Having evaded some serious obstacles at the close of Season 5 and narrowly skirting death in the process, he and Kim Wexler (Rhea Seehorn) seem undeterred....
The MCU sequel fell short of the year’s best opening; that remains “Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness” last May, which debuted to $187 million. However, it’s $36 million better than July’s opening for “Thor: Love and Thunder.” 20th Century Studios With $330 million worldwide in its initial dates (and a reported $250 million budget before marketing), “Wakanda Forever” is off to a good start. Until “Avatar: The Way of Water” (Disney, again) opens next month, the MCU has the floor....
The opening scene sees Timmy (Randall Park) greeting a customer who’s hasn’t visited his local video rental store in three years. Before the manager can rattle off all the reasons why people get too busy to partake in at-home motion pictures, the shopper cuts him off: “I’ve been watching Netflix.” Thank goodness, right? The Blockbuster/Netflix connection, after all, is the elephant in the room: “Blockbuster” is ostensibly about the last Blockbuster storefront in America, and it’s only available to watch on the service that many credit for putting Blockbuster out of business....
Addressing the nuances of a sensitive cultural landscape is tricky when these mini-scandals demand case-by-case assessment. Most people haven’t seen “Blonde” yet (including me) so who’s to judge the end result? And yes, Franco looks like Castro, but Leguizamo’s point about the dearth of opportunity for Latino actors stands. No question, actors pretend to be people different from themselves. The tension in these stories stem from another fact: Actors with non-American accents remain stigmatized in Hollywood, even among those who find success with them....
Directors from Martin Scorsese to Francis Ford Coppolahave their opinions about how Marvel’s massive cinematic universe is taking up too much oxygen that could have gone to more creative filmmakers. Meanwhile, Marvel actors (a group which encompasses much of Hollywood’s A-List at this point) weigh in to defend the franchise. The latest Marvel star to vouch for the studio is”WandaVision” and “Doctor Strange” star Elizabeth Olsen. In a new interview with The Independent, Olsen expressed her belief that the franchise receives too much criticism....
The idea of the flashy Australian director with a penchant for films about music taking on the showmanship-loving singer seemed like a match made in heaven for many film fans when the project was first announced in 2014. The role of Elvis Presley — which has been played in other projects by everyone from Michael Shannon to Jonathan Rhys-Meyers — was extremely coveted, with the likes of Miles Teller, Ansel Elgort, and Harry Styles vying for the part....
Set in the 1980s, “Empire of Light” focuses on middle-aged Hilary Small (Olivia Colman), an employee of “The Empire,” a cinema in a coastal English town with a history of mental illness and a dependency on lithium. Depressed and lonely, Hilary forms an unexpected romance with Stephen (Micheal Ward), a young Black man who begins working at the theater after getting rejected from graduate school. The romance broadens the previously apathetic Hilary’s world, and she slowly begins to develop an appreciation for film as an art form....
Short Nite, dedicated to animated films, kicks off at 2 p.m. ET Saturday. The free, 24-hour event will feature 12 animated short films, ranging from Academy Award-nominated titles like 2007’s “Oktapodi” to newer films such as “Bench,” which is currently long-listed for a BAFTA Award. Short Nite represent the first time a video game has been used to host a film festival, and for the filmmakers it offers an unprecedented marketing opportunity: Their work will be broadcast on a video game that, per publisher Epic Games, has more than 350 million registered players....
About thirty minutes into “Fresh,” a deliciously jangly horror movie, the opening credits roll. Up until then, the movie, which premiered in the Midnight section of the Sundance Film Festival, unfolds like an edgy romantic comedy. In the opening scene, Noa (Daisy Edgar-Jones, with a bite) shows up for an app date, which turns out to be a dud: A vain cheapskate who’s brusque with the waiter, the guy tells Noa between bites of their meal that her sweater looks shlumpy and a dress would suit her better....
“GMA3” is the lowest-rated of the “GMA”-branded hours, according to Nielsen data, and is lower rated than any hour of NBC’s “Today” show and CBS morning show “CBS This Morning.” This quarter-to-date, “GMA3” is averaging 1.566 million total viewers per day, with 314,000 of them between the ages of 25-54, which is the key demographic for news programming. The two morning hours of “Good Morning America” average more than twice that: 3....
The critically-acclaimed sketch series has won two WGA Awards for its respective seasons, taking home awards in the Comedy/Variety category in both 2020 and 2022. Former “Saturday Night Live” writer Tim Robinson co-created, writes, and stars in the series alongside co-creator Zach Kanin. The observational humor and bizarre twists on seemingly everyday experiences (eating a hot dog during a board meeting, for example) carved a unique niche for “I Think You Should Leave,” garnering a cult following and a slew of critical praise....
