2017-06-06 12:59
As we reported to you a month or so ago, Carrie Fisher's Princess Leia had a "significantly important" role in Episode IX (HERE). The tragic death of the actress has brought upon a lot… Read More
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2017-06-05 20:32
Having recently seen Doug Liman's latest film, "The Wall" starring Aaron Taylor-Johnson an John Cena, I couldn't help, but start thinking about Liman's track record and how great his hits to… Read More
2017-06-05 16:23
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2017-06-05 15:13
"Suicide Squad" was seen as another nail in the coffin for DC universe, but Zack Snyder wasn't the director scapegoated this time around, no, David Ayer was the culprit this time around… Read More
2017-06-05 03:19
I won't go into great detail about the bad luck and mishaps that have happened with Terry Gilliam's passion project, but, suffice to say, it seems like the supposed cursed project has finall… Read More
2017-06-04 18:23
Due to my being at Cannes I missed the "Wonder Woman" press screening, ditto "The Fate of the Furious" and "Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales," not that I hold any hope for th… Read More
A Few Photos Of Uma Thurman As Mia Wallace Posing For Alternate Layouts Of The 'Pulp Fiction' Poster
2017-06-04 18:00
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2017-06-03 15:28
The Florida Project After Tangerine, Sean Baker sets up his camera again with an eye towards uncharted America with “The Florida Project.” This time his eye goes t… Read More
2017-06-03 15:25
[My original interview posted on The Playlist]You had to be there. Zoe Lister-Jones, a talented actress, was premiering her directorial debut, the musical “Band-Aid,” at the… Read More
2017-06-02 13:48
I was at Cannes when I heard the news. I didn't have the chance to write about Roger Moore's passing at the young age, c'mon it's 2017, of 89 years old. However, no story or obit would do th… Read More
2017-06-02 13:36
There are movies that just gain traction and relevance when real-life events happen. Bonnie Cohen and Jon Chenk must be thinking we hit the goldmine here, albeit a bittersweet goldmine, as t… Read More
2017-06-01 20:57
How rare it is to find a romantic comedy about a middle-aged couple in this day and age of American cinema. The marriage at the core of Azael Jacobs’ “The Lovers” is so aut… Read More
2017-06-01 16:53
This would be a shock if it were to be revealed correct. A 2 hour WWII Christopher Nolan movie? The last films Nolan Directed that were less than 2 hours long were Insomnia in 2002 and… Read More
2017-06-01 14:56
When asked for her opinion on the Spider-Man reboot, she was also pretty unequivocal: ‘We made the best ones, so who cares? I’m like, “You make it all you want.” They… Read More
2017-06-01 14:04
Her last movie "Monster," was also her debut. She was hired to direct "Wonder Woman" in April of 2015. The Guardian has this about the shifting paradigm:"Remember the misbegotten C… Read More
2017-05-31 23:13
My original interview with Demetri can be found HEREBest known for his unconventional brand of stand-up comedy — awkward one-liners, deadpan musical interludes, and the use of drawing… Read More
2017-05-31 18:19
"The cast and crew endured sickness, and spartan living conditions during their time on location. In one scene, Hepburn was playing an organ but had a bucket nearby becau… Read More
2017-05-31 18:08
"Wonder Woman" is not an Israeli product, so this is more about Lebanon being angry over the lead of the film being an Israeli woman. Regardless, "Wonder Woman" is about to become the m… Read More
2017-05-30 23:35
Oh, give me a break. You really think we wanted a fifth "Pirates" movie? Who's the brainiac that greenlit the damn thing? How about making a movie out of a show, "Baywatch," that was mocked… Read More
2017-05-30 23:13
Hey Lebanon, continue thinking like small-minded fools, that'll bring you far as a country ... Disappointing news from the land that gave us Shwaramas.Listen to Gad Saad when he wa… Read More
2017-05-30 23:08
[My original interview for The Playlist can be viewed HERE]After “Tangerine,” Sean Baker sets up his camera again with an eye towards uncharted America with “The… Read More
2017-05-30 16:09
I totally understand Mr. Lynch. At some point in time I was completely avoiding trailers, I still do, whenever I'm at Cannes or Sundance or TIFF, just to have that sense of surprise that com… Read More
2017-05-29 20:11
Bob Lundegaard is a former movie critic for the Minnesota-based Star Tribune, and he's sticking by his guns. In 1977 he wrote a mixed review for a little-known movie named "Star Wars." To sa… Read More
2017-05-29 19:55
Oh, give me a break Jessica. You know, I love you and all, but this is going a little too far. So is giving Sofia Coppola a Best Director prize for a film that has her remaking "The Beguiled… Read More
2017-05-29 16:01
There's been a history of studios congratulating another studio with ads in the trades, here are a few others: Read More
2017-05-29 05:13
I'm all for this win. "The Square" had the best moments of any of the 19 competition titles I saw the last two weeks at Cannes. Yes, it's around 20 minutes too long, but that's fine. The amb… Read More
2017-05-29 04:57
“Logan Lucky” is Steven Soderbergh’s first film out of his so-called retirement, which always seemed like an extension of Soderbergh performance art. In the… Read More
2017-05-27 14:56
Fatih Akin's comeback vehicle will have to wait. For a moment, the 43 year-old writer-director helming from Germany, and known for tackling topics on his Turkish roots, had amassed a few cri… Read More
2017-05-24 14:12
My expectations were low, given that I'm not a fan of the original, so I was fairly surprised at how watchable it was. Owen Gleiberman said it best in his review when describing th… Read More
2017-05-23 13:31
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2017-05-23 08:48
Michael Haneke's "Happy End" was, across the board, the most anticipated film at Cannes 2017. Coming off his last two films, "The White Ribbon," and "Amour," which both won the Palme D'O'r… Read More
2017-05-21 20:32
Sometimes a movie doesn’t need much character development to make an impact. The ensemble cast of Robin Campillo’s AIDS activists in “120 Beats Per Minute&r&hell…Read More
2017-05-21 11:43
2017-05-20 20:16
The Square" is a movie that dares to challenge political correctness in its ferociously unhinged tackle of human psyche. What exactly binds us to communicate and be civil to each other is wh… Read More
![Cannes: Director Arnaud Desplechin Talks Bergman, Hitchcock And His Latest Film 'Ismael's Ghosts' [Interview]](https://cdn.blogarama.com/images/posts_thumbs_site_id/1624/162372-2897941763.w320.jpg "Cannes: Director Arnaud Desplechin Talks Bergman, Hitchcock And His Latest Film 'Ismael's Ghosts' [Interview]")
2017-05-20 10:49
Opening the 70th edition of the Cannes film festival, and presented out of competition, "Ismael's Ghosts" is a Pandora's box of a film which stars two of the best French actresses around: Ma… Read More
2017-05-20 10:17
Breaking news rarely happens in Hollywood during the Cannes Film Festival, any deal that happens usually occurs at the French croisette. So here I am, hitting another Cappuccino shot, when s… Read More
2017-05-19 12:01
It didn't take much time for the anticipated, but controversial screening of Bong Joon Ho's "Okja" to create a stir. The film started off being booed not for its alliance to producer Netflix… Read More
2017-05-19 10:45
"White God" premiered a few years back at Cannes and proved to be an acclaimed hit at the fest. What was most exciting was the emergence of a new talent, director Kornél Mundrucz&oacu&hell…Read More
2017-05-18 13:13
Todd Haynes is a filmmaker that I have grown to love over the years. His list of films is staggeringly impressive ("Safe," "Far From Heaven," "Carol") but watching his latest, "Wonderstruck… Read More
2017-05-18 05:45
You could to go as far back as Shakespeare to truly witness just how important a work of drama's setting can be to the central themes and storytelling being told by the given author. Take fo… Read More
2017-05-18 05:42
Being jet-lagged at a major film fest is never fun. Most of the time programmers will make sure the first day doesn't have anything major. Case in point this morning's screening of the openi… Read More
2017-05-17 22:00
When you put Will Smith on your jury you're asking for it. I'm saying this as a fan, for the most part, of the "Gettin' Jiggy With It" rapper's acting chops ("Ali" especially). I attend… Read More
2017-05-17 14:00
I will be watching Bong Joon-Ho's "Okja" in two days time here in Cannes, but the director recently stated something very interested about the film: Netflix told him he could not shoot it in… Read More
2017-05-17 11:27
Are we really surprised that Michael Moore is working on a new documentary about Donald Trump? Of course not. My issue with this project is the fact that Trump has been done to death by the… Read More
2017-05-16 10:58
2017-05-16 09:41
According to The Hollywood Reporter, Warner Bros. might lose up to $150M in regards to their latest bomb "King Arthur: Legend of the Sword." This seems to be only the first of what, many are… Read More
2017-05-15 21:12
Excerpt from my REVIEW for We Got This Covered:"Although the film flies off the rails in its climax, the rest of Brigsby Bear is an outrageous concept that’s pulled off quite… Read More
2017-05-15 21:04
Last week I was wondering why Patty Jenkins' "Wonder Woman" wasn't screened yet for critics ahead of its June 2nd release date. This morning I received an invite to a May 30th screening at t… Read More
2017-05-15 16:15
After a hiccup happens aboard her ship, a fire that kills many including their captain, Katherine Waterson's Daniels leads the crew of a colony ship, bound for a remote planet, to a pit stop… Read More
2017-05-15 15:31
2017-05-15 15:28
This explains a lot."GREAT ASS! You got your head all the way up it"According to IMDB:In an early draft of the script, Vincent Hanna had a cocaine habit, which, according to Al Pacino, expla… Read More
2017-05-14 18:36
Darren Aronofsky is a filmmaker who's always on the radar for cinephiles as to what he's going to do next. This is after all the director that brought us "Requiem For A Dream," "The Wrestler… Read More
2017-05-14 18:31
Shocking. Mystifying. I mean, who could have seen this coming? Guy Ritchie's "King Arthur: The Legend of the Sword" has completely tanked at the North American Box-Office. Of course, I am ki… Read More
2017-05-12 23:44
"We all sat there and it ended. And nothing ... We didn't know what to say or to think or do! We didn't know what in the hell we had done! The only one who seemed to get it was Ridley."… Read More
2017-05-12 23:08
Hollywood hasn't got an original thought in its entire collective brain. If the only originally conceived blockbuster they can come up with this summer, or for the next four months, is "Dunk… Read More
2017-05-11 23:43
Doh. Miss Lane must be regretting her claim that "The Avengers" is better than her own "Justice League," in which she stars as Superman's mother Martha Kent. I'm sure this slip-up was… Read More
2017-05-11 21:13
The whole interview he gives to The Independent's Christopher Hooton is worth a read, but here's the quote on "The Irishman" that really piques my fancy:"I think this is different, I think i… Read More
2017-05-11 18:48
I really liked Bertrand Bonello's "Nocturama." It carefully treaded that thin line between the political and exploitative. My colleagues in France have had a much more divisive and anger-rid… Read More
2017-05-10 19:36
Want to know the cold, hard truth about the chances of The Rock wining a Presidential election? It is very likely that we could, one day, have a President Dwayne Johnson. If Donald Trump hap… Read More
2017-05-10 19:22
Scott told Yahoo:“The fans, in a funny kind of way – they’re not the final word – but they are the reflection of your doubts about something,” he added, &l&hell…Read More
2017-05-10 18:19
While shooting a pivotal scene the Lord of the Rings films, Christopher Lee (who served as a spy/assassin in WW2) schools Peter Jackson during a scene."When I was shooting the stabbing shot… Read More
2017-05-10 17:47
People have been asking me why I'm not covering the Cannes films ahead of my appearance at the fest next Monday, it's simple: I usually try to not look or hear details about the movies ahead… Read More
2017-05-10 15:56
Writer-Director Oren Moverman ("The Messenger," "Rampart," "Time out of Mind") doesn't do formulaic cinema. His latest movie, "The Dinner" is no exception. In fact, it can be quite the… Read More
2017-05-09 18:07
Indiewire has confirmed that Martin Scorsese's much anticipated "The Irishman" will start shooting this year and that Netflix has officially greenlit the project for a tentative 2019 re… Read More
2017-05-09 16:12
“Feature films are suffering a kind of bad time right now, in my opinion, because the feature films that play in theaters are blockbusters. That seems to fill the theaters, but the art… Read More
2017-05-08 23:55
2017-05-08 23:54
"Thirty years after the events of the first film, a new blade runner, LAPD Officer K (Ryan Gosling), unearths a long-buried secret that has the potential to plunge what’s left of socie… Read More
2017-05-08 23:23
Live Die Repeat and Repeat.Horrible title. Here's hoping they change it. The first "Edge of Tomorrow" didn't do so well at the domestic box-office, that same year Cruise was coming off a tot… Read More
2017-05-08 16:32
"I think it’s going to be - and this is hard to say because I know I’m going to get some grief for this - I think it’s going to be better than the first film. And I&rs&hell…Read More
2017-05-07 23:30
1. Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 — $145,049,0002. The Fate of the Furious— $8,528,965 ($207,136,495)3. The Boss Baby — $6,175,000 ($156,735)4. How to be a Latin Lover &mda&hell…Read More
2017-05-06 15:41
Kids, listen to Uncle Steven. He speaks the truth. I know way to many cinephiles, hell film critics, that don't really watch older films that were made before the 1970's, sometimes before th… Read More
2017-05-05 23:52
The day David Lynch wins an Oscar will probably be the day our society has a significant cultural change and abstract surrealist cinema will actually be making millions at the American box-o… Read More
2017-05-05 20:38
2017-05-05 20:34
"Yes … The big [favor] was, I asked if R2 could come with Rey, and if BB-8 could stay behind with the Resistance,” Johnson says. “Originally it was BB-8 who went with Rey… Read More
2017-05-05 17:45
Having just seen Doug Liman's latest film, "The Wall" starring Aaron Taylor-Johnson an John Cena, I couldn't help, but start thinking about Liman's track record and how great his hits to mis… Read More
2017-05-05 17:38
Christopher Nolan is trying to reinvent the war movie with “Dunkirk,” just like he tried to reinvent sci-fi with “Inception.” “Interstellar,” “… Read More
2017-05-05 17:38
Now THIS is more like it. Denis Villeneuve is a visually gifted filmmaker and these teasers are showing, in full force, the potential of his upcoming "Blade Runner 2049." The full trailer is… Read More
2017-05-05 15:11
As we reported to you a month or so ago, Carrie Fisher's Princess Leia had a "significantly important" role in Episode IX (HERE). The tragic death of the actress has brought upon a lot… Read More
2017-05-04 23:11
Guardians of the Galaxy was a surprise hit in 2014. The business it did in 2014 was astonishing and completely shocked the industry. This was a summer movie that had the brains to pull off a… Read More
2017-05-04 16:57
There is a reason why I've refrained from talking about "The Dark Tower" here at World of Reel. I just can't jump into the bandwagon with this one. I mean, the cast looks great and the sourc… Read More
2017-05-04 16:44
This new GQ interview with Brad Pitt is turning into an all-timer. We already mentioned the revelation of his alcoholic days pre and post Angelina Jolie breakups, where he said he's never be… Read More
2017-05-04 16:31
Denis Villeneuve is a superfan of the film. That I can guarantee you. How do I know? I spoke to him about the film at a party in Montreal a year or so ago. What else do I know? He isn't goin… Read More
2017-05-04 16:06
The Washington Post is reporting that Oliver Stone, interviewing Putin for the upcoming his upcoming Showtime Documentary “The Putin Interviews,” showed the former KGB… Read More
2017-05-03 19:00
Props to Brad Pitt for being so candid and open about his alcoholism. I cannot believe the intimacy and unrestrained thoughts that have come from this interview.I had a "bout" or two in my d… Read More
2017-05-03 18:59
Disguised as unassuming ATM points, the bright yellow kiosks act as full-fledged self-service media distributors and can be readily found in local malls across the country, TorrentFreak &hell…Read More
2017-05-02 19:16
From my Sundance dispatch 2.1.17"All hesitations you might have had about this Judd Apatow-produced film is thrown out the window once Kumail Nanjiani appears in Michael… Read More
2017-05-02 17:04
Know what? I like J.J. Abrams' talent behind the camera, no, really, I seriously do. It is no coincidence that Spielberg all but, took him under his wings and taught him everything there is… Read More
2017-05-02 14:18
I saw Azael Jacobs' "The Lovers" a few weeks ago at a morning screening over at the Loews Boston Commons. The fact that I didn't really write anything about it until now is somewhat of a cur… Read More
2017-05-01 19:56
The first two seasons of "House of Cards" took assured and smartly satirical jabs at establishment politics, the story of Frank Underwood and his wife, a sort of Lady Macbeth for Washington… Read More
2017-05-01 19:49
2017-05-01 16:05
Coppola is correct and knows what he's talking about. Unless it was Oscar bait or the pet project of a safe director the studios like (like Christopher Nolan), there is no way The Godfather… Read More
2017-04-30 16:36
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2017-04-28 15:46
Reddit user scoodidabop posted an image taken from last year's travelling Star Wars exhibit. The photo shows what Darth Vader’s helmet looks like from the inside. Earlie… Read More
2017-04-28 15:46
It says a lot about Marvel's achievements with the first 3 phases of its cinematc Universe that we all really want to know what Phase 4 will look like. I mean, we REALLY want to know. There… Read More
2017-04-27 21:38
2017-04-27 19:15
Here's an interesting study conducted by Vox and based on Metacritic scores, although I would have done it via Rotten Tomatoes scores given that one or two highly negative reviews of any giv… Read More
2017-04-27 19:06
I am very excited for this.Roman Polanski's "Based on a True Story" has been added to the Cannes lineup. It will be playing "out of competition," which means tamper your expectations, this w… Read More
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