January 24, 2025

‘Tis the Season: Best Christmas Movies for Every Mood

(AP) — ‘Tis the season for spirited and winless debates about what the best Christmas movie is. No one needs us to remind you about the obvious holiday movies playing on repeat on cable, whether it’s “It’s a Wonderful Life”, “Home Alone” or “Love, Actually,” or even those holiday adjacent classics like “Eyes Wide Shut”

Eva Mendes admits her and Ryan Gosling’s kids are ‘not impressed’ by her movies

Eva Mendes’ harshest critics are her own children. The “Training Day” star, 50, revealed on “The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon” Wednesday that her and Ryan Gosling’s two daughters, Esmeralda Amada, 10, and Amada Lee, 8, have never seen any of her movies. “They don’t care,” Mendes said. “This was about a year ago. I […]

Palestinian Filmmaker Hany Abu-Assad Among 300 Calling for Boycott of Israeli Movies at Venice Film Festival

More than 300 directors and actors including Paradise Now filmmaker Hany Abu-Assad are calling for a boycott of Israeli movies playing at this year’s Venice International Film Festival in Italy, claiming the movies engage in the so-called “artwashing” of  “apartheid, occupation and now genocide.” While the petition accuses Israel of a host of offenses, it

Nolte: Like All Rob Reiner Movies, ‘God and Country’ Flops with $38K Opening

Kevin Winter/Getty Images Like all Rob Reiner movies, Rob Reiner’s documentary, God & Country: The Rise Of Christian Nationalism, didn’t just tank at the box office, it was humiliated. In 85 theaters, Reiner’s bigoted attack on Christians who dared to vote for Donald Trump earned just $38,415 over four days. As one website put it

Parent Company Guts Woke-Stained Turner Classic Movies

Warner Bros. Discovery (WBD) is in the process of financially gutting Turner Classic Movies (TCM), and I can’t say that I care. The TCM that mattered died long ago. According to some reports, WBD slashed TCM’s staff from 90 people to 20. What we do know is that the 29-year-old cable channel has new leadership

Disney’s Most Offensive Song Ruins One of Its Most Wonderful Movies

Disney’s Peter Pan turned 70 years old this year, and it remains as whimsical and joyful as ever. In scenes like the fantastic “You Can Fly” sequence, in which the Darling family soars across the London skyline with Peter Pan on their way to Neverland, the movie remains evidence of Disney operating at its finest.

THREE New ‘Star Wars’ Live-Action Movies Are on the Way

Star Wars fans were treated to some major news on Friday with the announcement of no less than three new live-action movies in the works.Lucasfilm president Kathleen Kennedy unveiled tantalizing details about the forthcoming projects at the Star Wars Celebration event in London, with the new stories set to span the entire timeline of the

Wait, HGTV and the Food Network Make Movies Now?!

You know the content bubble is about to burst when HGTV starts making original movies, and baby, the soap is about to go everywhere. (Hopefully just not on any tufted suede sofas.) I’ll admit, I’m a little late to this news; HGTV and Food Network announced and released their slate of holiday originals last year.

Amazon Gobbles Up MGM in $8.45 Billion Acquisition; Takes Over James Bond, ‘Rocky’ Movies

Amazon is officially acquiring the legendary Hollywood studio MGM in a blockbuster billion deal that will boost the Silicon Valley giant’s already sizable presence in Hollywood and give a competitive edge to its Prime Video streaming service. In an announcement Wednesday morning, Amazon and MGM said they have entered into a definitive merger agreement under…

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