Tag: Drama

HBO Cancels The Idol

HBO has reportedly canceled The Idol, this year’s drama series from Abel “The Weekend” Tesfaye and Sam Levinson. This follows extensive reshoots during the first – and now, only – season of the series and the decreased episode count from 6 to 5. An HBO spokesperson had this to say abou...

Michael Oher, Subject of The Blind Side, Sues Family Who Took Him In

Remember The Blind Side, the hokey family movie about a well-to-do couple who adopt a high school kid and help him become a football star, the one that won Sandra Bullock an Oscar? (Have you noticed the Academy loves giving the Actress awards to overacted performances?) It’s unexpectedly in the ne...

REVIEW: Barbie (2023)

This week saw the release of the highly-anticipated Barbie. The world’s most famous and iconic fashion doll hit the market in 1959 and changed the toy industry forever. I loved Barbies as a kid, and I still do. I collect dolls, and when this movie was announced, I was initially very skeptical....

REVIEW: Sound of Freedom (2023)

Sound of Freedom is kicking up a big political stir, and while I certainly have my opinions on that score and whether this is an important film to see for social reasons, I’m not going to get into it here. This is about the movie itself, which is the only fair way to appraise any …

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REVIEW: Oppenheimer (2023)

Oppenheimer is a masterpiece. Usually, I don’t like to throw words like that around so soon after seeing a movie, but when this one ends, you’ve got to exhale. This a three-hour-long film about people discussing theoretical physics that’s more exhilarating than many thrillers, filled with basi...

House of the Dragon Will Continue Filming

An Entertainment Weekly editorial recently revealed that the Hollywood writers’ and actors’ strikes will not stop House of the Dragon’s active production. Laws and unions are different in the U.K., where the series is currently filming. On Thursday, Equity, the U.K.’s labor u...