Новости за 01.05.2024

Harvey Weinstein will be retried “sometime after Labor Day” a judge said today, during the disgraced movie mogul’s first appearance in court since his 2020 rape conviction was overturned by a New York court last week (via ABC News). “We believe in this case, and we will be retrying this case,” prosecutors added (via De…

Earlier this week, Chris Hemsworth lamented the fact that he “became a parody of [him]self” and “got caught up in the improv and the wackiness” while filming Thor: Love And Thunder. It’s no wonder, then, that the actor jumped full throttle at the chance to finally play a no-holds-barred villain in Furiosa: A Mad Max…

Good news for those in desperate need of terror: Terrifier 3 will now be coming to theaters earlier than expected. Per Variety, Cineverse and Bloody Disgusting have moved the trilogy capper’s release date from October 25 to October 11. Though Christmas seems to come earlier every year, we’re still apparently getting…

Mariska Hargitay may be one of the most powerful women in television, as evidenced by her being featured in Variety’s “Power of Women” issue, but her power only goes so far. She’s top of the call sheet and an executive producer on Law And Order: Special Victims Unit, but even she couldn’t prevent Kelli Giddish’s…

Say what you will about Netflix, but they sure do invest in comedy. The 2024 Netflix is a Joke festival is jam-packed with stand-up comics and comedy groups of all kinds. Many of these shows you have to be in Los Angeles to appreciate, but there’s going to be events for the average Netflix user to enjoy from home,…

Kate Winslet clearly enjoys trading her traditional movie star beauty to play tough, life-hardened women (see: Mare Of Easttown). It makes her well-suited to star as Lee Miller, who traded her own comfortable life as a model-turned-fashion photographer to become a photojournalist on the ground in World War II. Lee,…

As we’ve witnessed, Harry Potter author J.K. Rowling’s anti-transgender agenda has gone beyond political belief into a full-blown obsession. She posts about gender ideology debates near-daily on Twitter/X, lending her considerable capital (both social and financial) to causes championed by trans-exclusionary radical…

I’ll be the first to admit my bias towards the Chicago Critics Film Festival. I’m part of the organization that puts it together, it takes place at my favorite movie theater (Chicago’s organ-scored Music Box Theatre), and it enriches my local community of arthouse moviegoers. I can’t, in good conscience, advocate for…

Murderous monks, letter-perfect costumes, and a shadowy violent realm untrodden by period dramas past? It can only be Shardlake, Hulu’s gritty adaptation of the late C. J. Sansom’s bestselling Tudor murder-mystery series. And we’re here to tell you that the show, which premieres May 1, is pretty
excellent.

There’s an instant urgency in The Beast, the latest film from writer-director Bertrand Bonello, that persists despite its hefty runtime of 145 minutes. Even in its quietest moments, as Bonello’s pacing slows to a crawl and we are asked to consider every gesture, every weighty theme piled atop this towering stack of…

Physical media may be devalued by some in our streaming-dominated world, but you’d be surprised how many great titles are only available on disc. Also, some titles can be so much more rewarding on DVD, Blu-ray, or 4K UHD, especially when they’re loaded with special packaging and bonus features. With that in mind,…

Carol Burnett’s hour has arrived! After three episodes in a coma and six ones slurring minimal dialogue, Palm Royale is finally setting her up to make a splash in the finale. But I’m getting ahead of myself. I have to recap this penultimate episode first.