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Bruce Willis looks at something off screen in ‘The Sixth Sense’ imageImage via Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures 1999 was one of the best years for film. The Matrix bent minds and dropped jaws as it set the standard for 21st century sci-fi; Tom Cruise delivered a pair of career-best performances in Eyes Wide Shut and Magnolia; Pixar achieved animation perfection with Toy Story 2; Election still holds up as one of the best political satires of all time, and it was set inside the walls of a school; South Park took their shocking brand of humor to Bigger, Longer…
NBC Peter Falk played the brilliant detective Columbo over a period of 35 years, and the “Murder, Inc.” actor also wrote one television movie for “Columbo,” which also happens to be his only writing credit. The esteemed crime drama is one of the best detective shows ever made, and the “Columbo” mystery that Falk penned ended up receiving three Golden Globe nominations in 1994. Titled “Columbo: It’s All in the Game,” the 98-minute mystery follows Lauren Staton (Faye Dunaway) and Lisa Martin (Claudia Christian), who kill their two-timing lover and make it…
The winning idea behind screenwriter Peter Gamble and director Peter Farrelly’s I Play Rocky was to retrace the making of a classic 20th century triumph-of-the-underdog saga by fashioning the behind-the-scenes story into its own rousing shot of underdog triumph. Sure, Rocky was the quintessential boomer movie — the top-grossing film of 1976 and an Oscar winner for best picture the following year. But pretty much every generation since has ensured that it remains an influential pop-culture landmark half a century later, its message of self-belief, resilience and determination against stiff odds still a resonant evocation of the American Dream. Who cares if it’s pure…
[Warning: Potentially Triggering Content] Florida Governor Ron DeSantis is weighing in on the shocking aftermath of the Lindsay Clancy murder mistrial — and he’s offering one very unexpected solution for the lone juror who refused to join the other 11 in reaching a verdict. So, back on Friday, DeSantis blasted NBC10 Boston after that news outlet reported that the holdout juror who chose not to find Clancy not guilty by reason of insanity has faced domestic violence allegations and currently has a restraining order against him. Related: Shocking New Details About Mom Who Killed Toddler After Becoming ‘Invested’ In Clancy…
There’s nothing better than entering a weekend, or even a new week, with a Netflix watch list that’s full of great new movies and shows to work your way through. Between the original series the streamer drops each week to the exciting movies and other acquired content that arrives en masse each month, we’re never without something entertaining and star-studded to watch. Currently, the Top 10 most popular movies on Netflix in the US includes original hits like Tyler Perry’s Why Did I Get Married Again?, The Whisper Man, and Turning Point: Generation 9/11 as well as other movies like…
Dynamite. Astonishing. Brilliant. These are just a few of the adjectives being used to describe Jesse Eisenberg’s The Debut, starring Oscar winner Julianne Moore and Oscar nominee Paul Giamatti. The Sept. 5 world premiere at Telluride had excited cinephiles waiting three hours in line, and it was worth the wait. The film holds a perfect 100% on Rotten Tomatoes and an 88 on Metacritic as it heads into the Toronto International Film Festival this week. A24 will release it to theaters on Dec. 11. Moore plays Mona Friedman, an unassuming New Jersey housewife who auditions for a local production of…
Us has affiliate partnerships. We receive compensation when you click on a link and make a purchase. Learn more! Katie Holmes may have just found the happy medium between jeans and dress pants. Her latest denim choice had the relaxed, cool-girl feel she’s known for, but the pleated waist and flowy legs made them look noticeably more polished than your average pair. Even better, the silhouette has a few sneaky flattering details that make it especially appealing for women over 40. Holmes was spotted out in New York City wearing baggy, pleated blue jeans with a sweet gingham top, crisp…
Scottish writer-director Tom Nicoll is unveling at Toronto his buzzy debut “Salvation.” It tracks an aspiring online life coach whose attempt to reinvent himself and then sell that transformation to others pulls him in increasingly desperate directions. The psychological and blackly comic thriller world premieres in TIFF’s Discovery section, having already been selected for the BFI and British Council’s Great 8 showcase at Cannes. MetFilm Sales recently boarded world sales on the film, which stars Liam Harkins, Stephen McMillan, Kathleen McDermott and Conor McCarron. Set largely in Greenock, a post-industrial Scottish town, “Salvation” follows Danny Carlton, played by Harkins, as…
Can’t remember a time we ever cried during any kind of action thing. But dammit Taylor Sheridan, you got our waterworks flowing with Episode 7 of Lioness Season 3 on Paramount+, and Joe’s harrowing, bullets flying, clinging-to-the-rungs-of-a-chopper rescue by her team. Sheridan-O-Verse? More like sobbin’-O-verse! Paramount+ When Babat the toe-cutter appeared at the end of last episode, we took a hard look at the prospect of Joe not making it out of this one. Her plight, all bad since since the moment she was abducted, was suddenly even more bad. Which is where this penultimate episode of the season —…
Canadian Seth Rogen on Sunday candidly revealed the secret to his success in Hollywood after starting out as a child stand-up comic in Vancouver. “Hollywood is hard and it has crushed me sometimes and crushed those around me many times,” he said during a keynote conversation as part of TIFF: The Market. At the same time, Rogen said success in La La Land is possible, “because I did it.” But how? “I was lucky coming up,” he said after Rogen left Vancouver at around 16 years of age and eventually linked up with comedy kingpin Judd Apatow. Having brought two…