Posted on December 30, 2017 at 1:46 pm
Movie critics have been releasing their end-of-year top ten lists and mine, like many others, includes three films that feature one of Hollywood’s finest actors, Michael Stuhlbarg. In “The Post” he plays New York Times Executive Editor Abe Rosenthal, friend and rival of Washington Post publisher Katharine Graham, played by Meryl Streep. In “The Shape …
Posted on December 29, 2017 at 1:56 pm
Some movies to help celebrate the new year: Garry Marshall’s “New Year’s Eve” shows us a variety of happy, poignant, and romantic encounters on the night of December 31. “When Harry Met Sally” has a memorable New Year’s Eve dance. Cary Grant and Katharine Hepburn “step into a waltz as the old year dies” while …
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Posted on December 29, 2017 at 12:29 pm
We bid a sad and fond farewell to Rose Marie, a star from the era of radio to the era of Twitter, who died yesterday at age 94. She is best remembered today as Sally Rogers, the wisecracking comedy writer (inspired by Selma Diamond) on the fictitious “Alan Brady Show” in my all-time favorite television …
Posted on December 28, 2017 at 10:32 pm
I’m honored to be a member of the Online Film Critics Society and very proud of this year’s awardees. I note that they closely track another group I belong to, the Washington Area Film Critics Association. Best Picture Get Out Best Actor Gary Oldman, Darkest Hour Best Actress Sally Hawkins, The Shape of Water Best …
Posted on December 28, 2017 at 10:16 pm
Netflix co-founder and former president of Redbox Mitch Lowe and Ted Farnsworth, chief executive of Helios and Matheson Analytics bought a controlling stake in MoviePass in August for $27 million and have made improvements that have led to (1) a surge in participation and (2) fury from theater owners. For $9.95 a month, customers get an app …
