Posted on January 30, 2017 at 8:00 am
Guy Ritchie’s “King Arthur: Legend of the Sword” stars Jude Law and Charlie Hunnam, with Eric Bana as Uther Pendragon, and Spanish actress Astrid Bergès-Frisbey as Guinevere.
Posted on January 29, 2017 at 11:01 pm
The presenters and the awardees brought a strong message of justice and inclusion to this year’s SAG awards, which were given out at the end of a long, combative weekend following the new restrictions on people entering the country. The awards were satisfyingly spread out, honoring a range of productions and sources. Long-time awards favorites …
Posted on January 29, 2017 at 3:27 pm
Take a look at this data visualization of dialogue in 2016’s top movies, sorted by gender. According to a study by Amber Thomas, women characters said only 27 percent of the words, even in a year with many movies that had female lead characters, from “Rogue One” to “Zootopia.” She also found that: “Finding Dory” …
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Posted on January 29, 2017 at 8:00 am
Congratulations to tonight’s winner of the Screen Actors Guild award for lifetime achievement, Lily Tomlin! From her appearance on “Laugh-In” as Ernestine the telephone operator and Edith Ann the little girl to her subtle, complex, witty performances in films from “Nashville” to “All of Me,” “I Heart Huckabees,” “Nine to Five,” “The Incredible Shrinking Woman,” …
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Posted on January 28, 2017 at 3:52 pm
In “Gold,” Matthew McConaughey plays Kenny Wells, who, with Mike Acosta, finds a rich gold mine with deposits worth billions of dollars, and then has to cope with financial, corporate, and political predators to keep them from stealing it. It is inspired by a real story that is even wilder than the one in the …
