Movies

Achieving erotic vision on the silver screen is not an easy task for a film director. It can quickly fall into an abyss of total embarrassment or pornography. A new film, “Babygirl” (2024), doesn’t fall completely into either abyss, but it…

“Now it’s dark.” The line famously uttered by Frank Booth, one of the most memorable villains in movie history, now somehow feels appropriate for the auteur behind “Blue Velvet.” The great American film director David Lynch has died at age…

“The Return” is a rare gem from Hollywood; a psychological drama with powerful understated acting performances and beautiful locations. It’s a retelling of the suitor’s arc at the very end of Homer’s epic poem The Odyssey. It seems…

Since 2017, Netflix has constructed a Christmas rom-com cinematic universe, which now includes more than a dozen films, but its twin anchors are a pair of royal-themed trilogies set in the present day. Conjuring up the raw materials the…

Every year, my family and I share special moments during the holiday season, but it wouldn’t be complete without watching Kevin McCallister outsmart criminals Marv and Harry like a living cartoon character. There’s something about “Home…

TORONTO – The Hallmark Channel announced a new movie airing this month that has raised some eyebrows. As part of its holiday programming and in an effort to court more viewers, the Hallmark Channel will air “I Fucked My Christmas Tree”,…

Liz Truss, the former British prime minister who only lasted 44 days in office, is sounding the alarm on the permanent bureaucracy, or the deep state, which she believes poses the biggest existential threat to Western civilization. “The…

By Cash Ritchie, Senior VP, Finance, at WoodHolly Studios The Wicked movie has already proven a resounding success not only for Universal, but for show business at large. As the industry continues to bounce back from the pandemic and also…

“Are you not entertained?” roared Maximus to the crowd in the original “Gladiator,” bloodied, furious, and standing victorious in the sand. Back in 2000, it was a challenge — to the Colosseum crowd, yes, but also to us as an audience. And…

From Terminators to R2-D2 and C-3PO, Hollywood has long wrestled with the dramatic potential of personal, industrial, and military AI-driven robotics, often hinging its optimism or dread on whether such manmade creations will be evil, good,…