DC Comics Preps New Joker Origin Film
A new standalone film about the origin of Batman‘s infamous foe the Joker is in the works, Deadline reports. Todd Phillips (The Hangover) will direct the film and is co-writing the script with 8 Mile…
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The Top 40 Sci-Fi Movies of the 21st Century – Updated
Ask any science-fiction movie fanatic what their go-to films are, and you’ll get a lot of great answers back: Metropolis, Blade Runner, 2001, The Day the Earth Stood Still, the original Godzilla, The Thing etc. But…
The Top 40 Sci-Fi Movies of the 21st Century
Ask any science-fiction movie fanatic what their go-to films are, and you’ll get a lot of great answers back: Metropolis, Blade Runner, 2001, The Day the Earth Stood Still, the original Godzilla, The Thing etc. But…
Peter Travers on Jerry Lewis: The Ultimate Funnyman as Total Filmmaker
I annoyed Jerry Lewis once by asking him about The Day the Clown Cried, a movie he starred in and directed in 1972, and then refused to release. “It’s awful,” said Lewis of the Holocaust…
How ‘The King of Comedy’ Proved Jerry Lewis Was a Great Actor
By the late 1970s, Jerry Lewis was becoming perilously close to being a has-been. After decades of celebrity – first in his successful partnership with Dean Martin, then later on his own as the star…
Jerry Lewis, Comedy Legend, Dead at 91
Jerry Lewis, an actor and auteur who was one of the most influential forces in American comedy, died Sunday morning at his Las Vegas home. He was 91. “Legendary entertainer Jerry Lewis passed away peacefully today…
Scott Glenn on ‘The Defenders’ and Why ‘Silence of the Lambs’ Is a Coming-of-Age Movie
There is a certain relish to the way Scott Glenn describes a knife. His voice – a sort of Midwestern drawl that has a touch of Pittsburgh flint and a lot of Ketchum, Idaho, where…
‘Logan Lucky’: The Six Things You Need to Make a Perfect Heist Film
Head to the movies this weekend to see Logan Lucky, and you’ll see more than Steven Soderbergh ending his moviemaking retirement phase and returning to the big screen. (You’ve been greatly missed, sir.) You’ll see…
‘Patti Cake$’ Review: A Star Is Born in Lively, Predictable Rap-Underdog Movie
As the star of Patti Cake$, Australian newcomer Danielle Macdonald was the find at this year Sundance Film Festival. Now everyone gets to see what all the fuss is about. She plays Patricia Dombrowski, a…
‘The Hitman’s Bodyguard’ Review: Samuel L. Jackson, Ryan Reynolds Banter, Get Bloody
When it comes to this R-rated action comedy, the joke is all in the title. Professional killer-for-hire Darius Kincaid (Samuel L. Jackson) needs bodyguard Michael Bryce (Ryan Reynolds) to protect him from England to the…