Spike Lee talked about his upcoming film “Highest 2 Lowest” — which will see the director reuniting with lead actor Denzel Washington — during an onstage talk Tuesday at the Red Sea Film Festival, where he is chairing the competition’s jury. The film was inspired by Japanese director Akira Kurosawa’s 1963 crime thriller “High and … Read more
The movie “Wicked” is now showing in cinemas in Kuwait, days after it was removed from the lists on the eve of its release in local theaters. There were fears that the film would become the latest Hollywood import to be banned in the Gulf state – with some local media speculating that the move … Read more
Spoiler alert: This story contains spoilers for the movie “Wicked,” which is in theaters now. Idina Menzel and Kristin Chenoweth have found their way back to Oz. The original Broadway witches make a surprise appearance in director Jon M. Chu’s “Wicked,” but not as Elphaba and Glinda. The duo, who began the lead roles in … Read more
Coincidentally, the release scheduling mimics the art of life in “Elevation,” which depicts America’s immediate future as both bleak and full of suspenseful peril. This isn’t a “civil war,” but a monster movie of sorts — one involving mysterious creatures that wipe out all of humanity living below 8,000 feet. George Nolfi’s film reads more … Read more
Paddington, the raglan-covered bear with a penchant for jams and mishaps, was already a nearly 60-year-old cultural institution when he made his feature film debut a decade ago. However, the success of Paul King’s “Paddington” and “Paddington 2” elevated the diminutive children’s book hero to the status of a national treasure: (…)
Dazzling martial arts and stylish production design grapple with an undercooked story and one-note central characters in “100 Yards,” which comes to U.S. theaters Friday after a limited domestic release in China in September. Initially an enticing picture of two martial artists seeking to take control of a martial arts academy in 1920s Tianjin, this … Read more
A villain from Wallace and Gromit’s past resurfaces in Vengeance Most Fowl, causing new problems for the eccentric English inventor and his underappreciated dogs. As the sequel’s nifty wordplay title suggests, the culprit is none other than Feathers McGraw, the diamond-thief master of disguise last seen in the 1993 Oscar-winning short “The Wrong Trousers,” which … Read more
Unexpected phone rings received in the middle of the night usually do not bring good news. In Los Angeles-based writer-director Haley Myers-Shyer’s middling drama “Goodrich,” the main character (played by Michael Keaton) learns the hard way. A phone call from his wife wakes Andy Goodrich in the wee hours of the night, telling this shocked, … Read more
Portraying the life of a pop star diva — or at least doing so convincingly — is not the easiest thing a film achieves. There are too many real-life counterparts. Director Brady Corbett (“The Brutalist”), teaming with Natalie Portman, is about halfway through the Vox Lux film. Lady Gaga draws on elements of her own … Read more
“Morning Memory:” Behind the Scenes of the 1993 Zombie Movie – CBS News Watch CBS News The eerie issue of Mornings Memory dates back to 1993, when “The Early Show” gave us a glimpse into the making of a zombie movie on a shoestring. Be the first to know Get browser notifications for breaking news, … Read more