Monday, Jun. 26, 2023

The theatrical requirements for movies vying for the Oscars top prize are getting a little tougher.

Starting with the 97th Academy Awards in 2025, best picture hopefuls will have to spend more time in theaters to qualify for film's top prize. The changes, announced by the Academy of...

Thursday, Apr. 20, 2023

After Ben Affleck and Matt Damon test screened their Nike drama "Air," the film executives at Amazon Studios threw them a curveball.

"They said, 'What do you guys think about a theatrical release?'" Damon says. "It wasn't what we expected when we first made the deal."

"Air," about...

Friday, Mar. 24, 2023

Last year, Checco Varese, ASC won his first Emmy--for lensing the “Breakthrough Pain” episode of Dopesick, the limited drama series which delved into opioid addiction in America, taking us not only to a distressed Virginia mining community and a rural doctor’s office but also the...

Saturday, Sep. 3, 2022

Amazon Studios has launched "The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power," a series is based on J.R.R. Tolkien's writings which take place long before "Lord of the Rings" and "Hobbit" films and books.

It's a television production of epic proportions, with an estimated price tag of $465...

Wednesday, Aug. 31, 2022

The return of dragons on the small screen has been a huge hit. Now it's time for the return of the elves and dwarves.

Amazon Studios is launching "The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power," an ambitious, years-in-the-making and very expensive salvo that will go head-to-head with another...

Tuesday, Jun. 28, 2022

Chris Pratt portrays a Navy SEAL in his new Amazon series " The Terminal List, " and is surrounded on camera and behind-the-scenes by former members of the U.S. military.

In the 2013 movie "Zero Dark Thirty," Pratt played one of the Navy SEALs who helped kill Osama Bin Laden." For that...

Wednesday, Apr. 13, 2022

Josh Brolin grew up on California's central coast knowing men like Royal Abbott, the laconic and emotionally distant rancher he plays in "Outer Range." The actor is glad he's not one of them.

"They're their own people. They're very loyal and helpful neighbors, but really they like their...

Wednesday, Jan. 19, 2022

Some TV characters have lofty goals. They want to find a soul mate, a fulfilling career or their place in the world. Then there's Harrison. When we first meet him, he just hopes to walk to the coffee shop alone.

Harrison — played by Albert Rutecki — is one of the characters in the new...

Tuesday, Sep. 21, 2021

"Everybody's Talking About Jamie," a predictable and glossy "Billy Elliot"-like musical of British working-class aspiration that's nevertheless a joy, is the kind of movie that might have once been made about the trials of coming out as a young gay man. 

But such hurdles are already well...

Thursday, Jan. 7, 2021

Phyllida Lloyd's "Herself," an Irish drama of spousal abuse set against Dublin's housing crisis, has some narrative weak spots but its foundation of resilience and heart is strong. 

Previous forays into film by Lloyd, a veteran theater director, have been more elaborate, starrier affairs...

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