LOS ANGELES (AP) — The dinosaurs are definitively back on top after “Jurassic World” had a Tyrannosaurus-rex-sized opening that proved even bigger than expected. The...
(Hollywood Reporter) – Amma Asante has come aboard to direct A United Kingdom, a racial drama that has David Oyelowo and Rosamund Pike in negotiations to star. Pathe International is financing...
JENNIFER SINCO KELLEHER, Associated Press HONOLULU (AP) — Some Native Hawaiians disapprove of the name of a movie filmed and set in Hawaii, saying that titling...
[Entertainment Weekly] The Muppet Movie (1979) Director: James Frawley Stars: The Muppets, Charles Durning 95 mins., rated G The Muppets are a perfect place to start a child’s pop-cultural...
By Dwight Brown NNPA Film Critic If you took the world of The Jetsons, and made it a live-action film location, that would describe the visuals for...
(The Guardian) – The red carpets are being unrolled, tuxedos retrieved from the dry cleaners, stepladders set up by the paparazzi; Cannes is getting ready...
By Dwight Brown NNPA Film Critic After Earth, Men in Black 3, Seven Pounds… It’s been a while since Will Smith lived up to his star...
(Yahoo) – Hollywood’s racial and gender diversity is increasing. But it’s not increasing quickly enough, says Darnell Hunt, lead author of the second annual Hollywood Diversity...
By Dwight Brown NNPA Film Critic Back in the day, The Twilight Zone did it right. Each episode started with an everyday routine, then it added a...
(Reuters) – The number of women working behind the camera in Hollywood’s top-grossing films has changed little over the past decade despite a slight uptick...
By Dwight Brown NNPA Film Critic This well-produced but flawed bio/war/drama follows the armed forces career and subsequent malaise of ex- Navy Seal Chris Kyle....
LYNN ELBER, AP Television Writer PASADENA, Calif. (AP) — When Queen Latifah was approached 20 years ago to play Bessie Smith, she had to do some...
Brent Lang, VARIETY MAGAZINE LOS ANGELES (Variety Magazine)—“Addicted” hooked audiences this weekend with a social media astute and low cost approach to movie distribution that...
(Boston Herald) – Just days after Netflix surprised Hollywood with a deal for a “Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon” sequel, the streaming service walloped showbiz all over again with Adam...
JAKE COYLE, AP Film Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Hollywood’s carefully controlled system of movie rollouts is officially under siege. Windowing — the practice of opening...
Saba Hamedy, THE LOS ANGELES TIMES LOS ANGELES (The L.A. Times)—Denzel Washington brought his might to the box office yet again with his latest action film,...
By Dwight Brown NNPA Film Critic The film 21 Jump Street was a hip, focused, comic homage to the 1980s TV series. 22 Jump Street is an unfocussed potpourri of...
[HNGN] Producer Lee Daniels is back with another film sure to rack up Oscar nominations. Daniels, best known for “Precious” and “The Paper Boy” has produced...
NEW YORK — Hollywood actor Samuel L. Jackson admits he was initially disappointed to learn he was too old to play the lead in Quentin Tarantino‘s “Django Unchained.” Jamie Foxx,...
LOS ANGELES — Quentin Tarantino’s blood-soaked revenge film “Django Unchained” is the top-selling DVD and No. 1 rental in the United States for a second week,...
Now on her Mrs. Carter Show world tour, Beyonce is on top of the music world, and the singer/actress is also taking on the role of Queen...
By Lee A. Daniels NNPA Columnist You could say “42,” the film about the life of Brooklyn Dodgers great Jackie Robinson, is a gripping baseball...
Lenny Kravitz is out – and Jesse L. Martin is in to portray iconic soul singer Marvin Gaye in the Julien Temple produced, “Sexual Healing.” According...
Rachel Mwanza as a child solider in War Witch. By Dwight Brown NNPA Film Critic “You will come out of my belly one day. I don’t...
