Movie City News Archive for May, 2016
Kenneth Turan Adores The Fallen Idol
Kenneth Turan Adores The Fallen Idol
Read the full article »Gary Sanchez Turns 10
Gary Sanchez Turns 10
Read the full article »The DVD Wrapup: Zoolander 2, Finest Hours, A Married Woman, Manhunter, The Damned and more
With approximately 100 minutes to go, co-writer-director-star Ben Stiller will be required to recycle gags from the original, coordinate the many cameo appearances of well-known stars and fashionistas, preen in character for the camera and hope that viewers have forgotten that Robert Altman’s Prêt-à-Porter did a far better job skewering the industry seven years before Z1 was unleashed in 2001.
Read the full article »Michael Phillips Gets Done By Adam Sandler’s “Do-Over”
“The cathartic high point is when the mousy doormat played by David Spade punches the Paula Patton character in the stomach, over and over, as he rages: ‘I’m so TIRED of women LYING to me and ——- me over!’” Michael Phillips Gets Done By Adam Sandler’s “Do-Over”
Read the full article »Dominance Of Google And Facebook In Ads Could Leave Newspapers Without Even Digital Path To Sustainability
Dominance Of Google And Facebook In Ads Could Leave Newspapers Without Even Digital Path To Sustainability
Read the full article »Spielberg Addresses Harvard Grads
“We are a nation of immigrants—at least for now. I don’t have to tell a crowd of Red Sox fans that we are wired for tribalism.” Spielberg Addresses Harvard Grads
Read the full article »Peter Thiel, Multibillionaire Out To Crush Gawker, Taught A Class Entitled “Founder As Victim, Founder As God”
Peter Thiel, Multibillionaire Out To Crush Gawker, Taught A Class Entitled “Founder As Victim, Founder As God”
Read the full article »Restoring Charlie Chaplin’s Sound
Restoring Charlie Chaplin’s Sound
Read the full article »Robert Greene Offers Trump-Media Reality Check
“On television and on the political stage, Trump is giving a nonfiction performance for the ages. He’s exploited a system that fetishises political show over substance and has thoroughly taken advantage of our deeply ingrained culture of media inanity.” Robert Greene Offers Trump-Media Reality Check
Read the full article »Corey Feldman Would Like To Name Names
“If somebody came forward with a suit against one of these people, I would certainly be more than happy to back them up. But that hasn’t happened.” Corey Feldman Would Like To Name Names
Read the full article »Apple Exec Wanted To Bid Time Warner
Apple Exec Wanted To Bid Time Warner
Read the full article »Gawker’s Nick Denton Open-Letters Peter Thiel, The Billionaire Who’s Spent $10 Million Funding The Lawsuits Of Others
“We can hold the discussion in person with a moderator of your choosing, in front of an audience, under the auspices of the Committee to Protect Journalists, or in a written discussion on some neutral platform such as Medium. Just tell me where and when.” Gawker’s Nick Denton Open-Letters Peter Thiel, The Billionaire Who’s Spent…
Read the full article »The Long, Strange Trip Of A China Billionaire’s $140 Million, Decade-In-The-Making, Yet-To-Be- Finished “Empires of the Deep”
The Long, Strange Trip Of A China Billionaire’s $140 Million, Decade-In-The-Making, Yet-To-Be- Finished “Empires of the Deep”
Read the full article »Superfan Lee Unkrich Revisits Kubrick’s The Shining On Its Anniversary
Superfan Lee Unkrich Revisits Kubrick’s The Shining On Its Anniversary
Read the full article »Daily Mail Claims Tom Cruise Was Supposed To Have Flown On Columbia
Daily Mail Claims Tom Cruise Was Supposed To Have Flown On Columbia
Read the full article »Jury Rules Fair Use Protects Google In Oracle Lawsuit
Jury Rules Fair Use Protects Google In Oracle Lawsuit; Billions Could Be Involved
Read the full article »Disney’s Bob Iger Picks Bone With Bernie Sanders
“We created 11,000 new jobs at Disneyland in the past decade, and our company has created 18,000 in the U.S. in the last five years. How many jobs have you created? What have you contributed to the U.S. economy?” Disney’s Bob Iger Picks Bone With Bernie Sanders
Read the full article »David Ehrlich, Dana Harris, Eric Kohn, Anne Thompson Roundtable “Maligned Auteurs” Woody Allen, Mel Gibson And Others
David Ehrlich, Dana Harris, Eric Kohn, Anne Thompson Roundtable “Maligned Auteurs” Woody Allen, Mel Gibson And Others
Read the full article »Cartoonist-Novelist Mell Lazarus, Of Miss Peach And Momma, Was 89; Known For Kindness And Inspiring His Friend Joseph Heller
“Mell Lazarus is the second-funniest writer in America and has written the second-funniest novel.” Cartoonist-Novelist Mell Lazarus, Of Miss Peach And Momma, Was 89; Known For Kindness And Inspiring His Friend Joseph Heller
Read the full article »Lonely Island Say They’ve Made A Spinal Tap For The Viral Age
Lonely Island Say They’ve Made A Spinal Tap For The Viral Age
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