Bad News: She Said, a solidly made look at the pair of crusading New York Times journalists who helped expose Harvey Weinstein’s decades of sexual harassment and assault, has bombed at the box-office this weekend. The film earned strong reviews and awards buzz, but the Universal Pictures release tanked, opening to a dismal $2.2 million […]
Honorary Oscars: Peter Weir, Diane Warren Get Compensatory Awards for Multiple Nominations but No Win
Honorary Oscars to Quartet Including Peter Weir, Michael J. Fox and Diane Warren Nick Spanos The Governors Honorary Oscars were held November 19 in Los Angeles. Michael J. Fox Five-time Emmy Award winner Fox will be honored with the Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award, an Oscar statuette given “to an individual in the motion picture arts […]
West Side Story (2021): Photo
Photo:Courtesy Niko Tavernise/20th Century/Everett Collection Guillermo del Toro was a big fan of Steven Spielberg’s “West Side Story” remake, describing it as “pure, uncut cinema.” In a lengthy Twitter thread breaking down one of the film’s most complex sequences, he praised the film as “Heisenberg-level He had particular praise for Spielberg’s advanced camera techniques, adding […]
Time Bandits (1981): Photo
Photo: Handmade Films/Kobal/Shutterstock Terry Gilliam’s 1981 cult fantasy movie “Time Bandits” kicked off his “Trilogy of Imagination,” which would continue with his legendary “Brazil” (1985) and end with the more polarizing “The Adventures of Baron Munchausen” (1988). Del Toro has a special love for “Time Bandits,” telling Criterion. “There is an incredible humor, an incredible […]
Throne of Blood (1957): Photo
Photo: Courtesy Everett Collection Akira Kurosawa’s adaptation of William Shakespeare’s “Macbeth” clearly resonated with Guillermo del Toro, as he listed the Japanese film as his favorite movie in 2010. While there are no monsters to be found in the film, it’s not exactly realism either, and its foggy, mysterious setting helps keep the focus on […]






