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29 Mar

Lord of the Rings: Why Galadriel Was the Only Ringbearer to Keep Her Ring

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Of the many Ringbearers in Tolkien’s legendarium, only one got hold of a Ring of Power right after it was forged and kept hold of it for millennia, until the destruction of the One Ruling ring rendered them all pretty much useless. This Ringbearer was one of only two characters to appear in all six of Peter Jackson’s movies, and will be one of the leading characters in Amazon Prime’s upcoming series The Rings of Power: Galadriel. So, how did she manage it? She’s an Elf, So Has a Very Long Lifespan The first and most obvious reason Galadriel gets…
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29 Mar

The Godfather Is Really the Story of American Capitalism

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The Godfather, which just turned 50 last week, took out all the competition. Budgeted at $6 million, it earned $287 million in theaters. Its worldwide box office was 38.4 times its production costs. It was the first film in history to take in a million bucks a day. Completed ahead of schedule, director Francis Ford Coppola’s family film reflected his Sicilian roots and those of Mario Puzo, the author of the novel. But it wasn’t personal for them, just business. Prior to 1972, the gangster movie genre traditionally presented a disillusioned underclass in morality plays which sent the same message:…
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28 Mar

The Godfather: The Real History Behind Michael’s First Kill

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The Godfather, directed by Francis Ford Coppola from the bestselling novel by Mario Puzo, has just hit another historic milestone: its 50th anniversary. Released on March 24, 1972, it is a landmark film that made and remade history. The ultimate saga, which can be seen in the recently-released The Godfather Trilogy 4K Ultra HD edition, follows an immigrant family as they rise in American society. The Corleones reflect the vantage point of one of the Five Families of New York’s organized crime ruling commission. While the words “mafia” and “cosa nostra” are never used in the film, many of the…
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28 Mar

Oscars: 15 Years of Best Picture Winners Ranked

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What does it mean to be “an Oscar movie?” While folks are mostly aware of the term (and its often negative connotations), the type of movie that actually wins laurels and accolades from the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences is always in flux. When the institution launched its first ceremony in 1929, the Oscars were initially seen as a way to build hype for the studios’ wares—an industry agreed-upon publicity stunt. But by the end of the next decade, the prestige that came from being dubbed the “Best Picture of the Year” would often be synonymous with the…
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28 Mar

Oscars 2022: Complete List of Winners (Live Updating)

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It’s been a strange mercurial year, which is now being capped off by a strange and mercurial Oscars season. Last year, the Academy Awards saw its lowest ratings ever due in large part to the paucity of new films that a large global audience would recognize. After all, most major releases moved out of 2020 and into 2021! But a year later, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences continues to inhabit its own Twilight Zone. The movies are back, but this will mark the first telecast where eight of the categories—including major ones like Best Film Editing, Best…
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27 Mar

The Godfather: The Three Battles That Decided a Classic’s Fate

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“There’s an old adage in the business… unhappy sets make great movies.” That was spoken by producer Albert S. Ruddy, and he should know. Ruddy was the producer on The Godfather, Francis Ford Coppola’s adaptation of Mario Puzo’s bestselling novel that is renowned as one of the greatest films of all time. But making a masterpiece like this certainly did not come easily. Ruddy’s comment is recounted in author Mark Seal’s recently published book, Leave the Gun, Take the Cannoli, an exhaustive and fabulously entertaining look back at the making of The Godfather through the eyes of many of those…
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27 Mar

Oscars 2022: Where You Have Seen The Hosts

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After going without a host at the 93rd annual Academy Awards in 2021, as well as during the Oscars ceremonies in 2020 and 2019, this year’s big movie night is swinging things in the other direction. Three individuals are set to share hosting duties for the 94th Academy Awards on March 27: Wanda Sykes, Regina Hall, and Amy Schumer have all been tapped to steward the event. Perhaps in an effort to increase fledgling ratings, the three women will also have a prime platform to entertain audiences both inside of the Dolby Theatre and at home by showcasing their distinctive…
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26 Mar

The Godfather and Frank Sinatra’s Real History with the Mafia

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The Godfather, which opened 50 years ago on March 24, 1972, is the premiere gangster film of all time, elevating the genre to high art and taking all of filmmaking with it. Francis Ford Coppola adapted Mario Puzo’s best-selling novel to tell the story of an immigrant family crashing the dance of the American dream. The singer is Johnny Fontane, paying homage to his benefactor, Don Vito Corleone (Marlon Brando). The character may also be something less than a tribute to The Chairman of the Board, Frank Sinatra. “Frank, I make fun of you, but what could you do to…
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26 Mar

The Best Sandra Bullock Romantic Comedies

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Sandra Bullock is a highly accomplished and versatile actor who can absolutely nail drama, thrillers, and sci-fi just as well as rom-coms. But we do love a Sandy B rom-com! Her latest, The Lost City, sees her play a romance author who ends up on a jungle adventure with her ditzy cover model, played by Channing Tatum. It’s a very funny, good natured romp that harks back to the romantic blockbusters of the ’80s like Romancing the Stone. And it has reminded us how Sandra Bullock is good for the soul. Here’s a round up of some of the best…
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25 Mar

Oscars Fan Favorites: Who Are the Contenders?

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In August 2018, the Oscars infamously announced they were going to create a “Most Popular Film” category. Ostensibly, this was designed to “deliver a more accessible Oscars to our viewers worldwide.” But in practice it was a naked ploy to create a proverbial kids table for mainstream entertainment that would likely be deemed forevermore divorced from the rarified airs of “Best Picture” and the other major Oscar categories. The concept died screaming as it was eviscerated by both the press and Academy members. Within a month it was scrapped, and despite no “Popular Film” category in the next two years’…
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25 Mar

Best Michelle Yeoh Movies You Need to Watch Right Now

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Everything Everywhere All at Once describes Michelle Yeoh’s career right now. She is everywhere. As Emperor Philippa Georgiou in Star Trek: Discovery, she boldly went where no one has gone before with a role so scene-stealing that there’s talk of a spin-off dedicated just to her character. Yeoh also dominated as the powerful matriarch and ultimate “tiger mom” Eleanor Young in Crazy Rich Asians. And she’s one of the only actors to play two completely different characters in the MCU: Ying Nan in Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings and Aleta Ogord in Guardians of the Galaxy Vol.…
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25 Mar

Inside The Spine of Night: The Must See Adult Animated Fantasy

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The Spine of Night, now streaming on Shudder, is a forward-looking retro fantasy. Shot with the rotoscope animation technique most associated with Ralph Bakshi’s The Lord of the Rings and Gerald Potterton’s Heavy Metal, it captures a world in ecological danger because of the greed of powerful men. Lucy Lawless plays the shamaness Tzod, whose magical powers are rooted in the blue flowers which grow in her enchanted swamp, Bastal. Also starring Richard E. Grant, Patton Oswalt, Betty Gabriel, and Joe Manganiello, The Spine of Night is an adult cartoon with responsible themes. Barbarians and librarians vie for power while…
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25 Mar

Morbius First Reactions Suggest This Vampire Movie Sucks

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After years’ worth of delays, Sony’s Morbius will finally premiere on April 1. But with a new blockbuster movie also comes reactions from fans who got to see an early screening. And for the most part, the reactions are not good. Chief complaints include dodgy CGI, poor storytelling, and an uneven tone. Of particular note are the post-credit scenes, which one tweeter called “some of the WORST you’ve ever seen.” Not too much praise for lead Jared Leto, but the response to Matt Smith’s over-the-top villain seems to be positive. Directed by Daniel Espinosa, Morbius is the latest in Sony’s…
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25 Mar

The Lost City: How Sandra Bullock and Daniel Radcliffe Escaped into the Jungle

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The Lost City began filming in the jungles of the Dominican Republic in May 2021. That is less than a year ago. But considering how different the world was even 10 months back, it may as well have been a lifetime for star, producer, and overall Lost City champion, Sandra Bullock. It’s easy to forget now, but the vaccine rollout was still in its early fitful days during the movie’s pre-production phase, and until those cameras rolled the process was its own desperate escape. “You just shot me back trying to find a vaccine,” Bullock says when we mention the…
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25 Mar

How Marvel’s Nova Could Reshape the MCU

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The man called Nova is finally headed to the MCU. Deadline has announced that Moon Knight writer Sabir Pirzada will be shepherding the character into the MCU. At this point, we don’t know if Nova will be a series or a movie, but excitement is already building. Moviegoers have already received a glimpse of Nova in Guardians of the Galaxy, in which the Nova Corps played an important role. For comic book fans, the Nova Corps looks quite different. As in the movies, the Nova Corps is an intergalactic peace-keeping group, with members from all over the galaxy. But instead of flying around in cool…
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24 Mar

The Batman Deleted Scene Reveals Joker in Arkham

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This article contains THE BATMAN spoilers. We have a spoiler-free review here. The Batman has given fans plenty to talk about. But the most pressing topic of conversation may very well be Barry Keoghan’s character, billed in the credits as “Unnamed Arkham Inmate.” Shown only in a brief scene in Arkham Asylum, Keoghan’s character forges a bond with the Riddler (Paul Dano), suggesting that the two of them could be friends. And if there was any doubt about who this prisoner could be, all questions were drowned out by the sound of his blood-curling laugh. It was the Joker, returning again to be…
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24 Mar

Steven Spielberg Should Reconsider Not Directing Another Musical

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When someone has just returned to this mortal plane after scaling Mt. Everest, it is perhaps premature to ask them which vast rock they would like to climb next. Yet that’s exactly what we feel obliged to do following news over the weekend that Steven Spielberg—Hollywood’s own veritable Edmund Hillary—is done with musicals after West Side Story. The revelation came via Variety, which reported about Spielberg attending the PGA Awards Breakfast on Saturday. There, the director and producer had nothing but lovely things to say about his experience of adapting West Side Story to the screen. His efforts have resulted…
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24 Mar

Everything Everywhere Takes the Multiverse ‘Further Than It Should Go’

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Michelle Yeoh wanted to meet the Daniels as soon as possible. Having just finished reading the script for the new and bizarre multiverse epic—a movie which initially named its universe-hopping heroine “Michelle Yeoh”—the actual Yeoh needed to see with her own eyes the writing-directing duo who could come up with something so intriguing (and perhaps a wee bit presumptuous). When they finally sat face-to-face, according to the Everything Everywhere All at Once directors, Yeoh had one immediate question: What did you write?! “I had no idea what the hell it was about,” Yeoh laughs now when we catch up at…
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24 Mar

When The Godfather Changed Hollywood Forever

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On March 24, we celebrate the 50th anniversary of the premiere of The Godfather. It was nominated for 11 Oscars, won three, and changed cinema forever. The film, which never uses the word “mafia” or the phrase “cosa nostra,” is renowned as the premiere gangster film of all time, and is more than occasionally called the greatest movie of all time. Yet its follow-up, The Godfather, Part II, is often ranked higher. This has more to do with filmmaking than with crime. Paramount Pictures released a 4K Ultra HD edition of The Godfather Trilogy on March 22. The scope of…
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23 Mar

Oscars 2022 Movies: Where to Watch and Stream the Best Picture Nominees

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The 94th Academy Awards are coming later than usual this year, but the 2022 ceremony will finally air this weekend, March 27 on ABC. This year’s Oscars presentation has been a lightning rod for conversation due to controversial changes to its telecast and a seemingly unpredictable Best Picture race. It’s conceivable that any of the 10 films in contention could walk away with the honor, with awards shows earlier in the season unable to agree on a clear frontrunner. If you’re looking to get caught up with the films nominated this year, or simply want to revisit your favorites, we’ve…
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