movies

Lacey Donohue · 10/27/13 05:32PM

Americans spent over $32 million this weekend to see Jackass Presents: Bad Grandpa. And we can’t blame its success on young men either: 63% of its viewers were over the age of 25. Were you one of these people? Admit it.

What's Next for the Guy Who Wrote Gravity?

Max Read · 10/17/13 03:47PM

Jonas Cuaron, who wrote Gravity with his father Alfonso (who directed the space thriller box-office hit), is heading in a different direction for his next project: Atlantis.

Julian Assange's Dramatic Fan Letter to Benedict Cumberbatch

Adrian Chen · 10/09/13 02:59PM

"I believe that you are a decent person, who would not naturally wish to harm good people in dire situations," is probably the weirdest compliment person-shaped-internet-meme Benedict Cumberbatch has received in his career. But Julian Assange is not your normal tween Cumerbatch fan on Tumblr. Assange is not happy about the upcoming Dreamworks blockbuster The Fifth Estate, which features Cumberbatch as him, and he's written a very long letter to express his dissatisfaction.

America Will Now Be Entertained By Bible Sequels

Ken Layne · 08/30/13 04:00PM

All the good superheroes are used up, so the next fun entertainment for Americans will be various sequels and spinoffs from the Holy Bible. A lot of Americans still claim to believe in the Christian religion: 77 percent say they still follow the breakaway Jewish sect, which remains a huge demographic even if it's down considerably from its 90 percent market penetration a half century ago.

The Week in Movies: Passion and One Direction in 3Directions

Maggie Lange · 08/30/13 04:00PM

Welcome to Annotate This, where we gather reviews, trailers, and annotate the posters for movies coming out this week. It will help you decide what to avoid, what to see, and what to pretend to see. Click on the image above to add your comments to the mix.

The Week in Movies: Drinking Buddies, The Grandmaster, The World's End

Maggie Lange · 08/23/13 04:21PM

Welcome to Annotate This, where we gather reviews, trailers, and annotate the posters for movies coming out this week. It will help you decide what to avoid, what to see, and what to pretend to see. Click on the image above to add your comments to the mix.

Spike Lee Amends "Essential Film List" to Include Women-Directed Works

Camille Dodero · 08/20/13 03:00PM

Spike Lee, a very accomplished New York film director and NYU professor, has spent a substantial part of this summer promoting a Kickstarter campaign he'd launched to crowdsource a $1,250,000 budget for his vaguely defined next movie. (On Friday, his $1.25-million goal was met.) One of the ways he'd drummed up publicity for the project was by releasing the academic list of essential movies he considers "the greatest films ever made," a slugsheet of cinematic titles he'd routinely hand out on the first day of class, which we published here.

The Week in Movies: Jobs, The Butler, Ain't Them Bodies Saints

Maggie Lange · 08/16/13 05:00PM

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The Week in Movies: Elysium, Prince Avalanche, Lovelace, and Planes

Maggie Lange · 08/09/13 05:30PM

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The Week in Movies: The Canyons, Spectacular Now, 2 Guns and Smurfs 2

Maggie Lange · 08/02/13 05:30PM

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The Week in Movies: Blue Jasmine and The Wolverine‘s To Do List

Maggie Lange · 07/26/13 05:30PM

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John Cook · 07/25/13 03:00PM

LOL the New York Review of Books dresses up a piece about cat videos with some fancy words from this "Martin Scorsese" dude.

Woody Allen and Cate Blanchett Construct a Perfect Breakdown

Maggie Lange · 07/25/13 12:33PM

Cate Blanchett is genius at demonstrating a veneer of icy sophistication slowly cracking. You can see glimpses in her eyes, her jittery jaw, her wringing hands, in the birdlike suspension of shaky limbs held akimbo. In Blue Jasmine, Woody Allen's latest film, her character Jasmine is a woman in the midst of a nervous collapse. Her real-estate swindler ex was imprisoned for stealing millions, and as a result, she's been torn from her Park Avenue penthouse. She’s holding on by a Chanel suit string, subsisting solely on Stoli, with a constant blur of mascara smudging her lower eyelid.