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The Melancholy Music Of ‘Umbrellas Of Cherbourg’ Vs. ‘La La Land’ [Over/Under Podcast]

September 11, 2017 5:10 pm

Welcome to another edition of Over/Under Movies, the podcast in which we choose one overrated film and one underrated film — similar in tone, genre, style, or however we may see fit — and we discuss them. On...

Emma Stone Is 2017’s Highest Paid Actress

Jordan Ruimy

August 17, 2017 12:59 pm

News

Now that the Academy has honored Emma Stone with a much-deserved Oscar for her performance in "La La Land," she has become a hot commodity and, if advanced buzz is any indication, her performance as Billie Jean...

Christopher Nolan Saw ‘La La Land’ 3 Times In Theaters

Kevin Jagernauth

July 18, 2017 2:27 pm

News

Every year, one major Oscar contender becomes the punching bag for critical and/or Film Twitter backlash, and in 2016 that dubious honor fell to "La La Land." For whatever reason, a segment of cinephiles went f...

Look At ‘La La Land’ Helmer Damien Chazelle’s Love of Whip-Pans

Joe Blessing

May 21, 2017 4:00 am

Video

While current Best Director Oscar winner Damien Chazelle certainly didn’t invent the whip-pan, he’s made it a trademark of his first three films, as shown in this video essay from Alejandro Torriggino. A whip-p...

Watch Lots Of Jokes About Jazz In The Honest Trailer For ‘La La Land’

Oliver Lyttelton

May 4, 2017 11:30 am

News

Popularity is no measure of quality. “Transformers” makes billions of dollars, people continue to watch “The Walking Dead” and the Honest Trailers phenomenon remains one of the most popular in the movie interne...

MTV Movie & TV Awards Adds Two New Categories With Five Days To Go Because Why Not?

Gregory Ellwood

May 2, 2017 4:34 pm

Awards, Awards Campaign, News, Television

It was already pretty unclear how the producers of the MTV Movie & TV Awards plan on incorporating the announcement of 16 categories into a two-hour telecast. A challenge that would is obviously more diffi...

‘The Umbrellas of Cherbourg,’ ‘La La Land’ And The Bittersweetness Of A Demy Musical

Andrew Crump

April 25, 2017 4:34 pm

Features

If you kept up with reviews during “La La Land”'s theatrical run at the tail end of 2016, you probably ran into at least a few mentions of “The Umbrellas Of Cherbourg,” Jacques Demy's colorful 1964 romantic mus...

‘Logan’ Draws Blood With Blockbuster Launch [Box Office]

Kevin Jagernauth

March 5, 2017 1:02 pm

Box Office, News

The expectation from everyone was that "Logan" was going to draw serious blood at the box office this weekend, and the R-rated movie didn't disappoint. Armed with glowing reviews and an audience eager to fin...

4 Quadrant Podcast: Breaking Down The Oscars Best Picture Mistake With Dan Fienberg

Gregory Ellwood

March 2, 2017 4:14 pm

Awards, Awards Campaign, News, Podcasts

The 89th Academy Awards will go down in history for the inspiring choice of "Moonlight" as Best Picture and the mess that found "La La Land" mistakenly announced as the winner beforehand. On this week's podcas...

Oscars 2017: Jimmy Kimmel, Damien Chazelle & Producer Michael De Luca React To Best Picture Bungle

Kevin Jagernauth

March 2, 2017 3:04 pm

News

It's the biggest bungle in Oscars history, so it only follows that the Hollywood trades are covering it with all the intensity of a congressional hearing. And while it might not have all the sizzle of a Washing...

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