Cinema is, quite literally, action, and while some of the snootier critics might look down on the action movie, there are few purer cinematic pleasures than looking at a great set-piece sequence, from “The Gene...
The Force is with Rian Johnson, Lucasfilm and “Star Wars.” As you probably expected if you’ve even remotely followed a “Star Wars” related box office story, “Star Wars: The Last Jedi” crushed at the box office ...
Even before filmmakers were even able to record and sync sound, movies and music have been tied together. Back then, music was played on a piano or an organ. Now, some of the world’s greatest composers write sc...
"Thor: Ragnarok" marked a reinvention for the standalone series that rotates around the Norse warrior. Taika Waititi took the stodgy serious tone of "Thor" and "Thor: The Dark World," and tossed it out the wind...
As Disney prepares to become a giant media behemoth with their acquisition of Fox, you might want to ask yourself if you really want one studio dominating the landscape. The mouse house has owned the box office...
So we're off and running, galumphing through our end-of-year coverage like a giant hippo-pig destroying an underground mall. But with all of you doubtless still working your way through our immense 100 Most Ant...
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announced the 20 films that will be officially considered for this year's Best Visual Effects Academy Award. Many of the expected contenders made the cut includi...
December is here, and that only means one thing at Playlist HQ: just a month to go until the release of that horse soldier movie. But if it meant two things, it would be that it begins our annual binge-look at ...
To take a page from not-dead Superman, it’s not a doomsday yet, but it is a bizarro world out there this weekend and studio suits are running around scrambling, probably worried about their jobs. Despite two cr...
Hollywood tried a couple of different tactics to knock Marvel from the throne this weekend — a family comedy, and a star-studded mystery — but the king stayed strong despite some formidable competition. "Tho...