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...
In comparing “Logan” and “Children of Men,” analysis deviates from the plot and performances to a deeper, more intrinsic understanding of what both films are saying and how they say it. With similar main charac...
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 ...
Sir Patrick Stewart is still waiting for his invite to the Dolby Theater and we're (probably) running out of time. The legendary star of stage, little screen and big screen is a spry 77-years-old and while he'...
Hugh Jackman finally said goodbye to Wolverine this year with "Logan," which is trying to earn some Oscar love (more on that in a second), and for now the character is in the movie vault. But in today's climate...
Winner prediction: 1. James Ivory, "Call Me By Your Name" 2. Virgil Williams and Dee Rees, "Mudbound" 3. Scott Neustadter, Michael H. Weber, "The Disaster Artist" 4. Aaron Sorkin, "Molly's Game" 5. Sco...
It doesn't usually affect the Oscar race much, but the first screener has been officially sent to Academy members and it's James Mangold's "Logan." The final "X-Men" film with Hugh Jackman playing the popula...
We’re firmly into June now, and fast bearing down on the midpoint of 2017, a year that’s shaping up to be the longest goddamn year in history (fun fact: at the start of 2017, Barack Obama was President of the U...
With Hugh Jackman's final outing as Wolverine in "Logan," director James Mangold arguably showed what the future of mutant movies might look like. While we've had years of big, bloated, blockbuster superhero fi...