Month: May 2024

(Left) Carla Gugino as Verna in ‘The Fall of the House of Usher.’ Photo: Eike Schroter/Netflix © 2023. (Right) Vivien Leigh in 1951’s ‘A Streetcar Named Desire.’ Photo: Warner Bros. Pictures. Preview: Carla Gugino is playing Vivien Leigh in a new biopic. Nick Sandow is directing from Jayce Bartok’s script. The movie will shoot at
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Cat Sebastian’s latest queer historical romance is a love letter to resilience and the power of bravery. Set in 1960 New York City, the same midcentury journalism milieu of Sebastian’s 2023 novel, We Could Be So Good, You Should Be So Lucky tells the story of shortstop Eddie O’Leary and journalist Mark Bailey, both of
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The Seven Magnificent Gladiators is a 1983 Italian peplum film. Peplum films are known for their sword-and-sandal action set in ancient civilizations. This movie follows a village terrorized by a villainous warlord. The villagers, unable to fight back themselves, recruit seven gladiators, each with unique skills, to be their champions and protect them against the
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Rosamund Pike as Lady Elsbeth Catton in ‘Saltburn.’ Photo: Amazon MGM Studios. Amazon MGM Studios. Preview: Rosamund Pike is joining the third ‘Now You See Me’ movie. She’ll appear alongside franchise veterans Jessie Eisenberg, Woody Harrelson, Dave Franco and Isla Fisher ‘Zombieland’s Ruben Fleischer is in the director’s chair. We learned last month that Ariana
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Last month, the UK’s four-year-long review of medical interventions for transgender youth was published. The Cass Review, named after Hilary Cass, a retired pediatrician appointed by the National Health Service to lead the effort, found that “there is not a reliable evidence base” for gender-affirming medicine. As a result, the report concludes, trans minors should generally not be able
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Jason Kelce officially retired from the NFL just a couple of months ago. But he can’t seem to stay away from being around his former Philadelphia Eagles teammates. Kelce’s former teammate, kicker Jake Elliott, appeared on NFL Network’s Total Access show and revealed the former Eagles center has been “in the building almost every day.” The
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The good news — pun intended — about Not Another Church Movie is that it’s nowhere near as bad as the Jason Friedberg/Aaron Seltzer atrocities that didn’t just kill the parody subgenre but scorched the earth beneath it for a while. Unlike sheer lazy garbage like Meet the Spartans, Johnny Mack’s Tyler Perry spoof has
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Harvey Brownstone conducts an in-depth Interview with Katharine Kramer, Actress, Producer, Activist, and Daughter of Stanley Kramer. Katharine “Kat” Kramer is a member of Hollywood royalty, and a multi-award winning actress, singer, journalist, producer and humanitarian who is most definitely following in the groundbreaking footsteps of her father, the legendary director and producer, Stanley Kramer,
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A judge ruled this week that music legend Brian Wilson should be placed under a conservatorship due to a “major neurocognitive disorder.” The legendary singer-songwriter will now enter a guardianship controlled by his manager LeeAnn Hard and publicist Jean Sievers. According to a report from USA Today, Wilson did not object to the ruling. Brian
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