George Miller's Mad Max universe lives at the intersection of where Dune collides with a perverse version of Jules Verne-esque steampunk and is slapped with retro-futurist bondage and aggressive Dr. Seuss-like names. The latest installment, Furiosa: A Mad...
For those in the biz, people know “the green room” as a space to chill out with your people, relax, be your most authentic self, chat, and have snacks before you go out and “perform” on a TV show or an event. I love a green room — especially with good snacks. Thus,...
The main draw of CinemaCon is all the juicy exclusive footage and screenings we are treated to in the same theater where Adele makes hundreds of people cry with her Vegas residency. This year, Warner Bros., Lionsgate, Universal, Paramount, and Disney each presented...
If the Cheesecake Factory were a city, it would be Las Vegas -- and I love Cheesecake Factory, but I am not trying to stay in there for five days which is the duration of CinemaCon, an event the average person outside of Hollywood would know nothing about -- and...
This year's SXSW was the stage for the premiere of Amazon MGM's Road House, a remake of the legendary all-out brawl of a camp classic starring the late icon Patrick Swayze. Austin, Texas is the perfect venue for a premiere with this kind of "don't fuck with me"...
A couple of things about this year’s Sundance Film Festival… First off, shout out to Eugene Hernandez on being thee man in charge. The newly minted Director and Head of Public Programming headed the 40th edition of the Park City fest. Secondly, this year’s fest...
It's January 19, 2024, in Park City, Utah. It's the Sundance Film Festival. It's seven hours before the world premiere of Sean Wang's feature directorial, Dìdi (弟弟). In four days, Wang's short Nai Nai & Wài Pó will be nominated for an Oscar for Best Documentary...
The Mean Girls movie musical is out today and it is… fine. It’s been 20 years since the original; 6 years since the musical opened on Broadway; 22 years since Rosalind Wiseman’s Queen Bees and Wannabes (the book on which it was based) was released; and 13 years...
With the HFPA-less Golden Globes behind us (and Jokoy taking the stage as host and getting a landslide of criticism in one of the most thankless jobs in Hollywood), I guess you can say that awards season has kicked off and we are barely two weeks into 2024. As I...
