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Has the Oscars Finally Embraced “The Weird”?

November 12, 2023 by EJ Moreno

EJ Moreno looks at the Academy Awards and the new era of films vying for recognition… As we enter a new awards season, it’s refreshing to look at the landscape of potential contenders. Loving the race to the Academy Awards for decades and later entering my own awards season as a Critics Choice Association voter, […]

Filed Under: Articles and Opinions, Awards Season, EJ Moreno, Movies, Top Stories Tagged With: Academy Awards, Barbie, Black Swan, Christopher Nolan, Everything Everywhere All at Once, greta gerwig, Guillermo del Toro, Poor Things, The Dark Knight, The Shape of Water, yorgos lanthimos

Zack Snyder claims more people saw Netflix’s Rebel Moon than Barbie

March 9, 2024 by EJ Moreno

If Zack Snyder has something to promote, you can be sure the filmmaker will have some hot takes and notable quotes. The latest comes from Snyder’s appearance on the Joe Rogan podcast, with Snyder opening up about the Netflix business model, including views and just how many eyes are on their work. Snyder unleashed what […]

Filed Under: EJ Moreno, Movies, News, Top Stories Tagged With: Barbie, netflix, rebel moon, Rebel Moon: Part One – A Child of Fire, Zack Snyder

Dorian Film Awards winners see All of Us Strangers and Greta Gerwig take top prizes

February 26, 2024 by EJ Moreno

For its 15th Dorian Film Awards, GALECA: The Society of LGBTQ Entertainment Critics fully embraced All of Us Strangers, writer-director Andrew Haigh’s fantastical and tear-inducing tale of two troubled souls falling for each other in lonely London. The 500-member strong GALECA, one of the largest entertainment journalists organizations in the world, named Strangers both Film […]

Filed Under: Awards Season, EJ Moreno, Movies, News Tagged With: All of Us Strangers, Andrew Haigh, Barbie, Dorian Awards, Dorian Film Awards, GALECA: The Society of LGBTQ Entertainment Critics, greta gerwig, jodie foster, Lily Gladstone

The Cult Film of 2023: Saltburn

January 14, 2024 by Tom Jolliffe

It’s time to look back at the dazzling, stylish and shocking cult film Saltburn (spoilers follow)… 2023 was a pretty interesting year in cinema. It may just be that we saw a turning point in audience tastes, with comic book films and franchise sequels mostly underperforming, whilst the grand success of Barbenheimer showed two things. […]

Filed Under: Articles and Opinions, Movies, Tom Jolliffe, Top Stories Tagged With: Alison Oliver, Archie Madekwee, Barbie, Barry Keoghan, emerald fennell, Jacob Elordi, Oppenheimer, Rosamund Pike, saltburn, The Banshees of Inisherin

Greta Gerwig says Barbie couldn’t have been made without Wonder Woman

November 27, 2023 by EJ Moreno

“If you can see it, you can be it.” That’s the mentality about a lot of inclusion in filmmaking, essentially saying if you see a woman or POC in a position you want, you know it’s a reality. That’s what Greta Gerwig feels when she looks at getting a blockbuster like Barbie made. In a […]

Filed Under: EJ Moreno, Movies, News Tagged With: Barbie, DC, DC Extended Universe, greta gerwig, Patty Jenkins, Wonder Woman

Margot Robbie doesn’t think there will be a Barbie 2

November 26, 2023 by EJ Moreno

We are learning that not every blockbuster needs a sequel, even if it is a wildly popular IP-based romp. Producer and star Margot Robbie is promoting Barbie for its upcoming awards season race, and the conversation of a sequel came up in an interview. Could we see a Barbie 2? Well, Robbie doesn’t know for […]

Filed Under: EJ Moreno, Movies, News Tagged With: Barbie, barbie 2, greta gerwig, Margot Robbie

What Are The Best Female-Led Blockbusters?

August 1, 2023 by EJ Moreno

EJ Moreno looks at eight of the best women-led blockbusters… We are entering almost unknown territory with the success of Barbie. As the film inches to half a billion in just one week of release, we see a female-led (and female-directed) blockbuster hit heights we never thought possible. With only Captain Marvel in the billion-dollar […]

Filed Under: Articles and Opinions, EJ Moreno, Movies Tagged With: Barbie, Captain Marvel, Charlie's Angels, Frozen, Mad Max, Mad Max: Fury Road, Rogue One: A Star Wars Story, Star Wars, The Hunger Games: Catching Fire, Wonder Woman

Mockbuster Barbenheimer is currently in production at Full Moon Features

November 5, 2023 by EJ Moreno

You can only imagine the Barbenheimer madness that dominated the cinema landscape this year and inspired many people. From studio execs to filmmakers, everyone is trying to cash in on their version of this madness, and one studio has found its perfect route. Legendary low-budget filmmaker Charles Band’s Full Moon Features is developing Barbenheimer, a […]

Filed Under: EJ Moreno, Movies, News Tagged With: Barbenheimer, Barbie, Full Moon Features, Oppenheimer

Barbie almost featured a Ridley Scott cameo and Blade Runner joke

November 1, 2023 by EJ Moreno

Barbie already had stacked cameos, including a mermaid John Cena to legendary costumer Ann Roth, but the film almost included a cameo from none other than Ridley Scott. Yes, the director behind hits like Alien and the upcoming Napoleon was set to feature in the film, with jokes about one of his most famous works […]

Filed Under: EJ Moreno, Movies, News Tagged With: Barbie, greta gerwig, Ridley Scott

Barbie sets 4K Ultra HD, Blu-ray and DVD release

October 5, 2023 by Ricky Church

Set your calendars because Barbie is coming home! Warner Bros. has announced the release date for Barbie on 4K UHD, Blu-ray and DVD and it is coming later this month on October 17th. Released in July, Barbie has become on of the year’s biggest hits with $626 million domestically, beating out 2012’s Avengers, and has earned a worldwide haul of $1.4 […]

Filed Under: Movies, News, Physical Media, Ricky Church Tagged With: Barbie, greta gerwig, Margot Robbie, Ryan Gosling

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