Saturday, January 25, 2020
‘Ironbark': Benedict Cumberbatch’s Timely Cold War Drama Brings Thrills, Unexpected Laughs to Sundance
Introducing “Ironbark” on Friday night at Sundance 2020, festival President John Cooper said the Cold War drama starring Benedict Cumberbatch was a “unique” choice for the annual event, which has only rarely featured period dramas. Based on a true story most people have never heard of, the film from director Dominic Cooke tells the story of Greville Wynne (Cumberbatch), a British businessman recruited to travel to Moscow and acquire information about the Soviet Union’s missile plans from a Russian source, Oleg Penkovsky (Merab Ninidze). As tensions escalate into the Cuban Missile Crisis, they smuggle documents back to the west, with…
Friday, January 24, 2020
Jordan Belfort Sues 'Wolf of Wall Street' Producers for $300 Million
Try not to choke on the irony, but the real-life ‘Wolf of Wall Street’ — who infamously fleeced investors for roughly $200 million — is now suing the film’s producers, claiming they lied and screwed HIM over. Jordan Belfort is going after Red… Permalink Source: TMZ Feed
Friday, January 24, 2020
‘Bad Hair’ Film Review: Justin Simien Puts Thoughtful Twists in a Creepy Horror Movie
Many of us who have tried to dye, bleach, relax or chemically treat our hair at home may relate to the anxiety in the first scene of Justin Simien’s follow-up to “Dear White People,” “Bad Hair.” An older cousin tries to help her younger cousin relax her hair for the first time, but the little girl begins to complain that the product is burning her. Like many first-time attempts, the experiment doesn’t go well, but this is just the start of many hair-related frights to come in the film, which had its world premiere on Thursday, the opening night of…
Thursday, January 23, 2020
'Sopranos' Actress Annabella Sciorra Gives Graphic Testimony At Weinstein Trial
She says the former Hollywood producer raped her in the early 1990s. Source: Huffingtonpost feed
Thursday, January 23, 2020
Kodak Black Gets New Prison and 2022 Release Date
Kodak Black can start marking the days off his calendar — if that’s allowed in federal prison — because we’ve just learned when he’ll be released. Kodak will be free again on or about Aug. 14, 2022 — according to the feds. He could get out a few… Permalink Source: TMZ Feed
Thursday, January 23, 2020
‘The Turning’ Film Review: Mackenzie Davis Grapples With Ghosts and an Unflattering Hairdo
Henry James’s novella “The Turn of the Screw” has inspired many screen adaptations, most notably Jack Clayton’s “The Innocents,” which starred Deborah Kerr, and a live TV version with Ingrid Bergman that was directed by John Frankenheimer. In the early ’70s, Marlon Brando headlined a memorably nasty prequel called “The Nightcomers,” and movies from this story have been made all over the world. You have to go out of your way to screw up this material. “The Turning” is an adaptation of “The Turn of the Screw” that takes place in 1994; we hear over the radio that Kurt Cobain…
Wednesday, January 22, 2020
Zookeeper Joe Exotic Sentenced For Role In Murder-For-Hire Plot
The former Oklahoma zookeeper and one-time candidate for governor was also also was sentenced for killing five tigers, selling tiger cubs and falsifying wildlife records. Source: Huffingtonpost feed
Wednesday, January 22, 2020
Robert De Niro Claims Ex-Assistant Threatened to Spill Dirt on Him
Robert De Niro’s lawsuit against his ex-assistant is getting nastier — he now claims she made veiled threats against him, if he didn’t ante up on her demands. According to new legal docs, obtained by TMZ, the famed actor says Graham Chase Robinson… Permalink Source: TMZ Feed
Wednesday, January 22, 2020
Saudi Crown Prince Hacked Jeff Bezos’ Phone in 2018, According to UN Investigation
A United Nations investigation has determined that Saudi crown prince Mohammed bin Salman was directly involved in an effort to hack Amazon founder Jeff Bezos’ phone in 2018, the Washington Post reported Tuesday night. And The Guardian, which first reported the story, said Tuesday that digital forensic analysis has determined malware was installed on Bezos’ phone during a May 1 conversation Bezos had with an account belonging personally to bin Salman on the instant messenger service WhatsApp. According to The Guardian, the two conducted “a seemingly friendly” conversation until the account belonging to MBS sent an unsolicited file to Bezos,…
Wednesday, January 22, 2020
Documents Reveal Alleged Neo-Nazis' Plan For Violence At Virginia Pro-Gun Rally
Federal prosecutors asked to detain three members of the violent extremist group The Base, arguing that they had plotted violence to spark a civil war. Source: Huffingtonpost feed
