Set in 1990s Philippines, Forgotten Island tells the story of two lifelong best friends, the goofy rascal Jo (H.E.R.) and the straight-laced overachiever Raissa (Liza Soberano). Growing up, the girls listened to Jo’s grandma Lola (Dolly de Leon) tell stories of a...
Andrew Garfield would like billionaires to be “scared s**tless” by his new movie. That is a striking thing to say from inside a business that is, at every level that matters, run by people who are either already billionaires or live a short drive from that club. The...
James Gunn is not secretly torching DC in a warehouse. He does not need to. He is doing something more ordinary, and more expensive: treating the characters as raw material for his own taste, then acting surprised when the market does not clap. That is the pattern...
Barely had America begun mourning Dolly Parton before the political struggle over her legacy commenced. Progressive organizations, commentators, and media outlets began presenting Parton as everything from a feminist icon to an ally of the socialist cause. Songs about...
The Walt Disney Company has honored former CEO Bob Iger with a permanent window on Disneyland’s Main Street, U.S.A., recognizing him as the “Chief Architect for New Century Builders.”
Dollywood’s most ambitious attraction ever has finally begun carrying guests into the Smokies after dark. The reactions have been overwhelmingly positive! NightFlight Expedition entered its first major weekend of guest operation at Dollywood on Saturday, August 15,...
Disney used its 2026 D23 presentation to reveal major changes for two of Walt Disney World’s most historically significant attractions. Individually, the alterations might sound relatively modest. Taken together, however, they could reinforce a concern that has...
The Walt Disney Company may be making headline-after-headline at D23 this year, but the big reveal for Magic Kingdom's next expansion at Walt Disney World is landing with a thud. X-Men, Coco 2, Stitch 2, Incredibles 3... the list goes on-and-on for Disney's big...
From the opening scene of Spider-Man: Brand New Day, two things become unmistakably clear. First, Sam Raimi’s films still define how the character is brought to the screen. Peter Parker’s reflective opening monologues place the audience inside the hero’s current mindset. This particular sequence includes the devastating line, “Sometimes Spider-Man has to do the hard thing, even if it breaks Peter Parker’s heart. Maybe that’s my responsibility: to live alone with the truth.”
Over the past two weeks, to prepare for this review, I've made a point of becoming something of a student of The Odyssey. I read Homer's poem, watched more than nine hours of previous adaptations of the story (right up to the adaption for the Wishbone show), and read...
For months, anyone who questioned Christopher Nolan's decision to cast Lupita Nyong'o as Helen of Troy was told the same thing: wait until you see the movie. Maybe Nolan had a grand artistic vision. Maybe he had discovered a new interpretation of one of mythology's...
Since 1978, CinemaScore has taken an opening night snapshot of what avid movie-goers feel about the movie they just saw. They assign a letter grade to the film and publish the results. The polling, which mirrors exit polling for elections, is as good as the sample....
Paramount Skydance’s $111 billion bid for Warner Bros. Discovery cleared key U.S. Justice Department antitrust review earlier and continues navigating state-level reviews. It's also pushed through most European scrutiny coughing up only a busted joint venture with...