Tag: Movies
Five Sci-Fi Classics, One Summer: How 1982 Shaped Our Present
“Blade Runner,” “E.T.,” “Tron,” “The Wrath of Khan” and “The Thing” all arrived that one season 40 years…
After Pixar Ouster, John Lasseter Returns With Apple and ‘Luck’
LOS ANGELES — The most Pixar movie of the summer is not from Pixar. It’s from Apple TV+…
B.J. Novak Went to Texas Looking for ‘Vengeance’ and Found America
A funny story that B.J. Novak likes to tell from the making of his new movie is about…
‘Vengeance’ Review: A Dish Best Served With Frito Pie
Ben Manalowitz, who writes for The New Yorker (he’s played by B.J. Novak, who has been published in…
The Japanese Author Behind ‘Bullet Train’ Is OK That the Film Isn’t So Japanese
SENDAI, Japan — Kotaro Isaka, one of Japan’s most popular crime thriller writers, is a self-described homebody. He…
Why Brandon Perea’s ‘Nope’ Audition Made Jordan Peele Cry
And then you heard about “Nope”?I got an email for an untitled Jordan Peele project, my first big…
Paul Sorvino: A Voluble Man Who Excelled as a Brick of a Mobster
When Paul Sorvino was offered the role of Paulie Cicero, the Queens-based mob underboss in Martin Scorsese’s “Goodfellas”…
Why Are There so Many Books and Shows About Cannibalism?
An image came to Chelsea G. Summers: a boyfriend, accidentally on purpose hit by a car, some quick…
Review: Jordan Peele’s ‘Nope’ Gets a Hell Yes
The trailers for Jordan Peele’s “Nope,” one of the most feverishly anticipated movies of the summer, have raised…
Why Is It So Hard to Adapt Jane Austen? Fans Play a Part.
Few authors (leaving aside Shakespeare, always a special case) have had their works reimagined as frequently, or as…
Jordan Peele’s New Film ‘Nope’ Explores ‘The Horse in Motion’
Near the beginning of “Nope,” Emerald (Keke Palmer), who with her brother, Otis Jr. (Daniel Kaluuya), runs an…
Netflix Loses Nearly 1 Million Subscribers and Breathes a Sigh of Relief
Disaster has been averted at Netflix.The streaming giant said in its earnings report on Tuesday that it lost…