It’s De Niro x 2 Notorious Mobsters in ‘The Alto Knights’
Mar24

It’s De Niro x 2 Notorious Mobsters in ‘The Alto Knights’

A mob boss would have a hit out for someone about this. Robert De Niro’s new gangster picture, The Alto Knights, bombed at the box office during its opening weekend. It pulled in just over $3 million domestically on a $45 million budget. The Warner Bros. film had the proper pedigree in spades. Nicholas Pileggi wrote the screenplay. It’s the latest in his list of acclaimed mob movie credits, starting with Goodfellas, for which he...

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Shades of 007 in ‘Black Bag,’ Steven Soderbergh’s   New Spy Thriller
Mar20

Shades of 007 in ‘Black Bag,’ Steven Soderbergh’s New Spy Thriller

Director Steven Soderbergh is teasing audiences with the casting of his new film, Black Bag. The spy thriller stars Cate Blanchett and Michael Fassbender as married intelligence agents George and Kathryn Woodhouse, alongside Regé-Jean Page, Pierce Brosnan and Naomie Harris. Brosnan is best known for his portrayal of James Bond in four films from 1995–2002, Harris played Eve Moneypenny in the Bond films Skyfall (2012),...

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‘The Righteous Gemstones’ Return for One Last Crazy Comedic Ride
Mar08

‘The Righteous Gemstones’ Return for One Last Crazy Comedic Ride

The Righteous Gemstones are raising holy hell one last time on their fourth and sadly their last season on HBO. They’ve got a Capuchin monkey, male pole dancing, a dick double for Baby Billy’s full frontal nudity scenes and an Oscar winner among its guest stars. And that’s just the beginning for the Danny McBride-created comedy featuring John Goodman as the patriarch of a superstar televangelist family whose kids (played by McBride,...

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‘The White Lotus’ Blossoms in Thailand for Season 3
Feb17

‘The White Lotus’ Blossoms in Thailand for Season 3

First it was Maui. Then it was Sicily. Now it’s Thailand. But there’s one thing that doesn’t change about The White Lotus, which just dropped the first episode of Season 3 on HBO. You will be enthralled by the unfolding mystery – which always starts off with a bang, and by that we mean a dead body – the incredible cast and the exotic locales, all part of the fictional yet now nearly-mythic White Lotus luxury resorts. It’s been more...

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‘SNL,’ ‘Wicked’ and ‘The Substance’ Win Big at the Make-Up Artists & Hair Stylists Guild Awards
Feb16

‘SNL,’ ‘Wicked’ and ‘The Substance’ Win Big at the Make-Up Artists & Hair Stylists Guild Awards

It was Saturday night at the Fairmont Century Plaza Hotel in Los Angeles so it was only appropriate that Saturday Night Live walked away with the most awards at the 12th annual Make-Up Artists & Hair Stylists Guild Awards, known as the MUAHs. Yet understandably, no one from the legendary NBC sketch comedy show was on hand to pick up their four statuettes as they were busy preparing for the next night’s huge 50th anniversary...

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