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A movie adaptation rarely betters its original Broadway musical, but the first film of a two-part transfer to the screen of WICKED does so in almost every way. The detailed production design, [...]

Road pictures have always been a reliable mini-genre at the box office. In the last year alone we’ve had DRIVE-AWAY DOLLS, THE BIKERIDERS,  WILL & HARPER…heck, even FURIOSA: A MAD MAX SAGA [...]

Can we just give Colin Farrell and Cristin Milioti their Emmys now? It’s hard to imagine that those performances let alone other sublime aspects of the TV miniseries THE PENGUIN will be [...]

During the press junket for the fantasy film WONKA last holiday season, Hugh Grant said that he had entered the “freak-show period” of his career, playing baddies, psychopaths, weirdos, perverts, [...]

For those who think that Hollywood has run out of fresh ideas, here’s a pitch for you: A Mexican drug cartel leader wants to transition to become a woman, keep the millions he made illegally, yet [...]