Long Shot LONG SHOT (2019) Starring Charlize Theron, Seth Rogen, June Diane Raphael, O’Shea Jackson Jr., Ravi Patel, Bob Odenkirk, Andy Serkis, Randall Park, Tristan D. Lalla, Alexander Skarsgård, Kurt Braunohler, Claudia O’Doherty, Paul Scheer, Aladeen Tawfeek, Isla Dowling, Lisa Kudrow, Aviva Mongillo, Braxton Herda, Lil Yachty, Nathan Morris, Wanya Morris and Shawn Stockman. Screenplay by Dan Sterling and Liz Hannah. Directed by Jonathan Levine. Distributed by Sony Pictur

Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse SPIDER-MAN: INTO THE SPIDER-VERSE (2018) Featuring the voices of Shameik Moore, Hailee Steinfeld, Mahershala Ali, Jake Johnson, Liev Schreiber, Brian Tyree Henry, Luna Lauren Velez, Lily Tomlin, Zoë Kravitz, John Mulaney, Kimiko Glenn, Nicolas Cage, Kathryn Hahn, Liev Schreiber, Chris Pine, Natalie Morales, Oscar Isaac, Edwin H. Bravo, Greta Lee, Jorma Taccone, Lake Bell, Post Malone and Stan Lee. Screenplay by Phil Lord and Rodney Rothman. D

Ringo Starr and Barbara Bach at the Paley Center Gala Tribute to Music on Television The Stars Came Out at the Paley Center for A Gala Tribute to Music on Television On Thursday, October 25th, The Paley Center for Media hosted the Paley Honors in Hollywood: A Gala Tribute to Music on Television at the Beverly Wilshire Hotel. The exciting evening highlighted groundbreaking musical moments in television, from music-based series to variety and talk shows and more. Those in atten

Venom VENOM (2018) Starring Tom Hardy, Michelle Williams, Riz Ahmed, Scott Haze, Reid Scott, Jenny Slate, Ron Cephas Jones, Michelle Lee, Melora Walters, Marcella Bragio, William W. Barbour, Mac Brandt, Sope Aluko, Sam Medina, Donald K. Overstreet, Christian Convery, Michelle Fang, Woody Harrelson and Stan Lee. Screenplay by Jeff Pinker, Scott Rosenberg and Kelly Marcel. Directed by Ruben Fleischer. Distributed by Columbia Pictures. 112 minutes. Rated PG-13. So, this is what

I Feel Pretty I FEEL PRETTY (2018) Starring Amy Schumer, Michelle Williams, Rory Scovel, Tom Hopper, Busy Philipps, Aidy Bryant, Adrian Martinez, Emily Ratajkowski, Lauren Hutton, Naomi Campbell, Jacqueline Honulik, Sarah Elizabeth Mitchell, Sasheer Zamata, Lexie Roth, Caroline Day, Chloe Hurst, Kevin Kane, Sarah Fischer, Kayla Caulfield and Alin Halajian. Screenplay by Abby Kohn and Marc Silverstein. Directed by Abby Kohn and Marc Silverstein. Distributed by STX Films. 110 m

Golden Globe Awards Assessing Last Year’s Movies Through the Lens of This Year’s Golden Globe Nominees by Brad Balfour Just as the Waterford ball drops, so does the anticipation for the 75th annual Golden Globes — the first major awards show of 2018. Being broadcast live, the show can be seen on NBC, Sunday, January 6th, starting at 8 pm ET. Since the Hollywood Foreign Press Association’s 90 or so critics divide their cinematic choices into two oddly skewed categories — “Best

All the Money in the World ALL THE MONEY IN THE WORLD (2017) Starring Michelle Williams, Christopher Plummer, Mark Wahlberg, Charlie Plummer, Romain Duris, Timothy Hutton, Charlie Shotwell, Andrew Buchan, Marco Leonardi, Giuseppe Bonifati, Nicholas Vaporidis, Kit Cranston, Maya Kelly, Andrea Piedimonte, Guglielmo Favilla, Nicola Di Chio, Adele Tirante, Alessandra Roca and Francesca Inaudi. Screenplay by David Scarpa. Directed by Ridley Scott. Distributed by Sony Pictures. 132

The Greatest Showman THE GREATEST SHOWMAN (2017) Starring Hugh Jackman, Zac Efron, Michelle Williams, Zendaya, Rebecca Ferguson, Keala Settle, Natasha Liu Bordizzo, Yahya Abdul-Mateen II, Daniel Everidge, Sam Humphrey, Shannon Holtzapffel, Paul Sparks, Gayle Rankin, Austyn Johnson, Cameron Seely, Skylar Dunn and Ellis Rubin. Screenplay by Jenny Bicks and Bill Condon. Directed by Michael Gracey. Distributed by 20th Century Fox. 105 minutes. Rated PG. It’s rather sad that this

Heath Ledger in Brokeback Mountain. HEATH LEDGER MAKES HIS STAND ON BROKEBACK MOUNTAIN By Brad Balfour Doing Brokeback Mountain, was as much a challenge for Heath Ledger, taking on what might seem to be a risky role — playing Ennis, a gay cowboy in love with Jack Twist (Jake Gyllenhaal) — as it was taking on a complex restrained character at a time when so many are broad and brutal. In Ang Lee’s film, he has to negotiate a character that says little and shows much in his eyes

Brokeback Mountain BROKEBACK MOUNTAIN (2005) Starring Heath Ledger, Jake Gyllenhaal, Michelle Williams, Anna Hathaway, Randy Quaid, Linda Cardellini, Anna Faris, Valerie Planche, Graham Beckel, David Harbour, Kate Mara, Roberta Maxwell, Peter McRobbie, Scott Michael Campbell, David Trimble and Larry Reese. Screenplay by Larry McMurtry and Diana Ossana. Directed by Ang Lee. Distributed by Focus Features.  134 minutes.  Rated R. I normally review a movie almost immediately afte