Film critic and movie recommendation newsletter author Ty Burr reacts to Netflix’s decision to kill off its DVD and Blu-ray disc rental by mail business.
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Chadwick Boseman represented the best of us. Here’s a sampling of tributes to his life and good works.
The gifted actor portrayed Jackie Robinson, T’Challa, James Brown, and Thurgood Marshall. More importantly, he was an exemplary and kind human who treated everyone with decency.
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Get to know this year’s collection of Academy Award-nominated documentary films
Ready for the Oscars? Check out our compilation of trailers for each of the 2018 nominees for Best Documentary Feature and Best Documentary Short Subject.
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WATCH: Trailer for Al Gore’s An Inconvenient Sequel: Truth to Power
Al Gore is back! Watch the new trailer for An Inconvenient Sequel: Truth to Power, the sequel to An Inconvenient Truth. In theaters July 28,
LaunchThree days ago, HuffPost asked: What would happen if a presenter announced the wrong winner at the Oscars? Now we know…
Talk about foreshadowing. On Friday, the Huffington Post ran an article asking, What would happen if a presenter announced the wrong winner at the Oscars?
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Watch Meryl Streep’s incredible Cecil D. DeMille Award acceptance speech at the Golden Globes
Without mentioning him, Meryl Streep eviscerated Donald Trump’s bigotry and his despicable campaign for the presidency. “Violence incites violence,” she noted.
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Disney’s buying spree will reshape Hollywood for years to come
The industry looks at Disney with envy… It is a highly successful and unique strategy, well-executed and hard to duplicate. — Reif Cohen, speaking to
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Hollywood betting big on remakes and sequels over the next few years
Disney has four more “Star Wars” movies on the way, along with “Frozen 2,” a two-part “Avengers: Infinity War” and a reboot of the Indiana
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Disney announces Frozen sequel The Walt Disney Company has announced plans to cash in on its blockbuster animated feature film by turning it into a
LaunchAcademy leaves Joan Rivers and Jan Hooks out of In Memoriam segment
This year’s In Memoriam segment at the Academy Awards, introduced by acclaimed actress Meryl Streep, inexplicably omitted Joan Rivers and Jan Hooks, leaving many Oscar
LaunchOscars 2015: Female directors scarce at Hollywood’s major studios
Oscars 2015: Female directors scarce at Hollywood’s major studios The Los Angeles Times asked why the directing profession is dominated by men. Women directed a
LaunchSony backtracks, will release ‘The Interview’ to some theaters
Sony backtracks, will release ‘The Interview’ to some theaters After being criticized by President Obama and many in Hollywood for self-censorship, Sony Pictures has announced
LaunchFirst Star Wars: The Force Awakens trailer a teaser in every sense of the word
Delighting Star Wars fans everywhere, Disney’s Lucasfilm has released the first trailer for the upcoming Star Wars feature, The Force Awakens, which was previously known
LaunchWhy no future Hollywood star could ever match Lauren Bacall’s allure
Why no future Hollywood star could ever match Lauren Bacall’s allure Vanessa Thorpe, The Observer: “The female icons of Hollywood’s golden age were glamorous and
LaunchLauren Bacall: a star that will shine for millennia
Lauren Bacall: a star that will shine for millennia Historian Tim Stanley, writing for The Telegraph: “Lauren Bacall the actor has died, a sad thing
LaunchPrepare to be impressed: Fake Star Wars leaked filmset footage is pretty cool
Quite a few people seem to have been taken in by this YouTube video that purports to show scenes from the filming of the next
LaunchMeet the man who remade Middle‑earth
ETHAN GILSDORF: I know that there are many new characters and places in The Hobbit, but the basic elements and locations are already there. I
Launch‘Star Wars: Episode VII’ goes back to the future with original stars
‘Star Wars: Episode VII’ goes back to the future with original stars The Walt Disney Company has announced the casting of the next episode of
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