By Abb Jones The Reelness Two time Oscar nominee and BAFTA winner Tom Wilkinson has died at the age of 75 with his wife and family by his side. His family announced his death Saturday, not disclosing the cause of death but saying he died suddenly. Born in Leeds and after training at The Royal […]
by Abb Jones The Reelness 2023 was an interesting year for film. There were a lot of really good movies (so many that a lot of our A grade movies ended up on the Honorable Mention list) but not a lot of standouts. One interesting observation – most of the films on our list this […]
by Abb Jones The Reelness Horror, sci-fi, comedy, and disaster movies dominate this year’s list of the 10 worst movies. To no one’s surprise, three of the movies on our list are sequels. Here is The Reelness’ 10 Worst Movies of 2023. Click on the movie titles for our full reviews. #10: Magic Mike’s Last Dance: […]
Joy, Sadness, Fear, Anger and Disgust – the five emotions that helped young Riley’s navigate childhood in 2015’s emotionally moving, Oscar-winning animated film Inside Out – are back, with a now-teenage Riley introducing a new emotion – Anxiety! Amy Poehler, Phyllis Smith, and Lewis Black all reprise their roles as Joy, Sadness and Anger, with Tony […]
How would America look if the current political divide erupted into all-out civil war? Such is the premise behind this upcoming dystopian action thriller starring Kirsten Dunst. Written and directed by Alex Garland (Men, Annihilation, Ex Machina), Civil War also stars Nick Offerman, Jesse Plemons and Cailee Spaeny. Civil War is scheduled to hit theaters […]
by Abb Jones The Reelness 2023’s Barbenheimer cultural phenomenon is continuing its box office domination to awards season. Barbie and Oppenheimer, which premiered the same weekend earlier this year to blockbuster box office numbers, led the field of film nominations for the 2024 Golden Globes this morning – Barbie with nine nominations and Oppenheimer with […]
by Abb Jones The Reelness Iconic television producer and screenwriter Norman Lear, the creative mastermind behind such politically and racially groundbreaking 1970s sitcoms as All in the Family, Sanford and Son, Maude, One Day at a Time, The Jeffersons, and Good Times, has died at age 101 at his home in Los Angeles. Born in […]
Glen Powell (Top Gun: Maverick, Hidden Figures) and Euphoria breakout star Sydney Sweeney will test their onscreen chemistry in the upcoming R-rated romcom Anyone But You, about two college arch-nemeses who despite loathing one another, agree to pretend to be a couple for their own personal reasons at a destination wedding in Sydney, Australia. Directed […]
By Abb Jones The Reelness In 2021, the South Korean fantasy series Squid Game, about a Hunger Games-styled reality show in which eliminated contestants were killed, became the most watched series in Netflix history. So, no surprise, Netflix has turned the games of that series into an actual reality competition – Squid Game: The Challenge, […]
by Abb Jones The Reelness The longest running actors strike in Hollywood history is now over. SAG-AFTRA’s national board on Friday approved the tentative agreement approved earlier this week, effectively ending the 118-day strike. Full ratification by the organization’s 160,000 members will take place next week. The deal will see the first-ever protections for actors […]