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Odd though it may seem, part of the reason "Jurassic Park" endures as a blockbuster classic is surely due to its horror elements. Like director Steven Spielberg's "Jaws," the 1993 movie gets downright hair-raising at times — an experience made all the more visceral by the fact there are two young children enduring the ordeal.

Alongside Drs. Alan Grant, Ian Malcolm, and Ellie Sattler, John Hammond's (Richard Attenborough) grandchildren find themselves stranded on Isla Nubar after the power goes down and several ravenous dinos are set free. Tim and Lex Murphy (Joseph Mazzello and Ariana Richards) provided a proxy for kids everywhere, putting young imaginations straight into the heart of the film and making the terrifying set-pieces all the more effective as a result.

Since the 1993 classic debuted, the "Jurassic Park" franchise has continued, remaining a popular saga even some 30 years after Spielberg's original bowed. However, while several of...

The 2001-released Band of Brothers, an HBO miniseries, delves into the history of the Easy Company, which was part of the 2nd Battalion, 506th Parachute Infantry Regiment of the 101st Airborne Division, and played a major role on the Western Front of World War II.

Directed by Steven Spielberg with Tom Hanks playing a cameo and acting as an executive producer, the series is widely regarded as one of the best depictions of World War II, and the intricacies of war.

Band of Brothers [Credit: HBO]Regardless, Spielberg and Hanks then came together in 2010 to create The Pacific, a companion piece of the Band of Brothers which was also well-loved for similar reasons. While the earlier series focussed on the Easy Company, The Pacific, another 10-episode HBO production, focussed on three regiments of 1st Marine Division.

In it, actor Joe Mazzello played the role of Eugene Sledge, a marine of the 5th regiment.

Michael Jackson Biopic Budget vs Production Cost Of Top 3 Highest Grossing Biopics Of All Time! (Photo Credit – IMDb)

Michael Jackson was working on a concert film days ahead of his death. It was later released as a documentary and became the highest-grossing concert film of all time. Antoine Fuqua is now releasing a biopic on the king of Pop, which is likely to address the child abuse allegations against him. Its budget has been released, and below is a detailed comparison with the most successful biopics at the box office.

Titled Michael, the biopic will reportedly try to convince you that the late star was innocent. As per Puck News, it will address the abuse allegations made by Jordan Chandler in 1993. It is also to be noted that the film is scheduled to release in 2025, the same year when the civil trial by Wade Robson and Jimmy Safechuck is scheduled against the late artist.

One of the latest thrillers to hit the ever-changing digital carousel over on Netflix is a new take on an old classic called "River Wild." Currently one of the most viewed releases on the streamer, the adventure film sends viewers hurtling down treacherous whitewater rapids in a fairly straightforward story of survivalist horror. Inspired by director Curtis Hanson's "The River Wild" starring Meryl Streep and Kevin Bacon, this most recent version mostly jettisons the character dynamics of the original 1994 film in favor of the slightly more campy teens-in-peril trope. 

Unless you consider "Deliverance" to be horror adjacent (and there are plenty of reasons why that's justifiable), there is a serious drought in the number of genre films offering up high stake thrills taking place on a whitewater rafting trip gone horribly awry. "River Wild" may not necessarily live up to the original, but it does offer up another chance...

Jurassic Park will hit theaters again on Aug. 25 in celebration of the Steven Spielberg pic’s 30th anniversary. The movie will be re-released in RealD 3D-equipped theaters across North America.

Jurassic Park was converted to 3D in 2013 for the film’s 20th anniversary. The original 1993 release of the film shattered box office records, setting a new benchmark at the time for the highest-grossing film in history with $357M domestic, $978M worldwide. The pic’s 2013 re-release grossed an additional $45M stateside. The total lifetime total of the Sam Neill, Laura Dern, Jeff Goldblum movie is $404.2M domestic, and $1.1 billion worldwide.

Early showings of the 3D-exclusive presentation will begin at 4pm on Thursday, August 24.

“There’s truly no better way to see Jurassic Park than on the big screen,” said Jim Orr, president of domestic theatrical distribution for Universal Pictures. “The monumental impact it made back in 1993 stands as a true testament...

Ten years ago, Steven Spielberg‘s classic dinosaur movie Jurassic Park was given the 3D treatment for a twentieth anniversary theatrical re-release. Now the 3D version of Jurassic Park is set to return to theatres for the film’s thirtieth anniversary. The folks at ComicBook.com noticed that tickets for Jurassic Park 3D screenings are already available for purchase on the Regal Movies website.

Here’s how Regal promotes the re-release: “Experience one of the biggest films in motion picture history with director Steven Spielberg’s ultimate thrill ride, Jurassic Park. Featuring Academy Award-winning visual effects and groundbreaking filmmaking that has been hailed as ‘a triumph of special effects artistry’, this epic film is sheer movie-making magic that was 65 million years in the making. Jurassic Park takes you to an amazing theme park on a remote island where dinosaurs once again roam the earth and five people must battle to survive among the prehistoric predators.

Almost exactly one year ago today, we heard that real-life couple Leighton Meester and Adam Brody, along with Taran Killam (Meester’s co-star in the TV series Single Parents) would be starring in a reimagining of the 1991 thriller The River Wild, which starred Meryl Streep, David Straithairn, and Joseph Mazzello as a family that had the bad luck of crossing paths with criminals played by Kevin Bacon and John C. Reilly while on a river rafting trip. Now Universal Pictures Home Entertainment has announced that they’ll be giving the reimagining, which drops the definite article and is simply called River Wild, a digital, Blu-ray, and DVD release on August 1st – and along with this announcement comes the unveiling of a trailer, which you can watch in the embed above!

Curtis Hanson directed the original The River Wild from a screenplay by Denis O’Neill (with uncredited revisions by Carrie Fisher...

Manny Coto, the Cuban-born writer and producer who received an Emmy for his work on 24 and spent four seasons on American Horror Story and two more on American Horror Stories, has died. He was 62.

Coto, whose childhood love of Star Trek and Super-8 moviemaking led to a 40-year career in film and television, died Sunday at his home in Pasadena after a 13-month battle with pancreatic cancer, a family spokesperson announced.

Coto also worked on the final two seasons of Upn’s Star Trek: Enterprise (2003-05) and on the final three seasons of Showtime’s Dexter (2010-13). Taking the reins on the former as showrunner in season four, he was called an unsung hero, creating a run of episodes that returned classic elements to his beloved franchise.

His “love of Star Trek permeated his life and his worldview,” his family noted. “In addition to being well-known for a spot-on William Shatner...

Manny Coto, who won an Outstanding Drama Series Emmy for 24, worked on its sequel series, co-created Fox’s AI drama neXt and was an EP on Dexter, Star TreK Enterprise, American Horror Story and others, died Sunday of pancreatic cancer at his home in Pasadena. He was 62.

His family shared the news today, saying he had fought the disease for 13 months and passed surrounded by loved ones.

The Cuba-born Coto shared the Outstanding Drama Series Emmy for 24’s fifth season in 2005. He continued on 24 through its eighth and final season, and co-created along its sequel series, 24: Live Another Day and 24: Legacy. He also served as executive producer on four seasons of American Horror Story and two seasons of American Horror Stories, directing the 2021 episode “Feral” of the latter.

He also was an EP on the final three seasons of Showtime’s Dexter, scoring an Outstanding Drama...

Writer, producer and director Manny Coto, best known for his work on “American Horror Story,” “Dexter” and “24,” has died at the age of 62.

Coto died Sunday in his Pasadena home surrounded by family, a family representative told TheWrap. His death followed a 13-month battle with pancreatic cancer. He worked as a writer, producer and director for nearly 40 years.

According to his family, Coto was first drawn to Hollywood due to his love of “Star Trek” and Super-8 moviemaking. Coto started his career as a writer on “Alfred Hitchcock Presents” in 1988 and on “Tales from the Crypt” in 1991. This love of horror and sci-fi would pave the way for the rest of his career.

The Cuban-born writer and director’s first major project was Showtime’s “Odyssey 5,” which was created by Coto. The series followed five intergalactic traveler who witness Earth’s destruction and are given the opportunity to...

This year marks the 30th anniversary of Steven Spielberg's modern classic blockbuster "Jurassic Park." In honor of the milestone anniversary, Universal will be celebrating the original dinosaur adventure all year long, including a bunch of new merchandise for fans to collect.

Perhaps the most exciting reveal so far is a batch of new "Jurassic Park" Lego sets that finally deliver perfectly sized building brick versions of the Jurassic Park Jeep and Ford Explorer from the doomed theme park. But of course, it wouldn't be a proper "Jurassic Park" Lego collection without a batch of dinosaurs and minifigures for all the important characters from the beloved movie. There are also crucial details for fans to enjoy, such as the Barbasol shaving cream can be used to smuggle dinosaur DNA and the "one big pile of s***" that Ian Malcolm wryly comments upon while checking on a sick Triceratops.

Take a...

"It might be nice to have a little animal hopping around the house." Blue Fox Entertainment has revealed an official trailer for an indie comedy titled Unexpected, from actor / filmmaker David Hunt. It's heading direct-to-vod in the beginning of February, just in time for Valentine's Day if it looks any good. Music critic Bob is out of a job, addicted to Zoloft, and trying to wrangle the menagerie of animals that his wife Amy has accumulated. Will adopting a baby cure their existential angst? Or should they just rescue another duck? She wants to adopt, but he doesn't. Will renovating a house and rescuing animals solve their problems? "A comedy about life, love, adulting… and a bunny named Binky." Starring Anna Camp, Joseph Mazzello, Neil Flynn, Ryann Shane, and Nash Grier. Adapted from the book “Enslaved by Ducks” by Bob Tarte. Despite the somewhat interesting cast and the fun existential setup,...

The rate at which Steven Spielberg has pumped out classic movies over his nearly 50-year career is astounding. From his directorial debut with "The Sugarland Express" in 1974 to this year's Toronto International Film Festival People's Choice Award winner "The Fabelmans," Spielberg has put out more bonafide classics than perhaps any modern director.

"Jurassic Park" may be Spielberg's greatest film of all. The 1993 adventure film's innovative special effects, amazing score, and strong cast help it stand the test of time. On paper, it's not surprising that a Spielberg film about dinosaurs rocked. Spielberg rocks, dinosaurs rock. It adds up.

But despite having a story with an absolutely killer premise, the success of "Jurassic Park" was not pre-ordained. It still required lots of hard work on the part of the cast, crew, and Spielberg himself. Spielberg especially had to work very hard to keep his actors motivated when they had to act...

A troublesome production doesn't always mean a bad film. Case in point, "Jaws." The 159-day-long shoot went over budget and behind schedule, with many of the problems stemming from the star special effect: "Bruce" the mechanical shark. The making of "Jaws" was so eventful that there have been multiple books and a stage play recounting it. And yet, the film was still, to put it mildly, a success.

The lessons that director Steven Spielberg learned on "Jaws" influenced how he would make "Jurassic Park" almost 20 years later. According to Joseph McBride's "Steven Spielberg: A Biography," the director's goal with "Jurassic Park" was, "to make a good sequel to 'Jaws.' On land." Some unpleasant memories from the "Jaws" shoot even caused Spielberg to scrap a planned set-piece featuring a swimming T. Rex.

The Deleted T. Rex Scene

Compared to Michael Crichton's original novel, Spielberg's "Jurassic Park" is stripped down to the essentials.

In 1994, Universal Pictures released the thriller "The River Wild" starring Meryl Streep and Kevin Bacon. It was the story of a couple, their kid, and a dog who are white water rafting on the Salmon River in Idaho. They ultimately run into some criminals and find out that the rapids are the least of their worries on this dangerous family outing. 

Directed by Curtis Hanson, "The River Wild" also starred David Strathairn, John C. Reilly, Benjamin Bratt, Joseph Mazzello, and a very good dog named Maggie. (At least, that was the dog's name in the film, and its real name isn't in the...

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Exclusive: Single Parents alums Leighton Meester, Taran Killam and Adam Brody are reuniting for The River Wild—a reimagining of Uni’s 1994 adventure film of the same name, which is currently in production in Hungary. (The first image from the set of the reboot can be found below.)

The original thriller directed by Curtis Hanson watched as a family was forced to combat a pair of violent criminals in the wilderness while on a whitewater rafting trip. Meryl Streep, Kevin Bacon, David Strathairn, John C. Reilly, Benjamin Bratt and Joseph Mazzello starred in the pic scripted by Denis O’Neill. The film grossed over 94M worldwide, with both Streep and Bacon landing Golden Globe noms for their performances.

The new film from director Ben Ketai (StartUp) follows a brother (Killam) and sister (Meester) who love but distrust each other, as they embark on a white-water rafting trip with a small group,...

Blue Fox Entertainment has acquired worldwide rights to “Unexpected,” an offbeat comedy starring Anna Camp, Joseph Mazzello, Neil Flynn and Ryann Shane. The movie is currently in post-production. Blue Fox Entertainment will distribute the film in North America and launched worldwide sales in Cannes.

“Unexpected” centers around music critic Bob, who is struggling with a demotion, addicted to Zoloft and trying to wrangle the menagerie of animals that his wife Amy has accumulated.They face a crossroads. Will adopting a baby cure their existential angst? Or should they rescue another duck?

Camp’s credits include “Pitch Perfect” and “The Lovebirds.” Mazzello has appeared in “Bohemian Rhapsody” and “The Social Network.” Flynn’s resume includes “The Middle” and “Scrubs.” Shane has appeared in “Banshee.” The movie is directed by David Hunt, an actor who has appeared in “Homeland” and “Mad Men,” and was written by Rodney Vaccaro.

Patricia Heaton, of “Everybody Loves Raymond” and “The Middle,...

Photo ‘Freddie Mercury: The Final Act’ Landing on The CW, this documentary was honestly a bumpy ride for me. It was a great documentary, very insightful, and full of clips and recordings of some of my favorite artists of the ‘70s and ‘80s. However, it was also a bit of a downer. I guess I should have expected this from a doc titled, “The Final Act,” but I guess I figured since it was Queen and my dear Freddie Mercury, how could it not be an adrenaline-pumping power ballad? And, I must admit, at parts, it still indeed was. Not only did we get to hear excerpts and performances of the entire band of Queen, but I was also ecstatic to see and hear the likes of Elton John, David Bowie, George Michael, and Def Leppard. It was also incredibly refreshing to get to see these artists as they were,...

It's difficult to pick out the most iconic scene from "Jurassic Park." Steven Spielberg delivered plenty of awe-inspiring moments of beauty and wonder, but it's the moments of terror demonstrating how scary dinosaurs could be that stand out the most. The famous sequence with the velociraptors in the kitchen, in particular, may have been the root of a fair share of childhood nightmares for just how tense and suffocating it feels. According to actor Joseph Mazzello, shooting the scene presented its own set of real-life dangers, too.

In "Jurassic Park," Mazzello, who played John Hammond's grandson Tim Murphy, is on the run...

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Chris Pratt’s Owen Grady galloping after dinosaurs in a snowy mountain landscape, Bryce Dallas Howard’s Claire Dearing being chased by them on European rooftops, and the legacy trio of Sam Neill, Jeff Goldblum and Laura Dern returning.

These are some of the images from the BTS reel Universal presented for Jurassic World: Dominion. While the studio focused on their slate up until March 2022 during its CinemaCon presentation Wednesday, it gave the crowd here at Caesars Colosseum Theatre a glimpse at the June 10, 2022 release that closes out the dinosaur franchise created by Michael Crichton and Steven Spielberg.

“This movie asks the single question: What if dinosaurs lived among us? Would we be safe?” Dominion filmmaker Colin Trevorrow said.

The quick BTS sizzle reel included old footage of Spielberg on set of the first movie, 1993’s Jurassic Park, explaining to Joseph Mazzello (who played Tim in the original) about the...

Impeachment: American Crime Story Trailer and TV Spots — FX‘s American Crime Story: Season 3 (Impeachment) TV show trailer and TV show commercials have been released. The Impeachment: American Crime Story trailer and TV spots stars Beanie Feldstein, Mira Sorvino, Sarah Paulson, Clive Owen, Edie Falco, Joseph Mazzello, Taran Killam, Margo [...]

Continue reading: Impeachment: American Crime Story TV Show Trailer & TV Spots: President Clinton & Monica Lewinsky’s Story is Brought to Life [FX]...

Oscar winner Mira Sorvino, Veep alum Dan Bakkedahl, Joseph Mazzello (Bohemian Rhapsody), Blair Underwood (Quantico), Kevin Pollak (Mom) and Patrick Fischler (The Right Stuff) are set for recurring roles in Impeachment: American Crime Story, Ryan Murphy’s upcoming FX limited series about the Bill Clinton-Monica Lewinsky sex scandal, sources said. Reps for the network, Murphy, 20th Television and the actors declined comment.

The third season of American Crime Story is based on Jeffrey Toobin’s book A Vast Conspiracy: The Real Story of the Sex Scandal That Nearly Brought Down a President. Feldstein stars as Lewinsky, Clive Owen as Bill Clinton, Annaleigh Ashford as Paula Jones and Billy Eichner as journalist Matt Drudge.

Sorvino is believed to be playing Marcia Lewis, Monica Lewinsky’s mom. The role reunites Sorvino with Murphy, with whom she worked on his recent Netflix series Hollywood.

Bakkedahl would portray Kenneth Starr, independent counsel during the...

Exclusive: Joseph Mazzello (Bohemian Rhapsody) and Anna Camp (Pitch Perfect) are set to star in Bob and Amy, an indie comedy produced by David Hunt and Patricia Heaton via their FourBoys Entertainment shingle.

Hunt directed the pic from a screenplay by Rodney Vaccaro. It’s about a music critic, Bob (Mazzello), who is out of a job and trying to wrangle the menagerie of animals his wife Amy (Camp) has accumulated. When a high school couple becomes pregnant, they decide to choose Bob and Amy as their baby’s adoptive parents, but first Bob has to come to terms with the idea of raising someone else’s child as his own. Will adopting a baby cure their existential angst?

Neil Flynn, Ryann Shane and Nash Grier round out the cast.

Mazzello, who played John Deacon in the Oscar-nominated biopic Bohemian Rhapsody, is repped by Buchwald, Podwall Entertainment and Felker Toczek.

The end of Jurassic Park is suspenseful and nerve-racking as velociraptors pursue Dr. Alan Grant (Sam Neill), Dr. Ellie Sattler (Laura Dern), and John Hammond’s grandchildren Lex and Tim Murphy (Ariana Richards and Joseph Mazzello) through the visitor center of this experiment gone terribly wrong. But the towering tyrannosaurus rex becomes a hero as it […]

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Team Experience has been celebrating pets at the movies (and in our homes) all week. We'll wrap up Sunday. Here's Ginny O'Keefe...

The best kind of pet in any movie is a loyal one. And it doesn’t hurt if the pet is cute. Also, a sprinkle of badassery is always welcome. All that is nicely packaged in a yellow Labrador retriever named Maggie in 1994’s rafting/crime adventure film The River Wild. For those who haven’t seen this Streep vs. Bacon gem, Meryl plays rafting expert Gail who is forced to take two criminals (John C. Reilly and Kevin Bacon) down a dangerous river all the while trying to protect her son, Rourke (Joseph Mazzello), and husband Tom (David Straithairn). Along for the trip is Maggie. From the get-go, Maggie is sweet, bubbly and you can tell she loves her humans deeply. She’s also good at digging...

Every day is a new challenge to find something to occupy our time while we continue to self-quarantine. But thankfully, filmmakers and their casts have stepped up with plenty of watch party options for us to partake in at home. Another one will arrive next week for one of the greatest movies ever made. Jurassic […]

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Today officially marked the first day of filming on Jurassic World 3, the hotly anticipated closer to the Jurassic World trilogy that’ll also bring the franchise full circle by getting back the original stars of Jurassic Park. Other than that casting coup, not much else had been known about the sequel before now. However, in announcing the start of the shoot, director Colin Trevorrow has unveiled the official title of the movie – Jurassic World: Dominion.

This afternoon, Trevorrow took to Twitter to share a shot of a clapperboard from the set. As you can see below, it sports the film’s logo, revealing the one-word subtitle of the piece. “Day one #Jurassic World,” is how Trevorrow captioned the image.

Day One#JurassicWorld pic.twitter.com/UnQIUFwJ3t

— Colin Trevorrow (@colintrevorrow) February 25, 2020

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Director Colin Trevorrow’s Jurassic World 3 roams freely into theaters in June 2021 and has begun filming. And today, original Jurassic Park star Joseph Mazzello teased his return as Tim. Check out his tweet below! Related: Sam Neill Ready To Begin Shooting Jurassic World 3 […]

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Oh Timmy, Timmy, Timmy. You were part of the original 1993 Jurassic Park, a film that shaped a generation of dinosaur lovers and launched a franchise that still sends chills down our spines today. Your wide-eyed look remains iconic. Your battle with the electric fence will never be forgotten. And, according to your actor Joseph Mazzello, you […]

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Colin Trevorrow has been playing a long game with the Jurassic World franchise. By reintroducing B.D Wong’s Henry Wu in the first World and then having Jeff Goldblum cameo as Ian Malcolm in Fallen Kingdom, he’s teased audiences for a full-on crossover between the casts of Jurassic Park and the modern movies, and that’s exactly what we’re going to get in Jurassic World 3. Yes, Goldblum’s back again, but so is Sam Neill’s Alan Grant and Laura Dern’s Ellie Sattler.

Having the original trio back is obviously the big hook of the threequel, but they might not be the only familiar faces featuring in the film. Owen Grady himself, Chris Pratt, was asked what’s in store for JW3 while attending the premiere for his new Pixar movie, Onward. The star was careful with his words, but he did tease that “everybody...

Ever since the Jurassic Park franchise returned in 2015 with Colin Trevorrow’s Jurassic World, one of the main criticisms of the most recent installments was an over-reliance on nostalgia. Obviously, that’s something of a recurring theme in today’s studio blockbusters given the mixed reactions to the latest Star Wars and Terminator movies, but there’s always been a fine line between breathing new life into an established brand and simply rehashing what came before.

Jurassic World may have introduced a fresh batch of characters and featured a fully-functioning park on Isla Nublar, but it still relied heavily on recognizable locations and iconography from the past. Follow-up Fallen Kingdom tried to remedy this by blowing up the whole island during the first act, but it still came off as a little too similar to original sequel The Lost World, this time with a mansion substituted in for the entire city of San Diego.

Hold the phone.

When it comes to Netflix viewing, Martin Scorsese doesn’t necessarily speak for the room.

Commenting on “The Irishman” director’s objection to the all-too-common method of watching Netflix on personal cell phones, Ryan Reynolds told Variety ,” You should be able to watch whatever the f–k you want to watch on whatever f–king device you want to watch it on. I don’t know. I would say that’s just the way things are.”

Reynolds was in New York for the premiere of his Netflix action movie, “6 Underground,” which is released Friday, Dec. 13.

Speaking to Rolling Stone last month, Scorsese urged “The Irishman” viewers to “please, please don’t look at it on a phone, please. An iPad, a big iPad, maybe.”

Michael Bay, director of “6 Underground,” saw it both ways: “I don’t want my movies to be watched on a phone either.

Jurassic World 3 is looking better and better every day, and it’s not even slated to hit theaters until June of 2021. Jeff Goldblum, Sam Neill, and Laura Dern will be bringing back the original team of mathematician Ian Malcolm, Dr. Alan Grant and Dr. Ellie Sattler, that much is a fact. You better cross your fingers though, because the kids from the original movies say they’re also open to returning.

Almost immediately upon hearing about the return of the Og three, fans went nuts and started campaigning for them to make their way back to the franchise, too. We use the term “kids” loosely here, though, as Joseph Mazzello and Ariana Richards are now 36 and 40 years old, respectively. They played Tim and Lex, grandchildren to Richard Attenborough’s John Hammond, in the original film. We lost Attenborough in 2014, and seeing how pretty much every other main character from...

The 2019 Oscars are just around the corner, and a few stars kicked off the celebrations early. Vanity Fair and L'Oreal Paris toasted to "New Hollywood" at Ysabel in West Hollywood, Calif. on Tuesday. The magazine's West Coast editor Krista Smith hosted the soirée along with Henry Golding, Amandla Stenberg and Yalitza Aparaicio. Of course, there were several other stars in attendance. Chloe Bennet, Ashley Benson, Nina Dobrev, Jaime King, Rachel Bloom, Colton Hanyes, Joseph Mazzello, Becca Tilley, Susan Kelechi Watson were just a few of the celebrities to celebrate the new rising voices and change-makers in the industry.  Once inside, guests sipped on cocktails and were...

Our resident VOD expert tells you what's new to rent and/or own this week via various Digital HD providers such as cable Movies On Demand, FandangoNOW, Amazon, iTunes, Vudu, Google Play and, of course, Netflix. Cable Movies On Demand: Same-day-as-disc releases, older titles and pretheatrical Bohemian Rhapsody (Oscar-nominated biographical drama about Freddie Mercury and Queen; Rami Malek, Lucy Boynton, Gwilym Lee, Ben Hardy, Joseph Mazzello, Aiden Gillen, Mike Myers; rated PG-13) Anna and the Apocalypse (comedy-horror-musical; Ella Hunt, Malcolm Cumming, Sarah Swire, Christopher Leveaux, Marli Siu, Ben Wiggins; rated R) Nobody's Fool One Million...

The 91st Annual Academy Awards will take place Sunday February 24th at 8pm Eastern time. Here is our overview of the major awards nominees in case you didn’t get to see them yourself.

There’s always a lot of talk leading up to the big day about who will win what awards. We try to make our predictions based on trends from the past, but we can’t help to be swayed by our own personal opinions. Some movies truly strike a chord with us, while others aren’t interesting at all. Furthermore, Oscar films are usually heavy in the drama department and therefore they aren’t always the easiest or most entertaining movies to watch.

That’s why we’re here. Here is your guide to the nominees of this year’s Academy Awards. We’ve compiled the following brief summaries, interesting facts, and critical reviews for all these films and people.

Gold Derby brings you all the winner interviews from backstage in the press room as SAG Awards 2019 champs answer questions from the media. Watch these short yet exciting Q&A chats with journalists from all over the world just moments after they accept their trophies live on TNT and TBS. These video links are from our sister website Variety at Penske Media and TNT.

The actual ceremony is hosted this year by past winner Megan Mullally (“Will and Grace”). Statues will be handed out in six film categories and nine TV categories. Veteran actor Alan Alda receives the Screen Actors Guild life achievement award from Tom Hanks.

SEE2019 SAG Awards: Full winners list in the 6 film and 9 TV categories [Updating Live]

Keep refreshing this page as we are updating live with even more Q&A videos from the media room behind the stage at the Shrine Auditorium in downtown Los Angeles.

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“Black Panther,...

Last year’s lead acting champ Gary Oldman plus current nominees Glenn Close and Michael Douglas are among the latest 10 presenters announced for Sunday’s SAG Awards ceremony. Other new presenters revealed by the Screen Actors Guild on Friday are Scott Bakula, Antonio Banderas, Gabrielle Carteris, Jodie Foster, Hugh Grant, Rachel Weisz and Robin Wright. The 25th annual event will be hosted by past winner Megan Mullally (“Will and Grace”) for TNT and TBS on Sunday, January 27, at 8:00 p.m. Et; 5:00 p.m. Pt.

SEE2019 SAG Awards nominations: Full list of Screen Actors Guild Awards nominees

Prior to this announcement, Thursday’s group of presenters announced were Alec Baldwin, Matt Bomer, Laverne Cox, Richard Madden, Ricky Martin, Tracy Morgan, Chris Pine and Keri Russell.

And on Wednesday the Screen Actors Guild revealed the stars from the five nominated ensembles who will present their film clips on the show:

“BlacKkKlansman” — Adam Driver,...

Awkwafina, Ricky Martin and Chris Pine are among the second round of announced presenters for Sunday’s SAG Awards. The total list as of Thursday stands at 24 celebrities, including the newly-revealed Alec Baldwin, Matt Bomer, Laverne Cox, Richard Madden, Tracy Morgan and Keri Russell. The 25th annual ceremony will be hosted by past winner Megan Mullally (“Will and Grace”) for TNT and TBS on Sunday, January 27, at 8:00 p.m. Et; 5:00 p.m. Pt.

SEE2019 SAG Awards nominations: Full list of Screen Actors Guild Awards nominees

Prior to this announcement, on Wednesday the Screen Actors Guild revealed the stars from the five nominated ensembles who will present their film clips on the show:

“BlacKkKlansman” — Adam Driver, John David Washington

“Black Panther” — Angela Bassett, Chadwick Boseman

“Bohemian Rhapsody” — Ben Hardy, Gwilym Lee, Rami Malek, Joseph Mazzello

“Crazy Rich Asians” — Henry Golding, Ken Jeong, Constance Wu, Michelle Yeoh

“A Star Is Born” — Bradley Cooper,...

Lady Gaga, Bradley Cooper and Rami Malek are among the first 15 announced presenters for Sunday’s SAG Awards. The 25th annual ceremony will be hosted by past winner Megan Mullally (“Will and Grace”) for TNT and TBS on Sunday, January 27, at 8:00 p.m. Et; 5:00 p.m. Pt.

It’s traditional for film ensemble nominees to be on stage together to present clips from their contending movies. The five casts nominated for the 2019 event are “BlacKkKlansman,” “Black Panther,” “Bohemian Rhapsody,” “Crazy Rich Asians” and “A Star Is Born.”

SEE2019 SAG Awards nominations: Full list of Screen Actors Guild Awards nominees

Stars from those ensembles announced as Screen Actors Guild presenters on Wednesday are (others could be added):

“BlacKkKlansman” — Adam Driver, John David Washington

“Black Panther” — Angela Bassett, Chadwick Boseman

“Bohemian Rhapsody” — Ben Hardy, Gwilym Lee, Rami Malek, Joseph Mazzello

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Rami Malek has had quite the awards season run with his portrayal of Freddie Mercury in “Bohemian Rhapsody.” But now, with the film landing five Oscar nominations including one for Best Actor, Malek says that he’s “on cloud nine.”

“I didn’t know [the nominations were] today, but I had a feeling it might be,” Malek told TheWrap following his nomination announcement. “I’m in Paris so I’m ahead of schedule, so I didn’t have to wake up that early. It’s everything you expect it to be — I’m walking on cloud nine. It felt otherworldly. It was snowing outside, so it already felt magical, and the nomination just added to it.”

Malek doesn’t know who he will be taking to the Academy Awards, although he imagines that the entire cast will be there given how close they grew during the making of the film.

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Follow along with our updating live blog Saturday night as we reveal all of the Producers Guild Awards 2019 winners as they happen. We’ll also let you know the presenters as they are happening for three film and 10 television categories plus the honorary awards.

For the 2018 ceremony, PGA voters previewed the upcoming Academy Awards by naming their Best Picture winner of “The Shape of Water.” For the 30th annual PGA event in Beverly Hills, could the newest Best Picture champ be a blockbuster like “A Star Is Born,” “Bohemian Rhapsody” or “Black Panther”? Or maybe a critical favorite such as “Roma,” “Green Book” or “The Favourite”?

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Honorary recipients for Saturday’s show:

Stanley Kramer Award — Jane Fonda

David O. Selznick Film Award — Kevin Feige

Milestone Award — Toby Emmerich

Norman Lear TV Award — Amy Sherman-Palladino

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Stars: Rami Malek, Lucy Boynton, Gwilym Lee, Ben Hardy, Joseph Mazzello, Aidan Gillen, Allen Leech, Tom Hollander, Mike Myers, Dickie Beau | Written by Anthony McCarten | Directed by Bryan Singer, Dexter Fletcher

Bohemian Rhapsody has had a long-troubled road to the cinematic big screen. A detailed plagued-production history of Sacha Baron Cohen headlining the project courting the likes of David Fincher and Tom Hooper for the directors’ chair, only to infamously leave said production and drag the creators and producers being Queen surviving members of Roger Taylor and Brian May, who wanted the film to be more so a biopic of Queen itself, not Freddie Mercury who infamously passes away mid-way through the film’s script which then focuses on the rest of the bands future. Something that was thankfully rectified with this production as in actual fact the film incorporates a bookend of Live Aid in a far more conventional manner,...

Bryan Singer’s “Bohemian Rhapsody” takes on the ride of legendary British rock band Queen, as well as the life of frontman Freddie Mercury. In the film, Queen’s record label at one time resisted releasing “Bohemian Rhapsody,” perhaps one of the band’s most famous songs, as a single — but did that really happen?

In the movie, band members Freddie Mercury (Rami Malek), Roger Taylor (Ben Hardy), Brian May (Gwilym Lee) and John Deacon (Joseph Mazzello) walk into Emi Records to play their single “Bohemian Rhapsody” of their new album, “A Night at the Opera.”

However, Emi executive Ray Foster, refuses to release the song as the band’s next single following “Killer Queen,” mainly because he didn’t understand the song and also thought a six-minute tune would never play on the radio.

After a heated discussion in the film, the band storms out of the meeting with...

The greatest visual strength of box-office hit “Bohemian Rhapsody” is conveying the evolution of Freddy Mercury (Rami Malek) and Queen amid the cultural shift of the ’70s and ’80s, climaxing with the legendary Live Aid concert in 1985. However, Live Aid was actually shot first, which turned out to be a blessing for Malek and co-stars Gwilym Lee (guitarist Brian May), Ben Hardy (drummer Roger Taylor), and Joseph Mazzello (bassist John Deacon).

“It’s kind of a crazy thing to start the shoot with one of the hardest and most pivotal moments,” said Newton Thomas Sigel, director Bryan Singer’s go-to cinematographer. “But it allowed the cast to come together early and create their chemistry. I remember watching them rehearse three days before the shoot. They didn’t know each other and those four guys really jelled, just like a rock’n’roll band would.”

The Live Aid segment, with an...

Stars: Rami Malek, Lucy Boynton, Gwilym Lee, Ben Hardy, Joseph Mazzello, Aidan Gillen, Allen Leech, Tom Hollander, Mike Myers, Dickie Beau | Written by Anthony McCarten | Directed by Bryan Singer, Dexter Fletcher

Fair warning: I’m not completely unbiased with this movie. Like many people, I absolutely love Queen and I think Freddie Mercury is the best showman to ever walk the Earth. When I first heard about the Bohemian Rhapsody movie, I was really excited about it and that increased after seeing a brilliant trailer. However, it’s safe to say that the reception to the movie has been mixed. A lot of critics have problems with it but personally speaking, I don’t agree with them on this one.

The story of Bohemian Rhapsody is about Queen’s origins and their rise to fame while dealing with dramas and obstacles on the way that eventually lead to a climax...

Don Kaye Feb 20, 2019

The rock music golden age in which Queen took off, showcased in Bohemian Rhapsody, was one we’ll probably never see again.

Even though it’s not a great film, there are a number of things about the new Queen biopic, Bohemian Rhapsody, that are quite enjoyable. Chief among them are the performance of Rami Malek as lead singer Freddie Mercury, along with the work by Gwilym Lee, Ben Hardy, and Joseph Mazzello as fellow band members Brian May, Roger Taylor, and John Deacon respectively. There’s also that climactic performance at Live Aid, which provides an electric, emotional and truly rousing finale to a movie that, while entertaining, often feels like a condensed Cliff’s Notes version of the history of one of rock’s most unique and inimitable bands.

The way that Bohemian Rhapsody skates over the group’s history, touching down briefly on significant...

“Bohemian Rhapsody” is heading for a rhapsodic debut from 4,000 North American locations with an estimated $46 million.

The Fox biopic starring Rami Malek as Queen frontman Freddie Mercury earned $18.4 million Friday. Bryan Singer directed the film from Anthony McCarten’s screenplay. Lucy Boynton, Gwilym Lee, Ben Hardy, Joseph Mazzello, Aidan Gillen, Tom Hollander, and Mike Myers also star.

“Bohemian Rhapsody” is sitting at a 59% on Rotten Tomatoes, with an A CinemaScore.

Christmastime pic “The Nutcracker and the Four Realms” should debut in second with about $18 million from 3,766 domestic sites. That marks a disappointing start for the Disney film, which stars Keira Knightley and has an estimated production budget of well over $100 million.

Lasse Hallström and Joe Johnston directed the film, with Ashleigh Powell writing the script. Mackenzie Foy, Eugenio Derbez, Matthew Macfadyen, Richard E. Grant, Misty Copeland, Helen Mirren, and Morgan Freeman also star. “Nutcracker” follows a young girl who must...

Bohemian Rhapsody doesn’t let Freddie Mercury actually perform until the very end. Before then, there are glimpses of performances that place lead actor Rami Malek center stage, but music’s greatest frontman deserves more than mere glimpses and simple montages that pull the plug on “Killer Queen,” “Fat Bottom Girls,” and “Another One Bites the Dust” far too quickly. I’ll admit that there was a certain pep in my step walking out of Bohemian Rhapsody, but that’s what happens when “Don’t Stop Me Now” plays as the credits rock and roll.

Starting and ending with the triumphant Live Aid concert, Rhapsody is much more the story of Queen than it is of its headliner. Beginning in 1970 with a flamboyant and teeth-riddled Freddie meeting up with the band that his charisma would soon turn into Queen, the film hits the basic checkpoints along a 15-year-long musical highway.

Put Rami Malek high on the last for best film performances of 2018. As Freddie Mercury, the lead singer of the British band Queen, the Mr. Robot star performs miracles, catching the look, strut and soul of Mercury, who died of complications from AIDS in 1991. Sadly, the film itself shows signs of a difficult birth. Sacha Baron Cohen was set to play Mercury before he left over creative differences. And director Bryan Singer (X-Men, The Usual Suspects) was fired for not showing up on set (an uncredited Dexter Fletcher replaced him).

So,...