Welcome to movie-awards season, as two films arriving this week, "Belfast" and "Passing," look back to the past through the lustrous filter of glorious black and white -- the former seeing Ireland's tumult in the 1960s via the eyes of a child, the latter America's racial history in Harlem during the 1920s.
"Clifford the Big Red Dog" is a big boy, but not a particularly good one, in a live-action adventure that reminds us, again, that for all the wonders that computer animation can conjure on screen, nothing quite beats a real live dog.
First, a confession: Unlike many fans who have surely stayed loyal through thick and thin, "Supergirl" long ago lost this humble critic, who continued watching out of a sense of curiosity and obligation through a convoluted sixth and final season.
Travis Scott concerts are known for being raucous and rowdy. But the 2021 Astroworld Festival, where he was set to close out the first night of performances, went beyond expected levels of rowdiness when it took a deadly turn.
A few months ago, I was listening to the radio in the car with my buddy Noam. He said to me, "Your uncle is far more respected in the music industry than [this artist]."
Travis Scott will cover all funeral costs for the eight victims who died at his Astroworld Festival on Friday, according to a statement released Monday by a representative for the rapper and producer.
Chloé Zhao was riding about as high as a director can coming off a pair of critically acclaimed independent-style darlings, "The Rider" and "Nomadland," earning an Oscar for the latter. Yet the prevailing sense among critics and many movie-goers that she couldn't completely tame "Eternals," Marvel's latest phase of its superhero universe, renews questions about the tradeoffs for prestige filmmakers wading into such well-established franchises.
