Cinema, TV, and Everything in Between
CULVER CITY, California—November 18, 2025—Today, Prime Video released first-look images from the smart heist thriller, Steal, starring Sophie Turner (Game of Thrones, The Staircase), Jacob Fortune-Lloyd (Bodies, The Queen’s Gambit), and Archie Madekwe (Saltburn, Gran Turismo). All six episodes will be available on January 21, 2026, exclusively on Prime Video in...
Superman is an upcoming American superhero film based on DC Comics featuring the eponymous character. Produced by DC Studios and to be distributed by Warner Bros. Pictures, it will be the first film in the DC Universe (DCU) and a reboot of the Superman film series. The film is written...
At the California Institute of the Arts in the 1970s, Henry Selick was one of the few students who attended both the Disney-centric character animation course and the one for experimental animation. That duality presaged things to come. Selick has always had one foot in the big studios, directing his...
Stop Motion: Celebrating Hand-Crafted Animation on the Big Screen, supported by headline partner Laika, is our major new season taking place from 1 August from 9 October. BFI
Star Trek: The Motion Picture is a 1979 American science fiction film directed by Robert Wise
Here’s the latest from Of or Involving Motion Pictures It had been over three years since Howard Hughes had completed filming on his relatively tame western THE OUTLAW, starring Jane Russell. However, it had yet to be released to the moviegoing public. The reason for this was because the production...
Here’s the latest from Of or Involving Motion Pictures Audiences, eager to put the past few years of war behind them, flocked to the movies. There were splashy Technicolor musicals to enjoy, and gritty crime dramas which would come to be known as film noir. Soon studios were reporting record...
Here’s the latest from Of or Involving Motion Pictures Leslie Fenton was a British-American actor who was married to Ann Dvorak. During the war years, he transitioned from acting to directing, and while he did not helm a lot of motion pictures, his output is still remarkable. One of the...
Here’s the latest from Of or Involving Motion Pictures A memorable motion picture arrived in the form of MILDRED PIERCE from Warner Brothers. Joan Crawford had found a perfect role as the title character. She played the middle-aged owner of a chic eatery who was determined to protect the welfare...
Here’s the latest from Of or Involving Motion Pictures Almost a third of the Hollywood community was involved in the services. This included actors, directors, writers, camera operators and even producers. Many of them did not see actual combat but instead worked on training films or propaganda films. Some of...
It was a time of transitions at MGM. A year earlier, the studio’s reigning queen Norma Shearer had made her last film. In 1943, she was now unofficially retired. Her occasional rival at the studio, Joan Crawford was on her way out the door, too. Interestingly, back in 1925, Crawford...
I was not a fan of this sequel to JURASSIC PARK when I saw it in theaters in 1997, but it has grown on me in repeated viewings. What turned me off initially was the very high casualty count. In hindsight, I realized that it was only marginally higher than...
A discussion about this year in cinematic history would be severely compromised if no mention were made of 1942’s timeless classic CASABLANCA. The film went through various stages to wind up as it did. The roles played by Humphrey Bogart and Ingrid Bergman were intended for Ronald Reagan and Ann...
This film resonates deeply, for a variety of reasons. Not the least of which is James Cagney’s impressive central performance as the bad man. It is only because of how Cagney brings out the tender human side in the character does he even become worthy of a tribute. At the...
This is a film that plays out methodically on screen and takes us on an emotional journey. Joan Crawford had already perfected the tortured heroine routine in previous cinematic outings. In a way, nobody can really elevate melodrama to an art form the way she can…even though the script pulls...
It was the year that gave us Orson Welles’ layered portrait of William Randolph Hearst. Of course, Hearst didn’t take too kindly to it, but critics loved CITIZEN KANE and lauded its theme of a warped American capitalist dream. The subject matter had been covered before in social message dramas...
War was raging in Europe, but Hollywood continued to provide movies to the world. American films would earn studios over $100 million dollars this year. U.S. audiences, not yet plunged into battle, still went to the movies in droves. A total of 85 million tickets were sold in 1940. Hollywood...
For some people, okay maybe a lot of people, Betty Hutton’s brand of shtick is an acquired taste. But I am one of those people who enjoy it, because I think Miss Hutton always keeps the real goal in mind, which is to entertain the audience no matter what it...
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