Those Who Wish Me Dead (15) Rating: Verdict: For she’s a Jolie good fellow The Secrets We Keep Rating: Verdict: Derivative thriller Some Kind Of Heaven Rating: Verdict: Funny, sad documentary To believe in the almost impressively porous plot of Those Who Wish Me Dead, you have first to believe in Angelina Jolie as a … Read more
Brian Hickerson is pictured arriving at an LA jail on Friday to begin his sentence for domestic violence. The aspiring actor and ex-boyfriend of Hayden Panettiere is now incarcerated at the Men’s Central Jail in downtown Los Angeles in connection to multiple domestic violence charges against the actress dating back to 2019. Hickerson, 31, pleaded … Read more
End Of Sentence (15) Verdict: Worth seeing, full stop Rating: Cowboys (15) Verdict: TransAmerican adventure Rating: Once Upon A River (15) Verdict: Never the Twain Rating: Only in the past few years have strained parent-child relationships been quite such a propulsive force in cinematic storytelling. The subject has always popped up here and there. But … Read more
Nomadland (12A) Rating: Verdict: Admirable, but not lovable Heaven knows what ‘Uncle’ Walt Disney would have made of Nomadland, with its story of Americans made refugees in their own country, trying almost literally to consign grief, loss and economic hardship to the rear-view mirror. I raise the rhetorical question (he’d have hated it, of course) … Read more
BRIAN VINER: Whatever happened to the glamour of the movies? It’s the very last question that should be asked on Oscars weekend but, honestly where did the fun go? Did Godzilla gobble it up?
BRIAN VINER: Whatever happened to the glamour of the movies? It’s the very last question that should be asked on Oscars weekend but, honestly where did the fun go? Did Godzilla gobble it up?
On Sunday evening, when the 93rd Academy Awards are dished out, 74-year-old Glenn Close will more than likely have to find her ‘gracious loser’ expression when she fails to win the Best Supporting Actress statuette for her performance as a doughty working-class grandma in Hillbilly Elegy. Maybe she’ll win, although it wasn’t a universally-admired film … Read more
Hayden Panettiere’s ex Brian Hickerson sentenced to 45 days in jail… two years after domestic violence arrest Hayden Panettiere’s ex Brian Hickerson was sentenced to 45 days in jail after pleading no contest to two felony charges of injuring spouse/cohabitant/girlfriend/child’s parent Hickerson’s sentence is set to begin May 7, however he already has 12 days of … Read more
Capitol Police officer Brian Sicknick died of natural causes, it was ruled Monday Capitol Police Officer Brian Sicknick, who was given full state honors after he was treated as a martyr in the wake of the January riots, actually died of natural causes, a medical examiner ruled. Sicknick died after suffering two strokes following the Capitol … Read more
Capitol Police officer Brian Sicknick died of natural causes, it was ruled Monday Capitol Police Officer Brian Sicknick, who was given full state honors after he was treated as a martyr in the wake of the January riots, actually died of natural causes, a medical examiner ruled. Sicknick died after suffering two strokes following the Capitol … Read more