HBO Max is already saying goodbye one of its biggest franchises.
06.08.2020 - 08:17 / variety.com
Owen Gleiberman Chief Film CriticIf you want to meet a Republican politician who’s the ultimate poster boy for shameless apple-polishing — the kind of eager conservative loyalist who would crawl across broken glass to shine Donald Trump’s shoes — you should watch “The Swamp,” the new HBO documentary, and get a load of Matt Gaetz, a congressman from Florida who got swept into the U.S. House of Representatives by the Trump tidal wave.Gaetz is a real piece of work.
HBO Max is already saying goodbye one of its biggest franchises.
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Brent Lang Executive Editor of Film and MediaAlex Gibney, the Emmy and Oscar winning documentary filmmaker who has previously investigated everything from Scientology to Theranos, will pull back the curtain on Russian collusion in U.S. elections.Dubbed “Agents of Chaos,” the two-part film will debut on HBO on Sept.
Anthony D'Alessandro Editorial Director/Box Office EditorFollowing a barrage of criticism that he lobbed against Justice League replacement director Joss Whedon, actor Ray Fisher made an appearance on the DC Fandome panel today for Zack Snyder’s upcoming HBO Max director’s cut of the movie, with a question from a fan: What character is Snyder excited to fully flesh out in his version of the movie next year?“The characters that I’m excited to fully flesh out? Of course it’s Cyborg.
Bruce Haring pmc-editorial-managerJoseph James DeAngelo, known as the “Golden State Killer” who terrorized California during a two-decade, six county rape, murder and robbery spree, was sentenced Friday to 11 consecutive terms of life without parole.The subject of an HBO documentary series, I’ll Be Gone in the Dark, which was based on writer Michelle McNamara’s best-seller of the same name, DeAngelo was a former police officer who was known by several nicknames, including The Original Night
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Selena Gomez may be quarantined at home, where she’s been learning to cook on the HBO Max series,, but that doesn’t mean she’s isolated from her friends. On the latest episode of the at-home cooking show, Taylor Swift makes a virtual appearance as the two besties FaceTime each other. On episode four, chef and food personality Roy Choi is Gomez’s guest mentor, who virtually teaches the singer how to make Korean barbecue Texas breakfast tacos.
Owen Gleiberman Chief Film CriticEven those who consider themselves experts on the subject will find a provocative treasure trove of images and anecdotes in “Skin: A History of Nudity in the Movies.” Danny Wolf’s documentary is a breezy, open-eyed, and often encyclopedic compendium of all the ways the cinema has celebrated, exploited, and negotiated the power of the naked body.
Owen Gleiberman Chief Film CriticIn “Apocalypse ’45,” we see images of World War II — the last six months of it, when our forces were engaged in a grisly death-throes battle with the Japanese in the Pacific — that are more colorful, raw, and deeply naturalistic than the images we’re used to seeing. And that footage hits us with the shock of the new.American soldiers blast their flamethrowers into caves, the oily fire whipping around like something out of a dragon’s mouth.
Nellie Andreeva Co-Editor-in-Chief, TVLen Amato, President of HBO Films, Miniseries and Cinemax, is leaving the premium cable network after thirteen years.His exit comes amid a wave of layoffs across HBO parent WarnerMedia, which has impacted a number of veteran, high-level executives.
The Count of Monte Cristo or Bram Stoker's Dracula, you may instantly conjure up images of white male protagonists at the center of a haunting narrative. And to that end, road trip films and TV series also typically have white male leads.
Mel Brooks film kicks off not with its opening sequence, but rather an introduction by University of Chicago professor and TCM host Jacqueline Stewart.The intro, in which the “Silent Sunday Nights” host provides social context to the 1974 Cleavon Little-Gene Wilder comedy, is similar to the disclaimer in front of “Gone with the Wind.”“This movie is an overt and audacious spoof on classic Westerns,” Stewart says in the newly added intro.
Blazing Saddles is currently streaming on HBO Max, along with a new introduction that automatically plays before the Mel Brooks classic begins. It is unclear exactly when the intro was added to the 1974 comedy classic starring the lateCleavon Little and the late Gene Wilder, but it was sometime after the film premiered on the streaming service in July.
HBO Max had added an advisory warning to yet another film rife with outdated racist themes.
Mark Wahlberg is strutting his stuff. On Monday, the 49-year-old Oscar nominee took to Twitter on Monday to share a photo from a recent day on the water with his wife, Rhea Durham.
“My [heart emoji],” Mark Wahlberg, 49, captioned the photo of posted to Instagram on Aug. 10. In the picture, a shirtless Mark is seen standing next to Rhea Durham, 42, with a gorgeous lake in the background. During this trip out to the water, Rhea opted for a sleek black one-piece swimsuit, with her hair put in a messy-but-stylish up-do. Mark’s styling only consisted of a pair of sunglasses and swim trunks covered in sharks, but when you’re packing a six-pack like him, what else do you need?
There’s been so much drama throughout the 10th season of The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills, and yet more droplets of tea are being spilt! In her August 6 interview with SiriusXM’s EW Live, first-time RHOBH housewife Garcelle Beauvais got very candid about her fellow cast member Denise Richards and whether or not she’ll return for a third season after an intense second. “I hope so,” Garcelle answered when asked if she thinks Denise would return for another batch of episodes.
The Count of Monte Cristo or Bram Stoker's Dracula, you may instantly conjure up images of white male protagonists at the center of a haunting narrative. And to that end, road trip films and TV series also typically have white male leads.