Faithful fans are going to love Practical Magic 2 just the way they did the original – even though it was completely ridiculous.
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Critiques of method acting misunderstand what method acting is – and dismiss the women who practise it.
The blonde archetype Monroe represented in the 1950s continues to evolve and expand as an ever-fascinating part of pop culture.
As we approach the centenary of Monroe’s birth, the image that endures in the public imagination has been largely stripped of voice and agency.
Monroe envisioned her home as a sanctuary ‘for any friends of mine who are in some kind of trouble’.
Efforts to use technology to police copyright evolved into companies using copyright law to lock people out of repairing their own devices.
Lena Dunham’s searingly funny, shockingly honest memoir reveals how Hollywood culture allows pretty much anything, except human frailty.
To what extent has the line between playful community space and commercial spectacle been blurred?
In ‘1984,’ George Orwell envisaged a world in which books were a mass-produced commodity no different from ‘jam and bootlaces.’
The action star’s death forced fans to reckon with his strange legacy: a real person with a complicated past, and a meme that made him into an immortal symbol of exaggerated masculinity.
Host Conan O’Brien kept the political references to harmless jokes.
AI tools can now generate movie scenes, resurrect lost footage and replace entry-level jobs – forcing Hollywood to rethink creativity, labor and authorship.
Paramount’s A$156 billion takeover of Warner Bros Discover benefits Donald Trump, Netflix and some of the richest men in Hollywood. That’s about it.
The turn to CGI has sidelined many of the dogs, bears and horses of yesteryear. But ethical questions aside, there’s still some magic in filming and seeing the real thing.
Robert Duvall has died at 95. From The Godfather to The Apostle, he illuminated every film he was in.
Whether depicting solitude, decay, adversity or romantic, destined love, rain in movies emotes as much as a character would.
The exceptional historical film has had such a profound impact on western visual culture that many may not realise how deeply its language is rooted in mainstream cinema.
Rob Reiner, the celebrated Hollywood director whose diverse filmography was loved by a broad array of audiences, has died at 78.
Hollywood has seen this movie before.
The actor who plays Hopper, David Harbour, has been the subject of negative press in recent weeks.
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