URAWA, Japan — One Japanese creation grabbing attention on the Oscars red carpet wasn’t a movie: the kitsch shoes that seemed to be clenched in Godzilla’s claw. They were the work of Ryosuke Matsui, who recently described his joy at seeing “Godzilla Minus One” director Takashi Yamazaki and his Shirogumi special-effects team walk the red … Read more
The 96th Academy Awards are underway and that means all things glitz, glamour, and some incredibly exciting reunions! During the annual awards ceremony at the Dolby Theater in Hollywood, Oscars producers upped the ante by taking the previously announced list of presenters and pairing them together to recreate iconic pairings and collaborations from throughout film history. … Read more
With the 96th Academy Awards just hours away, actors, directors and Hollywood’s biggest stars descended upon the Dolby Theatre on Saturday for the official dress rehearsal ahead of the big day. The run-through, held each year as a way to familiarize the presenters and production crew with the flow of events before film’s biggest night, went … Read more
Most modern disaster movies are rather cheesy—big, special effects spectacles that are an excuse to showcase lots of destruction and action. Concrete Utopia, a South Korean disaster movie, has some of that, but really focuses more on what comes in the immediate aftermath. First, the film grabs your attention with a massive earthquake leveling Seoul. … Read more
LONDON — Glenda Jackson, a two-time Academy Award-winning performer who had a second profession in politics as a British lawmaker earlier than an acclaimed late-life return to stage and display, has died at age 87. Jackson’s agent Lionel Larner mentioned she died Thursday at her dwelling in London after a brief sickness. He mentioned she … Read more