[This story contains spoilers for Once Upon a Time in Hollywood]
The following is a spoiler-filled conversation about Quentin Tarantino’s Once Upon a Time in Hollywood between The Hollywood Reporter contributors Simon Abrams and Steven Boone, who dissect one new movie a month together. To set the scene: it’s 1969 again, and both almost-was utility actor Rick Dalton (Leonardo DiCaprio) and his loyal stuntman companion/minder Cliff Booth (Brad Pitt) are trying to jump-start their respective mojos. Meanwhile, charming It Girl actress Sharon Tate (Margot Robbie) watches her star rise as cult leader Charles Manson (Damon Herriman) and his Family bide their ...
The following is a spoiler-filled conversation about Quentin Tarantino’s Once Upon a Time in Hollywood between The Hollywood Reporter contributors Simon Abrams and Steven Boone, who dissect one new movie a month together. To set the scene: it’s 1969 again, and both almost-was utility actor Rick Dalton (Leonardo DiCaprio) and his loyal stuntman companion/minder Cliff Booth (Brad Pitt) are trying to jump-start their respective mojos. Meanwhile, charming It Girl actress Sharon Tate (Margot Robbie) watches her star rise as cult leader Charles Manson (Damon Herriman) and his Family bide their ...
- 7/29/2019
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
[This story contains spoilers for Once Upon a Time in Hollywood]
The following is a spoiler-filled conversation about Quentin Tarantino’s Once Upon a Time in Hollywood between The Hollywood Reporter contributors Simon Abrams and Steven Boone, who dissect one new movie a month together. To set the scene: it’s 1969 again, and both almost-was utility actor Rick Dalton (Leonardo DiCaprio) and his loyal stuntman companion/minder Cliff Booth (Brad Pitt) are trying to jump-start their respective mojos. Meanwhile, charming It Girl actress Sharon Tate (Margot Robbie) watches her star rise as cult leader Charles Manson (Damon Herriman) and his Family bide their ...
The following is a spoiler-filled conversation about Quentin Tarantino’s Once Upon a Time in Hollywood between The Hollywood Reporter contributors Simon Abrams and Steven Boone, who dissect one new movie a month together. To set the scene: it’s 1969 again, and both almost-was utility actor Rick Dalton (Leonardo DiCaprio) and his loyal stuntman companion/minder Cliff Booth (Brad Pitt) are trying to jump-start their respective mojos. Meanwhile, charming It Girl actress Sharon Tate (Margot Robbie) watches her star rise as cult leader Charles Manson (Damon Herriman) and his Family bide their ...
- 7/29/2019
- The Hollywood Reporter - Film + TV
[This story contains spoilers for Spider-Man: Far From Home.]
The following is a spoiler-filled conversation about Spider-Man: Far From Home between Hollywood Reporter contributors Simon Abrams and Steven Boone. As the latest satellite installment in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, Far From Home takes place after both Spider-Man: Homecoming and Avengers: Endgame. In Far From Home, our hero Peter Parker (Tom Holland) joins love interest Mj (Zendaya) and Bff Ned (Jacob Batalon) on a school-chaperoned European vacation. Whilst in Venice, Peter fights one of four Elemental monsters with S.H.I.E.L.D. director Nick Fury (Samuel L. Jackson) and new hero Quentin “Mysterio” Beck (Jake Gyllenhaal)....
The following is a spoiler-filled conversation about Spider-Man: Far From Home between Hollywood Reporter contributors Simon Abrams and Steven Boone. As the latest satellite installment in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, Far From Home takes place after both Spider-Man: Homecoming and Avengers: Endgame. In Far From Home, our hero Peter Parker (Tom Holland) joins love interest Mj (Zendaya) and Bff Ned (Jacob Batalon) on a school-chaperoned European vacation. Whilst in Venice, Peter fights one of four Elemental monsters with S.H.I.E.L.D. director Nick Fury (Samuel L. Jackson) and new hero Quentin “Mysterio” Beck (Jake Gyllenhaal)....
[This story contains spoilers for Spider-Man: Far From Home.]
The following is a spoiler-filled conversation about Spider-Man: Far From Home between Hollywood Reporter contributors Simon Abrams and Steven Boone. As the latest satellite installment in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, Far From Home takes place after both Spider-Man: Homecoming and Avengers: Endgame. In Far From Home, our hero Peter Parker (Tom Holland) joins love interest Mj (Zendaya) and Bff Ned (Jacob Batalon) on a school-chaperoned European vacation. Whilst in Venice, Peter fights one of four Elemental monsters with S.H.I.E.L.D. director Nick Fury (Samuel L. Jackson) and new hero Quentin “Mysterio” Beck (Jake Gyllenhaal)....
The following is a spoiler-filled conversation about Spider-Man: Far From Home between Hollywood Reporter contributors Simon Abrams and Steven Boone. As the latest satellite installment in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, Far From Home takes place after both Spider-Man: Homecoming and Avengers: Endgame. In Far From Home, our hero Peter Parker (Tom Holland) joins love interest Mj (Zendaya) and Bff Ned (Jacob Batalon) on a school-chaperoned European vacation. Whilst in Venice, Peter fights one of four Elemental monsters with S.H.I.E.L.D. director Nick Fury (Samuel L. Jackson) and new hero Quentin “Mysterio” Beck (Jake Gyllenhaal)....
The following is a spoiler-filled conversation about Godzilla: King of the Monsters, featuring commentary by The Hollywood Reporter contributors Simon Abrams and Steven Boone.
The latest disaster movie in Warner Bros./Legendary’s extended kaiju cinematic universe picks up five years after the events of Godzilla (2014): the monster-hunting agency Monarch is on the verge of being shut down by an understandably impatient American government. Still, they now face a new threat: Ghidorah, the legendary three-headed dragon, has been unleashed by eco-terrorist Jonah Alan (Charles Dance) with the help of kidnapped scientist Emma Russell (Vera Farmiga) and her daughter Madison (Millie Bobbie Brown)....
The latest disaster movie in Warner Bros./Legendary’s extended kaiju cinematic universe picks up five years after the events of Godzilla (2014): the monster-hunting agency Monarch is on the verge of being shut down by an understandably impatient American government. Still, they now face a new threat: Ghidorah, the legendary three-headed dragon, has been unleashed by eco-terrorist Jonah Alan (Charles Dance) with the help of kidnapped scientist Emma Russell (Vera Farmiga) and her daughter Madison (Millie Bobbie Brown)....
The following is a spoiler-filled conversation about Godzilla: King of the Monsters, featuring commentary by The Hollywood Reporter contributors Simon Abrams and Steven Boone.
The latest disaster movie in Warner Bros./Legendary’s extended kaiju cinematic universe picks up five years after the events of Godzilla (2014): the monster-hunting agency Monarch is on the verge of being shut down by an understandably impatient American government. Still, they now face a new threat: Ghidorah, the legendary three-headed dragon, has been unleashed by eco-terrorist Jonah Alan (Charles Dance) with the help of kidnapped scientist Emma Russell (Vera Farmiga) and her daughter Madison (Millie Bobbie Brown)....
The latest disaster movie in Warner Bros./Legendary’s extended kaiju cinematic universe picks up five years after the events of Godzilla (2014): the monster-hunting agency Monarch is on the verge of being shut down by an understandably impatient American government. Still, they now face a new threat: Ghidorah, the legendary three-headed dragon, has been unleashed by eco-terrorist Jonah Alan (Charles Dance) with the help of kidnapped scientist Emma Russell (Vera Farmiga) and her daughter Madison (Millie Bobbie Brown)....
[This story contains spoilers for Pet Sematary.]
The following is a spoiler-filled conversation about the new movie adaptation of Pet Sematary — Stephen King's disturbing 1983 novel about God, dead cats, and Indian burial grounds — between The Hollywood Reporter contributors Simon Abrams and Steven Boone. Pet Sematary was first adapted into a movie in 1989 by King himself and director Mary Lambert. All three versions of this story follow troubled medical doctor Louis Creed (Jason Clarke, in the new version) as he and his wife Rachel (Amy Seimetz) struggle to prevent their children, Ellie (Jete Laurence) and Gage ...
The following is a spoiler-filled conversation about the new movie adaptation of Pet Sematary — Stephen King's disturbing 1983 novel about God, dead cats, and Indian burial grounds — between The Hollywood Reporter contributors Simon Abrams and Steven Boone. Pet Sematary was first adapted into a movie in 1989 by King himself and director Mary Lambert. All three versions of this story follow troubled medical doctor Louis Creed (Jason Clarke, in the new version) as he and his wife Rachel (Amy Seimetz) struggle to prevent their children, Ellie (Jete Laurence) and Gage ...
[This story contains spoilers for Pet Sematary.]
The following is a spoiler-filled conversation about the new movie adaptation of Pet Sematary — Stephen King's disturbing 1983 novel about God, dead cats, and Indian burial grounds — between The Hollywood Reporter contributors Simon Abrams and Steven Boone. Pet Sematary was first adapted into a movie in 1989 by King himself and director Mary Lambert. All three versions of this story follow troubled medical doctor Louis Creed (Jason Clarke, in the new version) as he and his wife Rachel (Amy Seimetz) struggle to prevent their children, Ellie (Jete Laurence) and Gage ...
The following is a spoiler-filled conversation about the new movie adaptation of Pet Sematary — Stephen King's disturbing 1983 novel about God, dead cats, and Indian burial grounds — between The Hollywood Reporter contributors Simon Abrams and Steven Boone. Pet Sematary was first adapted into a movie in 1989 by King himself and director Mary Lambert. All three versions of this story follow troubled medical doctor Louis Creed (Jason Clarke, in the new version) as he and his wife Rachel (Amy Seimetz) struggle to prevent their children, Ellie (Jete Laurence) and Gage ...
[This story contains spoilers for Jordan Peele's Us]
The following is a conversation about Us — the new Jordan Peele-directed horror movie — between Hollywood Reporter contributors Simon Abrams and Steven Boone. Us often feels like a cross between a home invasion thriller and a Night of the Living Dead-style zombie movie. Set in Santa Cruz, Us follows happily married couple Adelaide and Gabe Wilson (Lupita Nyong'o and Winston Duke) and their two children, Jason and Zora (Evan Alex and Shahadi Wright Joseph), as they are stalked and attacked by The Tethered, a mysterious group of jumpsuit-clad doppelgangers. Since ...
The following is a conversation about Us — the new Jordan Peele-directed horror movie — between Hollywood Reporter contributors Simon Abrams and Steven Boone. Us often feels like a cross between a home invasion thriller and a Night of the Living Dead-style zombie movie. Set in Santa Cruz, Us follows happily married couple Adelaide and Gabe Wilson (Lupita Nyong'o and Winston Duke) and their two children, Jason and Zora (Evan Alex and Shahadi Wright Joseph), as they are stalked and attacked by The Tethered, a mysterious group of jumpsuit-clad doppelgangers. Since ...
- 3/24/2019
- The Hollywood Reporter - Film + TV
[This story contains spoilers for Jordan Peele's Us]
The following is a conversation about Us — the new Jordan Peele-directed horror movie — between Hollywood Reporter contributors Simon Abrams and Steven Boone. Us often feels like a cross between a home invasion thriller and a Night of the Living Dead-style zombie movie. Set in Santa Cruz, Us follows happily married couple Adelaide and Gabe Wilson (Lupita Nyong'o and Winston Duke) and their two children, Jason and Zora (Evan Alex and Shahadi Wright Joseph), as they are stalked and attacked by The Tethered, a mysterious group of jumpsuit-clad doppelgangers. Since ...
The following is a conversation about Us — the new Jordan Peele-directed horror movie — between Hollywood Reporter contributors Simon Abrams and Steven Boone. Us often feels like a cross between a home invasion thriller and a Night of the Living Dead-style zombie movie. Set in Santa Cruz, Us follows happily married couple Adelaide and Gabe Wilson (Lupita Nyong'o and Winston Duke) and their two children, Jason and Zora (Evan Alex and Shahadi Wright Joseph), as they are stalked and attacked by The Tethered, a mysterious group of jumpsuit-clad doppelgangers. Since ...
- 3/24/2019
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
The following is a spoiler-filled conversation about Alita: Battle Angel — a live-action, big-budget adaptation of the Japanese manga directed by Robert Rodriguez and produced by James Cameron — conducted by The Hollywood Reporter contributors Simon Abrams and Steven Boone. Both writers love manga, Rodriguez and Cameron — but neither cared for Alita: Battle Angel. Abrams and Boone discussed the movie's shortcomings in light of its recently announced box office slump.
Simon Abrams (Aka: Piranha II Scholar): I wanted to love Alita: Battle Angel despite all reason and hope. I also thought I had managed my expectations by ignoring several ...
Simon Abrams (Aka: Piranha II Scholar): I wanted to love Alita: Battle Angel despite all reason and hope. I also thought I had managed my expectations by ignoring several ...
- 2/19/2019
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
The following is a spoiler-filled conversation about Alita: Battle Angel — a live-action, big-budget adaptation of the Japanese manga directed by Robert Rodriguez and produced by James Cameron — conducted by The Hollywood Reporter contributors Simon Abrams and Steven Boone. Both writers love manga, Rodriguez and Cameron — but neither cared for Alita: Battle Angel. Abrams and Boone discussed the movie's shortcomings in light of its recently announced box office slump.
Simon Abrams (Aka: Piranha II Scholar): I wanted to love Alita: Battle Angel despite all reason and hope. I also thought I had managed my expectations by ignoring several ...
Simon Abrams (Aka: Piranha II Scholar): I wanted to love Alita: Battle Angel despite all reason and hope. I also thought I had managed my expectations by ignoring several ...
- 2/19/2019
- The Hollywood Reporter - Film + TV
[This story contains spoilers for The Lego Movie 2: The Second Part]
The following is a spoiler-filled conversation about The Lego Movie 2: The Second Part conducted by Hollywood Reporter contributors Simon Abrams and Steven Boone. The Lego Movie 2 is the latest comedy scripted by Phil Lord and Christopher Miller (The Lego Movie, 21 Jump Street). Like The Lego Movie before it, The Lego Movie 2 features a lot of pop culture references and self-referential humor. It’s also (arguably) pretty and upbeat, so expect some curmudgeonly remarks from Messieurs Abrams and Boone. The film earned solid reviews but came in under expectations at the box office ...
The following is a spoiler-filled conversation about The Lego Movie 2: The Second Part conducted by Hollywood Reporter contributors Simon Abrams and Steven Boone. The Lego Movie 2 is the latest comedy scripted by Phil Lord and Christopher Miller (The Lego Movie, 21 Jump Street). Like The Lego Movie before it, The Lego Movie 2 features a lot of pop culture references and self-referential humor. It’s also (arguably) pretty and upbeat, so expect some curmudgeonly remarks from Messieurs Abrams and Boone. The film earned solid reviews but came in under expectations at the box office ...
- 2/11/2019
- The Hollywood Reporter - Film + TV
[This story contains spoilers for The Lego Movie 2: The Second Part]
The following is a spoiler-filled conversation about The Lego Movie 2: The Second Part conducted by Hollywood Reporter contributors Simon Abrams and Steven Boone. The Lego Movie 2 is the latest comedy scripted by Phil Lord and Christopher Miller (The Lego Movie, 21 Jump Street). Like The Lego Movie before it, The Lego Movie 2 features a lot of pop culture references and self-referential humor. It’s also (arguably) pretty and upbeat, so expect some curmudgeonly remarks from Messieurs Abrams and Boone. The film earned solid reviews but came in under expectations at the box office ...
The following is a spoiler-filled conversation about The Lego Movie 2: The Second Part conducted by Hollywood Reporter contributors Simon Abrams and Steven Boone. The Lego Movie 2 is the latest comedy scripted by Phil Lord and Christopher Miller (The Lego Movie, 21 Jump Street). Like The Lego Movie before it, The Lego Movie 2 features a lot of pop culture references and self-referential humor. It’s also (arguably) pretty and upbeat, so expect some curmudgeonly remarks from Messieurs Abrams and Boone. The film earned solid reviews but came in under expectations at the box office ...
- 2/11/2019
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
[This story contains spoilers for the Universal thriller Glass.]
The following is a conversation about Glass — the new M. Night Shyamalan superhero film — conducted by The Hollywood Reporter contributors Simon Abrams and Steven Boone. This conversation doesn't feature much discussion of the plot, mostly because you probably already know the basic setup (which is all you really need). But still: Glass — a sequel to both Shyamalan's Split and Unbreakable — pits Bruce Willis' soft-spoken super-security guard against Samuel L. Jackson's diabolical, wheelchair-bound arch-nemesis and their new frenemy, James McAvoy's split-personality-having super-freak....
The following is a conversation about Glass — the new M. Night Shyamalan superhero film — conducted by The Hollywood Reporter contributors Simon Abrams and Steven Boone. This conversation doesn't feature much discussion of the plot, mostly because you probably already know the basic setup (which is all you really need). But still: Glass — a sequel to both Shyamalan's Split and Unbreakable — pits Bruce Willis' soft-spoken super-security guard against Samuel L. Jackson's diabolical, wheelchair-bound arch-nemesis and their new frenemy, James McAvoy's split-personality-having super-freak....
- 1/21/2019
- The Hollywood Reporter - Film + TV
[This story contains spoilers for the Universal thriller Glass.]
The following is a conversation about Glass — the new M. Night Shyamalan superhero film — conducted by The Hollywood Reporter contributors Simon Abrams and Steven Boone. This conversation doesn't feature much discussion of the plot, mostly because you probably already know the basic setup (which is all you really need). But still: Glass — a sequel to both Shyamalan's Split and Unbreakable — pits Bruce Willis' soft-spoken super-security guard against Samuel L. Jackson's diabolical, wheelchair-bound arch-nemesis and their new frenemy, James McAvoy's split-personality-having super-freak....
The following is a conversation about Glass — the new M. Night Shyamalan superhero film — conducted by The Hollywood Reporter contributors Simon Abrams and Steven Boone. This conversation doesn't feature much discussion of the plot, mostly because you probably already know the basic setup (which is all you really need). But still: Glass — a sequel to both Shyamalan's Split and Unbreakable — pits Bruce Willis' soft-spoken super-security guard against Samuel L. Jackson's diabolical, wheelchair-bound arch-nemesis and their new frenemy, James McAvoy's split-personality-having super-freak....
- 1/21/2019
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
[This story contains minor spoilers for Aquaman]
The following is a conversation about the new live-action superhero movie Aquaman conducted by The Hollywood Reporter contributors Simon Abrams and Steven Boone. We say that it's "the new live-action superhero movie Aquaman" so you don't get the topic of our conversation mixed up with all those other Aquaman projects, like that one failed Aquaman TV show pilot made by some of Smallville's creators. Don't get it twisted: this Aquaman is not that Aquaman. This Aquaman is a big-budget, theatrically released, action-packed blockbuster starring Jason Momoa as Aquaman, a hotheaded (and sometimes lovably ...
The following is a conversation about the new live-action superhero movie Aquaman conducted by The Hollywood Reporter contributors Simon Abrams and Steven Boone. We say that it's "the new live-action superhero movie Aquaman" so you don't get the topic of our conversation mixed up with all those other Aquaman projects, like that one failed Aquaman TV show pilot made by some of Smallville's creators. Don't get it twisted: this Aquaman is not that Aquaman. This Aquaman is a big-budget, theatrically released, action-packed blockbuster starring Jason Momoa as Aquaman, a hotheaded (and sometimes lovably ...
- 12/26/2018
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
[This story contains minor spoilers for Aquaman]
The following is a conversation about the new live-action superhero movie Aquaman conducted by The Hollywood Reporter contributors Simon Abrams and Steven Boone. We say that it's "the new live-action superhero movie Aquaman" so you don't get the topic of our conversation mixed up with all those other Aquaman projects, like that one failed Aquaman TV show pilot made by some of Smallville's creators. Don't get it twisted: this Aquaman is not that Aquaman. This Aquaman is a big-budget, theatrically released, action-packed blockbuster starring Jason Momoa as Aquaman, a hotheaded (and sometimes lovably ...
The following is a conversation about the new live-action superhero movie Aquaman conducted by The Hollywood Reporter contributors Simon Abrams and Steven Boone. We say that it's "the new live-action superhero movie Aquaman" so you don't get the topic of our conversation mixed up with all those other Aquaman projects, like that one failed Aquaman TV show pilot made by some of Smallville's creators. Don't get it twisted: this Aquaman is not that Aquaman. This Aquaman is a big-budget, theatrically released, action-packed blockbuster starring Jason Momoa as Aquaman, a hotheaded (and sometimes lovably ...
- 12/26/2018
- The Hollywood Reporter - Film + TV
[This story contains spoilers for MGM's Creed II.]
The following is a spoiler-intensive conversation about Creed II that pits The Hollywood Reporter contributors Simon Abrams and Steven Boone against each other for the sake of thinking about how they thought about this particular movie. (Don't read that sentence three times fast; once is more than enough.) Creed II continues the story of young World Champion boxer Adonis Creed (Michael B. Jordan) as he and his romantic partner Bianca (Tessa Thompson) plan a future for themselves, with co-writer and co-star Sylvester Stallone in tow as Rocky Balboa, Adonis' mentor. Those ...
The following is a spoiler-intensive conversation about Creed II that pits The Hollywood Reporter contributors Simon Abrams and Steven Boone against each other for the sake of thinking about how they thought about this particular movie. (Don't read that sentence three times fast; once is more than enough.) Creed II continues the story of young World Champion boxer Adonis Creed (Michael B. Jordan) as he and his romantic partner Bianca (Tessa Thompson) plan a future for themselves, with co-writer and co-star Sylvester Stallone in tow as Rocky Balboa, Adonis' mentor. Those ...
- 11/25/2018
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
[This story contains spoilers for MGM's Creed II.]
The following is a spoiler-intensive conversation about Creed II that pits The Hollywood Reporter contributors Simon Abrams and Steven Boone against each other for the sake of thinking about how they thought about this particular movie. (Don't read that sentence three times fast; once is more than enough.) Creed II continues the story of young World Champion boxer Adonis Creed (Michael B. Jordan) as he and his romantic partner Bianca (Tessa Thompson) plan a future for themselves, with co-writer and co-star Sylvester Stallone in tow as Rocky Balboa, Adonis' mentor. Those ...
The following is a spoiler-intensive conversation about Creed II that pits The Hollywood Reporter contributors Simon Abrams and Steven Boone against each other for the sake of thinking about how they thought about this particular movie. (Don't read that sentence three times fast; once is more than enough.) Creed II continues the story of young World Champion boxer Adonis Creed (Michael B. Jordan) as he and his romantic partner Bianca (Tessa Thompson) plan a future for themselves, with co-writer and co-star Sylvester Stallone in tow as Rocky Balboa, Adonis' mentor. Those ...
- 11/25/2018
- The Hollywood Reporter - Film + TV
[This story contains spoilers for Halloween]
The following is a spoiler-filled conversation about Halloween (2018) — writer/director David Gordon Green and co-writers Jeff Fradley and Danny McBride's new sequel to John Carpenter and Debra Hill’s 1978 horror classic of the same name — between The Hollywood Reporter contributors Simon Abrams and Steven Boone. In the new film (which ignores all the other sequels, remakes and that one film where Tom Atkins fights the Silver Shamrock), masked killer Michael Myers (James Jude Courtney and Castle) escapes an insane asylum forty years after terrorizing babysitter Laurie Strode (Jamie Lee Curtis). In this time,...
The following is a spoiler-filled conversation about Halloween (2018) — writer/director David Gordon Green and co-writers Jeff Fradley and Danny McBride's new sequel to John Carpenter and Debra Hill’s 1978 horror classic of the same name — between The Hollywood Reporter contributors Simon Abrams and Steven Boone. In the new film (which ignores all the other sequels, remakes and that one film where Tom Atkins fights the Silver Shamrock), masked killer Michael Myers (James Jude Courtney and Castle) escapes an insane asylum forty years after terrorizing babysitter Laurie Strode (Jamie Lee Curtis). In this time,...
- 10/22/2018
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
[This story contains spoilers for Halloween]
The following is a spoiler-filled conversation about Halloween (2018) — writer/director David Gordon Green and co-writers Jeff Fradley and Danny McBride's new sequel to John Carpenter and Debra Hill’s 1978 horror classic of the same name — between The Hollywood Reporter contributors Simon Abrams and Steven Boone. In the new film (which ignores all the other sequels, remakes and that one film where Tom Atkins fights the Silver Shamrock), masked killer Michael Myers (James Jude Courtney and Castle) escapes an insane asylum forty years after terrorizing babysitter Laurie Strode (Jamie Lee Curtis). In this time,...
The following is a spoiler-filled conversation about Halloween (2018) — writer/director David Gordon Green and co-writers Jeff Fradley and Danny McBride's new sequel to John Carpenter and Debra Hill’s 1978 horror classic of the same name — between The Hollywood Reporter contributors Simon Abrams and Steven Boone. In the new film (which ignores all the other sequels, remakes and that one film where Tom Atkins fights the Silver Shamrock), masked killer Michael Myers (James Jude Courtney and Castle) escapes an insane asylum forty years after terrorizing babysitter Laurie Strode (Jamie Lee Curtis). In this time,...
- 10/22/2018
- The Hollywood Reporter - Film + TV
The following is a conversation between The Hollywood Reporter contributors Simon Abrams and Steven Boone about the horror omnibus film Tales From the Hood 2, which is now available on VOD, Blu-ray and DVD. This direct-to-video sequel was co-written and co-directed by Rusty Cundieff and Darin Scott, who respectively directed and co-wrote the original 1995 cult classic. There are some spoilers ahead as well as light, but frank, discussion of "the doo-doo." You've been warned.
Simon Abrams, A.K.A. Winnie the Witch: Tales From the Hood 2 has debuted with minimal to no fanfare. It's a rough sit,...
Simon Abrams, A.K.A. Winnie the Witch: Tales From the Hood 2 has debuted with minimal to no fanfare. It's a rough sit,...
- 10/9/2018
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
The following is a conversation between The Hollywood Reporter contributors Simon Abrams and Steven Boone about the horror omnibus film Tales From the Hood 2, which is now available on VOD, Blu-ray and DVD. This direct-to-video sequel was co-written and co-directed by Rusty Cundieff and Darin Scott, who respectively directed and co-wrote the original 1995 cult classic. There are some spoilers ahead as well as light, but frank, discussion of "the doo-doo." You've been warned.
Simon Abrams, A.K.A. Winnie the Witch: Tales From the Hood 2 has debuted with minimal to no fanfare. It's a rough sit,...
Simon Abrams, A.K.A. Winnie the Witch: Tales From the Hood 2 has debuted with minimal to no fanfare. It's a rough sit,...
- 10/9/2018
- The Hollywood Reporter - Film + TV
The following is part of a monthly, spoiler-filled conversation series between The Hollywood Reporter contributors Simon Abrams and Steven Boone. This month they tackled Mandy, a gory, psychedelic revenge drama starring Nicolas Cage. Set in 1983, Mandy — director Panos Cosmatos' sophomore feature — follows Cage's Red, a chainsaw-wielding lumberjack type who avenges the death of his girlfriend (Andrea Riseborough, playing the title character). There is a chainsaw fight in this film. There's also a lot of weird ideas about the inevitable regression of pop and counter-culture. Brace yourself.
Simon Abrams: Mandy brings to mind 2001: A Space Odyssey in a very ...
Simon Abrams: Mandy brings to mind 2001: A Space Odyssey in a very ...
- 9/18/2018
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
The following is part of a monthly, spoiler-filled conversation series between The Hollywood Reporter contributors Simon Abrams and Steven Boone. This month they tackled Mandy, a gory, psychedelic revenge drama starring Nicolas Cage. Set in 1983, Mandy — director Panos Cosmatos' sophomore feature — follows Cage's Red, a chainsaw-wielding lumberjack type who avenges the death of his girlfriend (Andrea Riseborough, playing the title character). There is a chainsaw fight in this film. There's also a lot of weird ideas about the inevitable regression of pop and counter-culture. Brace yourself.
Simon Abrams: Mandy brings to mind 2001: A Space Odyssey in a very ...
Simon Abrams: Mandy brings to mind 2001: A Space Odyssey in a very ...
- 9/18/2018
- The Hollywood Reporter - Film + TV
[This story contains spoilers for BlacKkKlansman.]
The following is part of a monthly conversation series between The Hollywood Reporter contributors Simon Abrams and Steven Boone. This month, they tackled BlacKkKlansman, director Spike Lee's fictionalized account of African-American undercover cop Ron Stallworth's investigation of the Ku Klux Klan. In the film, Stallworth (John David Washington) infiltrates the Klan with the help of Flip Zimmerman (Adam Driver), a Caucasian Jewish-American police officer, and Patrice Dumas (Laura Harrier), a student activist that Stallworth meets while attending a Stokely Carmichael/Kwame Ture lecture. There are spoilers ahead.
Simon Abrams, Getting Off the Bus: BlacKkKlansman ...
The following is part of a monthly conversation series between The Hollywood Reporter contributors Simon Abrams and Steven Boone. This month, they tackled BlacKkKlansman, director Spike Lee's fictionalized account of African-American undercover cop Ron Stallworth's investigation of the Ku Klux Klan. In the film, Stallworth (John David Washington) infiltrates the Klan with the help of Flip Zimmerman (Adam Driver), a Caucasian Jewish-American police officer, and Patrice Dumas (Laura Harrier), a student activist that Stallworth meets while attending a Stokely Carmichael/Kwame Ture lecture. There are spoilers ahead.
Simon Abrams, Getting Off the Bus: BlacKkKlansman ...
- 8/13/2018
- The Hollywood Reporter - Film + TV
[This story contains spoilers for BlacKkKlansman.]
The following is part of a monthly conversation series between The Hollywood Reporter contributors Simon Abrams and Steven Boone. This month, they tackled BlacKkKlansman, director Spike Lee's fictionalized account of African-American undercover cop Ron Stallworth's investigation of the Ku Klux Klan. In the film, Stallworth (John David Washington) infiltrates the Klan with the help of Flip Zimmerman (Adam Driver), a Caucasian Jewish-American police officer, and Patrice Dumas (Laura Harrier), a student activist that Stallworth meets while attending a Stokely Carmichael/Kwame Ture lecture. There are spoilers ahead.
Simon Abrams, Getting Off the Bus: BlacKkKlansman ...
The following is part of a monthly conversation series between The Hollywood Reporter contributors Simon Abrams and Steven Boone. This month, they tackled BlacKkKlansman, director Spike Lee's fictionalized account of African-American undercover cop Ron Stallworth's investigation of the Ku Klux Klan. In the film, Stallworth (John David Washington) infiltrates the Klan with the help of Flip Zimmerman (Adam Driver), a Caucasian Jewish-American police officer, and Patrice Dumas (Laura Harrier), a student activist that Stallworth meets while attending a Stokely Carmichael/Kwame Ture lecture. There are spoilers ahead.
Simon Abrams, Getting Off the Bus: BlacKkKlansman ...
- 8/13/2018
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
[Warning: This story contains spoilers for Black Panther]
The following is a conversation between two friends, and film-lovers: Simon Abrams is a contributor to the The Hollywood Reporter's Heat Vision blog; and Steven Boone is a contributor to RogerEbert.com, and founder of Big Media Vandalism (look for his upcoming "Big Man Talk" on Black Panther, co-written with Odie Henderson). Abrams is an avid superhero fan while Boone hasn't enjoyed (or maybe even seen?) a superhero film since the third Sam Raimi Spider-Man film. This is a joke, but it's also probably truer than Boone will ever admit in public. There are a lot of...
The following is a conversation between two friends, and film-lovers: Simon Abrams is a contributor to the The Hollywood Reporter's Heat Vision blog; and Steven Boone is a contributor to RogerEbert.com, and founder of Big Media Vandalism (look for his upcoming "Big Man Talk" on Black Panther, co-written with Odie Henderson). Abrams is an avid superhero fan while Boone hasn't enjoyed (or maybe even seen?) a superhero film since the third Sam Raimi Spider-Man film. This is a joke, but it's also probably truer than Boone will ever admit in public. There are a lot of...
- 2/21/2018
- by Simon Abrams,Steven Boone
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
The video on this page was an undercover project, I learn, at Ebertfest 2012. Most of my Far-Flung Correspondents and Demanders were there in person, and those who couldn't be contributed their voices via audio files. The idea originated with Kevin B. Lee, who did the audiotaping and editing. It was the inspiration of Michael Mirasol to use the foreign languages of those who spoke one. The video essay is the first in a series about critics by Kevin B. Lee, who is editor of the Press Play video essays at Indiewire.com--which he and Matt Zoller Seitz have built into the best video essay source on the web. Kevin was a special correspondent for our TV show, "Ebert Presents at the Movies." He had the idea of beginning with my list of the Greatest Films of All Time for the 1982 Sight & Sound poll. This was rather inspired, because that first list is my "purest,...
- 5/23/2012
- by Roger Ebert
- blogs.suntimes.com/ebert
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