By Abb Jones The Reelness Burt Bacharach, one of the most influential composers of the 20th century, has died at his home in Los Angeles at the age of 94. The creator of a whopping 73 U.S. and 52 U.K. Top 40 hits, Bacharach is best known for hit songs he wrote for Dionne Warwick, […]
by Abb Jones The Reelness Ask any moviephile: what’s the biggest crime ever committed by The Academy? Nearly all will agree – that Glenn Close does not have an Oscar. Not that she really needs one or cares – her impressive work stands on its own. That said, the triple Tony and triple Emmy winner […]
By Abb Jones The Reelness Oh, Madonna. After announcing her big, career-spanning world tour earlier this month, the Queen of Pop apparently has now decided NOT to produce her own biopic that was to star Julia Garner (Ozark). Multiple sources at Universal Pictures tell Variety that the project has been scrapped, with Madonna instead opting […]
By Abb Jones The Reelness The quirky comedy/fantasy Everything Everywhere All At Once was the big nominations frontrunner during Tuesday morning’s announcement of the 2023 Oscar nominations, picking up 11 nominations, followed by 9 each for All Quiet on the Western Front, the first German film adaptation of the iconic 1928 novel about a young German […]
By Abb Jones The Reelness The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences will reveal its five Best Original Song nominees from the 15-song shortlist below on January 24th, so we figured it would be fun to handicap the songs into three categories – the likely nominees, the possible surprises and the longshots. If our […]
by Abb Jones The Reelness The first-ever German adaptation of Erich Maria Remarque’s iconic, 1928 WWI story All Quiet on the Western Front leads the 2023 BAFTA nominations, with a surprising 14 nominations, followed by 10 each for The Banshees of Inishirin and Everything Everywhere All At Once. Below is the complete list of nominations. […]
Judy Blume’s iconic young adult novel, which has been back-of-the-school-bus fodder for generations of preteen girls trying to navigate the awkwardness of early adolescence and puberty, is finally coming to the big screen, more than 50 years after it was released and subsequently banned by some more conservative-leaning school libraries for its candid discussion of […]
by Abb Jones The Reelness Nominations have been announced for the 2023 SAG Awards, honoring the best in acting in film and television. Winners will be announced Sunday, February 26th at 8pm ET at the Fairmont Century Plaza in Los Angeles and will be streamed live on Netflix’s YouTube channel. Often considered a bellwether for […]
Nicholas Hoult, Nicolas Cage and Awkwafina will be teaming up in the upcoming horror/comedy Renfield, about Dracula’s right-hand man who, tired of collecting victims for his bloodthirsty master, goes into group therapy in modern day New Orleans. His attempt to escape the toxic relationship of his narcissistic, eternal tormentor leads him to fall in love […]
by Abb Jones The Reelness After two years of pandemic-related theater closings and repeatedly delayed film premieres, 2022 finally witnessed a return to normalcy for moviegoers, resulting in an abundance of riches in the process. This year we had 19 movies that scored either A+ or A at The Reelness, meaning that some excellent films […]