George Miller, Empress Of, & HBO’s “Vinyl”
George Miller launched his directing career with the first “Mad Max” movie — and 40 years later, “Mad Max: Fury Road” is his most acclaimed yet. Also, the singer Lorely Rodriguez has her mother to...
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George Miller’s Long Road to “Mad Max: Fury Road”
Back when Jimmy Carter was president, an Australian director named George Miller made his first, super-low-budget movie. It starred a little-known Australian actor named Mel Gibson. “Mad Max” was a...
View ArticleReturn to the Wild, Wild Western
Western movies are back in a big way — but not in the way you remember. Today’s Westerns aren’t the John Ford Cinemascope spectaculars of the 1950s or the spaghetti Westerns of the ‘60s. Instead, they...
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‘The Revenant’ takes home top prizes at the Golden Globes
Leonardo DiCaprio starred in “The Revenant,” which won the Golden Globe for Best Motion Picture — Drama Sunday night. Photo courtesy of 20th Century Fox“The Revenant,” a story of survival set among...
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‘Mad Max: Fury Road,’ ‘The Revenant’ sweep Oscar nominations
Charlize Theron appears in “Mad Max,” which received 10 Oscar nominations this morning. Photo courtesy of Warner Bros.In an announcement that surprised and delighted fans this morning, “Mad Max: Fury...
View ArticleQuiz: What are critics saying about this year’s Oscar nominees?
Director Tom McCarthy had two movies come out in 2015: “Spotlight,” one of the best-reviewed movies of the year and up for multiple Oscars — and a movie that critics hated.Rolling Stone’s Peter Travers...
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