dvper.blogspot.com

The Zappa Family Trust has given its approval to a new documentary about the original Mother of Invention, Frank Zappa. The film is in the early stages of development and will likely come out in 2017…

Hindsight is always 20/20, isnt it, Philip ? If only those computer nerds and Professor Falken, erm, Rosenbloom had put it in terms you understood, maybe you wouldnt feel so guilty about killing you…

Jordan Peeles Us scared up a new box office record in its first weekend in theaters as the film set the best-ever opening for an original horror movie. With a $70 million domestic opening weekend n…

Its lights out for Madea, the battle-ax sass queen with a criminal background created three decades ago and portrayed by Tyler Perry. Thats right. Perry, 49, says he will no longer put on a gray wig …

Marc Webb, who directed one of my all-time favorite rom-coms, (500) Days of Summer , gets it all wrong this time with The Only Living Boy in New York. How do major misfires like this happen? Blame t…

Summer popcorn movies are hereby put on notice to get cracking. Captain America: The Winter Soldier is every rousing, whup-ass thing you want in an escapist adventure. And did I detect a hint of dep…

Hes an Israeli composer who goes by the moniker Kutiman and scours the Internet for clips of amateur musicians, creating collage-like symphonies from the found footage. Shes a New Orleans native name…

Denzel Washington delivers what is forecasted as another Oscar-worthy performance in the upcoming Fences , the big-screen adaptation of August Wilsons 1983 play that also marks Washingtons third film…

WINNER OF THE WEEK: Julian Assange. The WikiLeaks mastermind had railed against The Fifth Estate , the spy thriller built around him and his underground journalistic endeavors, arguing that the movie…

In what is easily Bill Murrays best singing performance since he gutted out Roxy Musics More Than Thisat karaoke in Lost in Translation , the beloved actor harmonizes along with Bob Dylans classic Sh…

Is God dead and if not, why does he appear to be deaf, blind and dumb in the face of human suffering? Thats a deep dive for any one movie, yet Martin Scorseses Silence fearlessly takes the plunge, …

Is shopping an art form? It is at Bergdorf Goodman, the Manhattan store thats been selling luxury for more than a century. Dont expect Matthew Mieles dazzling doc to be a salute to consumerism. In tr…

The producers of a documentary about a Twin Peaks mega-fan who spent his teen years in the town where the cult TV series was shot are seeking funds for their movieon Kickstarter. The proposed film, …

Its bad enough to be a werewolf, hunted by the light of the full moon. But to be a foreign werewolf? Thats beyond cruel. An American Werewolf in London squirms with comic unease from the get-go, an…

The sound of Shakespeare turning in his grave shouldnt deter you from taking a chance on The King, starring Timothe Chalamet as Prince Hal, the lad dragged reluctantly into playing his own game of t…

Joaquin Phoenixs Joker origin story, a Mr. Rogers biopic starring Tom Hanks and more will premiere at the 2019 Toronto International Film Festival, which kicks off September 5th. The lineup, as TIFF …

The Lonely Islanddebuted two ridiculous bangers: Im So Humble and Mona Lisa, both from theupcomingmockumentary Popstar: Never Stop Stopping . On Im So Humble, Andy Samberg, Akiva Schaffer and Jorma T…

George A. Romero, the Night of the Living Dead director who helped turn zombies into a pop culture phenomenon, died Sunday. He was 77. The horror filmmaker died following a brief but aggressive batt…

Its September: The young uns are back in school, going outside doesnt mean youll automatically sweat through half your clothes and the movies bounce back from the annual August lull. Translation: Dar…

Hollywood is a place of endless insecurity and uncertainty but over the last four decades, few things have been more of a sure thing than a Star Wars movie. Before this year, George Lucas saga of a …