The cancellation of “Winning Time: The Rise of the Lakers Dynasty” provoked a wide range of responses from fans, ranging from displeasure at the anticlimactic ending to calls for Showtime to revive the series with a more appropriate title. But to Magic Johnson, who was played by Quincy Isaiah in the unauthorized series, the show’s untimely […]
Like witches, vampires, and zombies, ghosts can be scary as hell. But there is something about the stories of lingering dead spirits that can be both awe-inspiring and spooky at once. The often invisible presence of ghosts allows filmmakers to explore the unsettling aspects of character psychology through the use of sound and space. Some of the best […]
Even five-time Oscar winners are not immune to TikTok phenomena. Francis Ford Coppola took to his personal Instagram account on Friday to weigh in on a recent trend that saw bemused women asking men in their lives how often they think about the Roman Empire. The auteur revealed that, like many men on TikTok, his mind is frequently […]
Forty-seven years after its initial release, Martin Scorsese‘s “Taxi Driver” continues to be regarded as a tipping point in film history. One of the pivotal films of the New Hollywood movement, “Taxi Driver” helped usher in an era of morally dubious antiheroes and movies that offered unflinching looks at societal malaise. Robert De Niro’s legendary performance as disturbed taxi […]
