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“Stephen Curry: Underrated” is easily one of the most inspirational movies of the year.
This is a portrait of a man — the greatest three-point shooter of all time — who has felt inferior playing the game he loves since he was a scrawny kid playing on his local under-10 team. It’s easy to...
Christopher Nolan’s “Oppenheimer” is a kinetic thing of dark, imposing beauty that quakes with the disquieting tremors of a forever rupture in the course of human history.
“Oppenheimer,” a feverish three-hour immersion in the life of Manhattan Project mastermind J. Robert Oppenheimer (...
For someone who’s 11.5 inches tall and weighs under 8 ounces, poor Barbie’s had to carry an awfully heavy load over the years on that slender, plastic back of hers.
Welcomed as a trailblazer in 1959 — An adult doll! With actual breasts! — she was nonetheless branded an anti-feminist a...
As in years past, a healthy percentage of those SHOOT interviewed relatively early on for its The Road To Emmy Series--as well as prior Guild Awards Preview coverage and our Cinematography & Cameras features--has gone on to land nominations from TV Academy voters. For example, among...
Among the low-hanging fruits of satire, sleepaway theater camps would dangle about as low as social-media influencers and Def Leppard cover bands.
But “Theater Camp,” a new comedy by Molly Gordon and Nick Lieberman, energetically wades into the kind of mockumentary territory Christopher...
Wondering if you should choose to accept the latest "Mission: Impossible" entry? Maybe you're sick of all the bombast at the movie theater lately? Well, put it another way: Do you really want to disappoint Tom Cruise?
On the first day cameras were rolling for "Mission: Impossible – Dead...
Taking the Quantum Leap of faith entailed cinematographer Ana M. Amortegui being up for multiple challenges, including arriving at the delicate balance of giving a nod to the original sci-fi series of the 1990s but not to the point of replicating it, instead creating a new and inspiring...
If you're like me, there comes a moment of truth in raunchy film comedies when you decide whether to fully join in the fun — or ride it out on the fence.
It often comes in a key early comic scene. Can they pull it off? If so you'll be putty in their hands for two hours, ready to chuckle...
Back in October 2020, cinematographer Pepe Avila del Pino was working on Mosquito Coast, one of the select few productions continuing during the pandemic. He recalled getting a text with an image of a dragon and fire.
The dragon-themed communique was from Greg Yaitanes, a...
We landlubbers have gotten it all wrong: Kraken aren't terrible monsters from the sea who destroy our sailing ships and munch on our sailors. They're kind and helpful. It's the mermaids who are the real demons.
That's the upside-down premise to DreamWorks Animation's sweet "Ruby Gillman,...