Emma Stefansky
Netflix Is Raising Prices for U.S. Subscribers
Starting October 5, Netflix subscriber prices will be increased for certain plans, but only by a couple of dollars at the most.
That ‘Pretty Woman’ Musical Is Coming to Broadway in 2018
The movie that put Julia Roberts on the map is finally coming to Broadway as a full-blown musical. Pretty Woman, the immortal classic about a prostitute who falls in love with the man who pays her to be his date to public functions, has been turned into a Broadway show, and it’s coming in fall 2018.
Jake LaMotta, Boxer Immortalized in ‘Raging Bull,’ Dies at 95
Jake LaMotta, the boxer dubbed the “Bronx Bull” and immortalized by Robert De Niro and Martin Scorsese in Raging Bull, has died at the age of 95. LaMotta passed away Tuesday in a nursing home, members of his family told TMZ, from complications from pneumonia, his wife said.
‘IT’ Is Now the Biggest September Release in History
It is the adrenaline rush the box office sorely needed after a summer that could accurately be described as “pretty bad” — the new take on Stephen King’s doorstop of a novel is the best horror opening ever, the highest single-day box office for an R-rated movie, the lowest-budgeted movie to gross over $100 million in its opening weekend, and now it’s the biggest opening for a September movie in history.
‘The LEGO Movie Sequel’ Producers Share Extremely Meta Details on the New Movie
The LEGO Movie revealed itself as a meta-exploration into the mind of a child, and all the delightful adventures and characters found therein. For their next trick, co-directors Phil Lord and Chris Miller are going even further, doubling up on their storytelling style to tell the tale from two entirely different perspectives.
Two New ‘Last Jedi’ Vehicles Revealed, Plus Now We Know What the Porgs Will Sound Like
In the new Star Wars trilogy, the First Order is basically the Empire Part II, complete with a number of ships and vehicles of war that are direct callbacks to what their predecessors had 80 years prior. You’d think they’d hire some new architects. Today brings news of two very cool, very scary-looking First Order vehicles: the sinister AT-M6, and the equally-sinister Dreadnought.
Jon Favreau Teases an ‘Iron Man’ Reunion in ‘Infinity War’ Set Photo
Man, Infinity War sure could use a few more characters, right? There really aren’t enough superheroes in this movie yet. What a tiny, tiny cast list. Okay, yes, this is sarcasm — Infinity War will feature more superheroes battling to save the world than can fit in a single shot… aaand we just got the news that it’ll feature two more.
Emma Stone Is the Year’s Highest-Paid Actress, Thanks to ‘La La Land’
Emma Stone has come a long way from her La La Land character Mia’s humble barista origins: she’s now the highest-paid actress of this year, thanks mostly to last year’s Damien Chazelle film that rocketed her around the awards circuit last winter.
MoviePass Just Gave Their Monthly Subscription Rate a Huge Discount
MoviePass is one of those helpful ticketing deals that allows subscribers to see multiple movies a month at a reduced rate. For one monthly payment, you can see one movie per day essentially for free, and if you’re someone who goes to the movies a lot and can feel those box office prices squeezing your wallet dry, it’s always been a pretty good investment. Today, it turned into a ridiculously good investment.
Kurt Russell Kept Calling Chris Pratt ‘Star Wars’ During ‘Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2’
Acting isn’t easy, especially when you’re forced to say all kinds of dialogue about made-up stuff like Ravagers and Celestials and living planets in some indie genre flick. Kurt Russell was one of the (many) highlights of this year’s Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2, but even he had some trouble with everyone’s names.