Captain America , left, Black Widow and Iron Man star in "Captain America: Civil War," a continuation of the "Avengers" franchise. Happy New Year to one and all.
CINEMAGOERS could be forgiven for thinking they'd gone back in time this year after returning to a galaxy far, far away, a theme park island populated by dinosaurs and being taken on the latest mission of a certain MI6 agent. Nostalgia certainly proved a powerful force with the fourth, seventh and twenty-fourth films in the Jurassic Park, Star Wars and James Bond franchises racking up all-time high box office figures.
Comedian, actor, producer and rapper Mike Epps will celebrate the New Year by bringing his comedy act to The Orleans Showroom this weekend, Jan. 1-2. Epps began his stand-up career in 1995 when he joined the "Def Comedy Jam" tour.
It was reminiscent of a chilling scene from The Shining movie. That's how a Florida couple aboard a Carnival Cruise Lines ship described a mysterious death scene where blood was streaming down an elevator's wall.
Daveed Diggs stealing the show at Hamilton while doing double-duty as Marquis de Lafayette and Thomas Jefferson. The ageless Ellen Greene , who had audiences eating out of the palm of her hand and leaping out of their seats, in her return to Audrey in Little Shop of Horrors at City Center Encores! Sitting in awe as Austin P. McKenzie simultaneously blew us away with his voice and the word of his body in his theatrical debut at Spring Awakening .
Though there were a lot of people left dissatisfied with Ridley Scott's Prometheus back in 2012, the idea of the legendary director once again returning the universe he first visited with Alien in 1979 is still a tantalizing proposition. And these movies move forward, with an emphasis on the their Alien -ness, it's easy to get excited.
This photo provided by Paramount Pictures shows, David Thewlis voices Michael Stone, left, and Jennifer Jason Leigh voices Lisa Hesselman, in the animated stop-motion film, "Anomalisa," by Paramount Pictures. The film opens in U.S. theaters in Jan. 2016.
A vacation on a cruise ship turned into a scene from Stanley Kubrick's "The Shining" when a elevator poured out blood when it's doors opened. Maria Milito, a native New Yorker, has been heard on Q104.3 since 1996 playing your Beatles and Workforce Blocks!She's also "the voice" of Time Warner Cable's NY1, and permanent guest host for "The Call."
With its picturesque boulevards and scenic views of the Seine River, this city's 12th arrondissement feels like a universe away from the grungy mean streets of New York where Travis Bickle, Jake LaMotta and Henry Hill waged their earthly and spiritual battles. But it's here at the Cinematheque Francaise where the films of Martin Scorsese have taken up residence in an unprecedented scholarly exhibition of the director's work.
