A Dog's Purpose is getting some ruff reviews. The film, from director Lasse Hallström, suffered the brunt of negative backlash on social media after a video — showing a trainer seemingly forcing a German shepherd into turbulent water to film a scene — surfaced online. The majority of movie critics haven't been kind to the movie, either, criticizing the film's overbearing emotional sentiment. Elsewhere, critics have responded well to Asghar Farhadi's The Salesman, nominated Tuesday for an Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film, though fellow new release, Matthew McConaughey's Gold, apparently lacks the proper shine to warrant its title. Read More...
Back in 2012, Leonard Cohen announced plans for a world tour in support of his album Old Ideas. As one of pop’s greatest singer-songwriters for more than four decades, this would be one of his most ambitious productions yet: 125 dates that spanned three continents, with each individual concert featuring a three-hour setlist of his greatest hits. Cohen turned in his final performance on December 21, 2013 in Auckland, New Zealand — a concert that would end up being his last. Read More...
As we count down to the long-awaited uber-team-up Avengers: Infinity War (out May 4), EW’s Marvel Movie Club is preparing by revisiting the entire Marvel Cinematic Universe in the weeks leading up to the mega-sized movie. EW’s Chancellor Agard (that’s me!) will revisit one Marvel movie a week, every week, to reassess its powers and hopefully answer important questions along the way like “What was The Incredible Hulk?” “Does Nick Fury wash his eye-patch? Read More...
