Gary Susman
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'Elf' Movie: Jon Favreau Reflects on Buddy's Legacy, Will Ferrell
‘Our goal was to make a movie that could be part of that pantheon,” the director says → Read More
The 14 Craziest Musician Acting Cameos
From Tom Jones in 'Mars Attacks' to the Flaming Lips on '90210' → Read More
Here's Why 'Black Panther' Can't Be Stopped at the Box Office
Marvel's newest blockbuster can't stop breaking records. And that's a good thing. → Read More
Oscar Race 2018: Here's Who Won't Win Best Picture
Remember last year, when the Oscar race seemed to come down to a two-film rivalry between 'La La Land' and 'Moonlight,' and everyone was pretty sure that the former would be the big winner? Yeah, let's not make that same → Read More
21 Things You Never Knew About 'Boogie Nights'
In the age of HBO's 'The Deuce,' 'Boogie Nights' looks like a time-honored masterpiece, but when the sprawling period epic about the golden age of porn filmmaking opened 20 years ago this week (on October 10, 1997), moviegoers → Read More
2017 Emmys: 13 Best and Worst Moments
Even if you have a high tolerance for jokes about Donald Trump, the 69th annual Emmys ceremony, with its countless references to Trump and to how television is responding to his presidency, was bound to test your patience. → Read More
7 Reasons for 'IT''s Shocking Success at the Box Office
Here's how Stephen King adaptation 'IT' became a smash that surprised experts and ended the summer box office slump. → Read More
15 Things You Never Knew About Karl Urban's 'Dredd'
When 'Dredd' came out five years ago this week (on Sept. 21, 2012), it seemed that the box office dispensed Judge Dredd-style summary judgment against the film. An effort to rescue the futuristic comic book anti-hero from → Read More
15 Things You Never Knew About 'The Monster Squad'
Universal may have stumbled this summer with Tom Cruise's 'The Mummy,' the studio's first entry in what is to be a franchise that will unite its classic movie monsters. But a low-budget kiddie horror comedy got there first, → Read More
Here's How 'Dunkirk' Crushed 'Emoji Movie' at the Box Office
On paper -- or maybe on a smart phone screen -- 'The Emoji Movie' may have looked like a sure thing. It's a family-friendly cartoon based on the emoticons that every texting kid with opposable thumbs knows and loves. To attract → Read More
16 Things You Never Knew About the 'Buffy the Vampire Slayer' Movie
It seemed like just your ordinary, sweet, little, satirical, high school vampire horror comedy. Certainly when it was released 25 years ago this week, on July 31, 1992, no one could have imagined that the movie 'Buffy the → Read More
14 Things You Never Knew About 'Air Force One'
Today, you might be skittish at the prospect of Harrison Ford in the cockpit of a 747, but 20 years ago this week, on July 25, 1997, we all felt reassured to have Ford not only in command of 'Air Force One,' but also serving → Read More
14 Things You Never Knew About 'Magic Mike'
A male stripper might be lucky to get a few $20 bills stuffed into his G-string. For Channing Tatum, however, strip-club work turned into a movie franchise that has earned $290 million since the release five years ago this → Read More
The 57 Greatest Westerns Ever, Ranked
It's fitting that Clint Eastwood and John Wayne both have the same birthday week. (Wayne, who died in 1979, was born May 26, 1907, while Eastwood turns 85 on May 31). After all, these two all-American actors' careers span → Read More
22 Things You Never Knew About 'The Fifth Element'
Twenty years after the release of 'The Fifth Element' (on May 9, 1997), we still have one question: What in the world was that? Luc Besson's flamboyant, over-the-top sci-fi epic, starring a blond Bruce Willis, an androgynous → Read More
24 Things You Never Knew About Woody Allen's 'Annie Hall'
Why do we still care about 'Annie Hall,' 40 years after its release (on April 20, 1977)? Because it's a cinema landmark, the romantic comedy that created the template for nearly all the rom-coms that followed. It was also → Read More
Oscars 2017: The 10 Best and Worst Moments
So, now you know why you have to watch the Oscars until the bitter end. → Read More
Final Predictions for the 2017 Oscars
As of press time, not even the accountants at PricewaterhouseCoopers know whose names will be in the envelopes torn open on Oscar night. Still, Academy voters have left a lot of bread crumbs on the path to the podium on → Read More
4 Oscars 2017 Myths That You Need to Stop Believing
It just got real. Final ballots went out to Oscar voters on Feb. 13. After all the guild awards and prizes from groups that are Not the Academy, this is the vote that finally matters. With the ballots due on Feb. 21, five → Read More
4 Oscars 2017 Myths That You Need to Stop Believing
It just got real. Final ballots went out to Oscar voters on Feb. 13. After all the guild awards and prizes from groups that are Not the Academy, this is the vote that finally matters. With the ballots due on Feb. 21, five → Read More