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3 weeks ago | 
cultureslate.com | Alison Gorin
As we enter into the warm and pleasant Spring season, there is a day that beckons for us to take a moment and reflect on a not-so-pleasant part of history: the Holocaust, the systemic murder of six million Jews throughout Europe and North Africa, not to mention, the murder of many homosexuals, Slavic peoples, Roma people, Communists, and whoever else the Nazi regime thought would be a threat to the Third Reich.
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1 month ago | 
cultureslate.com | Alison Gorin
Both Cage and John Travolta were praised for their acting skills in Face/Off, where director John Woo guided them to great performances of … each other after going through secret face-switching surgery to find out where a bomb is hidden in Los Angeles.
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1 month ago | 
cultureslate.com | Alison Gorin |Jon Bernthal
Although Farrell has been in the DC universe before, there isn’t a chance of an overlap: Matt Reeves is in charge of the Batman/Penguin corner, while James Gunn and Peter Safran run the Sgt. Rock world. Joining up with Guadagnino from previous projects Challengers and Queer is scriptwriter Justin Kuritzkes.
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2 months ago | 
cultureslate.com | Alison Gorin
But, why? When the new Holder of the Butterfly Miraculous ultra-akumatizes her victims, there is no indication of her identity. She does not identify herself to her victims as Gabriel Agreste did, nor does she even have a very visible shape - she is a mysterious outline, and her voice is disguised. Even when her plans are defeated, the audience does not see her as she angrily stalks away the way we did when it was Gabriel.
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2 months ago | 
cultureslate.com | Alison Gorin
For us Muggles looking for another glimpse of the Wizarding World, our wait may not be too long in the coming: HBO is actively working on a Harry Potter TV series. J.K. Rowling, the author of the best-selling books and executive producer for the upcoming television series, is pleased with the direction this new endeavor is taking, saying it is “preserving the integrity" [of her books] and "will allow for a degree of depth and detail only afforded by a long-form television series".
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Feb 12, 2025 | 
cultureslate.com | Alison Gorin
Many of us watch the Super Bowl for the commercials, no matter which teams are playing. This year’s offerings haven’t disappointed me, especially seeing the movie trailers. Watching some of these makes me a lot more excited to go to a theater than wondering who is going to win the big game! How To Train Your Dragon (June 13) Real-life Mason Thames, playing the Viking Hiccup, meets animated Toothless in the trailer that dropped tonight.
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Jan 15, 2025 | 
cultureslate.com | Alison Gorin
Well, another year has come and gone. The movie industry is cautiously optimistic despite the lower box-office numbers compared to 2023, feeling that there is an upswing after the devastating years of Covid-related low attendance, straight-to-streaming, and the writers’ and actors’ strikes. 2024 was able to produce quality movie making, and by the second half of the year, people began going back to the theaters. Here we will take a look at the top seven movies of 2024.
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Nov 24, 2024 | 
cultureslate.com | Alison Gorin
My boys wanted to check out the vendors first. I, on the other hand, had different plans: John Cleese, of Monty Python fame, was going to have his panel in just half an hour! The woman who checked us in said that we should get upstairs quickly, as she was sure there would be quite a crowd to see this living legend. My boys, being the good sports that they are, led us through the maze of vendors to find the way upstairs.
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Nov 24, 2024 | 
cultureslate.com | Alison Gorin
John Cleese then turned to the more serious aspects of humor. He explained that he got into comedy through his mother, who he described as being clinically depressed. Mr. Cleese said that she was someone with “many anxieties” and that the only thing she was not afraid of was “a loaf of bread”.
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Oct 15, 2024 | 
cultureslate.com | Alison Gorin
Who doesn’t like to go to the movies for some pure escapism? Let’s face it, sometimes you need to get away from your real-life troubles, and film provides a safe haven for many of us. But, as so often happens, the characters in our chosen flick sometimes need to escape as well – and sometimes this comes in the form of time travel! This concept has been around for centuries, and even esteemed scientists such as Einstein tried to figure out how it would work.
