‘Nuclear’ Review: Oliver Stone’s Lazy Case for Nuclear Power
For years, Oliver Stone was one of cinema’s most dynamic stylists, a director so visually pugnacious that he made Kevin Costner repeating “Back and to [Read More]
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Sky Cuts Queen Elizabeth II-Related Jokes From ‘Last Week Tonight With John Oliver’ in U.K.
Comcast-owned pay TV giant Sky cut some jokes related to the death of Queen Elizabeth II from the latest episode of Last Week Tonight With John Oliver in the [Read More]
John Oliver Criticizes ‘Law & Order’ and Dick Wolf for Unrealistic, Highly Favorable Portrayal of Police
John Oliver took a critical look at the Law & Order franchise on Sunday’s Last Week Tonight. He started out by noting that creator Dick [Read More]
Tokyo Film Festival to Open With Takahisa Zeze’s ‘Fragments of the Last Will,’ Close With Oliver Bill Hermanus’ ‘Living’
Tokyo International Film Festival (TIFF) will open on Oct. 24 with Takahisa Zeze’s postwar drama Fragments of the Last Will, while Oliver Bill Hermanus’s Living, [Read More]
Oliver Stone on New Documentary ‘Nuclear’ and Why the U.S. Needs to Work With Russia to Solve the Climate Crisis
In the film business, as in politics, timing is everything. And the timing of Nuclear, Oliver Stone’s new documentary, could hardly be worse. The doc, [Read More]
Hot Venice Sales Titles: The Latest From Oliver Stone, Laura Poitras and Paul Schrader Are Up for Grabs
For the 79th Venice Film Festival, artistic director Alberto Barbera has put together one of the most well-curated lineups of his career. Both studios and [Read More]
‘Last Week Tonight’ Host John Oliver Calls HBO Max “a Series of Tax Write-Offs to Appease Wall Street”
John Oliver took a couple of jabs at HBO Max on Sunday’s Last Week Tonight — which, of course, airs on HBO. The comments come [Read More]
John Oliver Chides His Parent Company For Canceling ‘Batgirl’: “Burning Down My Network”
John Oliver took aim at his network’s parent company’s decision to shelve Batgirl. The Last Week Tonight host chided Warner Bros. Discovery for its controversial [Read More]