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Barry Levitt

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Mufasa’s clumsy number ‘Bye Bye’ shows exactly how Disney villain songs went wrong

Every day, Disney strays further from the wishing star’s light. And there’s one big reason for that: a staggering lack of animated villains. The...

24.12.2024 8

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Barry Levitt

‘SNL’ Movie ‘Saturday Night’ Shamefully Fails Gilda Radner

Saturday Night has a compelling concept: Instead of a film tracking the history of Saturday Night Live , which is celebrating its 50th season this...

11.10.2024 10

The Daily Beast

Barry Levitt

The New ‘Abbott Elementary’ Season Might Be the Best Yet

Abbott Elementary 's third season (shortened due to last year's WGA strike) ended on a cliffhanger as teachers Janine Teagues (Quinta Brunson) and...

09.10.2024 5

The Daily Beast

Barry Levitt

‘It’s What’s Inside’: The Body-Swap Sex Scene on Netflix Everyone’s Buzzing About

It’s What’s Inside made waves earlier this year at the Sundance Film Festival, where its $17 million acquisition by Netflix made it the splashiest...

07.10.2024 9

The Daily Beast

Barry Levitt

Natasha Rothwell’s ‘How to Die Alone’ Should Be Your Weekend Streaming Binge

Though she never goes anywhere herself, Mel (Natasha Rothwell) spends her days working at New York’s JFK Airport, helping people travel to exciting...

14.09.2024 3

The Daily Beast

Barry Levitt

The ‘Mistress Dispellers’ Brought in to End Extramarital Affairs

VENICE, Italy—Have you ever discovered the person you trust most in the world is being unfaithful? There are infinite ways of dealing with this...

03.09.2024 5

The Daily Beast

Barry Levitt

The U.S. Fentanyl Crisis Gets the Hollywood Thriller Treatment

VENICE, Italy—Fentanyl addictions have taken hold of America. According to the U.S. State Department, some 70,000 people died from fentanyl related...

02.09.2024 4

The Daily Beast

Barry Levitt

‘The Room Next Door’: Julianne Moore and Tilda Swinton Face a Beautiful Death

VENICE, Italy—Ingrid (Julianne Moore) is a writer, signing copies of her new book. She’s written it to help process her fears about death, but that...

02.09.2024 3

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Barry Levitt

‘Wolfs’: George Clooney and Brad Pitt’s New Movie is Shockingly Bad

VENICE, Italy—District Attorney Margaret (Amy Ryan) is in big trouble. On an impulse, she invited a younger man back to her hotel room—and it was...

01.09.2024 4

The Daily Beast

Barry Levitt

Adrien Brody Could Be Headed for Second Oscar for ‘The Brutalist’

VENICE, Italy—It can be easy to overreact at a Film Festival. There’s a reason they’re so appealing—being surrounded by thousands of people...

01.09.2024 3

The Daily Beast

Barry Levitt

‘Miyazaki, Spirit of Nature’ Is a Must-See for Every Studio Ghibli Fan

Animation maestro Hayao Miyazaki has given the world a lifetime of joy and entertainment via his Studio Ghibli. Miyazaki is behind some of the most...

31.08.2024 3

The Daily Beast

Barry Levitt

‘Cloud’: Japan’s ‘Master of Horror’ Kiyoshi Kurosawa Unleashes His Next Thriller

VENICE, Italy—Ryôsuke Yoshii (Masaki Suda) arrives at an older man's house. The man is trying to get rid of some therapy machines, and Yoshii...

31.08.2024 3

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Barry Levitt

‘Babygirl’ Has Wildest, Most Explicit Sex Scenes of Nicole Kidman’s Career

VENICE, Italy—In a recent interview with Vanity Fair , Nicole Kidman said she’s scared to see herself in her new film Babygirl because it is so...

30.08.2024 3

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Barry Levitt

The Shocking Truth Is Revealed About Hitler’s Go-To Filmmaker

VENICE, Italy—Few filmmakers have the notoriety of Leni Riefenstahl. After breaking out with The Blue Light in 1932, her filmmaking prowess drew...

30.08.2024 10

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Barry Levitt

Munich Olympics Massacre Drama ‘September 5’ Stuns Venice Film Festival

VENICE, Italy—“They’re all gone.” Those words, delivered by Jim McKay, host of ABC’s Wide World of Sports, are some of the most haunting...

29.08.2024 4

The Daily Beast

Barry Levitt

Angelina Jolie Will Get Another Oscar Nod for ‘Maria’

VENICE, Italy—A legend of the stage, few people have become as synonymous with an art form as Maria Callas has with opera. Known affectionately as...

29.08.2024 3

The Daily Beast

Barry Levitt

Trump’s Immigration Separation Policy Never Looked More Cruel

VENICE, Italy—Immigration is out of control. That’s a common talking point all over the world. The immigration crisis has become one of the...

29.08.2024 5

The Daily Beast

Barry Levitt

‘Beetlejuice Beetlejuice’ Doesn’t Disappoint—But Should Be Way Wackier

VENICE, Italy—Set long after the events of the 1988 film, Beetlejuice Beetlejuice finds Lydia Deetz (Winona Ryder) now working as a television host...

28.08.2024 3

The Daily Beast

Barry Levitt

The Secrets of ‘Baywatch’ Revealed in Splashy New Docuseries

Even if you’ve never seen a second of Baywatch , you’ve likely seen the indelible image of gorgeous women and hunky men running along the beach in...

28.08.2024 4

The Daily Beast

Barry Levitt

‘Between the Temples’: Jason Schwartzman and Carol Kane’s Unlikely Love Story

There are few films that are quite like Between the Temples . Now in theaters, it’s a sparkling and distinctly Jewish comedy. Written and directed...

27.08.2024 3

The Daily Beast

Barry Levitt

‘The Union’: It Took Halle Berry to Make a Mark Wahlberg Movie Watchable

In Julian Farino’s The Union , now on Netflix, Mike (Mark Wahlberg) is your everyday, All-American dude. He works in construction by day and hangs...

16.08.2024 6

The Daily Beast

Barry Levitt

The Year’s Most Shocking Scene Is in a Movie You’d Never Expect

The best part of working as a film critic is discovering movies that make you feel something you didn’t expect, those films linger in your mind and...

12.08.2024 4

The Daily Beast

Barry Levitt

Batman and Catwoman Finally Get the Steamy Love Story They Deserve

Batman: Caped Crusader is invigorating television. It can be easy to feel inundated by superheroes these days, with the MCU’s dominance of popular...

04.08.2024 3

The Daily Beast

Barry Levitt

Why Are They Ruining ‘SpongeBob Squarepants’?!

Everyone’s favorite Bikini Bottom resident is starring in a brand new film. No, not SpongeBob (though he’s still a main character). The focus, for...

02.08.2024 2

The Daily Beast

Barry Levitt

Every ‘Deadpool & Wolverine’ Cameo, Ranked by Badassery

Deadpool & Wolverine has taken over the world, shattering box office expectations, earning nearly $450 million worldwide on opening weekend. It’s...

31.07.2024 3

The Daily Beast

Barry Levitt

‘The Decameron’ Gifted Us TV’s Sexiest New Leading Man: Amar Chadha-Patel

In Florence, Italy in the year 1348, the pestilence has run amok killing countless people, leaving them unsightly piles of flesh and boils. Sure,...

27.07.2024 5

The Daily Beast

Barry Levitt

‘The Boys’ Season 4 Finale: 7 Biggest Unanswered Questions

This season of The Boys has been wild. It dives deeper into political satire than ever before, leaving a divided nation in its wake. The series...

21.07.2024 4

The Daily Beast

Barry Levitt

The ‘Longlegs’ Opening Is One of the Scariest Horror Scenes Ever

Osgood Perkins has made a beast of a film with Longlegs , which stars Maika Monroe, Blair Underwood, and Nicolas Cage. The horror thriller is a...

15.07.2024 5

The Daily Beast

Barry Levitt

‘Divorce in the Black’ Is Tyler Perry’s Worst Movie Yet

Tyler Perry is a fascinating case study. Despite constant critical dismissal, he’s one of the most successful filmmakers in America, consistently...

11.07.2024 3

The Daily Beast

Barry Levitt