Simpson began acting while still a football star, appearing in titles as varied as “Roots,” “The Towering Inferno” and the “Naked Gun” films.
Category: Movies
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Academy Museum to Highlight Hollywood’s Jewish History After All
The museum was criticized earlier for failing to acknowledge the contributions of the Jewish pioneers who helped establish the American film studio system.
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Looking back at ‘Dawn of the Dead’ at 45.
A look back at George A. Romero’s film, one of the most influential horror movies of all time, as it gets a theatrical revival.
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Cannes Festival Unveils 2024 Lineup, Including a Francis Ford Coppola Film
Organizers on Thursday announced a lineup that also features new films from Yorgos Lanthimos, David Cronenberg and Paul Schrader.
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‘Omen’ Review: Life in a Different Space-Time Continuum
This trippy ensemble drama set in Kinshasa explores Congolese society through magical realism.
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‘Don’t Tell Mom the Babysitter’s Dead’ Review: The Laughs Are Alive
Wade Allain-Marcus has directed a rollicking update of the 1991 cult favorite.
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‘Arcadian’ Review: Take Two as Needed for Postapocalyptic Pain
Nicolas Cage defends his family against a paranormal siege in this derivative, low-budget creature feature.
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Alex Garland on Making a Film About the Civil War Today
Even before his drama was released, the writer-director faced controversy over his vision of a divided America with Texas and California as allies.
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‘Sasquatch Sunset’ Review: Big Feet and Small Brains
Four unrecognizably hairy actors, including Jesse Eisenberg and Riley Keough, play mythical creatures in this endearingly bonkers movie.
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‘The Greatest Hits’ Review: Yes, She Could Turn Back Time.
A high-concept movie about music and grief lacks follow through.
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‘In Flames’ Review: A Patriarchy Horror Story
Set in Pakistan, the story of a young woman and her family, hemmed in by men, shifts from realism to genre, with heart-pumping consequences.
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‘Civil War’ Review: We Have Met the Enemy and It Is Us. Again.
In Alex Garland’s tough new movie, a group of journalists led by Kirsten Dunst, as a photographer, travels a United States at war with itself.