• The best and worst of new streaming movies

    The best and worst of new streaming movies

    Oh my VOD! What started out as a trial experiment, with studios dropping major movies directly onto streaming services to soothe our lockdown boredom and (ideally) make a buck, has turned into an avalanche. For the last two months, the film release schedule has been routinely packed with titles — great and horrible — for …
  • Charlize Theron and Tom Hardy open up about ‘Mad Max’ on-set feud

    Charlize Theron and Tom Hardy open up about ‘Mad Max’ on-set feud

    Charlize Theron might have played Tom Hardy’s driver in “Mad Max: Fury Road,” but off-screen the duo had their own share of road rage. In an “oral history” published by the New York Times on Tuesday, many of the actors, including Theron and Hardy, candidly reflected on the difficulties they encountered while making the 2015 …
  • ‘Capone’ review: Tom Hardy is an embarrassment in botched mob mess

    ‘Capone’ review: Tom Hardy is an embarrassment in botched mob mess

    Tom Hardy really dodged a bullet with this one. The actor’s new biopic “Capone” skipped its theatrical release due to the coronavirus pandemic and, as a result, few people seem to know it exists. Lucky for Hardy, because he makes the worst Al Capone ever. For those of you who thought Al Pacino yukked it …
  • Tom Hardy’s ‘Bedtime Stories’ will soothe your coronavirus angst

    Tom Hardy’s ‘Bedtime Stories’ will soothe your coronavirus angst

    Bane is putting the coronavirus boredom to bed. With the UK projected to be under quarantine until early May, actor Tom Hardy is helping to keep the isolated masses — or, more importantly, their kids — entertained, by reading “Bedtime Stories” on British network CBeebies yet again. The “Peaky Blinders” star made a splash there …