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The Beverly Theater hosts Advance Screening of “The Last Showgirl” with Pamela Anderson

2025-01-19T01:19:28+00:00

The Beverly Theater hosts Advance Screening of “The Last Showgirl” with Pamela Anderson

A special, invite only, advance screening of “The Last Showgirl” starring Pamela Anderson took place Thursday night, January 2nd, at the Beverly Theater on 6th Street in downtown Las Vegas, before it opens in theaters on January 10. The event included a live, in person appearance by Anderson and the film’s producer, Robert Schwartzman.

2024 Women Film Critics Circle Award Winners

2025-01-19T00:57:40+00:00

The Women Film Critics Circle (WFCC) comprised of 75 members from the United States and foreign countries who are involved in print, radio, television and on line media have announced their winners for best in film for 2024. Below are this year’s winners in several categories...

The Nevada Film Critics Society 2024 Awards for Achievement in Film

2024-12-20T20:40:07+00:00

“The Brutalist" Named Best Film of 2024 By Nevada Film Critics Society

The Nevada Film Critics Society has announced its 2024 award winners for achievement in film. Taking top honors for Best Film is The Brutalist, a historical drama about a Hungarian born visionary architect who comes to America to to rebuild his life after escaping from the Holocaust. The film also nabbed 5 additional awards including Best Supporting Actor (Guy Pearce), Best Director (Brady Corbet), Best Original Screenplay (Brady Corbet and Mona Fastvold), Best Production Design (Judy Becker) and Best Cinematography (Lol Crawley).

In other major categories, Cynthia Erivo won Best Actress for Wicked and Zoe Saldana won Best Supporting actress for Emelia Perez.

Below is the complete list of NFCS's award winners in each category.

Oppenheimer | Cillian Murphy, Emily Blunt, Robert Downey Jr., Matt Damon, Tom Conti, Benny Safdie, Kenneth Branagh

2023-07-21T03:54:27+00:00

Jacqueline Monahan

Oppenheimer - Cillian Murphy, Matt Damon, Robert Downey Jr., Emily Blunt

2023-07-21T02:43:54+00:00

Judy Thorburn

The Miracle Club - Kathy Bates, Maggie Smith, Laura Linney

2023-07-18T01:14:36+00:00

Judy Thorburn

Tár | Cate Blanchett, Mark Strong, Nina Hoss, Noémie Merlant, Allan Corduner, Julian Glover | Review

2022-12-25T08:36:19+00:00

Jacqueline Monahan

The Banshees of Inisherin - Colin Ferrell, Brendan Gleason, Kerry London, Gary Lydon - Movie Review

2022-12-09T23:16:26+00:00

Judy Thorburn

The Woman King - Viola Davis, John Boyega, Thuso Mbedu - Movie Review

2022-12-04T12:07:07+00:00

Judy Thorburn

Nope | Daniel Kaluuya, Keke Palmer, Keith David, Brandon Perea, Steven Yuen | Review

2022-11-27T01:49:31+00:00

Jacqueline Monahan

Blonde | Ana de Armas, Bobby Cannavale, Adrien Brody | Review

2022-11-27T01:40:33+00:00

Jacqueline Monahan

Thirteen Lives | Viggo Mortensen, Colin Ferrell, Joel Edgerton, Teeradon Supapunpinyo, Sahajack Boonthanakit Sukollawat Kanarot | Review

2022-10-02T16:17:22+00:00

Jacqueline Monahan

The Lost City - Sandra Bullock, Channing Tatum - Review

2022-09-09T02:04:09+00:00

Judy Thorburn

Hustle - Adam Sandler, Queen Latifa, Robert Duvall, Ben Foster - Review

2022-09-08T03:15:15+00:00

Jacqueline Monahan

Gigi & Nate - Charlie Rowe, Marcia Gay Harden, Welker White, Jim Belushi - Review

2022-09-01T18:30:15+00:00

Judy Thorburn

Day Shift | Jamie Foxx, Meagan Good, Peter Stormare, Dave Franco, Eric Lange | Review

2022-08-31T16:56:18+00:00

Jacqueline Monahan

The Forgiven

2022-07-16T02:27:21+00:00

Judy Thorburn

Women Film Critics Circle Announces 2021 Awards

2021-12-16T04:20:34+00:00

The Women Film Critics Circle has announced its 2O21 Awards for the best movies this year by and about women - and outstanding achievements by women, who get to be rarely honored historically in the film world. Taking top honors as Best Movie About Woman was Passing. The film also won 3 additional awards - Best Screen Couple: Ruth Negga and Tessa Thompson, The Josephine Baker Award for a film that most passionately opposes violence against women, and the Karen Morley Award for best exemplifying a woman's place in history or society, and a courageous search for identity. Kristen Stewart was named Best Actress for her portrayal of Princess Diana in Spencer.

The Women Film Critics Circle is comprised of 75 women film critics and scholars from around the country and internationally, who are involved in print, radio, online and TV broadcast media. WFCC was the first women critics’ organization in the United States, and was formed in the belief that women’s perspectives and voices in film criticism need to be recognized fully. WFCC also prides itself on being the most culturally and racially diverse critics group in the country by far, and best reflecting the diversity of movie audiences.

As proud members of this prestigious group,The Flick Chicks (Judy Thorburn and Jacqueline Monahan) are delighted to share WFCC's full list of nominees, winners and runners-up in each category.

Nico Santucci’s film “Sarogeto” headlines the MegaFest Film Festival on July 28 in Las Vegas

2021-07-20T03:50:36+00:00

Nico Santucci is a very familiar name to Las Vegas, as he is the creator and owner of Capo’s Italian Steakhouse & Speakeasy, the luxurious mob-style restaurant. Inspired by the mobster era, Nico created Capo’s, featuring the actual Al Capone’s Family Secret sauces on "their” man-made pastas.

THE WOMEN FILM CRITICS CIRCLE ANNOUNCES 2020 AWARDS

2021-03-09T02:20:33+00:00

The Women Film Critics Circle announced its 2O20 Awards on March 8th, International Women's Day, for the best movies this year by and about women - and outstanding achievements by women, who get to be rarely honored historically in the film world. Taking top honors as Best Movie About Woman was Promising Young Woman. The film also won two additional awards. Its star, Carey Mulligan was named Best Actress and the film was honored with The Adrienne Shelly Award for a film that most passionately opposes violence against women.

The Women Film Critics Circle is an association of 80 women film critics and scholars from around the country and internationally, who are involved in print, radio, online and TV broadcast media. They came together in 2004 to form the first women critics’ organization in the United States, in the belief that women’s perspectives and voices in film criticism need to be recognized fully. WFCC also prides itself on being the most culturally and racially diverse critics group in the country by far, and best reflecting the diversity of movie audiences.

As proud members of this prestigious group,The Flick Chicks (Judy Thorburn and Jacqueline Monahan) are delighted to share WFCC's full list of nominees, winners and runners-up in each category.

Judy Thorburn’s Top Ten Movies of 2020

2021-03-04T04:03:54+00:00

The year 2020 was like no other; that’s for sure. With the worldwide pandemic affecting everyone and every business including the film industry, so much has changed.

The Hollywood Foreign Press Association presented its 78th Golden Globes Awards

2021-03-02T04:28:51+00:00

The Hollywood Foreign Press Association presented its 78th Golden Globes Awards on Sunday, February 28. The 2021 awards ceremonies, which was co-hosted by Tina Fey and Amy Poehler on separate coasts, aired on NBC at 5pm PST (8pm EST).

Chloé Zhao’s “Nomadland” won best drama film and best director while Sacha Baron Cohen’s “Borat Subsequent Moviefilm” won both in the best motion picture musical or comedy category as well as best actor.

Chadwick Boseman won posthumously for best actor in a motion picture drama for “Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom.”

The biggest surprises were Andra Day’s win for best actress in a motion picture drama for “The United States vs. Billie Holiday”, Jodie Foster’s win as best supporting actress in a motion picture for “The Mauritanian” and Rosamund Pike’s win as best actress in a motion picture musical or comedy for "I Care a Lot”.

The full list of winners and nominees are listed below.

Jacqueline Monahan’s Pandemic Top Ten (2020)

2021-02-27T04:55:44+00:00

Jacqueline Monahan’s Pandemic Top Ten (2020)

Woman in Motion: Nichelle Nichols, Star Trek and the Remaking of NASA Lands in Movie Theaters Nationwide for One Night Only on February 2

2021-01-12T01:07:53+00:00

Woman in Motion: Nichelle Nichols, Star Trek and the Remaking of NASA Lands in Movie Theaters Nationwide for One Night Only on February 2

LOS ANGELES - January 5, 2021- The inspiring true story of how renowned Star Trek actress Nichelle Nichols pioneered the NASA recruiting program to hire people of color and the first female astronauts for the space agency in the late 1970s and 1980s, Woman in Motion: Nichelle Nichols, Star Trek and the Remaking of NASA will open in movie theaters nationwide for one night only on February 2, 2021.

A Dozen Cinematic Masterworks Return to Movie Theaters Nationwide With 2021’s TCM Big Screen Classics Series

2020-12-18T04:43:56+00:00

From German East Africa to the Mean Streets of NYC to Egypt to South-Central L.A., Movie Lovers Can Take a Trip Around the Globe and Through 80 Years of Movie Magic

DENVER – December 17, 2020 – Next year, film aficionados can enjoy a yearlong journey spanning nine decades of cinema history, through a dozen of some of the movie industry’s greatest titles, as Fathom Events and Turner Classic Movies present the seventh annual TCM Big Screen Classics series. Featuring acclaimed films released from 1941 to 1996, and encompassing legendary dramas, iconic musicals, beloved comedies, a thrilling adventure, a stylish film noir, a stirring epic, a crackling mystery, and a suspenseful horror, the TCM Big Screen Classics series has something for everyone in 2021.

ZACHARY LEVI TO PORTRAY KURT WARNER IN “AMERICAN UNDERDOG” FOR KINGDOM STORY COMPANY AND LIONSGATE

2020-07-02T17:33:42+00:00

ZACHARY LEVI TO PORTRAY KURT WARNER IN “AMERICAN UNDERDOG” FOR KINGDOM STORY COMPANY AND LIONSGATE

SANTA MONICA, Calif., July 1, 2020 – Kingdom Story Company and Lionsgate announced today that Zachary Levi will star as two-time NFL MVP and Hall of Famer Kurt Warner in American Underdog: The Kurt Warner Story. The film will be distributed wide by Lionsgate and is expected to begin production later this year.

AMAZON STUDIOS AND MICHAEL B. JORDAN’S OUTLIER SOCIETY PRESENT “A NIGHT AT THE DRIVE-IN” A CELEBRATION OF MULTI-CULTURAL VOICES IN FILM

2020-06-26T18:24:51+00:00

A FREE summer series of films will be happening at your local Drive-In.

Screenings kick off July 1 and will take place every other week through July and August. Each week the movies screened will have a specific theme such as Movies to Make You Fall in Love, Movies to Inspire Your Inner Child, Movies to Make You Open Your Eyes and Movie to Make You Laugh. The list of double-features that'll be screened during the series has been curated by Jordan and includes Love & Basketball, Crazy Rich Asians, Black Panther, Creed and Do the Right Thing.

AMAZON STUDIOS AND MICHAEL B. JORDAN’S OUTLIER SOCIETY PRESENT “A NIGHT AT THE DRIVE-IN” A CELEBRATION OF MULTI-CULTURAL VOICES IN FILM

Summer Screening Series Curated by Michael B. Jordan will Launch at Select Drive-Ins Nationwide and Play Throughout the Summer at No Cost to the Community

Culver City, CA – June 25, 2020 – Amazon Studios and Michael B. Jordan’s Outlier Society are launching “A Night at the Drive-In”, a nationwide summer screening series featuring a wide selection of films celebrating multi-cultural voices in cinema. In an effort to evoke the nostalgic joy of a summer evening at the drive-in with family and friends, attendance will be at no cost to local communities. Starting Wednesday, July 1, Amazon Studios will host double-features curated by Michael B. Jordan with help from his newly formed marketing arm 8788 and Outlier Society, every other week through the end of August.

LIONSGATE LIVE! A NIGHT AT THE MOVIES CELEBRATES THE COMMUNAL THEATRICAL EXPERIENCE WITH FOUR FRIDAYS OF FREE FLICKS

2020-04-14T21:15:44+00:00

Jamie Lee Curtis to Host as America Gathers Together for Four Lionsgate Classics

Lionsgate Teams Up with Fandango, YouTube, and NATO to Help Furloughed Movie Theater Employees Across America

“The Hunger Games,” “Dirty Dancing,”
“La La Land,” and “John Wick”
Will Livestream for Free on Fridays

SANTA MONICA, Calif., April 13, 2020 – Global content leader Lionsgate (NYSE: LGF.A, LGF.B) announced today that the studio will honor the communal experience of watching movies in movie theaters and support the people who make those places great with a special program that reminds everyone how much we love going to the cinema. The studio is presenting Lionsgate Live! A Night at the Movies, a program of four Fridays of free movies streaming live on YouTube.

FOCUS FEATURES KICKS OFF “MOVIE MONDAYS” WITH FREE FACEBOOK LIVESTREAMS OF CLASSIC FOCUS TITLES FOR FANS AT HOME

2020-04-05T19:12:53+00:00

FOCUS FEATURES KICKS OFF “MOVIE MONDAYS” WITH FREE FACEBOOK LIVESTREAMS OF CLASSIC FOCUS TITLES FOR FANS AT HOME

Viewers of the Livestreams Can Support and Donate to the Entertainment Industry Foundation’s COVID-19 Response Fund

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Los Angeles, CA — April 2, 2020 — Focus Features announces the switch of their currently standing “Focus Fridays” livestreaming program to “Focus Movie Mondays,” hoping to bring moviegoers back to the movies from the comfort of their own homes. Beginning on Monday April 6th, Focus Features will be livestreaming a film exclusively on their Facebook page (here) every Monday in April for free. Each livestream will include a link to donate to the Entertainment Industry Foundation’s COVID 19 Response Fund.

Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker

2019-12-21T08:19:05+00:00

Judy Thorburn