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“Malcolm & Marie,” was filmed in secret over the summer amid the pandemic. The cast and crew filmed the movie in a quarantine bubble under script safety precautions. The film only has two actors in it and is set entirely in one location, which allowed the production to maintain the quarantine bubble the entire shoot. The film marks Levinson’s first feature since his misbegotten 2018 horror satire, “Assassination Nation.” The first person you think of as this minimalist film unravels before your eyes is that of independent maverick, John Cassavetes; his imprint is all over Levinson’s brush strokes here....

Vulture sources various different actresses that took part in being interviewed for the article, it’s a fascinating read that gives us a more in-depth look at what’s at stake here with #MeToo in Hollywood. Alyssa Milano, a leader of #MeToo in Hollywood, added that “We’re just now starting to feel the shift. It’s only been a year,” she said. “We [women] were always pitted against each other, right? This is the first time that I’ve ever felt a true sisterhood within the industry....

I saw “Olympic Dreams” a few weeks after its world premiere last March at the SXSW Film Festival. Performance-wise, the film purports to deliver nuanced lead roles, but there is a tonal inconsistency in the film which makes the connection between the two romantic leads feel a little too disingenuous. Penelope is underwritten, lacking the emotional traits needed to make the character click. The cute and quirky connection is somewhat charming at first but quickly deteriorates into the maudlin....

The billboards seem to be all over San Diego today, which is where Comic-Con will be taking place. Director Joss Whedon‘s extensive reshoots on “Justice League” no doubt clashed with Zack Snyder‘s original cut. Among the changes, Jesse Eisenberg‘s return as Lex Luthor was reportedly axed, and Gal Gadot‘s Wonder Woman is said to have received more scenes and screentime. It’s not just the characters, the overall mood was rumored to have garnered a lighter makeover with Whedon deviating away from Snyder’s darker palettes for a more colorful tone....

With Dylan on stage, hat festered with flowers, face covered in white paint, and armed with the kind of sublime voice he would never again be able to match in his career, ‘Revue’ guides us through a time-capsule-worthy moment when America had all but lost its identity. And so, when Dylan performs his classics such as “The Lonesome Death of Hattie Carroll,” “Simple Twist of Fate” and “Knockin’ on Heaven’s Door,” it feels like there’s an extra oomph to the contours, a revelatory side that these already brilliant songs didn’t previously have....

Seems like Palpatine was behind it all. And, no, the title doesn’t necessarily mean Luke will return from the dead like Jesus; I believe the ‘rise’ of Skywalker might very well be Rey .. Earlier in the year, Oscar Isaac told the ‘Today Show’ (via IndieWire) that “Rise of the Skywalker” “would be the end of the entire Skywalker saga.” He went on to add that “what J.J. [Abrams] has done, and the entire Lucasfilm team, is incredibly fulfilling....

I personally wouldn’t have put Saleh’s Cannes entry “The Boy From Heaven” in competition, but it’s not really a bad movie. Generic? Sure. Slick? You better believe it. Watchable? Yes. Just like “The Conspirator,” it’s a spy thriller, albeit one set in Muslim-populated Egypt. A country where church and state keep clashing, both playing a heavy role in people’s day-to-day lives. Saleh’s film has a a very convoluted plot. Set in Al Azhar, the world’s most prestigious university for Islamic learning, the story revolves around the sudden death of an Imam, the search for his replacement, possible Muslim Brotherhood radicals within the student body and the mysterious murder of a student....

Martin Scorsese’s “The Irishman” starts off with a tracking shot down a hallway, much like the Copacabana take in “Goodfellas,” except this one ends with a close-up of a geriatric and wheelchair-bound Robert De Niro. It’s no coincidence that Scorsese decided to open his movie with this shot as if to tell us this is the end of the road for the goombahs he has so legendarily depicted in classics such as “Mean Streets,” “Goodfellas” and “Casino....

“The Man Who Killed Don Quixote” is in theaters this Wednesday April 10th. Contribute Hire me Advertise Donate Team Contact Privacy Policy

Fortunately, the courts have made Gillian and ‘Quixote’ prevail, and the long-delayed passion project by Gilliam will be released this coming April. Better yet, World of Reel is quoted on the first just-released trailer. Adam Driver and Jonathan Pryce are joined by Stellan Skarsgård, Olga Kurylenko, Joana Ribeiro, and Jason Watkins in ‘Don Quixote,’ which was written by Gilliam and frequent co-writer Tony Grisoni. “The Man Who Killed Don Quixote” will premiere in US theaters on April 10 for a one-night special event....

Mylod’s film actually works very well as a double bill with “Glass Onion” — the darts shot at one percenters, the dark humor and practically the same ending. I did think it lost a bit of momentum in its final stretch, but what a wickedly savage satire this was. What I liked most about this movie wass its delectable appetite to shock the senses, you just don’t know what comes next....

Jane Campion‘s masterfully mysterious “The Power of the Dog” is her best film since 1993’s “The Piano.” That film won the Palme d’Or and I can imagine that, if it weren’t for the Netflix ban at Cannes, she would have maybe won the prize again this year. This is an intelligent and, very well acted period western set in the far reaches of the Montana mountains. Adapted from Thomas Savage’s cult novel of the same name, the story is set in 1925 as successful rancher brothers George (Jesse Plemons) and Phil (Benedict Cumberbatch) have their relationship tested when the more mild-mannered George, a wealthy cattle broker, marries lonely widow Rose (Kirsten Dunst)....

This is an intelligent and, very well acted period western set in the far reaches of the Montana mountains. Adapted from Thomas Savage’s cult novel of the same name, the story is set in 1925 as successful rancher brothers George (Jesse Plemons) and Phil (Benedict Cumberbatch) have their relationship tested when the more mild-mannered George, a wealthy cattle broker, marries lonely widow Rose (Kirsten Dunst). Rose and her son Peter (Kodi Smit- McPhee) arrive at the ranch, but are clearly not welcomed by Phil, continually abrasive and macho, he feels a certain unspoken jealousy towards his brother....

Director Gavin O’Connor, who’s worked before with Affleck on “The Accountant,” casts the actor as a former basketball all-star who loses his wife and family due to addiction. When he becomes the coach of a multicultural high school basketball team at his alma mater, well, what else did you expect, he sees it as a chance at redemption knocking at his door. It may sound hokey but O’Connor (“Warrior,” “Miracle,” “McFarland”) is no slouch at feel-good family sports dramas....

Correction. It wasn’t the fat suit that tanked its Oscar hopes. It was more the fact that critics ended up seeing the movie on a wider scale and felt it was underwhelming. It’s a simple as that. A 67% on Rotten Tomatoes and 60 Metascore. Audiences do seem to love the movie though. An 8.3 on IMDB is a very positive sign. Recently, an article written by The New York Times called the film “gratuitous, self-aggrandizing fiction at best....

Kawase’s film is based on Mizuki Tsujimura’s novel of the same name and tells the tale of a young couple struggling and coping with the very universal dilemma of infertility. Trying to have a child biologically, but failing, the couple decides to adopt a child. However, things get complicated when, six years later, a woman claiming to be the young child’s biological mother starts extorting them for money. Kawase has been a mainstay of Cannes for several years, with her last film, “Radiance,” being part of the 2017 competition....

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“I wish I had some news; I don’t. Because of the worldwide pandemic—I think it was just starting pre-production. I had not started work on it yet. I’m assuming it’ll come back to life at some point. I don’t know when.” This is arguably the closest to an official confirmation we’ve gotten about “Wisteria,” which was ramping up production until the pandemic halted things and Netflix subsequently scrapped the project....

It just felt like great movies were being released every single week in 2016. Cannes had one its best lineups ever, so did Sundance and Toronto. In all, I found a grand total of 60 movies that were good, very good or great. All of these have their fair share of admirers and have, one way or another, left their mark on the American movie landscape. A ton of them are what one would qualify as undervalued or underrated....