where it ' s at ( film )
4) where dark tower fails, it fails in exposition. but honestly, who cares ?
annalee newitz is an editor at large at ars technica. she is the author of
foxtrot
director samuel maoz at the 74th venice film festival. (domenico stinellis / ap )
ars film debut: watch it' s no game and meet the hoffbot, written by an algorithm .
as far as i' m concerned, the movie is a philosophical puzzle ,
maoz said in an interview at the recently concluded toronto film festival, where the drama had its north american premiere .
it' s the dirty concept, this nature of fate, and the attempt to understand it, to clean it, is what' s interesting to me .
like its predecessor sunspring, it' s no game was made as part of the 48 hour film challenge at the sci - fi london film festival. also like sunspring, it' s no game has bent the rules of writing. louis savy, who organizes sci - fi london, called sharp and goodwin' s latest film with benjamin
counter - culture hacking... it' s exciting if not a little scary .
it' s october. you getting in the spooky mood yet? we take a look at the
poltergeist curse
and reveal all of the suspect deaths surrounding the film series .
two women troubled with guy - problems swap homes in each other' s countries, where they each meet a local guy and fall in love .
garson kanin' s
where it' s at
is one of those strange sort of movies that come out of las vegas almost without meaning to. they usually have don rickles in them, and they' re usually set in a big casino or hotel (with lots of plugs) and they usually involve a lot of hard, cynical people with tough dialog. usually frank sinatra plays the lead, but in
where it' s at
we get david janssen instead, doing a simultaneous imitation of sinatra and richard widmark .
david hasselhoff talks about being in it' s no game. right after this, he left for the premiere of guardians of the galaxy vol. 2, where he' s featured on the soundtrack rapping about starlord .
the film to the bone portrays a young woman' s experience with an eating disorder .
real strength comes from that other cast member, the one mentioned at the top of this piece, caesar' s palace and, by extension, las vegas. watching the scenes of the casinos and vegas in the years just before it got taken over by corporations intent on turning it into a family fun park and international tourist destination is a pleasure in and of itself. it' s a fascinating time capsule of sin city, when it was at the height of sinfulness, glitz and glamour and none of it was family friendly. nor did it want to be. it was a place for grownups to smoke, drink, have sex and lose their money. by 1969 standards, the city of vegas was truly where it' s at .
the images, for someone who is at risk or struggling, it can be a very visceral experience .
talking about the film, he says, “i didn’t accept to do the film just because i fell in love with the characters. yes, it was quite challenging to play the role of jai and i might be biased to say that he’s my favourite character in the film, but this film won’t be the same without the other two characters. more than that, it’s a very emotional film, and a personal one for both my brother and me. leaving aside the success or failure of this film, it’ll be a memorable experience in our lives, and this was a gift to our parents. ”
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sept. 25: this story was updated with additional information about the film
foxtrot' s
u. s. distribution .
it was obvious at a wednesday night screening of dark tower, the dreamed - of - for - decades screen version of stephen king’s hybrid epic fantasy - western series, that critics weren’t buying it .
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, following a successful premiere at the telluride film festival. based on loung ung’s memoir, it stars srey moch as the young protagonist trying to survive the genocidal violence, forced child conscription and labour camps of the khmer rouge’s terrorisation of civilians in cambodia in the 1970s .
on the rooftop noelle says that she likes the pixies. earlier, when she was mad at him and he was outside her door, an instrumental piano version of the pixies song' where is my mind' is playing .
it' s representative of an ongoing tension in the field, and this [ trailer ] has crystallized it ,
she says .
she said i’m bad publicity. but there’s nothing better for the israeli government than to show it’s willing to criticize itself .
even those most invested in the court’s grandeur are finding it hard to defend its reality .
still, janssen exhibits an unexpected depth of acting ability (especially contrasted to the disaster of
shoes of the fisherman
). and a young girl named brenda vaccaro, who plays janssen' s secretary and drivas' lover, has a lovely, quiet, humorous presence. in a movie like
where it' s at ,
you appreciate such things because there' s so little else .
: you know, vampire weekend' s doing a show at the end of the month. would you wanna go ?
. through television, theatre and film, vacarro has remained active ever since .
one look at the twitter hashtag # tothebone and it' s easy to see why those who' ve had eating disorders are worried about how the film portrays a complex condition like anorexia, which often isn' t accurately or responsibly depicted in the media .
viewers who remember
lebanon
will be surprised by the new film' s style. far from a neo - verite look at the harshness of middle east war ,
foxtrot' s
scenes are as likely to be shot through with magical realism as gritty realism. the film is laden with slick shot - making and indelible images, as technically dazzling as it is emotionally weighty .
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movie news, screening invitations and reviews from the world of independent film and beyond .
in anticipation of walt disney' s' get a horse!' and the biographical film' saving mr. banks,' we take a look at seven lesser - known facts on the man and the institution .
on october 16, 1854 oscar wilde was born. we take a look at this incredible author' s love for the risqué .
but that’s not really a bad thing. in fact, that’s partly what makes the film so much fun. it foregoes lengthy exposition and backstories, and while that makes for a disjointed narrative structure, it allows for a fast - paced story told mainly through scares and monsters and plenty of gunfights and idris elba asking jake if the animals in his world still speak. (it also gets an assist from a tonally perfect score from tom holkenborg .) there’s a basic, wondrous glee in the dark tower that makes it feel more like a stephen king film than any other stephen king film since stand by me .
behold: it' s no game, written by an ai and starring the great david hasselhoff .
nevertheless, universal has given the director another chance. he’s back with split, a film both directed and written by shyamalan himself. are we looking at a return to form, or just another load of jumbled nonsense ?
the ballad of narayama
is a japanese film of great beauty and elegant artifice, telling a story of startling cruelty. what a space it opens…
chon noriega, a professor in the ucla department of film, television and digital media, points to the 1991 film
grand canyon ,
which was set in l. a. and dealt with issues of race and class but had no latino standouts. it was as if
only whites and african americans have a subconscious, only they dream ,
he said .
it just doesn' t look like l. a. where did the other half of the city go ?
marti noxon, the film' s writer and director, responded to the criticism on twitter soon after the trailer dropped .
we hope the film helps people talk about a subject that is too often ignored ,
she wrote .
yet for all of this, arcel’s film is fun, loving, scary, and often as genuinely compelling as it is wildly misguided. the dark tower may be a terrible, even baffling version of stephen king’s the dark tower, but it’s highly enjoyable as a cinematic king fanfic. here are four things you need to know to prepare for the journey .
as
saturday night live
gets ready to celebrate its 40th anniversary this sunday, we' re taking a look at the famous funny people who started it all .
it' s a subject that could be on the minds of mainstream u. s. moviegoers this season too, with richard linklater' s
last flag flying
opening the new york film festival and then arriving in theaters several weeks later. the movie is a look at a vietnam veteran (steve carell) who loses a son to the war in iraq and must see to the funeral arrangements .
but while mcconaughey’s man in black isn’t truly menacing so much as oozing snake oil, the glimpses we get of the monsters the tower is keeping at bay are creepy and fun. the film’s special effects are top - notch, and a reminder that king’s entire multiverse hinges on a weird fiction view of the horrors out there in the cosmos. that the film features a nebula of creepy monsters from the beyond may make it feel like a stranger things ripoff to some viewers, but don’t be misled: arcel is in fact honoring king’s longstanding lovecraftian tradition .
but don’t take my word for it. just look at who’s playing miguel’s family. legendary mexican actress ana ofelia murguía (escrito en el cuerpo de la noche, la reina de la noche) who’s been working since the late 1960s will be voicing miguel’s bisabuela, while weeds ‘ lupita, renée victor, plays his abuela. since much of miguel’s story revolves around his love of music, it makes sense that they’d recruit sofía espinosa, who played gloria trevi in the 2014 biopic gloria, to play his mom. oh, and for his dad? let’s just say # rogelifans have found their new favorite animated film, as jaime camil plays the young boy’s father .
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it’s an m. night shyamalan film. run for the hills! of course, ten years ago we’d be saying the exact opposite of the once adored film - maker. dubbed the new hitchcock by many, his films including the sixth sense, unbreakable and signs heralded a bold, exciting new time for cinema .
those schools became the models for midtown high, where peter is often one of the only white kids we see. and yet diversity isn' t a plot point in
spider - man: homecoming ,
where spidey' s nerdy gamer best friend ned leeds is played by scene - stealing newcomer jacob batalon, an asian american actor, and his rival flash thompson is played with rich - jerk perfection by tony revolori, who is of guatemalan descent .
even ahead of its release in israel, the film already has become a hot - button subject thanks to the country' s famously conservative culture minister, miri regev, condemning it as a traitorous act. maoz laughed off the condemnation and said the right - wing government would be better off embracing the movie, which was financed by the government' s official film fund .
the images, for someone who is at risk or struggling, it can be a very visceral experience, it can trigger all kinds of upsetting feelings ,
says claire mysko, ceo of neda. some viewers, she says, may see it as a
race to the bottom
to lose even more weight .
for sharp, who grew up hooked on knight rider, watching hasselhoff transform into the hoffbot was sort of like a fan' s dream come true. at the same time, it was a fascinating look at how acting works .
watching david perform those lines, there was this moment where his whole stature changed. his shoulders went back and he took an 80s power stance. the watch goes up to his mouth and it was like muscle memory. an actor’s imagination exists in their body, and his muscle memory kicked in .
then he mused that this electrifying moment was actually crafted by an ai :
benjamin helps you take these calcified cultural objects that we all recognize too easily and it automatically caricatures them. if hoff is a caricature of a caricature, ben takes it a step further .
with poltergeist & apos; s success came a creepy mystique that the classic film is shrouded in real - life tragedies that some interpret as a curse .
jake teams up with a reluctant roland to travel from the desolate outposts of roland’s world back into the bustle of new york, where they hope to find a portal to the man in black’s lair in order to destroy it before it can destroy the tower. along the way, they battle a strange attic - destroying demon, more lovecraftian monsters, attacks from the man in black’s henchman, and roland’s own warring sense of purpose: does he want mere revenge against the man in black for past wrongs, or does he want to save the world ?
it’s not all good news, though. the first 80 minutes are nicely filmed, well - acted and deeply unnerving. unfortunately, a tonal shift at a critical turning point in the film shatters the illusion somewhat and threatens to bring you back out of what is a genuinely immersive experience, though the trademark shyamalan twist works exceptionally well here .
it’s a fair statement, but it won’t be the first time that racial fears have been encoded within the genre. in george a romero’s seminal night of the living dead in 1968, the african american lead ben, played by duane jones, and his grim fate (40 - year - old spoiler: he gets killed at the end after a posse mistakes him for a zombie) eerily coincided with the assassination of martin luther king. it was a landmark film even for having a black lead, but its bleak climax made a depressing statement on american sociopolitical progress. there are moments throughout the film that imply hostility towards ben’s race and his power but issues surrounding his racial identity aren’t overtly explored .
the film' s depiction of recreational marijuana smoking in an innocent manner without consequences is rumored to be the main reason for its r rating by the mpaa .
he did, however, fashion a movie out of it. eight autumns after his first narrative feature
lebanon
took the foreign - film world by storm with its frightening intimacy and tank - set claustrophobia, maoz is back with another compelling film. on sept. 19 that film ,
foxtrot ,
swept the ophirs, the israeli equivalent of the academy awards, winning eight prizes, including best picture. that means, among other things, that
foxtrot
will now be the official israeli entry at this year' s foreign - language oscars .
james mcavoy is absolutely astounding, managing to channel different personalities and changing between them at the drop of a hat. it’s mightily imposing and brings the actor forward into a new light – this is award worthy it’s that good. anna taylor - joy and betty buckley are both likeable with the rest of the cast blending into the background somewhat against these three impressive characterisations .
i appreciate the concern but no one made me do this film. i wanted, needed to. i' m so proud of what we accomplished. time we talk about it !
admittedly, his son’s birth was a wake up call in his life and the first time he held his son at the hospital was a moment of truth for him .
but as significant as it is to see faces of all ethnicities presented onscreen in
spider - man: homecoming ,
it' s still peter parker' s story, and both the hero and villain, played by michael keaton, remain white men .
as camera tracks andy' s walk past full - length windows of a downtown casino, a woman in blue inside the casino follows the movement, waving at the camera .
jai lava kusa is slated for release just a week before mahesh babu’s spyder arrives in theatres; however, ntr jr is unperturbed by this clash at the box - office .
: well, whatever, we sell a hell of a lot of it .
, gushing about how it
got a million hits .
the fact that
it' s like a magnet school where all kinds of kids go, they just have to be really smart and test to get in ,
said watts .
we thought if we made it that kind of school, then you were going to have a really interesting mix of people .
diversity
is not part of the story ,
he says, because in the onscreen world of
spider - man: homecoming
— just like in the real one — it is, simply, normal .
the main elements and characters who help roland along his journey in the book series have all been merged into jake’s character, effectively turning roland’s story into jake’s story — perhaps because at heart all stephen king stories are about boys learning to be men. here, it is jake who must find roland, learn about the tower, and ultimately stop the man in black from blowing it up. if that happens, roland assures jake, the darkness the tower currently holds at bay — an implied nebula of strange lovecraftian cosmic terrors — will encroach upon all of their separate worlds .
“we have had numerous instances where multiple films have gone on to become hits, despite releasing at the same time. if the content is good, then people will even watch 100 films! and i’m sure that both the films will do well. i’ve always believed in competition because that’s what keeps everyone on their toes; however, there’s absolutely no bad blood between actors. ultimately, the industry should thrive and the only way forward is by doing good films. ”
‘it is one of the very, very few horror movies that does jump off of racial fears’ … jordan peele on his new film get out, which stars daniel kaluuya, above. photograph: youtube
a look back at robert zemeckis' half - animated classic, who framed roger rabbit, on its 30 - year anniversary .
such stories — wherever they take place — address more universal dynamics: of countries at the crossroads of patriotism and military tragedy .
last year, director oscar sharp and ai researcher ross goodwin released the stunningly weird short film sunspring. it was a sci - fi tale written entirely by an algorithm that eventually named itself benjamin. now the two humans have teamed up with benjamin again to create a follow - up movie, it' s no game, about what happens when ai gets mixed up in an impending hollywood writers' strike. ars is excited to debut the movie here, so go ahead and watch. we also talked to the film cast and creators about what it' s like to work with an ai .
i won' t be naive and say there is no social or political statement in my film ,
maoz said .
but it' s more broad than specific. i don' t have an interest in a realistic film about a roadblock. the roadblock is a microcosm of a society — any society — that has its perception distorted by a past trauma .
foxtrot
is based on the feeling the director had that school day morning. winning the silver lion award at the venice film festival (compared to
lebanon' s
gold lion prize), it spins from its director' s anxiety a tale of a successful nearly middle - aged couple, the feldmans, who learn from military attaches that their fresh - out - high - school son was killed while engaged in mandatory military service .
ust in time for halloween and after a notably devastating year for race relations in the us, the first trailer for jordan peele’s directorial debut get out has hit, causing an understandable stir. given peele’s emmy - winning comedy central show key & peele, it’s perhaps no surprise that his first film as director would involve racial commentary (one of his most famous skits revolves around the
until it begins to master those aspects of producing and distributing entertainment meant to confront shame and stigma, it' ll continue to discover its blind spots by trial and error .
she is cautiously optimistic given that, prior to the film' s netflix distribution deal, neda partnered with its actors to produce a public service announcement addressing common myths about eating disorders .
the friction between israel' s arts community and benjamin netanyahu' s conservative government has been sparking for a while; it came to the international fore with a controversial gown regev wore on the cannes red carpet this year, depicting the old city of jerusalem to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the six - day war. regev was not invited to the ophirs by israel' s film academy .
moreover, ntr jr states that going by the kind of films being made in the past few years in telugu cinema, the industry is moving in the right direction. and just when we begin to wonder if he’s no longer wary of expectations riding on his films anymore, he replies, “there’ll always be expectations. you can’t avoid it. the only thing you can do is put in a genuine effort to make good films and surpass expectations. look at baahubali - the whole country had huge expectations on the film and it was due to the efforts of every single artiste and technician that the film became what it is today. you can’t have any apprehensions before taking up something and i love challenges. ”
diversity isn' t a plot point in' spider - man: homecoming.' it' s just normal for millennial new yorkers like peter parker
julia child' s story of her start in the cooking profession is intertwined with blogger julie powell' s 2002 challenge to cook all the recipes in child' s first book .
only one element we’ve seen before in a stephen king film makes a dent on the plot: the shining itself. fans of stephen king, or of the kubrick film, may recall that the “shine” is a rare psychic ability to read minds and sense the future. throughout dark tower, jake is informed that he “shines, ” that he has “the shine, ” and that this is a rare gift — so rare we’ve seen it only in a few king characters here and there over the decades. this, too, might feel superimposed on the film, but it’s a loving reflection of the ongoing interconnectedness of king’s worlds — a crucial aspect of the dark tower series .
it' s complicated is a movie starring meryl streep, steve martin, and alec baldwin. when attending their son' s college graduation, a couple reignite the spark in their relationship. but the complicated fact is they' re divorced and he' s remarried .
cast deaths were not the only agents of the curse’s proliferation, as other peculiar and creepy legends surround the film franchise. jobeth williams, who played mom diane freeling in the first two films, claimed that director steven spielberg insisted on using actual human skeletons as props in an attempt to save money (at the time, they were cheaper than plastic skeletons). williams’s claim has never been verified, but it persists to this day in the lore surrounding the films’ curse .
fear the walking dead
at least tries to hew to some reality as far as who lives in l. a. the show' s use of spanish with subtitles during some conversations lends a touch of authenticity. but it doesn' t seem like it should be a sisyphean ordeal for a show set in l. a. to cast a latino as a latino .
when asked on set about the importance of being a latino on the show, he revealed that he isn' t latino. his mother is
100% sicilian so that' s where i get my spanish - looking skin texture ,
he amiably explained, adding that he usually went for white or latino roles .
and marvel will take even bigger steps soon .
black panther ,
starring chadwick boseman as the film division' s first leading superhero of color, promises a true watershed moment for representation when it opens next february with a predominantly black cast onscreen and
creed
director ryan coogler, the mcu' s first african american helmer, behind the camera .
we may not see the events that have taken place over the course of the dark tower series in this film, but elba’s roland has internalized them all the same. whenever he aims a weapon, you fully believe that he kills not with his gun but with his heart — part of the gunslinger creed. elba is the physical embodiment of roland, and he’s so committed to his vague, barely explained quest that he stays the film’s most deeply compelling figure, even if he’s no longer the main protagonist. when we finally see roland attempting to interact with random people in modern - day new york, and see how out of place he is, the comedic moments are tinged with sadness: here is a man out of time who’s truly lost everything, won’t regain it, and knows it .
it turns out maoz' s daughter had missed the bus by mere seconds and was still alive. but the incident stayed with the director in a peculiar way .
“there were no references for me to play this role, and it drained me out both mentally and physically. when actors depict stuttering on screen, it’s usually exaggerated. but we wanted to put a different spin on it. instead of stressing on the first syllable of a word, i tried doing that in the middle of the word or a sentence. this made the dialogue both audible and convincing. acting is all about how your internalise an experience and convince someone that it is plausible. i’m often asked to share tips on acting, but i believe that it’s something that can’t be taught, ” ntr explains .
arcel also does his best to run with the interconnectivity of king’s universe, something that links many of his books but has really never made its way into a screen adaptation until now. the dark tower universe essentially ties all of king’s universes together; characters from the dark tower appear in other books, and characters throughout his fiction move between the worlds held in place by the tower. on film, save for one element, these multiple worlds feel superimposed: a long - ruined theme park dedicated to “pennywise” in roland’s world implies that it ’s shapeshifting titular character once ran the joint; a portal dubbed 1408 implies that the demonic hotel room of king’s 1408 is but a jaunt away; other subtler references to salem’s lot, needful things, and the shining occur throughout the film .
samuel maoz' s
foxtrot
swept the ophirs, israel' s equivalent of the academy awards, but has been condemned by the government' s conservative culture minister miri regev. (tiff )
i love by the sea, but it’s a gorgeous curio when set alongside the rest of her output. in returning to the bigger, more heavily political canvas of first they killed my father, jolie reconnects with her prior body of work and looks afresh at the often disregarded collateral damage of male warfare: women and children. let’s hope the world is ready to listen this time .
unbroken was superseded by her much smaller film, by the sea, in 2015. based somewhat on jolie’s parents’ marriage but also redolent of gena rowlands’ work with john cassavetes, it tells the story of a couple pulled apart by grief after two miscarriages, which causes them to act out in various unflattering and perverse ways. although this luxury arthouse work is anomalous in terms of jolie’s much wider interests as a director, by the sea marks her out as an auteur who can create stunningly beautiful work that balances sumptuous design with (particularly female) emotional torment. in one scene jolie’s character nessa tells her husband, played by jolie’s then - husband brad pitt: “maybe you shouldn’t have a drink today. it’ll be good for you. ” clearly brad didn’t listen. and have you heard him speaking french, as he does throughout the film? oof – it’s like overhearing an upstairs neighbour struggling to move heavy furniture .
) and janssen had something else in common as well. both actors would die before reaching their fiftieth birthday. janssen died of a heart attack at the age of 48 and drivas died from complications due to aids in 1986 at the age of 47, one year shy of the age janssen lived to be. drivas led a very private life and while his death from aids is widely known now, at the time, whether by mistake or personal family request, the
“films are scripted, but on bigg boss, i got a platform to showcase who i’m as a person. i’m just tarak there. and tarak laughs a lot, ” he laughs. the show’s popularity has surged a lot and the actor, by his admission, has gained a lot from it: “i made it a point to watch every single episode of the show and it’s only then that i was able to host the show with some degree of spontaneity. it was a wonderful experience, but i don’t know if i’m going to do more tv shows. let’s see what else is in store for me. ”
the story follows teenager jack benson. jack is on the hunt for his birth mother he finds she has been a regular all along at the nearby griddle house .
when your cherubic little daughter communicates with spirits living inside your tv set, your backyard becomes a swimming pool of muddy skeletons, there’s a wolf - beast - demon living in your children’s closet, and steven spielberg & apos; s genius gets into the mix—that’s a formula of blockbuster scariness .
and yet, according to several studies, no group buys more movie tickets when compared with their proportion of the u. s. population than latinos. in the motion picture assn. of america' s 2014 theatrical market statistics report for u. s. and canadian moviegoers, latinos were 17% of the population but
oversampled
at 25% of north american frequent moviegoers .
moonlight is the surprise contender in this year’s oscar race; directed by barry jenkins, and adapted from a play by tarell alvin mccraney, it’s the story of a black gay man at three different stages of his life. jenkins and two of his male cast, trevante rhodes and andré holland, talk about the issues surrounding black gay identity, while naomie harris explains how she got to grips with playing a crack addict .
a widowed mom gets a summer internship at a tech company and draws the attention of two very different executives while learning about about accounting, app designs and finding love .
a latino playing god as he gives up control of planet earth to help a funny white tv reporter having a bad day at the office? get out of here .
the shift in focus shown in the trailer for get out and the exploration of racial identity suggests that the horror genre might finally be ready to push a new boundary. there’s so much to unpack in the 150 - second preview, giving us a mere glimpse of themes we’re not used to seeing in horror. the timing of the film also mirrors romero’s efforts in the 60s to reflect america’s struggle with race, a nation still plagued by ongoing, institutional injustice. while get out will act as entertainment predominantly (it’s from blumhouse, the production company behind insidious and the purge), with daily reports of black men killed for the color of their skin, it’s also a vital reminder that racism remains a more terrifying force than any supernatural boogeyman .
ever since the makers of the film unveiled the characters which ntr is going to play, there’s been a lot of focus on him as jai, who considers himself as a modern day ravana, and quite rightfully so. he even stutters while delivering his lines, and that’s become an usp of the character .
in the new film, the key to that success lies with a boy named jake (tom taylor), a psychic teen living in new york who’s been frenziedly drawing his constant visions of roland, the tower, and a mysterious man in black who wants to destroy it. jake is convinced, correctly, that otherworldly beings wearing human faces are working for the man in black, kidnapping children from jake’s world and using them to essentially direct psychic laser beams at the tower. when they inevitably come for jake, he uses the knowledge his visions have granted him to elude capture and escape through a multi - dimensional portal to roland’s world, a vast barren wasteland .
i do think it opened the door … [ both ] the casting of that show and the audience embracing it ,
said finn, who also casts from the television and theater worlds and says she' s constantly going through an ever - stacked pile of dvds on the lookout for new talent .
she followed up with a more comprehensive statement thursday night that acknowledged her own experiences with anorexia and bulimia and stressed the importance of responsibly portraying what it' s like to have an eating disorder .
' s sarah hay), who informs them that it doesn' t matter if they go on strike because the future is ai writing movies for other ai. as evidence, she shows them
cass, a widowed mother of two and driven attorney, is in need of a nanny. she hires matt, a handsome single family friend. matthew' s more laid back style changes the demeanor of the family' s intense schedule. does cass realize she' s needs to adjust her life' s focus ?
for those who have a more practical inquiry of maoz — where has he been since 2009? — he has an elusive answer. the director, 55, said he had been concentrating on other activities such as building furniture and raising his daughters while also developing a black comedy that has yet to be produced. he had also been flirting with several military stories ,
but i' m not sure i want the army to be my career .
so he took them all and folded them into his film .
revolori was coming off of memorable turns in wes anderson' s
grand budapest hotel
and the sundance darling
dope
when he auditioned for
spider - man .
i saw white kids auditioning for ned and flash and liz and michelle, so it wasn' t about,' let' s cast this diverse,'
he told the times .
it was more about, let' s let diverse people and people of color have the opportunity .
british actor charlie hunnam was cast asmexican american cartel kingpin edgar
la barbie
valdez in the film
american drug lord .
( don kelsen / los angeles times )
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king louis xvi ascended to the throne on may 10, 1774. we take a more intimate look at the king and his wife marie antoinette—the good, the bad, and the naughty .
the world' s most famous madame is called to washington to testify before congress .
), but what’s interesting is that he would insert this within the horror genre .
sometimes what' s in your head isn' t as crazy as you think .
jolie excels when she puts the experiences of women and girls in the spotlight. her second film, unbroken, in 2014, was a solid biopic of louis zamperini, the former japanese prisoner of war who became an olympic runner. it was well made, but stately and too worshipful of its subject .
she said i' m bad publicity. but there' s nothing better for the israeli government than to show it' s willing to criticize itself ,
maoz said .
they didn' t play this right. they used to play chess, and now they' re boxing .
and we haven’t even gotten to the two funniest additions to the film, who are surely to garner the most laughs. proving that we should follow guillermo del toro’s example and not pit coco against the similarly - themed animated flick the book of life, the disney·pixar has recruited one of del toro’s own book of life voice actors (the very funny gabriel iglesias) to play the part of head clerk in the land of the dead’s “department of family reunions. ” and then there’s cheech marin—who’s also lending his voice to this summer’s cars 3. he’s also playing an authority figure in the ghostly land of the dead as a corrections officer. the rest of the voice cast is rounded out by herbert siguenza, selene luna, octavio solis, lombardo boyar, alanna ubach, and blanca araceli .
so, right from temper to my latest film jai lava kusa, the whole idea has been to put in a genuine effort to do something challenging and hope that people like it as well. my son is growing up and i have to be a very responsible father to him. i want to create an atmosphere around him so that he can go on to explore what he wants to do. if he’s destined to be an actor, so be it, but i’m not going to force him into it, ” he confesses, furthering, “i don’t believe in the idea of legacy. talent is what matters in the end. no one forced me to be an actor. my son might be tilted to this profession, but i won’t push him into it. ”
with jurassic world: fallen kingdom now in cinemas, we take a look at how imdb users rated the films of the franchise. plus, browse exclusive lego® jurassic world playsets, presented by lego .
what happens when you mix reality tv, celebrities, a world - renowned psychic - medium, and the dead all into one? you get the haunting of…! bio’s hit show returns for a second season, which premieres this saturday, june 1st at 10 / 9c... .
what the dark tower loses in faithfulness to king, it makes up for in spirit, fun, and a sense of wonder .
critics of the trailer also pointed out that it offered no mental health resources for those who might need support after seeing the images pop up in their newsfeed. mysko is hopeful that netflix, which received the same criticism over graphic episodes of 13 reasons why, will air the film with the contact information for appropriate helplines .
my goal with the film was not to glamorize eds, but to serve as a conversation starter about an issue that is too often shrouded by secrecy and misconceptions ,
she wrote .
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i was mostly able to follow the plot, i didn' t quite get how the main problem / threat was addressed. aside from being competently made and having a few ok gags, i do have a bias for movies that criticize religion, although none of the serious points made in it is anything new to those familiar with the topic. it is nice to see this type of portrayal of religion in 2017 - it is entertaining and a good way to spend an hour or so for amazon prime members, however it won' t change anybody' s mind, and is a far cry from a must see .
for so, so many reasons, a reasonably faithful film version of all eight books of the dark tower was never going to happen. (spoilers follow for the dark tower book series. )
overall, split is a thrilling return to form for a director who had all but lost his mojo. with a spell - binding performance from james mcavoy and a very well - written script, this is a film that highlights the art of film - making in a simple fashion; one that shows you don’t need a massive budget to keep the audience on the edge of their seats .
the plot focuses on chris (sicario’s daniel kaluuya), a black man planning to meet the parents of his white girlfriend rose (allison williams, known for her role as marnie in girls) for the first time. but from the outset, something seems off. an uncomfortable encounter with a local cop puts them – and us – on edge and once they arrive at the family home and get settled, chris becomes aware of increasingly strange, and potentially murderous, behavior. a major element of this relates to racial difference as chris must navigate an almost entirely white space (apart from the “help”), relying on a lifetime’s worth of practice dealing with micro - aggressions and discrimination. it’s a thrilling conceit and one hopes that get out might signal a trend of culturally relevant horror films from film - makers of color .
perhaps the scariest part of it' s no game, at least for a writer, is the idea that the writer' s strike might be resolved by hiring ais. sharp is currently writing a screenplay about the de - extinction of wooly mammoths and said that
the possibility of the writer' s strike is looming large in my life .
but he isn' t afraid that benjamin will become a scab like robocop did during the detroit cop strike in the eponymous movie .
in a way we' re being a bit satirical about people who are afraid of what ross [ goodwin ] and i are doing .
angelina jolie, with loung ung, cambodian activist and co - writer of her latest film, first they killed my father: a daughter of cambodia remembers. photograph: chris pizzello / invision / ap
two people with commitments issues are asked to be best man and maid of honor at their friends wedding. with nothing much in common, they both didn' t expect to find the romance of a life time .
and granted, there was a lot not to buy. director nikolaj arcel ’s cinematic interpretation (“adaptation” is a tricky descriptor for a bunch of reasons) of king’s series is a wildly ambitious attempt to take a sprawling story that spans many characters and multiple universes and turn it into an urban fantasy set mainly in new york city .
of course most war films, whoever they are directed by, depict conflict as brutal, unjust, callous and grievously wasteful of human life. but relatively few include women as plentiful or significant characters or make the obvious gendered point that it is men, not women, who are the perpetrators of virtually all the world’s violence in “peacetime” as well as war; and that it is women and children who must suffer, unasked, through the acts and consequences of men’s violence .
while mysko wishes the trailer had fewer scenes portraying extreme thinness, she is hopeful that the film will share an important story about illness and recovery without glorifying eating disorders or erasing the diversity of people' s experiences. collins' character is cast as a thin, white, middle - class woman .
social media erupted recently with
whitewashing
accusations after the film
american drug lord
gave the starring role of mexican american cartel kingpin edgar
la barbie
valdez to the british actor charlie hunnam .
when brought together at a family event, two exes find themselves oddly attracted to each other after ten years of divorce. although the couple think that this affair will stay in a different state, it brings itself back to their own city and disrupts their personal lives. while the couple still maintain other romances, they cannot help but to continue with their affair .
except for king’s main character, idris elba’s roland the gunslinger — who isn’t even the main character of this movie — the other film characters are all composites of multiple characters from the book series. except for the broadest central plot point — roland pursues a man, played by matthew mcconaughey, who wants to destroy the tower that keeps our universe and many others in balance — king’s ideas have been largely swept aside for a strange fusion of science fiction and weird fiction disguised as a young adult fantasy .
an online campaign to see a spider - man of color star in sony' s 2012 reboot
the amazing spider - man
failed, although it did land
atlanta
star glover a small role years later in
homecoming .
it' s not enough just to have the best friend of the protagonist be a person of color or a woman; [ audiences ] actually want to see the protagonist be a woman or a person of color ,
said hunt, whose team issues its next hollywood diversity report in february, tracking inclusiveness in films released in 2016 .
it' s all about,' whose stories are we telling?' this appears to be a step in the right direction.
where it 's at is a 1969 american drama film written and directed by garson kanin . the film stars david janssen , rosemary forsyth , robert drivas , brenda vaccaro and don rickles . the film was released on may 7 , 1969 , by united artists . 
where it's at is a 1969 american drama film written and directed by garson kanin. the film stars david janssen, rosemary forsyth, robert drivas, brenda vaccaro and don rickles. the film was released on may 7, 1969, by united artists.
where it's at is a 1969 american drama film written and directed by garson kanin. the film stars david janssen, rosemary forsyth, robert drivas, brenda vaccaro and don rickles. the film was released on may 7, 1969, by united artists.