the drop ( film )
gandolfini died in june 2013 and
the drop
marks his last feature film .
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nonmonotonic response of drop impacting on liquid film: mechanism and scaling. - pubmed - ncbi
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“the drop” is just how i like my tom hardy –in nearly every scene .
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and scott also recently said he plans to start shooting the next film within 14 months, with the next alien movie set to drop in 2019 .
tom hardy stars as a bartender who pours more than just drinks in “the drop. ”
after delivering the strongest debut for a superhero in the marvel cinematic universe, spider - man: homecoming' s second weekend at the box office not only landed the film in second place. it also earned the film the record for the worst first - to - second week drop in the mcu .
cluster f - bomb: there' s a lot of swearing in the film .
adaptation name change: the dog is called cassius in the short story, but rocco in the film .
actor tom hardy laughs during a press conference for
the drop
at the 2014 toronto international film festival in toronto on saturday, sept. 6, 2014. (the canadian press / hannah yoon )
the chechens show up and marv returns the money. they tell him that his bar will be the drop bar for the night of the super bowl .
stars of the silver screen sit down to talk about their projects at the toronto international film festival .
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we open with a montage explaining what a drop bar is. it’s the central bar that holds all the collection money from other mob owned businesses to be picked up later. in this story, it’s the chechen mafia. the drop bar location always changes .
scott also recently confirmed that there will not be a fifth installment in the alien film franchise .
‘s the drop, featuring the late james gandolfini and with a production budget of $ 12. 6m, will end the weekend with a take of
the bigger news is that michael roskam’s crime drama the drop — which marks the late actor james gandolfini’s last film in release — opened on roughly 800 screens for a strong per screen average of around $ 5, 200. the film, which should end the weekend with a haul of around $ 4m, is based on the novel by boston native dennis lehane whose other works include mystic river, shutter island and gone baby gone. the drop was originally optioned by chernin entertainment and set up at fox 2000 before fox searchlight came aboard and financed the film; it was shot in only 34 days. it debuted this year at the toronto film festival; it also stars tom hardy and noomi rapace .
the film has loose ends and doesn' t quite catch fire but the ending is excellent and lifts it over the line .
earning $ 44. 2 million this past weekend, homecoming' s box office dropped by 62. 2 percent from its $ 117 million opening. but is that drop that far off from other films in the mcu? check out the chart below to see the opening and second weekends of each mcu film, along with the percentage drop between the two. (numbers via box office mojo )
drop impacting on a liquid film with a finite thickness is omnipresent in nature and plays a critical role in numerous industrial processes. the impact can result in either bouncing or merging, which is mainly controlled by the impact inertia of the drop and film thickness. although it is known that impact with inertia beyond a critical value on a thick film promotes merging through the breakage of the interfacial gas layer, here we demonstrate that for an impact inertia less than that critical value, increasing the film thickness leads to a nonmonotonic transition from merging to bouncing to merging and finally to bouncing again. for the first time, two different merging mechanisms are identified and the scaling laws of the nonmonotonic transitions are developed. these results provide important insights into the role of the film thickness in the impact dynamics, which is critical for optimizing operating conditions for spray or ink - jet systems among others .
thus far, both the jakarta international film festival and the jakarta foreign correspondents club have canceled planned screenings of the film in response to the censorship board' s decision, citing concerns that failure to abide by the board' s decision could trigger legal repercussions .
when the thriller made its world premiere at the toronto film festival last weekend, the son of the late
sopranos
star attended, which pleased the cast .
' the drop' reminds us of what gandolfini always did well: providing support, heft, and color, in the tradition of our finest character actors .
recursive adaptation: the film is based on the short story' animal rescue', and was later adapted into a novel .
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update: the weekend' s actual box office results have come in, and spider - man: homecoming actually underperformed compared to the initially announced estimate. with a result of $ 44. 2 million, the film endured a 62. 2 percent drop. the graph below has been updated to reflect that .
. the $ 13. 8m - budgeted film from director sam miller is expected to pull in anywhere from $ 24. 5m - $ 25m for the three - day weekend, marking producer will packer’s third no. 1 opening film of the year, after the success of
on december 1, indonesia' s censorship board, the lembaga sensor film, communicated its decision to censor the film balibo to the jakarta international film festival, which then canceled its plans to screen the film the following week. the film, directed by australian robert connolly, depicts a 1975 incident in which indonesian soldiers are alleged to have summarily executed five foreign journalists in the town of balibo in east timor, now known as timor - leste, and subsequently killed a sixth journalist in the timorese capital, dili. the events occurred shortly before east timor was invaded and annexed by indonesia, which occupied the former portuguese colony until 1999 when it gained independence in a united nations - sponsored referendum .
marking the second - to - last film from the late james gandolfini, nicole holofcener' s enough said turned in one of the best openings of the year at the specialty box office, with a location average of $ 60, 000. gandolfini stars opposite julia louis - dreyfus in the fox searchlight film .
the drop' s unpredictability is organic rather than sensationalistic. the movie doesn' t pull surprises out of thin air for the sole purpose of shocking an audience - it lets them develop naturally .
three films — iron man 2, avengers: age of ultron, and captain america: civil war — all endured a drop of more than 59 percent, and most other films in the mcu saw their box office drop by more than 50 percent. only iron man, thor, and doctor strange' s second weekend at the box office dipped less than 50 percent in comparison to their first weeks. so while homecoming saw the largest drop, it' s not necessarily a huge outlier in the mcu .
6). the drop (fsl), 809 theaters / 3 - day cume: $ 4. 1m / per screen: $ 5, 074 / wk 1
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when a money drop is stolen, a bartender and his boss get unwanted attention from the local mob. my birthday movie this year is a slow burn. the plot takes a while to unfold and there isn' t the usual signposting that we' ve come to expect from most crime dramas, but as the film develops, it becomes more a character study than a crime film. and tom hardy gives a compelling and nuanced performance. while the scenes with the dog became too heavy - handed for my taste and there were times when hardy' s character is too naive to carry the film, by the end, patience pays off. overall, the drop isn' t the antidote to crime - lauding shit, but it' s good enough to show other filmmakers that character - centered dramas are just as compelling as special effects .
... alas, the film seems more interested in set - up then any sort of thoughtful, or even logical, conclusion .
in theatres friday ,
the drop
co - stars rapace as a neighbour bob befriends after he finds a pit bull left by her dangerous ex (matthias schoenaerts) in her trash can. as bob tries to protect her and the puppy, he also gets caught up in the underworld of ruthless chechen mobsters who now run the so - called
drop bar
once owned by marv .
the uk will get to see the film earlier than many parts of the world, hitting uk cinemas on may 24. it will open a day later in the us on may 25 .
despite saying that he was “not really” looking forward to the han solo film, director ron howard has since revealed that ford helped a lot in the creation of the movie .
they use the place as a “drop” off location for laundering money. marv is a family man but one capable of ruthlessness and violence when the need arises. the main character is marv’s cousin bob (tom hardy), the bartender .
that problem extends into the film adaptation, a stripped - down, unemphatic version of the story that streamlines the book’s plot and alters the ending, but nonetheless preserves many of its biggest faults. in theory, having real human faces attached to some of the circle ’s more unlikely statements and beliefs should humanize the story, making it more grounded and real, and raising the stakes. in practice, the film version feels even more disconnected from reality than the book. where the book feels deliberately arch, the film just feels vague and out of touch. the modern technological tug - of - war between privacy and security is a real and significant issue. the version of that conflict in the film version of the circle is bland, neutered, and cartoony .
our conversations with mr. docter and his team were generally about the science related to questions at the heart of the film: how do emotions govern the stream of consciousness? how do emotions color our memories of the past? what is the emotional life of an 11 - year - old girl like? (studies find that the experience of positive emotions begins to drop precipitously in frequency and intensity at that age. )
but the real star of the film is sadness, for “inside out” is a film about loss and what people gain when guided by feelings of sadness. riley loses friends and her home in her move from minnesota. even more poignantly, she has entered the preteen years, which entails a loss of childhood .
as the climax builds to super bowl sunday–when the biggest drop of the year is expected – it becomes clear that bob, if he wants to assure the safety of rocco and nadia as well as hold off the gangsters, will have to make some difficult decisions .
gandolfini died suddenly, at age 51, shortly after finishing the drop. that leaves us hanging on his every exquisitely timed pause, and sensing the sheer weight of his personality every time he enters a room .
it also has a director, the belgian michaël r roskam, with perfect credentials for poking around in these unexamined male psyches. his last film, bullhead, was about a wounded mutt in human form, played in a galvanising breakthrough performance by this film' s matthias schoenaerts .
however, the festival did not reveal its opening night film on tuesday, a sign the n. american fest was still negotiating the early slots with studios, who just last week announced the new york film festival debut of three hot properties: david fincher’s “gone girl, ” paul thomas anderson’s “inherent vice” and alejandro gonzalez innaritu’s “birdman. ”
it’s as - yet unknown, but as it’s set prior to 1977’s original film, a new hope, we can surmise han and his crew will be taking on the early days of the empire in some form – and as a standalone film, it doesn’t really have to connect to the other films in the way rogue one chose to .
the ballad of narayama
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robbing the mob bank :
the drop
is filled with mob money, so if you know where it is on any given day, you can make a lot of money, provided you' re willing to accept the risk .
6). the drop (fsl), 809 theaters / $ 1. 35m fri. / 3 - day cume: $ 4m / per screen average: $ 5, 218 / wk 1
, ” a pair of reese witherspoon projects and closing - night film “a little chaos, ” alan rickman’s period pic starring kate winslet .
the drop, which is debuting at no. 6 this soft moviegoing weekend, is expected to gross around $ 4. 3m to $ 4. 9m for the three - day weekend. on only 809 screens, this $ 12. 6m - budgeted film is having a strong rollout — thanks in part to it being the last big - screen release for the beloved actor james gandolfini, who died last year after suffering a heart attack in a rome hotel room. it it on track for a solid $ 5, 800 per screen average for the weekend. fox searchlight, which is distributing the drop, worked with gandolfini before with enough said. that film opened only three months after his death and ended up grossing $ 17. 5m domestically. this one is directed by michael roskam, whose 2011 belgian murder drama bullhead was nominated for the best foreign language film oscar in 2012. roskam makes his u. s. directorial debut with this film based on the novel by dennis lehane (mystic river, shutter island and gone baby gone). great pairing .
meanwhile, noel gallagher was pictured with alien: covenant star michael fassbender at the film’s uk premiere earlier this year. the former oasis man was in attendance at the premiere with wife sara macdonald .
homecoming' s drop between the two weekends is certainly the largest of the mcu, but it' s not too far off from many films in the universe. both the incredible hulk and captain america: the first avenger suffered more than a 60 percent dip from their first to their second weekends at the box office .
on the set of his new crime drama
the drop ,
for instance, the beefy british heart - throb didn' t realize a key plot point until co - star noomi rapace told him about it - - three weeks after shooting began .
hollywood is in the midst of its stormiest summer in years. box - office ticket sales since the first weekend in may are down 8% from a year earlier, according to data firm comscore, prompting the stocks of major cinema chains to drop .
brooklyn is a big place. lots of bad things go on there. bad things generate a lot of cash. “all that money has to go somewhere, ” as tom hardy says in a voice - over at the beginning of “the drop. ” the premise of the movie, which crime novelist dennis lehane adapted from his short story “animal rescue, ” is that there are “drop bars” — bars where various illegal enterprises will bring in large sums of cash each week for the mob to collect .
the drop michael r. roskam, usa world premiere the drop follows lonely bartender bob saginowski through a covert scheme of funnelling cash to local gangsters in the underworld of brooklyn bars. under the heavy hand of his employer and cousin marv, bob finds himself at the centre of a robbery gone awry and entwined in an investigation that digs deep into the neighbourhood’s past where friends, families, and foes all work together to make a living — no matter the cost. starring tom hardy, noomi rapace, james gandolfini, matthias schoenaerts and john ortiz .
in june 2017 the beautiful mind director replaced the film’s original helmsmen – the lego movie ‘s phil lord and chris miller – who were fired from the project after reportedly experiencing “deep fundamental differences” with lucasfilm president kathleen kennedy and scriptwriter lawrence kasdan .
this film is the last one that james gandolfini acted in, having died of heart complications the same year. it was well - received, and currently holds 89% score on rotten tomatoes .
critics and audiences both liked ant - man and the wasp. reviews were mostly upbeat and the cinemascore was an a -. studio demos were in line with other comic book pics with males at 55% and 58% being over 25. the one troubling part of the film' s debut was the steep 30% drop on saturday from friday. super hero movies opening in july and august tend to absorb lots of business on opening day with schools being closed and thursday night pre - shows being more popular. but wasp fell even more than all other past mcu movies from these two months. disney is projecting a 21% drop on sunday which is reasonable .
odd thing about the circle, though, is that it is almost entirely devoid of characterisation. it' s as if it knows you' ve seen this film before .
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the mob leader suspects marv’s hand in the bar robbery. they get someone to tail marv and also declare the bar to be the drop for the day of the super bowl. bob too suspects marv to be doing something fishy and hence asks him if marv is doing something they can’t recover from (the earlier event being richie). marv says everything was fine .
6). the drop (fsl), 809 theaters / $ 1. 46m fri. / 3 - day cume: $ 4. 3m to $ 4. 9m / per screen average: $ 5, 800 / wk 1
bars, being mostly cash operations where shady individuals have been known to congregate, are ideal locations for this service. to make things difficult for anyone who might think of grabbing all that cash, the drop - bar location constantly shifts .
the box office crown, however, this weekend goes to no good deed, which sony didn’t really screen for critics and opened it on the strength of a smart marketing campaign. it’s on track to gross $ 24m +. its production budget (which doesn’t include marketing and distribution costs) was $ 13. 8m. sony is expecting to bring in $ 24. 5m with a lesser percentage drop on sunday. others have it around $ 24m to $ 24. 3m. with a heavier female audience mix, i would think this actually might hold up better during nfl sunday whereas a male - driven film like the drop would take a bigger percentage dip .
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hardy’s bob saginowski is a dark horse of a brooklyn bartender who excels at keeping his head down and looking the other way whenever the chechen mobsters who own the place launder their ill - gotten money by way of a “drop” at the drinking establishment. this slice of working - class gang life is extra notable as the final film appearance by the late, great james gandolfini –perfectly fine as marv, bob’s cousin and boss, who turns out to be the sort of desperate type that tony soprano would have had disposed of with nary a blink .
perhaps the most intriguing international co - production world - preeming in special presentations is “kahlil gibran’s the prophet, ” an animated feature inspired by the classic book with segments by animation directors from around the world. the film first screened as a work - in - progress at cannes .
and toward the end of the film, it is sadness that leads riley to reunite with her parents, involving forms of touch and emotional sounds called “vocal bursts” — which one of us has studied in the lab — that convey the profound delights of reunion .
( new york) - the indonesian government should rescind its censorship of a film depicting a military atrocity prior to indonesia' s 1975 invasion of east timor, human rights watch said today .
the toronto film festival has announced more than 40 titles — a mix of awards contenders, star - powered indies, and international arthouse fare — screening in its gala and special presentations program this september, including denzel washington’s “the equalizer, ” a pair of reese witherspoon projects and closing - night film “a little chaos, ” alan rickman’s period pic starring kate winslet. in [ … ]
back to drop bars. cousin marv’s is one. marv (the late james gandolfini) is the proprietor. he used to be the owner, until he ran afoul of the chechen mafia. now he works for them, something that still rankles. his chief bartender is bob, and marv really is bob’s cousin .
now here comes “the drop, ” a solid, occasionally gripping crime thriller based on a short story by dennis lehane (“ mystic river, ” “ gone baby gone ”) –making his screenwriting debut–and directed by belgium’s michael r. roskam (whose unsettling “ bullhead ” was a foreign - language oscar nominee). there is a whole lot of hardy going on, and “the drop” is at its best when we can observe how the actor slowly peels away the layers from his character in a finely calibrated performance that builds to a satisfying full reveal in the final act .
the weekend’s other new release, freestyle releasing’s “ meet the blacks, ” a parody of the film “the purge, ” did $ 4. 1 million after debuting on 1, 011 screens. the indie distributor relied heavily on social media to get fans of comedian mike epps to theaters .
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“we’re extremely proud of the film and audiences have turned out in huge numbers and we’re confident they will continue to do that in the weeks to come, ” said jeff goldstein, warner bros. distribution executive vice president .
bleecker street expanded the drone thriller “eye in the sky” from 123 theaters to 1, 029, picking up $ 4 million. the film, which features one of the late actor alan rickman’s final performances, has earned $ 6. 1 million in four weeks of release .
best known as the co - writer of huge star wars films like the empire strikes back, return of the jedi and the force awakens, lawrence kasdan is also a producer of the han solo film. his son, jon, co - wrote the script with him and has said it was inspired by heat, treasure island and the coen brothers’ cult comedy, the big lebowski .
the r - rated low - budget film featured a very ethnically diverse cast and the turnout reflected that with two thirds of the crowd being non - white. other demos showed it to play 54% male and 51% under 25. reviews were mixed, but not too important to the box office performance on this one. the b - cinemascore grade was pretty good for a fright film. the four - part purge series has now grossed over $ 362m worldwide but cost less than $ 40m combined to produce .
goldstein went on to note that unlike major blockbusters, which typically unspool in the heart of summer when school is out, “batman v superman” was released in spring, when a much smaller percentage of students were on spring vacation. that may have made the drop - off more severe, he suggested .
“when you’re squaring off with christopher nolan’s ‘dark knight’ trilogy, good luck, ” said jeff bock, box office analyst with exhibitor relations. “the bottom line is it wasn’t a film up to the caliber of previous batman or superman films. ”
hardy’s in good company in “the drop. ” in his last feature film role, gandolfini acquits himself well; he makes marv’s resentment and self - disgust feel as real, and sizable, as the man’s gut. noomi rapace is bob’s sort - of love interest. she’s largely wasted in the part — not that it’s much of a part — but there are flashes where you can see why rapace took over “prometheus” (2012) and made for such a memorable lisbeth salander in the swedish adaptations of stieg larsson’s millennium trilogy. but it’s hardy’s movie .
the romantic dramedy marks the late actor' s second - to - last film ;
rush
- - starring chris hemsworth and daniel bruhl - - opens to solid numbers in new york and l. a. before expanding nationwide sept. 27 .
then there’s lionsgate and amazon studios’ “the big sick, ” a nearly universally acclaimed romantic comedy that placed no. 8 at the domestic box office last weekend, grossing $ 3. 6 million from only 326 theaters. encouraged by the strong reviews and audience response, the distributors are expanding the film to 2, 500 theaters in hopes that the momentum will continue .
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once again, the critically loathed superhero film topped the box office, picking up $ 52. 4 million. however, that represented a steep 68% fall from its $ 166 million debut. the results suggest that “batman v superman” will be a front - loaded blockbuster along the lines of “the twilight saga: new moon, ” “harry potter and the deathly hallows: part 2” or “x - men origins: wolverine, ” all of which earned a disproportionate share of their revenues in their initial weekends and suffered similar drop - offs. given that the picture features two of the highest - profile comic - book characters in movie history, the results, which on paper are impressive, are nevertheless being heavily scrutinized .
brilliant young flemish director roskam was identified as a talent to watch by michael mamn after his debut feature, bullhead, was chosen as belgium’s oscar candidate. his first english language film underlines his promise .
the riot club lone scherfig, united kingdom world premiere a privileged young man is inducted into the exclusive, debaucherous company of oxford’s elite “riot club, ” in this scathing dissection of the british class system. based on the hit play posh, the film stars natalie dormer, max irons, sam clafin, jessica brown findlay and douglas booth .
“it’s a stunning result for a film that we believed strongly in, ” said rory bruer, sony’s president of worldwide distribution. “it’s a combination of the star power, sam miller ‘s direction and the marketing. every spot we had on the film resonated with audiences. it was 60% female and 41% of the audience was under 30, ” so the social - media - marketing aspect worked. gotta give props to screen gems ‘ clint culpepper and his marketing team on this one. also to producer will packer, whose films consistently hit at the box office .
) and stars tom hardy, noomi rapace, matthias schoenaerts, james gandolfini and john ortiz. the film follows a lonely boston bartender who rescues a puppy from a garbage can and becomes the target of the dog’s abusive and mentally unstable former owner. dennis lehane has written the screenplay based on his own short story (
different mob guys drop off money throughout the night. eventually the bar clears except for deeds and nadia. deeds shows nadia that he has a gun, then he goes outside to smoke. nadia cries and warns bob that deeds is planning on shooting him. deeds comes back in and bob offers him the money for the dog. deeds asks how much for nadia and says he’d rather have the money in the safe. bob says he can’t do that and tells him the story of the dead kid .
that’s good, because whenever he’s off - screen the film’s shortcomings become apparent. although michaël r. roskam’s direction is capable enough, it’s untextured and anonymous. the storytelling can get sluggish, which is not a good thing in a movie with an increasingly complicated plot. it includes multiple double crosses, at least two shameless coincidences, and a crucially misattributed homicide. there are aspirations to larger things and deeper emotions — or perhaps that should be larger things and deeper emotions — like marv’s kitchen - sink - drama relationship with his sister (the gifted ann dowd), the bits with the puppy, and bob’s churchgoing. they’re devices at best (the puppy), distractions at worst. “the drop” wants to be more than just a taut, terse thriller — not that there’s anything “just” about achieving such a thing. they’re as rare, and valuable, as first - rate drama. hardy’s presence insures that “the drop” is something more, but only intermittently. even he can do only so much .
for me when i saw the film, i was rather kind of happy because it' s such a beautiful performance and that' s what i walked out with ,
said the swedish native .
that' s what stays with me that i loved .
just fell short of $ 16m to gross a total cume of $ 15. 8m; it was a softer - than - hoped - for opening for the sequel to the 2011 family film, which bowed to $ 19m on its way for a $ 95m worldwide haul) .
6). the drop (fsl), 809 theaters / $ 1. 46m fri. / $ 1. 7k sat. (+ 21 %) / $ 967k sun. (- 45 %) / 3 - day cume: $ 4. 2m / per screen average: $ 5, 191 / wk 1
earlier this year, toronto film festival artistic director cameron bailey delivered the message that, from now on, prime first - weekend screening slots would be restricted to world or north american preems, a response to last year’s thunder - stealing programming at telluride .
perhaps wisely given his impending superstardom, he isn’t on twitter, instagram or snapchat. ehrenreich was raised in l. a. to parents who are big film buffs but not “in the biz”. his mum’s an interior designer; his stepdad’s an orthodontist .
. closing night film. a little chaos alan rickman, united kingdom world premiere a landscape gardener with a taste for the unconventional is invited to design one of the fountains at the palace of versailles. as she battles with the weather, the perilous rivalries at the court of louis xiv and her own private demons, she finds herself drawn closer to the formality and enigma of the architect who hired her. starring kate winslet, stanley tucci, alan rickman and matthias schoenaerts .
among other specialty openings, martha shane and lana wilson' s documentary after tiller took in $ 15, 500 from two theaters for a location average of $ 7, 750. from oscilloscope, the film recounts the aftermath of the 2009 assassination of dr. george tiller, who performed third - trimester abortions in kansas .
not everything is perfect with “the drop. ” there is an on - the - ball detective (john ortiz, a stage veteran who was bradley cooper ’s friend in “ silver linings playbook ”) investigating the robbery who suspects there is more to bob and the situation at the bar than meets the eye, but his involvement turns out to be peripheral at best. the terrific ann dowd of tv’s “the leftovers” barely gets a chance to make an impression as marv’s fed - up sister. and as good as schoenaerts is, he isn’t consistently convincing as an unstable creep .
then on july 28, focus features releases “atomic blonde, ” an ultra - violent action film starring charlize theron as a highly skilled assassin that has been well received so far. the nbcuniversal - owned distributor is hoping the buzz, plus the fresh concept of a female super - spy, will translate to box - office grosses .
indonesia' s censorship board lacks the legal authority to issue an automatically enforceable ban, a step that can only be taken by a coordinating body chaired by the office of the attorney general. on december 3, in response to the board' s decision, the alliance of independent journalists (aliansi jurnalis independen, or aji), an indonesian journalists' association, held two screenings of balibo in jakarta, for what it said were educational purposes. the pantau foundation, a media think tank, followed suit with a screening on december 4. thus far, the government has not officially reacted to these screenings. however, the censorship board' s decision to censor a film is a common precursor to an official ban and reflects the government' s position that the film should not be shown .
a crackling brooklyn accent ​makes us sit up at the start of the drop. it' s as if ray liotta' s character from goodfellas had gargled bourbon and tried out a promising impression of christopher walken. we soon realise it' s emanating from tom hardy, who plays bob, the bartender at a place called marv' s. this local institution, where a lot of the movie is set, is the designated place where ill - gotten gains in the neighbourhood get stashed in a time - locked safe until the heat has gone .
in what has become a launching pad for awards contenders and starry releases, the toronto film festival, which last year screened oscar winners “12 years a slave” and “gravity, ” will also welcome directorial efforts from “the daily show” host jon stewart, chris rock and “captain america, ” himself, chris evans .
foxcatcher bennett miller, usa canadian premiere based on true events, this film tells the dark and fascinating story of the unlikely and ultimately tragic relationship between an eccentric multi - millionaire and two champion wrestlers. starring anthony michael hall, steve carell, channing tatum, vanessa redgrave, mark ruffalo and sienna miller .
“getting off on the right foot is crucial and... having a film that is critically well received makes it much easier for our message to cut through the clutter, ” said adrian smith, president of domestic distribution for sony pictures, which released “spider - man: homecoming” and “baby driver. ”
the good lie philippe falardeau, usa world premiere academy award winner reese witherspoon and an ensemble of young sudanese actors — all of whom have direct personal ties to the war in their country — bring the inspiring and uplifting story of the lost boys of the sudan to the screen in a film about heartbreak and hope, survival and triumph. also starring corey stoll, arnold oceng, kuoth wiel, ger duany, emmauel jal and femi oguns .
audiences in search of fresh product are also coming out for dolphin tale 2, which is very kid - friendly family film from alcon entertainment. its core audience comes out on saturday and sunday and it already has an a cinemascore which is good news for word - of - mouth. in fact, it could experience a nice boost tomorrow, but at the moment looks to take under the first installment’s $ 19m from 2011 with about $ 15m to $ 16m for the three - day weekend. warner bros. has a nice window for this film to play for the next couple of weeks before the 3 - d, animated stop - motion the boxtrolls comes out on september 26th .
in what’s perhaps the first science - fiction film — georges méliès’s 1902 marvel “a trip to the moon” — a group of astronomers lands in the man in the moon’s eye. they’re soon taken prisoner by moon men, but a quick - witted astronomer clobbers the king and they escape, with one earthling vanquishing moon men with an umbrella. humans have been zapping extraterrestrials ever since. it’s so easy to fight the unknown, at least in movies .
“inside out” is about how five emotions — personified as the characters anger, disgust, fear, sadness and joy — grapple for control of the mind of an 11 - year - old girl named riley during the tumult of a move from minnesota to san francisco. (one of us suggested that the film include the full array of emotions now studied in science, but mr. docter rejected this idea for the simple reason that the story could handle only five or six characters. )
but if you have been itching to witness hardy at full throttle, here is your chance. the actor should be, by all rights, at the same level by now as michael fassbender and benedict cumberbatch, two other fantastically talented u. k. imports who have built up passionate cults in recent years. “the drop” is a good start. but let’s hope that when hardy takes his bow as the lead in the resurrected “mad max: fury road” next may, he will get the full notice and opportunities that he rightly deserves .
( before going any further, some slight geographical explanation is in order. “brooklyn”? lehane is very much a boston novelist, as “mystic river, ” “gone baby gone, ” and “shutter island” famously attest. and both “animal rescue” and his novel “the drop, ” which lehane adapted from his screenplay, are set in dorchester. but the movie isn’t. well, you know how hollywood is. )
ultimately, the circle is a riff on george orwell’s 1984 where big brother is the online world at large — the internet’s endless demand for validation and response, the fear of missing out, the fear of not having a presence. but the threats are abstract, toothless, and frequently silly. the idea of people living solely to maximize their online fandom has been done before, and done better. eggers’ book pushes past satire into dark farce, where the story’s hyperbole feels more like a gag than a coherent warning about the future. the film version doesn’t even feel pointed enough to be satire .
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) as bob, james gandolfini (from the sopranos) as marv, and noomi raplace (from prometheus) and nadia. bob and marv are cousins who run a bar. the bar is run as a mobster drop location. basically, gang members come here to make payment drops which are given to the chechens. it is indicated that marv once used to be more than someone who runs a bar for a mob leader. the bar gets robbed one night and the head of the mob gang tells bob and marv to get his money back .
“batman v superman: dawn of justice” appears to be losing steam as it ends its second weekend in theaters. once again, the critically loathed superhero film topped the box office, picking up $ 52. 4 million. however, that represented a steep 68% fall from its $ 166 million debut. the results suggest that “batman v superman” will be [ … ]
noteworthy: the second weekend of the identical barely made it into the top 20; the last installment of atlas shrugged, based on the seminal ayn rand book, opened this weekend .
as played by tom hardy, bob is at once stolid and kind and a bit dull. or is he? one of the things that makes hardy’s performance the best thing in “the drop” is his ability to suggest ever so slightly that there’s more going on with bob than you might at first think. the man is definitely a bit of a puzzle. he goes to 8 o’clock mass every morning — yet never takes communion. he lives alone and seems to have no friends — yet when he encounters an abandoned puppy, he takes him in. bob’s a tough guy who’s a softie — or maybe the other way around. that sounds like the worst sort of pulp cliche. hardy turns it into a flesh - and - blood character. (speaking of blood, it’s not seen that often in “the drop. ” when it is, though, watch out — or look away .) hardy makes bob’s contradictions — all right, his implausibilities — thoroughly believable .
over 3, 000 actors auditioned to play han solo in disney’s upcoming star wars spin - off film focusing on the iconic character’s younger years, but it was 26 - year - old alden ehrenreich – a rising star, but not a household name yet – who bagged the massive role in july 2016. here’s everything you need to know about the man stepping into harrison ford’s shoes .
i had no idea. it was in the script, i just hadn' t read it ,
hardy said with a laugh during an interview at the toronto international film festival .
that' s what happens when you send me in. i take care of business even if i don' t know what' s going on .
it' s incredible that indonesian officials believe that allowing their people to see this film would harm, rather than improve, the country' s image abroad ,
pearson said .
the government is missing a critical opportunity to show domestic and international observers that it is finally willing to open up closed chapters of history for public discussion .
this is a film full of character and atmosphere and which pays homage to all of roskam’s favourite filmmakers. denis lehane’s screenplay, based on one of hios own stories, is just a little too contrived and mechanical. it’s as if the plot is almost an afterthought that has been put in place to give the actors a platform on which to perform .
domestically, the warner bros. release has picked up a hefty $ 261. 4 million. the major problem facing the studio is it doesn’t just need “batman v superman” to be a hit, it needs it to be so fervently embraced that fans will show up to see sequels and spinoffs for years to come. the film is intended to kick off an interconnected cinematic universe of dc comics characters that warner bros. hopes will rival what marvel has achieved with the avengers films .
] there are places in my neighborhood no one ever thinks about. you see them every day and every day you forget about them. these are the places where all the things happen that people are * not * allowed to see. you see, in brooklyn, money changes hands all night long. it' s just not the kind you can deposit in a bank. all that money needs to end up somewhere. they call it a drop bar. a bar the bosses choose randomly each night to be the safe for an entire city. you never ...
five years ago, the writer and director pete docter of pixar reached out to us to talk over an idea for a film, one that would portray how emotions work inside a person’s head and at the same time shape a person’s outer life with other people. he wanted to do this all in the mind of an 11 - year - old girl as she navigated a few difficult days in her life .
literally all i want from the han solo movie is the falcon making the kessel run, and a boba fett cameo .
we see this in “inside out. ” sadness gradually takes control of riley’s thought processes about the changes she is going through. this is most evident when sadness adds blue hues to the images of riley’s memories of her life in minnesota. scientific studies find that our current emotions shape what we remember of the past. this is a vital function of sadness in the film: it guides riley to recognize the changes she is going through and what she has lost, which sets the stage for her to develop new facets of her identity .
ehrenreich studied acting at new york university but never actually finished his degree. during his time in the big apple, he founded his own acting company and they’d perform self - penned material in downtown bars and intimate theatre spaces. he made his movie debut in 2009’s tetro, a well - received but little - seen drama from legendary director francis ford coppola. reviewing the movie at the time, revered film critic roger ebert called ehrenreich “the new leonardo dicaprio” .
in the holdover department, disney’s “zootopia” took second place, with $ 20 million, pushing the animated hit’s domestic total to $ 275. 9 million. in its second weekend, universal’s “my big fat greek wedding 2” showed some endurance, racking up $ 11. 1 million, a slender 38% drop from its opening weekend. the romantic comedy sequel has earned $ 36. 5 million after two weeks of release. sony’s “miracles from heaven” rounded out the top five, grossing $ 7. 5 million and pushing its total to $ 46. 8 million .
next weekend, we have a mix of films coming into the marketplace with high hopes that audiences will start coming back to theaters. expectations are high for the sci - fi action thriller the maze runner which already opened internationally to strong numbers, outpacing divergent, which is great news for fox which is distributing this film based on the ya novel by james dashner. the film, which stars dylan o’brien from mtv’s teen wolf, will have the great advantage of being on all 350 imax screens next weekend and is tracking better than divergent with the young male demo. it is expected to outpace r - rated the walk among the tombstones, the next actioner from liam neeson which i hear is pretty darn good. the latest from neeson is tracking better than non - stop right now which opened to $ 28m in february and went on to gross over $ 200m worldwide. tombstones is not expected to open to that number, but with tracking in the toilet lately, anything could happen. finally, the jason bateman - tina fey, - adam driver comedy this is where i leave you from warner bros. is tracking best with older females and is not expected to set the world on fire, but there’s been nothing in the marketplace for older women since tammy.
the drop is a 2014 american crime drama film directed by michaël r. roskam , from a screenplay written by dennis lehane . the film is based on lehane 's 2009 short story " animal rescue " . lehane also adapted the script into a 2014 novel of the same name . the film stars tom hardy , noomi rapace and james gandolfini , with matthias schoenaerts , john ortiz and james frecheville in supporting roles . it was screened in the special presentations section of the 2014 toronto international film festival , and was released theatrically on september 12 , 2014 . the film 's 2014 release marked the late gandolfini 's final appearance in a feature film . 
the drop is a 2014 american crime drama film directed by michaël r. roskam, from a screenplay written by dennis lehane. the film is based on lehane's 2009 short story " animal rescue ". lehane also adapted the script into a 2014 novel of the same name. the film stars tom hardy, noomi rapace and james gandolfini, with matthias schoenaerts, john ortiz and james frecheville in supporting roles. it was screened in the special presentations section of the 2014 toronto international film festival, and was released theatrically on september 12, 2014. the film's 2014 release marked the late gandolfini's final appearance in a feature film.
the drop is a 2014 american crime drama film directed by michaël r. roskam, from a screenplay written by dennis lehane. the film is based on lehane's 2009 short story " animal rescue ". lehane also adapted the script into a 2014 novel of the same name. the film stars tom hardy, noomi rapace and james gandolfini, with matthias schoenaerts, john ortiz and james frecheville in supporting roles. it was screened in the special presentations section of the 2014 toronto international film festival, and was released theatrically on september 12, 2014. the film's 2014 release marked the late gandolfini's final appearance in a feature film.