Jennifer Lopez has finally released her long-awaited album This Is Me… Now and it features songs about her relationship with Ben Affleck.
The entertainer famously released her album This Is Me… Then back in 2002 while she was in her first relationship with Ben and there was a song on that album titled “Dear Ben.”
Now, Jennifer has released “Dear Ben Part II” on the new record.
Keep reading to find out more…
“Sitting here alonе, looking at my ring, ring / Feeling overwhelmed, it make me wanna sing, sing / How did we end up here without a rewind? / Oh my, this is my life / Sitting here alone, knowing you will call me / Look down at my phone and there’s your caller ID / Seeing all the signs and it gets me so high / You make me sing,” she sings in the chorus.
Listen to the full song below!
Read the lyrics below.
The entertainer famously released her album This Is Me… Then back in 2002 while she was in her first relationship with Ben and there was a song on that album titled “Dear Ben.”
Now, Jennifer has released “Dear Ben Part II” on the new record.
Keep reading to find out more…
“Sitting here alonе, looking at my ring, ring / Feeling overwhelmed, it make me wanna sing, sing / How did we end up here without a rewind? / Oh my, this is my life / Sitting here alone, knowing you will call me / Look down at my phone and there’s your caller ID / Seeing all the signs and it gets me so high / You make me sing,” she sings in the chorus.
Listen to the full song below!
Read the lyrics below.
- 2/16/2024
- by Just Jared
- Just Jared
Does the Television Critics Association’s semi-annual press tour still hold value?
That topic was a frequent debate at the Langham Hotel in Pasadena, California, where the TCA winter press tour wrapped Thursday after two weeks and a dizzying number of panels featuring stars, producers and the occasional executive.
TCA can still bring out the big stars (Apple had Michael Douglas, Hulu delivered Jon Bon Jovi, and Annette Bening and Snoop Dogg were highlights at NBCU) but the real value — aside from showcasing programming to a shrinking press corps that has been overwhelmed by Peak TV — comes from executive sessions that can help lay out a platform strategy that many will cover for months on end.
Before we get into the biggest takeaways from TCA, allow us to make an appeal to Netflix, Amazon, Warner Bros. Discovery and Paramount Global to return to press tour. Yes, we know it’s...
That topic was a frequent debate at the Langham Hotel in Pasadena, California, where the TCA winter press tour wrapped Thursday after two weeks and a dizzying number of panels featuring stars, producers and the occasional executive.
TCA can still bring out the big stars (Apple had Michael Douglas, Hulu delivered Jon Bon Jovi, and Annette Bening and Snoop Dogg were highlights at NBCU) but the real value — aside from showcasing programming to a shrinking press corps that has been overwhelmed by Peak TV — comes from executive sessions that can help lay out a platform strategy that many will cover for months on end.
Before we get into the biggest takeaways from TCA, allow us to make an appeal to Netflix, Amazon, Warner Bros. Discovery and Paramount Global to return to press tour. Yes, we know it’s...
- 2/16/2024
- by Lesley Goldberg
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Exclusive: Entertainment veterans Elisabeth Rohm and Kara Feifer have partnered to launch Rohm Feifer Entertainment, a film and television production company that will look to tell inspirational, female-forward stories steeped in true crime and true narratives that resonate with audiences of all kinds.
Already, the company with offices in L.A. and New York has made a deal with Village Roadshow Television to develop the series I Will Be Good, inspired by Bryan Smith’s article for Chicago magazine. Written by Karen Croner, it will tell the story of a $53 million bamboozle: how Rita Crundwell, the trusted comptroller of the small Illinois town of Dixon, pulled off the biggest municipal embezzlement in U.S. history to date without anyone noticing. The project will be executive produced by Meryl Poster.
Rohm and Feifer are also taking an IP-based procedural out to market this year, led by Ed Bernero (Criminal Minds), based...
Already, the company with offices in L.A. and New York has made a deal with Village Roadshow Television to develop the series I Will Be Good, inspired by Bryan Smith’s article for Chicago magazine. Written by Karen Croner, it will tell the story of a $53 million bamboozle: how Rita Crundwell, the trusted comptroller of the small Illinois town of Dixon, pulled off the biggest municipal embezzlement in U.S. history to date without anyone noticing. The project will be executive produced by Meryl Poster.
Rohm and Feifer are also taking an IP-based procedural out to market this year, led by Ed Bernero (Criminal Minds), based...
- 12/1/2023
- by Matt Grobar
- Deadline Film + TV
After Disney’s live-action adaptation of Aladdin made over $1 billion at the worldwide box office, it came as no surprise that the studio quickly began developing a sequel. But four years later, we’ve heard very little about the project moving forward. Collider recently sat down with Guy Ritchie and asked him if he will be returning to direct Aladdin 2.
“I’d very much like to,” Guy Ritchie said. “I can’t tell you how much I enjoyed that experience. It was a great experience. That whole Disney thing, as you can imagine, is such a professional outfit. Just from that perspective, it was so much fun. I would very much like to, we’ll wait and see.” The director added that they’ve “been kicking some ideas around for some time now, but it’d be great to do, it would be great to go back there.“
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“I’d very much like to,” Guy Ritchie said. “I can’t tell you how much I enjoyed that experience. It was a great experience. That whole Disney thing, as you can imagine, is such a professional outfit. Just from that perspective, it was so much fun. I would very much like to, we’ll wait and see.” The director added that they’ve “been kicking some ideas around for some time now, but it’d be great to do, it would be great to go back there.“
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- 2/28/2023
- by Kevin Fraser
- JoBlo.com
Gordon Pinsent, a prolific Canadian actor who gained international recognition in 2006 for his performance alongside Julie Christie in Sarah Polley’s drama “Away From Her,” died Saturday. He was 92 years old.
Pinsent’s death was confirmed to the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation through a statement released by his family. No further details about his death are available at this time.
“Gordon Pinsent’s daughters, Leah and Beverly, and his son, Barry, would like to announce the passing of their father peacefully in sleep today with his family at his side,” reads a note written on behalf of Pinsent’s family by his son-in-law, Peter Keleghan. “Gordon passionately loved this country and its people, purpose and culture to his last breath.”
With more than 150 film and television acting credits, Pinsent’s career spanned seven decades and made him a household name in his native country. His role as a husband losing his...
Pinsent’s death was confirmed to the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation through a statement released by his family. No further details about his death are available at this time.
“Gordon Pinsent’s daughters, Leah and Beverly, and his son, Barry, would like to announce the passing of their father peacefully in sleep today with his family at his side,” reads a note written on behalf of Pinsent’s family by his son-in-law, Peter Keleghan. “Gordon passionately loved this country and its people, purpose and culture to his last breath.”
With more than 150 film and television acting credits, Pinsent’s career spanned seven decades and made him a household name in his native country. His role as a husband losing his...
- 2/26/2023
- by J. Kim Murphy
- Variety Film + TV
The Santa Barbara International Film Festival announced its prizewinners Saturday morning, with “26.2 to Life,” directed by Christine Yoo, winning the audience choice award. The Panavision Spirit Award for Independent Cinema went to “I Like Movies,” directed by Chandler Levack, while the international feature film award went to “A Man (Aru Otoko),” directed by Kei Ishikawa. “A Bunch of Amateurs,” directed by Kim Hopkins, won the documentary award.
See more winners here:
Nueva Vision Award for Spain/Latin America Cinema: Manuela Directed by Clara Cullen
Best Middle Eastern/Israeli Film Award: The Taste Of Apples Is Red Directed by Ehab Tarabieh
Best Nordic Film Award: Summerlight And Then Comes The Night (SUMARLJÓS Og Svo Kemur NÓTTIN) Directed by Elfar Aðalsteins
Social Justice Award for Documentary Film: Black Mambas Directed by Lena Karbe
Adl Stand Up Award, sponsored by Adl Santa Barbara/Tri-Counties, the Skinner Social Impact Fund, and Steve & Cindy Lyons...
See more winners here:
Nueva Vision Award for Spain/Latin America Cinema: Manuela Directed by Clara Cullen
Best Middle Eastern/Israeli Film Award: The Taste Of Apples Is Red Directed by Ehab Tarabieh
Best Nordic Film Award: Summerlight And Then Comes The Night (SUMARLJÓS Og Svo Kemur NÓTTIN) Directed by Elfar Aðalsteins
Social Justice Award for Documentary Film: Black Mambas Directed by Lena Karbe
Adl Stand Up Award, sponsored by Adl Santa Barbara/Tri-Counties, the Skinner Social Impact Fund, and Steve & Cindy Lyons...
- 2/18/2023
- by Jazz Tangcay, Julia MacCary, Charna Flam and Katie Reul
- Variety Film + TV
“The Last of Us” should be very scared right now, because the world’s best video game is getting the adaptation it deserves. “Tetris,” a biographical film about the development behind one of the most iconic video games ever, will premiere on Apple TV+ March 31, the company announced Thursday. The news was accompanied by a trailer for the film, showing star Taron Egerton as Tetris Company co-founder Henk Rogers.
For those who (somehow) have never heard of it, “Tetris” is a 1984 video game from Soviet software engineer Alexey Pajitnov that requires the player to sort differently shaped pieces on a playing field, attempting to complete lines in order to remove blocks and get the highest score possible before the screen fills up. Its simple but addictive gameplay made it immediately successful, and when a version was ported to the Game Boy handheld in 1989, the game became a worldwide smash. Around...
For those who (somehow) have never heard of it, “Tetris” is a 1984 video game from Soviet software engineer Alexey Pajitnov that requires the player to sort differently shaped pieces on a playing field, attempting to complete lines in order to remove blocks and get the highest score possible before the screen fills up. Its simple but addictive gameplay made it immediately successful, and when a version was ported to the Game Boy handheld in 1989, the game became a worldwide smash. Around...
- 2/16/2023
- by Wilson Chapman
- Indiewire
The untitled Fred Astaire biopic starring Tom Holland is moving forward with “Paddington” director Paul King behind the camera, TheWrap has confirmed.
The feature film, which was announced in winter 2021 and with Holland confirming on the carpet at his “Spider-Man No Way Home” premiere that he “will be playing Fred Astaire,” will chart the life and career of Astaire and his sister, Adele Astaire. Holland, fittingly, began his career as a dancer and first broke out as an international performer starring in “Billy Elliott The Musical” on the West End. No news yet on who will be co-starring with Holland as Adele.
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The Sony Pictures release has Academy Award nominee Lee Hall rewriting a script from Noah Pink (National Geographic’s “Genius”). Coincidentally, Hall also wrote the book to “Billy Elliott” alongside composer Elton John. Amy Pascal, Rachel O’Conner,...
The feature film, which was announced in winter 2021 and with Holland confirming on the carpet at his “Spider-Man No Way Home” premiere that he “will be playing Fred Astaire,” will chart the life and career of Astaire and his sister, Adele Astaire. Holland, fittingly, began his career as a dancer and first broke out as an international performer starring in “Billy Elliott The Musical” on the West End. No news yet on who will be co-starring with Holland as Adele.
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The Sony Pictures release has Academy Award nominee Lee Hall rewriting a script from Noah Pink (National Geographic’s “Genius”). Coincidentally, Hall also wrote the book to “Billy Elliott” alongside composer Elton John. Amy Pascal, Rachel O’Conner,...
- 2/13/2023
- by Benjamin Lindsay
- The Wrap
The founder of an Afrobeats label is publicly demanding that Bad Bunny give Nigerian artist Joeboy and his producer credit on the track “Enséñame a Bailar,” a song off the reggaeton star’s 2022 smash LP Un Verano Sin Ti.
In a call-to-action that accuses Bad Bunny and his record company Rimas Music of copyright infringement, Mr. Eazi — founder of emPawa Africa — claims that “Enséñame a Bailar” both interpolates and samples Joeboy’s “Empty My Pocket.”
Nine months after the release of the Album of the Year Grammy-nominated Un Verano Sin Ti — during which Mr.
In a call-to-action that accuses Bad Bunny and his record company Rimas Music of copyright infringement, Mr. Eazi — founder of emPawa Africa — claims that “Enséñame a Bailar” both interpolates and samples Joeboy’s “Empty My Pocket.”
Nine months after the release of the Album of the Year Grammy-nominated Un Verano Sin Ti — during which Mr.
- 2/9/2023
- by Daniel Kreps
- Rollingstone.com
David Bowie’s handwritten lyrics have been sold at auction for £57,000.
The words to Bowie’s song “Jean Genie” were written on a piece of paper and given to a superfan in the 1970s.
Bowie, who died in January 2016 aged 69, released the song in 1972 as part of his Aladdin Sane album.
The song tells the story of Jean Genie who “snuck off to the city, strung out on lasers”. It went on to reach number two in the Official Chart.
The singer had gifted the handwritten words to the founder of the David Bowie Fan Club, Neal Peters, reports the BBC.
Now, the lyrics have been sold off at St Helens auction house after Peters found out that the “Starman” lyrics sold for over £200,000 last year.
The lyrics for “Jean Genie” were given an estimated value of between £50,000 and £70,000, with the firm calling them a “historic set of lyrics”, says the BBC.
The words to Bowie’s song “Jean Genie” were written on a piece of paper and given to a superfan in the 1970s.
Bowie, who died in January 2016 aged 69, released the song in 1972 as part of his Aladdin Sane album.
The song tells the story of Jean Genie who “snuck off to the city, strung out on lasers”. It went on to reach number two in the Official Chart.
The singer had gifted the handwritten words to the founder of the David Bowie Fan Club, Neal Peters, reports the BBC.
Now, the lyrics have been sold off at St Helens auction house after Peters found out that the “Starman” lyrics sold for over £200,000 last year.
The lyrics for “Jean Genie” were given an estimated value of between £50,000 and £70,000, with the firm calling them a “historic set of lyrics”, says the BBC.
- 2/9/2023
- by Megan Graye
- The Independent - Music
If you’re feeling sour about love, you’re not alone. In 2021, Olivia Rodrigo released her Grammy Award-winning breakup album, Sour, featuring “Favorite Crime,” “Traitor,” “Drivers License,” and other songs to get you nostalgic this Valentine’s Day. Here are a few of our favorites.
‘1 Step Forward, 3 Steps Back’ Olivia Rodrigo accepts the Best New Artist award onstage during the 64th Annual Grammy Awards | Rich Fury/Getty Images for The Recording Academy
Relationships have their ups and downs. In “1 Step Forward, 3 Steps Back,” the narrator described the dichotomy of being the love of someone’s life, but only until she “made them mad.” Did they love her, want her, or hate her? Who knows? Who can understand?
“Called you on the phone today,” Rodrigo sings. “Just to ask you how you were / All I did was speak normally / Somehow I still struck a nerve.”
‘Traitor’
With one person starting a relationship shortly after,...
‘1 Step Forward, 3 Steps Back’ Olivia Rodrigo accepts the Best New Artist award onstage during the 64th Annual Grammy Awards | Rich Fury/Getty Images for The Recording Academy
Relationships have their ups and downs. In “1 Step Forward, 3 Steps Back,” the narrator described the dichotomy of being the love of someone’s life, but only until she “made them mad.” Did they love her, want her, or hate her? Who knows? Who can understand?
“Called you on the phone today,” Rodrigo sings. “Just to ask you how you were / All I did was speak normally / Somehow I still struck a nerve.”
‘Traitor’
With one person starting a relationship shortly after,...
- 2/5/2023
- by Julia Dzurillay
- Showbiz Cheat Sheet
Lorne Balfe, the Grammy Award winning score composer of “Dark Knight,” “Mission: Impossible” and “Top Gun: Maverick,” has joined the top notch key crew of “Stockholm Bloodbath,” Mikael Håfström’s epic adventure movie produced by Viaplay Studios.
Balfe, whose prestigious credits also include “Mission: Impossible – Fallout,” “His Dark Materials” and “Genius,” is creating the score for “Stockholm Bloodbath” in collaboration with Steffen Thum, an up-and-coming German composer.
The female-led epic adventure movie, which marks Viaplay’s second English-language film original following “Hilma,” lensed in Prague and Budapest, and wrapped shooting two weeks ago. The prominent cast includes Sophie Cookson (“Kingsman: The Golden Circle”), Claes Bang, Emily Beecham (“Cruella”) and Alba August (“Becoming Astrid”). Adam Pålsson (“Young Wallander”), Matias Varela (“Assassin’s Creed”), Ulrich Thomsen (“The Blacklist”) and Jakob Oftebro (“Black Crab”) complete the cast.
Set in 1520, “Stockholm Bloodbath” explores a dark chapter in Sweden’s history, which saw the infamous...
Balfe, whose prestigious credits also include “Mission: Impossible – Fallout,” “His Dark Materials” and “Genius,” is creating the score for “Stockholm Bloodbath” in collaboration with Steffen Thum, an up-and-coming German composer.
The female-led epic adventure movie, which marks Viaplay’s second English-language film original following “Hilma,” lensed in Prague and Budapest, and wrapped shooting two weeks ago. The prominent cast includes Sophie Cookson (“Kingsman: The Golden Circle”), Claes Bang, Emily Beecham (“Cruella”) and Alba August (“Becoming Astrid”). Adam Pålsson (“Young Wallander”), Matias Varela (“Assassin’s Creed”), Ulrich Thomsen (“The Blacklist”) and Jakob Oftebro (“Black Crab”) complete the cast.
Set in 1520, “Stockholm Bloodbath” explores a dark chapter in Sweden’s history, which saw the infamous...
- 2/3/2023
- by Elsa Keslassy
- Variety Film + TV
Jaafar Jackson will portray his uncle Michael Jackson in the upcoming Antoine Fuqua-directed biopic, Michael.
The film is being touted to explore all aspects of the pop icon’s life, “including his most iconic performances that led him to become the greatest entertainer of all time,” as the studio noted to Variety.
Given the biopic has the approval of the Michael Jackson estate, it’s unclear if the child sexual abuse allegations against the late musical icon — widely documented in 2019’s Leaving Neverland — will be addressed in Michael. In...
The film is being touted to explore all aspects of the pop icon’s life, “including his most iconic performances that led him to become the greatest entertainer of all time,” as the studio noted to Variety.
Given the biopic has the approval of the Michael Jackson estate, it’s unclear if the child sexual abuse allegations against the late musical icon — widely documented in 2019’s Leaving Neverland — will be addressed in Michael. In...
- 1/30/2023
- by Althea Legaspi
- Rollingstone.com
Exclusive: Freestyle Digital Media has acquired North American rights to a pair of coming-of-age dramas: writer-director Alana Waksman’s debut feature We Burn Like This, and writer-director Anna Matz’s first feature, Love You Anyway. The digital film distribution division of Byron Allen’s Allen Media Group plans to release both titles across internet and satellite platforms on June 28.
Inspired by true events, the former film from Armian Pictures shows the inherited effects of historical trauma and the strength of survival and healing. When 22-year-old Rae (Madeleine Coghlan), a descendant of Holocaust survivors, is targeted by Neo-Nazis in Billings, Montana, her ancestors’ trauma becomes real. As antisemitism continues to rise in the community, we follow Rae on her journey to forgive herself, her mother and the broken world. We Burn Like This also stars Reservation Dogs‘ Devery Jacobs, as well as Kendra Mylnechuk, Angelo Rizzo, Casidee Riley and Megan Folsom.
Inspired by true events, the former film from Armian Pictures shows the inherited effects of historical trauma and the strength of survival and healing. When 22-year-old Rae (Madeleine Coghlan), a descendant of Holocaust survivors, is targeted by Neo-Nazis in Billings, Montana, her ancestors’ trauma becomes real. As antisemitism continues to rise in the community, we follow Rae on her journey to forgive herself, her mother and the broken world. We Burn Like This also stars Reservation Dogs‘ Devery Jacobs, as well as Kendra Mylnechuk, Angelo Rizzo, Casidee Riley and Megan Folsom.
- 6/3/2022
- by Matt Grobar
- Deadline Film + TV
For the Disney+ program “Sketchbook,” Gabby Capili was told she could choose any Disney character she wanted to draw and for her, it was Kuzco from “The Emperor’s New Groove.” She recalls, “That’s my main guy. I say in the episode that it was the first Disney movie that I saw in theaters. I was pulled out of school and it was a very special memory for me.” The artist joins Gold Derby as part of our Meet the Experts: TV Animation panel (watch the exclusive video interview above). In addition to the experience, she also loved the performances of the voice actors and how the characters would constantly break the fourth wall. “It’s just a very funny movie and I relate to the character a lot because he starts out very self-obsessed, but he learns throughout the course of the story that the power of friendship…makes you a better person.
- 5/27/2022
- by Charles Bright
- Gold Derby
Longtime entertainment attorney Richard Edward Marks was called to the stand Monday in Johnny Depp’s defamation case against ex-wife Amber Heard and said the “Pirates of the Caribbean” actor became radioactive because companies want “added value not negativity” from talent.
Marks, who said he has nearly 50 years of experience and has negotiated numerous deals, was hired by Depp’s legal team to look at the impact Heard’s 2018 Washington Post op-ed had on her ex-husband’s “life and reputation.”
“My general opinion is the op-ed damaged Mr. Depp, created a cancel situation if you will, harmed his reputation and his ability to get work in the Hollywood industry,” Marks told a Fairfax, Virginia, courtroom.
The Los Angeles-based attorney said he read a “voluminous” amount of files, transcripts from depositions, and news articles to familiarize himself with the case. He noted that companies and studios consider a performer’s reputation,...
Marks, who said he has nearly 50 years of experience and has negotiated numerous deals, was hired by Depp’s legal team to look at the impact Heard’s 2018 Washington Post op-ed had on her ex-husband’s “life and reputation.”
“My general opinion is the op-ed damaged Mr. Depp, created a cancel situation if you will, harmed his reputation and his ability to get work in the Hollywood industry,” Marks told a Fairfax, Virginia, courtroom.
The Los Angeles-based attorney said he read a “voluminous” amount of files, transcripts from depositions, and news articles to familiarize himself with the case. He noted that companies and studios consider a performer’s reputation,...
- 5/2/2022
- by Jenyne Donaldson and Anita Bennett
- The Wrap
Learn how to draw Disney characters with the new, six-part Original Series “Sketchbook” , streaming April 27, 2022 on Disney+:
“…from Supper Club and in partnership with Walt Disney Animation Studios, audiences will be given an insider’s look into the animation process as some of the Studios’ talented artists teach them how to draw beloved Disney characters, including ‘Kuzco’ from ‘Emperor’s New Groove’, ‘Olaf’ from ‘Frozen’, ‘Genie’ from ‘Aladdin’, ‘Captain Hook’ from ‘Peter Pan’, ‘Mirabel’ from Encanto and young ‘Simba’ from ‘The Lion King’.
“‘Sketchbook’ with Walt Disney Animation Studios takes us onto the desks and into the lives of talented artists and animators as they teach us how to draw a single iconic character from a Walt Disney Animation Studios film.
“Each episode focuses on a single artist illustrating a character that either they helped create or inspired them …”
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“…from Supper Club and in partnership with Walt Disney Animation Studios, audiences will be given an insider’s look into the animation process as some of the Studios’ talented artists teach them how to draw beloved Disney characters, including ‘Kuzco’ from ‘Emperor’s New Groove’, ‘Olaf’ from ‘Frozen’, ‘Genie’ from ‘Aladdin’, ‘Captain Hook’ from ‘Peter Pan’, ‘Mirabel’ from Encanto and young ‘Simba’ from ‘The Lion King’.
“‘Sketchbook’ with Walt Disney Animation Studios takes us onto the desks and into the lives of talented artists and animators as they teach us how to draw a single iconic character from a Walt Disney Animation Studios film.
“Each episode focuses on a single artist illustrating a character that either they helped create or inspired them …”
Click the images to enlarge…...
- 3/17/2022
- by Unknown
- SneakPeek
Disneyland on Wednesday will officially unveil its new Disney Genie service, a sort of digital concierge that replaces the popular Fastpass system that helped visitors avoid lengthy lines at many of the park’s big-ticket attractions.
Disney Genie swill offer forecasts of wait times for various attractions at the theme park, much like the previous iteration of the Disneyland app. Disneyland officials say it is much like a navigation app on smart phones that helps motorists avoid traffic jams. It also provides recommendations based on user preferences.
The basic functionality, which also allows people to make dining reservations or place mobile food orders, is free.
However, for an extra $20 per park ticket, visitors can get the Genie+ service, which adds access to the “Lightning Lane” for one attraction at a time. The service, similar to Fastpass, will be available for popular rides such as Big Thunder Mountain Railroad, the Haunted Mansion or the newly reopened,...
Disney Genie swill offer forecasts of wait times for various attractions at the theme park, much like the previous iteration of the Disneyland app. Disneyland officials say it is much like a navigation app on smart phones that helps motorists avoid traffic jams. It also provides recommendations based on user preferences.
The basic functionality, which also allows people to make dining reservations or place mobile food orders, is free.
However, for an extra $20 per park ticket, visitors can get the Genie+ service, which adds access to the “Lightning Lane” for one attraction at a time. The service, similar to Fastpass, will be available for popular rides such as Big Thunder Mountain Railroad, the Haunted Mansion or the newly reopened,...
- 12/7/2021
- by Tom Tapp
- Deadline Film + TV
First revealed during the Parks and Resorts panel at D23 Expo 2019, Disney Genie is a complimentary new digital service designed to help Disney Parks guests planning, flexibility tools, a guide, expert tips and more. Disney Genie is being built into the My Disney Experience and Disneyland apps. It is expected to be available this fall.
Disney Genie includes a personalized itinerary feature that will map out an entire day for guests. From specific attractions, foodie experiences and entertainment, to general interests like Disney princesses, villains, Pixar, Star Wars, thrill rides and more – visitors tell Disney Genie what they want to do and it provides customized recommendations.
The company said the FastPass, FastPass+ and Disney MaxPass services will be retired and replaced by “Lightning Lane” entry to rides and attractions. For the price of $15 per ticket per day at Disney World and $20 per ticket per day at Disneyland, guests can choose...
Disney Genie includes a personalized itinerary feature that will map out an entire day for guests. From specific attractions, foodie experiences and entertainment, to general interests like Disney princesses, villains, Pixar, Star Wars, thrill rides and more – visitors tell Disney Genie what they want to do and it provides customized recommendations.
The company said the FastPass, FastPass+ and Disney MaxPass services will be retired and replaced by “Lightning Lane” entry to rides and attractions. For the price of $15 per ticket per day at Disney World and $20 per ticket per day at Disneyland, guests can choose...
- 8/18/2021
- by Tom Tapp
- Deadline Film + TV
New Delhi, Nov 24 (Ians) At the moment, Richie Mehta is basking in the glory coming his way, after scooping up the first International Emmy for India with his web series, Delhi Crime. The win is all the more special for the Canadian filmmaker of Indian origin because the series marked his debut on the digital platform.
Mehta, who has tried his hand at short and feature filmmaking, as well as the documentary format, says the win comes in sync with his plan to narrate stories that have a global outlook.
His first feature film "Amal" released in 2007. Set in modernday New Delhi, the film narrates the story of a poor autorickshaw driver named Amal Kumar. The film stars Naseeruddin Shah, Roshan Seth, and Seema Biswas, and won over 30 international awards, and was nominated for six Genie Awards including Best Picture, Director, and Adapted Screenplay. It was also named one of...
Mehta, who has tried his hand at short and feature filmmaking, as well as the documentary format, says the win comes in sync with his plan to narrate stories that have a global outlook.
His first feature film "Amal" released in 2007. Set in modernday New Delhi, the film narrates the story of a poor autorickshaw driver named Amal Kumar. The film stars Naseeruddin Shah, Roshan Seth, and Seema Biswas, and won over 30 international awards, and was nominated for six Genie Awards including Best Picture, Director, and Adapted Screenplay. It was also named one of...
- 11/24/2020
- by Glamsham Editorial
- GlamSham
Christina Aguilera is taking a trip down memory lane. During a conversation with Apple Music's Zane Lowe, the "Genie in a Bottle" singer reflected on her greatest moments in pop culture, namely, her iconic performance at the 2003 MTV Video Music Awards with Madonna and Britney Spears. Yes, Madge and Brit's kiss stole the show that night, but Xtina was also there. Back in 2018, Christina said she felt "left out" out of the media firestorm that erupted after the pop princesses locked lips, but nowadays she doesn't see the moment as all that groundbreaking. "Shock value gets more and more extreme or whatever," Christina told Lowe. "But honestly,...
- 9/17/2020
- E! Online
Just so you’re not thinking that this is about to be another huge, long-running series that would drive the idea of the Genie into the ground, Mark Langshaw of We Got This Covered helps to keep the story grounded by stating that Disney is interested in creating a limited series starring Will Smith in the role that many feel that he might have nailed in the live action version of Aladdin. In all fairness, Smith had a long way to go to impress people when it came to his version of the Genie, since Robin Williams was still the favored
Disney Developing a Genie Spinoff Series for Will Smith?...
Disney Developing a Genie Spinoff Series for Will Smith?...
- 5/28/2020
- by Tom
- TVovermind.com
Will Smith had big shoes to fill when he took on the role of Genie in Disney’s live-action Aladdin remake, a part made famous on screen by the late, great Robin Williams. Whether he did the big blue lamp-dweller justice depends on who you ask, but one thing’s for sure, it was bold of Smith to take on a role so iconic and attempt to reinvent it.
When the movie debuted last year, there was much scrutiny around the Bad Boys star. He was, after all, the top-billed actor and the most burning question was always going to be how his version of Genie compared to Williams’ much-loved portrayal back in 1992. Well, it seems Disney was more than satisfied with how it turned out as we’ve now heard that they want Smith to reprise the role in his own limited series.
According to our sources – the same...
When the movie debuted last year, there was much scrutiny around the Bad Boys star. He was, after all, the top-billed actor and the most burning question was always going to be how his version of Genie compared to Williams’ much-loved portrayal back in 1992. Well, it seems Disney was more than satisfied with how it turned out as we’ve now heard that they want Smith to reprise the role in his own limited series.
According to our sources – the same...
- 5/25/2020
- by Mark Langshaw
- We Got This Covered
Ahead of the release of last year’s Aladdin, the biggest talking point surrounding Disney’s latest blockbuster that remade and monetized the studio’s extensive back catalogue of animated classics for modern audiences, was the appearance of Will Smith’s Genie. Attempting to follow Robin Williams’ iconic turn in the original, which is widely regarded as the finest big screen voice-over performance ever, was going to be a massive challenge even for a star of Smith’s magnitude, and matters weren’t helped by the fact that the unfinished effects in the early trailers made his blue-skinned wish-granter look absolutely terrifying.
Even the team behind Aladdin were shocked at the backlash that greeted the Genie, but when the movie finally hit theaters, the former Fresh Prince turned out to be the best thing about it. Given the popularity of the animated version, Guy Ritchie’s live-action update was always guaranteed to be a success,...
Even the team behind Aladdin were shocked at the backlash that greeted the Genie, but when the movie finally hit theaters, the former Fresh Prince turned out to be the best thing about it. Given the popularity of the animated version, Guy Ritchie’s live-action update was always guaranteed to be a success,...
- 2/14/2020
- by Scott Campbell
- We Got This Covered
Reese Witherspoon‘s Emmys win was a moment she didn’t want to let go of … literally.
At Sunday night’s 69th annual awards, the Big Little Lies cast and crew won best limited series, beating out fellow HBO nominee The Night Of, as well as National Geographic’s Genius and FX’s Fargo and Feud: Bette and Joan.
When the Big Little Lies team — including castmates Nicole Kidman, Laura Dern, Zoe Kravitz and Shailene Woodley — ascended the stage to accept the award, Witherspoon took the microphone — and the award — to give the acceptance speech.
In a humorous video circulating Twitter,...
At Sunday night’s 69th annual awards, the Big Little Lies cast and crew won best limited series, beating out fellow HBO nominee The Night Of, as well as National Geographic’s Genius and FX’s Fargo and Feud: Bette and Joan.
When the Big Little Lies team — including castmates Nicole Kidman, Laura Dern, Zoe Kravitz and Shailene Woodley — ascended the stage to accept the award, Witherspoon took the microphone — and the award — to give the acceptance speech.
In a humorous video circulating Twitter,...
- 9/18/2017
- by Natalie Stone
- PEOPLE.com
The streaming TV biz passed the ultimate Emmy threshold on Sunday night, as Hulu’s “The Handmaid’s Tale” made history.
“Handmaid’s Tale” picked up the win for outstanding drama series, which represents the first time a streaming service had one won of the top Emmy series prizes. It was just four years ago, in 2013, that Netflix became the first streaming platform to win an Emmy, as “House of Cards” picked up a handful of victories.
“Streaming has arrived, and we’re here to say what a wonderful journey,” said “Handmaid’s Tale” executive producer Warren Littlefield. Added exec producer Bruce Miller: “The way Hulu handled our show, they were bold and behind us and committed to making something interesting.”
The fact that Hulu was the first to land a top Emmy series prize, rather than Netflix, is a bit surprising, as Netflix came into this year’s...
“Handmaid’s Tale” picked up the win for outstanding drama series, which represents the first time a streaming service had one won of the top Emmy series prizes. It was just four years ago, in 2013, that Netflix became the first streaming platform to win an Emmy, as “House of Cards” picked up a handful of victories.
“Streaming has arrived, and we’re here to say what a wonderful journey,” said “Handmaid’s Tale” executive producer Warren Littlefield. Added exec producer Bruce Miller: “The way Hulu handled our show, they were bold and behind us and committed to making something interesting.”
The fact that Hulu was the first to land a top Emmy series prize, rather than Netflix, is a bit surprising, as Netflix came into this year’s...
- 9/18/2017
- by Michael Schneider
- Indiewire
Big Little Lies made out nicely at Sunday’s 69th Primetime Emmy Awards, taking home multiple statues — not that those ladies should be trusted with any more blunt objects.
RelatedEmmys 2017: And the Winners Are….
The seven-part miniseries, based on the 2014 novel by Liane Moriarty, won Outstanding Limited Series, beating fellow HBO drama The Night Of, as well as National Geographic’s Genius, and FX’s Fargo and Feud: Bette and Joan.
Laura Dern was the first to win, nabbing the trophy for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Limited Series or Movie, besting Judy Davis (FX’s Feud: Bette and Joan...
RelatedEmmys 2017: And the Winners Are….
The seven-part miniseries, based on the 2014 novel by Liane Moriarty, won Outstanding Limited Series, beating fellow HBO drama The Night Of, as well as National Geographic’s Genius, and FX’s Fargo and Feud: Bette and Joan.
Laura Dern was the first to win, nabbing the trophy for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Limited Series or Movie, besting Judy Davis (FX’s Feud: Bette and Joan...
- 9/18/2017
- TVLine.com
“Big Little Lies” has become one of the biggest victors at the 2017 Emmy Awards, winning the prize for Outstanding Limited Series. The acclaimed HBO miniseries was the frontrunner over “Feud,” “Fargo,” “The Night Of,” and “Genius.” The seven-episode season was written by David E. Kelly and directed by Jean-Marc Valle. Read More: 2017 Emmys Winners List (Updating Live) HBO has long been dominant in the Emmy’s miniseries and TV movie categories, but the race has gotten more competitive in recent years as networks like FX, ABC and more get into the limited series game. Previous winners have been “Fargo” and “American Crime Story: The People v O.J. Simpson.” HBO last won the category in 2015 with “Olive Kitteridge.” “Big Little Lies” entered this year’s Emmys with 16 nominations, including acting noms for Reese Witherspoon, Nicole Kidman, Laura Dern, Shailene Woodley, and Alexander Skarsgaard. HBO currently has no plans to revive the...
- 9/18/2017
- by Zack Sharf
- Indiewire
Nicole Kidman, Reese Witherspoon, Laura Dern, Shailene Woodley and Zoë Kravitz bonded on the set of HBO’s Big Little Lies — so much so that the five actresses, like fans, are clamoring for a second season.
The ladies of the hit series hit the red carpet at the 2017 Emmy Awards Sunday, where their show received 16 nominations. And while they didn’t have any specifics news about a possible season 2, they all said they’re game for another trip to Monterey, California.
“We want to do it,” Kidman, 50, told E! News in the pre-show. “We love these women. It’s just trying to move pieces.
The ladies of the hit series hit the red carpet at the 2017 Emmy Awards Sunday, where their show received 16 nominations. And while they didn’t have any specifics news about a possible season 2, they all said they’re game for another trip to Monterey, California.
“We want to do it,” Kidman, 50, told E! News in the pre-show. “We love these women. It’s just trying to move pieces.
- 9/18/2017
- by Dave Quinn
- PEOPLE.com
Was it the kangaroo?
HBO’s critically acclaimed limited series “The Young Pope” failed to garner any nominations in the major categories despite delivering Jude Law’s best performance in years and a brilliant story and direction by Oscar winner Paolo Sorrentino. The wholly unique tale of a handsome American who becomes the pope was lauded for its beautiful, quirky and at times hilarious examination of faith, truth and the unknowable mysteries of life.
Read MoreEmmys 2017 Snubs and Surprises: ‘Transparent,’ ‘The Leftovers,’ and Pamela Adlon(!)
Law’s masterful performance as Lenny Belardo, an upstart American who wants to shake up the Catholic Church once he becomes Pope Pius Xiii, was stunning in how he radiated strength and power even in stillness. Intimidating, inscrutable, morose, and at times whimsical, Law swept viewers up in Lenny’s inner journey that began with antagonism and ended in peace. The actor’s compelling acting...
HBO’s critically acclaimed limited series “The Young Pope” failed to garner any nominations in the major categories despite delivering Jude Law’s best performance in years and a brilliant story and direction by Oscar winner Paolo Sorrentino. The wholly unique tale of a handsome American who becomes the pope was lauded for its beautiful, quirky and at times hilarious examination of faith, truth and the unknowable mysteries of life.
Read MoreEmmys 2017 Snubs and Surprises: ‘Transparent,’ ‘The Leftovers,’ and Pamela Adlon(!)
Law’s masterful performance as Lenny Belardo, an upstart American who wants to shake up the Catholic Church once he becomes Pope Pius Xiii, was stunning in how he radiated strength and power even in stillness. Intimidating, inscrutable, morose, and at times whimsical, Law swept viewers up in Lenny’s inner journey that began with antagonism and ended in peace. The actor’s compelling acting...
- 7/13/2017
- by Hanh Nguyen
- Indiewire
Nominations were announced on Thursday morning for the 69th Primetime Emmy Awards, to be held Sunday, Sept. 17 at the Microsoft Theater in Los Angeles.
CBS will broadcast the ceremony live, with The Late Show‘s Stephen Colbert serving as host.
TVLine is detailing the major nominees below, as they are announced/reported. Your job, as opinionated consumers of TV, is to storm the Comments section with gushes of glee… or eruptions of righteous outrage! (Reminder: Orphan Black, Game of Thrones and Twin Peaks were Not eligible this year, while last summer’s Orange Is the New Black Season 4 Was.)
Outstanding...
CBS will broadcast the ceremony live, with The Late Show‘s Stephen Colbert serving as host.
TVLine is detailing the major nominees below, as they are announced/reported. Your job, as opinionated consumers of TV, is to storm the Comments section with gushes of glee… or eruptions of righteous outrage! (Reminder: Orphan Black, Game of Thrones and Twin Peaks were Not eligible this year, while last summer’s Orange Is the New Black Season 4 Was.)
Outstanding...
- 7/13/2017
- TVLine.com
The biggest night in television is right around the corner!
Veep‘s Anna Chlumsky and Criminal Minds‘ Shemar Moore announced this year’s Emmys nominees on Thursday morning. Though past heavy-hitter Game of Thrones was ineligible because of its late summer premiere date, some of last year’s winners returned to defend their titles — while a slew of new entries landed their own nods, too.
And the nominees are …
Outstanding Drama Series
Better Call Saul
The Crown
The Handmaid’s Tale
House of Cards
Stranger Things
This Is Us
Westworld
Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama SeriesSterling K. Brown, This Is Us
Anthony Hopkins,...
Veep‘s Anna Chlumsky and Criminal Minds‘ Shemar Moore announced this year’s Emmys nominees on Thursday morning. Though past heavy-hitter Game of Thrones was ineligible because of its late summer premiere date, some of last year’s winners returned to defend their titles — while a slew of new entries landed their own nods, too.
And the nominees are …
Outstanding Drama Series
Better Call Saul
The Crown
The Handmaid’s Tale
House of Cards
Stranger Things
This Is Us
Westworld
Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama SeriesSterling K. Brown, This Is Us
Anthony Hopkins,...
- 7/13/2017
- by Aurelie Corinthios
- PEOPLE.com
'Making Love': Groundbreaking romantic gay drama returns to the big screen As part of its Anniversary Classics series, Laemmle Theaters will be presenting Arthur Hiller's groundbreaking 1982 romantic drama Making Love, the first U.S. movie distributed by a major studio that focused on a romantic gay relationship. Michael Ontkean, Harry Hamlin, and Kate Jackson star. The 35th Anniversary Screening of Making Love will be held on Saturday, June 24 – it's Gay Pride month, after all – at 7:30 p.m. at the Ahrya Fine Arts Theatre on Wilshire Blvd. in Beverly Hills. The movie will be followed by a Q&A session with Harry Hamlin, screenwriter Barry Sandler, and author A. Scott Berg, who wrote the “story” on which the film is based. 'Making Love' & What lies beneath In this 20th Century Fox release – Sherry Lansing was the studio head at the time – Michael Ontkean plays a...
- 6/24/2017
- by Andre Soares
- Alt Film Guide
Welcome to Career Watch, a vocational checkup of top actors and directors, and those who hope to get there. In this edition we take on Jude Law, who’s always been hard to pin down, and his title role in HBO Emmy Contender “The Young Pope” is no exception.
Bottom Line: As he embraces his mid-40s, Jude Law has morphed from British golden boy to globally bankable character actor. His range is wide, from tragic robot Gigolo Joe in Steven Spielberg’s “A.I.” to Robert Downey, Jr.’s comedy sidekick Dr. Watson in Guy Ritchie’s blockbuster “Sherlock Holmes” franchise. Still stunningly handsome, Law is gaining grit and gravitas as he gets older. But there’s a sense he’s still holding back.
Latest Misfires: Law took on evil power-monger Vortigern opposite Charlie Hunnam as Arthur in Ritchie’s attempt to similarly update “King Arthur: Legend of the Sword,...
Bottom Line: As he embraces his mid-40s, Jude Law has morphed from British golden boy to globally bankable character actor. His range is wide, from tragic robot Gigolo Joe in Steven Spielberg’s “A.I.” to Robert Downey, Jr.’s comedy sidekick Dr. Watson in Guy Ritchie’s blockbuster “Sherlock Holmes” franchise. Still stunningly handsome, Law is gaining grit and gravitas as he gets older. But there’s a sense he’s still holding back.
Latest Misfires: Law took on evil power-monger Vortigern opposite Charlie Hunnam as Arthur in Ritchie’s attempt to similarly update “King Arthur: Legend of the Sword,...
- 6/19/2017
- by Anne Thompson
- Indiewire
Welcome to Career Watch, a vocational checkup of top actors and directors, and those who hope to get there. In this edition we take on Jude Law, who’s always been hard to pin down, and his title role in HBO Emmy Contender “The Young Pope” is no exception.
Bottom Line: As he embraces his mid-40s, Jude Law has morphed from British golden boy to globally bankable character actor. His range is wide, from tragic robot Gigolo Joe in Steven Spielberg’s “A.I.” to Robert Downey, Jr.’s comedy sidekick Dr. Watson in Guy Ritchie’s blockbuster “Sherlock Holmes” franchise. Still stunningly handsome, Law is gaining grit and gravitas as he gets older. But there’s a sense he’s still holding back.
Latest Misfires: Law took on evil power-monger Vortigern opposite Charlie Hunnam as Arthur in Ritchie’s attempt to similarly update “King Arthur: Legend of the Sword,...
Bottom Line: As he embraces his mid-40s, Jude Law has morphed from British golden boy to globally bankable character actor. His range is wide, from tragic robot Gigolo Joe in Steven Spielberg’s “A.I.” to Robert Downey, Jr.’s comedy sidekick Dr. Watson in Guy Ritchie’s blockbuster “Sherlock Holmes” franchise. Still stunningly handsome, Law is gaining grit and gravitas as he gets older. But there’s a sense he’s still holding back.
Latest Misfires: Law took on evil power-monger Vortigern opposite Charlie Hunnam as Arthur in Ritchie’s attempt to similarly update “King Arthur: Legend of the Sword,...
- 6/19/2017
- by Anne Thompson
- Thompson on Hollywood
Last Year’s Winner: Sterling K. Brown, “The People v. O.J. Simpson: American Crime Story”
Still Eligible: No.
Hot Streak: While HBO and FX have the most nominations in this category over the past six years, they each have won twice and both have lost twice (to PBS in 2014 and History in 2012).
Fun Fact: Beau Bridges is the only actor to win this category twice. He won for “The Positively True Adventures of the Alleged Texas Cheerleader-Murdering Mom” (1993) and “The Second Civil War” (1997).
The consistently crowded supporting actor category is again stacked with contenders this year. HBO and FX are at it again with enough offerings to fill the field by themselves (which FX almost did in 2016, with five of the six slots). First up, FX has “Fargo” and “Feud” as top competitors. David Thewlis and Michael Stuhlbarg are damn impressive in Season 3, while Alfred Molina and Stanley Tucci are...
Still Eligible: No.
Hot Streak: While HBO and FX have the most nominations in this category over the past six years, they each have won twice and both have lost twice (to PBS in 2014 and History in 2012).
Fun Fact: Beau Bridges is the only actor to win this category twice. He won for “The Positively True Adventures of the Alleged Texas Cheerleader-Murdering Mom” (1993) and “The Second Civil War” (1997).
The consistently crowded supporting actor category is again stacked with contenders this year. HBO and FX are at it again with enough offerings to fill the field by themselves (which FX almost did in 2016, with five of the six slots). First up, FX has “Fargo” and “Feud” as top competitors. David Thewlis and Michael Stuhlbarg are damn impressive in Season 3, while Alfred Molina and Stanley Tucci are...
- 6/12/2017
- by Ben Travers
- Indiewire
It’s so far so good for Sofia Coppola’s “The Beguiled” at Cannes, which played well for the press on Wednesday morning. The movie is a gorgeously shot battle of the sexes led by the formidable duo of Nicole Kidman and Colin Farrell (who both star in another competition entry, “The Killing of a Sacred Deer”) along with Coppola’s “Virgin Suicides” star Kirsten Dunst and “Somewhere” star Elle Fanning.
Read More: With ‘The Beguiled,’ Sofia Coppola Seeks Cannes Redemption with a Southern-Gothic Remake
Writer-director Coppola reenters the Cannes spotlight with her high-profile adaptation of Don Siegel’s 1971 Clint Eastwood Civil War drama, based on the 1966 Thomas Cullinan novel. About two years ago, Coppola’s production designer Anne Ross urged her to remake the movie, a well-reviewed flop when released. Audiences weren’t ready for Eastwood’s tall, dark, and handsome soldier to be manhandled by a school full of vengeful women.
Judging from the enthusiastic press reaction here, they’re more accepting now.
Here’s what we learned at the press conference (check out my interview with Coppola).
It’s about the women
“This story had to be directed by a woman,” Nicole Kidman told Canal Plus before the press conference. “The essence of it is feminine, it’s seen from a female point of view.”
At the press conference, she said that her schoolmistress is “is protecting these girls in a treacherous, difficult time, and they’re surviving. Her motivation is to guide them and protect them.”
“Any time a group of women is cut off from the world,” said Coppola, “different dynamics come out…I tried to put [the movie] out of my mind and imagine how I would tell this story and start again.”
Farrell added, “With repression, if there’s a blanket people find themselves beneath, there will be a heavy price to pay no matter the gender.”
“When you are dealing with people who are pent up together,” said Dunst, “no matter if male, female or mixture, something will come out. Aggressions and feelings are corseted up and get unleashed because this new dynamic comes in.”
“He comes in and ruins everything!” said Kidman, channeling the school marm originally played by Geraldine Page. “We were fine. All we couldn’t do was procreate. Good riddance to him!”
Coppola was also enthused to be reunited with her former stars, including Dunst and Fanning.
“I loved working with Kirsten and could see her as the teacher,” said Coppola of her casting process. “I always admired Nicole and imagined her as the headmistress as I was writing. I knew she would bring her twisted humor to the role.”
Fanning, now at 18, was old enough to play a young student. Coppola discovered her at age 11 with “Somewhere.”
“We were making the movie from a female point-of-view,” said Coppola, “that was part of the fun of it. The core of it is the power struggles between the male and female, which are relevant in a hopefully entertaining juicy story.”
Colin Farrell in “The Beguiled”
And one man
“I have a penis,” Farrell told Canal Plus of his role in “The Beguiled” as a wounded union soldier who a young student drags into a Virginia ladies school. “Treachery and hilarity ensues.”
“He was a good sport about being our object,” said Coppola.
“I didn’t have to worry about being the token male,” he added at the press conference. “I grew up with three very strong and brilliant and kind and smart women in my life, my mother and two sisters. To be surrounded by talented, decent, smart, insightful creative and serious women — I was spoiled by Sofia Coppola who set a particular mood of comfort, ease and trust. It allows you as an actor to play and explore.”
He added, “I have been doing this for 20 years, and it’s my favorite experience, my favorite shoot. She’s elegant and smart and has a gentility to her, which is not to say she doesn’t have an incredible creative edge inside. It’s nice to have that elegance and tenderness pervade the whole experience.”
Farrell never met with Clint Eastwood, who originated his role. “I had seen the film some years ago; I was deeply disturbed by the original film, it stayed with me. I said I was never doing a remake again, but when this came around it was an easy ‘yes.’ It’s a retelling or reinterpretation, which doesn’t mean it lacks originality. Sofia did something very original with it. Clint was extraordinary in the Siegel film. But I was able to retain my Irish accent, the character was an Irish soldier fighting from a mercenary perspective. It’s a bit of an immigrant story, he’s fresh off the boat, like so many of my countrymen who sailed to America to survive. That was unique to our experience of telling the film.”
“I wanted to contrast the very masculine exotic enemy soldier [who] comes onto this delicate feminine world,” said Coppola. “Colin is charming and charismatic, and I knew he would find a way to connect with each character differently. He’s connected to his dark side.”
Kidman rules Cannes
Coppola went to see Kidman in a play in London and had dinner with her afterwards. “She had this script,” said the actress. “You could give me the phone book and I’ll do it.”
Kidman wants to work with more women directors, she said, citing the grim Women in Film statistics for film and television (roughly 4 percent of major motion pictures were directed by women last year). “The important thing to say and keep saying is luckily we had Jane Campion here,” Kidman said. “We women have to support female directors, that’s a given. Now hopefully that will change over time. People keep saying it’s so different. It isn’t.”
Coppola made the film for the big screen
Coppola collaborated for the first time with Wong Kar Wai cinematographer Philippe Le Sourd with gorgeous results on “The Beguiled,” shooting in 35 mm. “He helped me to create the atmosphere and the world of the film,” she said. “With Le Sourd’s beautiful work, all of the work [in the film], I hope people will see the photography on the big screen.”
“Sofia Coppola was making this film for the big screen, in the way of framing, and all the things we do,” said Kidman. “At the same time, we need stories, opportunities and need things to be seen, the world is changing and we have to change with it. As an actor I get to work in all of the mediums. Jean-Marc Vallee directed ‘Big Little Lies’ for for the small screen. I have a foot in every area.”
She added, “I’m turning 50 this year. I’ve never had more work than right now, partly because I work in TV, and I work in films made for the small and the big screen.”
Read More: Before ‘The Beguiled,’ Sofia Coppola’s ‘Marie Antoinette’ Showed Her Genius for Crafting Characters Through Environments
You can see both versions of “The Beguiled”
A double feature of the two films will play Quentin Tarantino’s New Beverly theater in Los Angeles. “I’m excited to watch both of them,” Coppola said. “They’re two sides of the same story, flipping it on its head, I hope.”
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Read More: With ‘The Beguiled,’ Sofia Coppola Seeks Cannes Redemption with a Southern-Gothic Remake
Writer-director Coppola reenters the Cannes spotlight with her high-profile adaptation of Don Siegel’s 1971 Clint Eastwood Civil War drama, based on the 1966 Thomas Cullinan novel. About two years ago, Coppola’s production designer Anne Ross urged her to remake the movie, a well-reviewed flop when released. Audiences weren’t ready for Eastwood’s tall, dark, and handsome soldier to be manhandled by a school full of vengeful women.
Judging from the enthusiastic press reaction here, they’re more accepting now.
Here’s what we learned at the press conference (check out my interview with Coppola).
It’s about the women
“This story had to be directed by a woman,” Nicole Kidman told Canal Plus before the press conference. “The essence of it is feminine, it’s seen from a female point of view.”
At the press conference, she said that her schoolmistress is “is protecting these girls in a treacherous, difficult time, and they’re surviving. Her motivation is to guide them and protect them.”
“Any time a group of women is cut off from the world,” said Coppola, “different dynamics come out…I tried to put [the movie] out of my mind and imagine how I would tell this story and start again.”
Farrell added, “With repression, if there’s a blanket people find themselves beneath, there will be a heavy price to pay no matter the gender.”
“When you are dealing with people who are pent up together,” said Dunst, “no matter if male, female or mixture, something will come out. Aggressions and feelings are corseted up and get unleashed because this new dynamic comes in.”
“He comes in and ruins everything!” said Kidman, channeling the school marm originally played by Geraldine Page. “We were fine. All we couldn’t do was procreate. Good riddance to him!”
Coppola was also enthused to be reunited with her former stars, including Dunst and Fanning.
“I loved working with Kirsten and could see her as the teacher,” said Coppola of her casting process. “I always admired Nicole and imagined her as the headmistress as I was writing. I knew she would bring her twisted humor to the role.”
Fanning, now at 18, was old enough to play a young student. Coppola discovered her at age 11 with “Somewhere.”
“We were making the movie from a female point-of-view,” said Coppola, “that was part of the fun of it. The core of it is the power struggles between the male and female, which are relevant in a hopefully entertaining juicy story.”
Colin Farrell in “The Beguiled”
And one man
“I have a penis,” Farrell told Canal Plus of his role in “The Beguiled” as a wounded union soldier who a young student drags into a Virginia ladies school. “Treachery and hilarity ensues.”
“He was a good sport about being our object,” said Coppola.
“I didn’t have to worry about being the token male,” he added at the press conference. “I grew up with three very strong and brilliant and kind and smart women in my life, my mother and two sisters. To be surrounded by talented, decent, smart, insightful creative and serious women — I was spoiled by Sofia Coppola who set a particular mood of comfort, ease and trust. It allows you as an actor to play and explore.”
He added, “I have been doing this for 20 years, and it’s my favorite experience, my favorite shoot. She’s elegant and smart and has a gentility to her, which is not to say she doesn’t have an incredible creative edge inside. It’s nice to have that elegance and tenderness pervade the whole experience.”
Farrell never met with Clint Eastwood, who originated his role. “I had seen the film some years ago; I was deeply disturbed by the original film, it stayed with me. I said I was never doing a remake again, but when this came around it was an easy ‘yes.’ It’s a retelling or reinterpretation, which doesn’t mean it lacks originality. Sofia did something very original with it. Clint was extraordinary in the Siegel film. But I was able to retain my Irish accent, the character was an Irish soldier fighting from a mercenary perspective. It’s a bit of an immigrant story, he’s fresh off the boat, like so many of my countrymen who sailed to America to survive. That was unique to our experience of telling the film.”
“I wanted to contrast the very masculine exotic enemy soldier [who] comes onto this delicate feminine world,” said Coppola. “Colin is charming and charismatic, and I knew he would find a way to connect with each character differently. He’s connected to his dark side.”
Kidman rules Cannes
Coppola went to see Kidman in a play in London and had dinner with her afterwards. “She had this script,” said the actress. “You could give me the phone book and I’ll do it.”
Kidman wants to work with more women directors, she said, citing the grim Women in Film statistics for film and television (roughly 4 percent of major motion pictures were directed by women last year). “The important thing to say and keep saying is luckily we had Jane Campion here,” Kidman said. “We women have to support female directors, that’s a given. Now hopefully that will change over time. People keep saying it’s so different. It isn’t.”
Coppola made the film for the big screen
Coppola collaborated for the first time with Wong Kar Wai cinematographer Philippe Le Sourd with gorgeous results on “The Beguiled,” shooting in 35 mm. “He helped me to create the atmosphere and the world of the film,” she said. “With Le Sourd’s beautiful work, all of the work [in the film], I hope people will see the photography on the big screen.”
“Sofia Coppola was making this film for the big screen, in the way of framing, and all the things we do,” said Kidman. “At the same time, we need stories, opportunities and need things to be seen, the world is changing and we have to change with it. As an actor I get to work in all of the mediums. Jean-Marc Vallee directed ‘Big Little Lies’ for for the small screen. I have a foot in every area.”
She added, “I’m turning 50 this year. I’ve never had more work than right now, partly because I work in TV, and I work in films made for the small and the big screen.”
Read More: Before ‘The Beguiled,’ Sofia Coppola’s ‘Marie Antoinette’ Showed Her Genius for Crafting Characters Through Environments
You can see both versions of “The Beguiled”
A double feature of the two films will play Quentin Tarantino’s New Beverly theater in Los Angeles. “I’m excited to watch both of them,” Coppola said. “They’re two sides of the same story, flipping it on its head, I hope.”
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- 5/24/2017
- by Anne Thompson
- Thompson on Hollywood
It’s so far so good for Sofia Coppola’s “The Beguiled” at Cannes, which played well for the press on Wednesday morning. The movie is a gorgeously shot battle of the sexes led by the formidable duo of Nicole Kidman and Colin Farrell (who both star in another competition entry, “The Killing of a Sacred Deer”) along with Coppola’s “Virgin Suicides” star Kirsten Dunst and “Somewhere” star Elle Fanning.
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Writer-director Coppola reenters the Cannes spotlight with her high-profile adaptation of Don Siegel’s 1971 Clint Eastwood Civil War drama, based on the 1966 Thomas Cullinan novel. About two years ago, Coppola’s production designer Anne Ross urged her to remake the movie, a well-reviewed flop when released. Audiences weren’t ready for Eastwood’s tall, dark, and handsome soldier to be manhandled by a school full of vengeful women.
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Writer-director Coppola reenters the Cannes spotlight with her high-profile adaptation of Don Siegel’s 1971 Clint Eastwood Civil War drama, based on the 1966 Thomas Cullinan novel. About two years ago, Coppola’s production designer Anne Ross urged her to remake the movie, a well-reviewed flop when released. Audiences weren’t ready for Eastwood’s tall, dark, and handsome soldier to be manhandled by a school full of vengeful women.
- 5/24/2017
- by Anne Thompson
- Indiewire
With her sixth feature, “The Beguiled,” Sofia Coppola returns to Cannes in the main Competition. It’s her first time since 2006, when the reception for royal costume drama “Marie Antoinette” evolved from a scattering of boos to become a reported misfire. That’s the power of the Cannes echo chamber. Her visually sumptuous and witty $40 million studio movie earned a standing ovation at the public screening and a range of reviews, but only made $60.8 million worldwide — not nearly enough to make it profitable.
Coppola had better Cannes luck with her smaller-scaled first feature, the dreamy literary adaptation “The Virgin Suicides” ($10.6 million worldwide). It starred Kirsten Dunst and broke out of Director’s Fortnight with critics’ raves. Her Tokyo-set Bill Murray-Scarlett Johansson two-hander “Lost in Translation” ($117 million worldwide) debuted in Venice on its way to Coppola’s Original Screenplay Oscar.
Back on the indie side were Chateau Marmont Hollywood-slice...
Coppola had better Cannes luck with her smaller-scaled first feature, the dreamy literary adaptation “The Virgin Suicides” ($10.6 million worldwide). It starred Kirsten Dunst and broke out of Director’s Fortnight with critics’ raves. Her Tokyo-set Bill Murray-Scarlett Johansson two-hander “Lost in Translation” ($117 million worldwide) debuted in Venice on its way to Coppola’s Original Screenplay Oscar.
Back on the indie side were Chateau Marmont Hollywood-slice...
- 5/23/2017
- by Anne Thompson
- Thompson on Hollywood
With her sixth feature, “The Beguiled,” Sofia Coppola returns to Cannes in the main Competition. It’s her first time since 2006, when the reception for royal costume drama “Marie Antoinette” evolved from a scattering of boos to became a reported misfire. That’s the power of the Cannes echo chamber. Her visually sumptuous and witty $40 million studio movie earned a standing ovation at the public screening and a range of reviews, but only made $60.8 million worldwide — not nearly enough to make it profitable.
Coppola had better Cannes luck with her smaller-scaled first feature, the dreamy literary adaptation “The Virgin Suicides” ($10.6 million worldwide). It starred Kirsten Dunst and broke out of Director’s Fortnight with critics’ raves. Her Tokyo-set Bill Murray-Scarlett Johansson two-hander “Lost in Translation” ($117 million worldwide) debuted in Venice on its way to Coppola’s Original Screenplay Oscar.
Back on the indie side were Chateau Marmont Hollywood-slice...
Coppola had better Cannes luck with her smaller-scaled first feature, the dreamy literary adaptation “The Virgin Suicides” ($10.6 million worldwide). It starred Kirsten Dunst and broke out of Director’s Fortnight with critics’ raves. Her Tokyo-set Bill Murray-Scarlett Johansson two-hander “Lost in Translation” ($117 million worldwide) debuted in Venice on its way to Coppola’s Original Screenplay Oscar.
Back on the indie side were Chateau Marmont Hollywood-slice...
- 5/23/2017
- by Anne Thompson
- Indiewire
Reese Witherspoon brought the best date to her taping of The Ellen DeGeneres Show -- her mom, Betty Reese! The Big Little Lies actress, 41, took to Instagram Stories on the way to the show, sharing videos with Betty in the car.
"Mom, are you going to be ok if I tell Ellen who your celebrity crush is?" Reese asked.
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"No, don't tell anybody,” Betty insisted.
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But Reese was able to convince her mom in another video, saying, "Mom, everyone on Instagram wants to know who your celebrity crush is."
"Charlie, Charlie Who-Nam,” Betty revealed.
"Charlie Hunnam?" Reese asked.
"Hunnam! King Arthur,” Betty explained.
"And why do you like Charlie Hunnam?" Reese asked.
"Because he's King Arthur, and I'm Queen Elizabeth," Betty quipped as Reese laughed.
And Reese made sure to call out her mom once she was on the show. In addition...
"Mom, are you going to be ok if I tell Ellen who your celebrity crush is?" Reese asked.
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"No, don't tell anybody,” Betty insisted.
But Reese was able to convince her mom in another video, saying, "Mom, everyone on Instagram wants to know who your celebrity crush is."
"Charlie, Charlie Who-Nam,” Betty revealed.
"Charlie Hunnam?" Reese asked.
"Hunnam! King Arthur,” Betty explained.
"And why do you like Charlie Hunnam?" Reese asked.
"Because he's King Arthur, and I'm Queen Elizabeth," Betty quipped as Reese laughed.
And Reese made sure to call out her mom once she was on the show. In addition...
- 5/17/2017
- Entertainment Tonight
“Spider-Man: Homecoming” opens in theaters July 7, but don’t expect Kirsten Dunst to go see Sony’s second reboot of the “Spider-Man” franchise. As a matter of fact, she did not see the last installment either. “I don’t care,” the actress told Variety about the reboots. “Everyone likes our ‘Spider-Man.’ C’mon, am I right or what? Listen, I’d rather be in the first ones than the new ones.”
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Dunst played Mary Jane Watson in Sam Raimi’s original trilogy. “I wanted to be in that movie so badly,” she told the magazine. “I loved it, and I wish we could have made a fourth.” However, Dunst revealed that her male co-stars got paid more than her. “Because I was young, I thought, ‘Oh wow, I’m getting paid a lot of money for the “Spider-Man” movies.
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Dunst played Mary Jane Watson in Sam Raimi’s original trilogy. “I wanted to be in that movie so badly,” she told the magazine. “I loved it, and I wish we could have made a fourth.” However, Dunst revealed that her male co-stars got paid more than her. “Because I was young, I thought, ‘Oh wow, I’m getting paid a lot of money for the “Spider-Man” movies.
- 5/16/2017
- by Yoselin Acevedo
- Indiewire
Chicago – The 16th Tribeca Film Festival wrapped last Sunday (April 30, 2017) and the award-winning films of the festival have been named. Patrick McDonald of HollywoodChicago.com was there for the first week of Tribeca and files his personal best of the films he experienced.
This is Patrick switching to first person, and I was able to see 13 media and film works, and took a turn in the “Immersive” or Virtual Reality arcade (there will a separate article on that experience). I sampled TV, short films, documentaries and narrative films, and rank them from first preferred on down, but honestly I didn’t see anything that I didn’t like, which is a testament to the programmers of this iconic film festival.
The following are the prime 13, and an indication of when they are scheduled to release…
“Flower”
’Flower,’ Directed by Max Winkler
Photo credit: Tribeca Film Festival
What seems like a “Juno” rip-off,...
This is Patrick switching to first person, and I was able to see 13 media and film works, and took a turn in the “Immersive” or Virtual Reality arcade (there will a separate article on that experience). I sampled TV, short films, documentaries and narrative films, and rank them from first preferred on down, but honestly I didn’t see anything that I didn’t like, which is a testament to the programmers of this iconic film festival.
The following are the prime 13, and an indication of when they are scheduled to release…
“Flower”
’Flower,’ Directed by Max Winkler
Photo credit: Tribeca Film Festival
What seems like a “Juno” rip-off,...
- 5/7/2017
- by adam@hollywoodchicago.com (Adam Fendelman)
- HollywoodChicago.com
Rebecca Miller to direct and produce comedic drama.
Steve Carell, Amy Schumer and Nicole Kidman will star in She Came To Me based on Miller’s screenplay.
The story of family and the complexities of modern life weaves together love stories and plays out against the world of contemporary opera and tugboats.
Miller will producethrough her Round Films with producing partner Damon Cardasis, alongside OddLot founder Gigi Pritzker and Rachel Shane.
Miller has written and directed Maggie’s Plan, The Private Lives Of Pippa Lee, The Ballad Of Jack And Rose, Personal Velocity, and Angela.
OddLot Entertainment recently co-produced and co-financed Taylor Sheridan’s Hell Or High Water.
The slate includes recent Sundance selection Landline, and National Geographic Channel’s first scripted series Genius, the Albert Einstein drama that receives its world premiere in Tribeca next month.
Steve Carell, Amy Schumer and Nicole Kidman will star in She Came To Me based on Miller’s screenplay.
The story of family and the complexities of modern life weaves together love stories and plays out against the world of contemporary opera and tugboats.
Miller will producethrough her Round Films with producing partner Damon Cardasis, alongside OddLot founder Gigi Pritzker and Rachel Shane.
Miller has written and directed Maggie’s Plan, The Private Lives Of Pippa Lee, The Ballad Of Jack And Rose, Personal Velocity, and Angela.
OddLot Entertainment recently co-produced and co-financed Taylor Sheridan’s Hell Or High Water.
The slate includes recent Sundance selection Landline, and National Geographic Channel’s first scripted series Genius, the Albert Einstein drama that receives its world premiere in Tribeca next month.
- 3/23/2017
- by jeremykay67@gmail.com (Jeremy Kay)
- ScreenDaily
Lin-Manuel Miranda (Photographed By: Austin Hargrave)
By: Scott Feinberg
The Hollywood Reporter
“I could not have had a happier place to go when I wasn’t in the midst of the tsunami — the wonderful tsunami — that was Hamilton,” says the actor/playwright/composer/songwriter Lin-Manuel Miranda of writing seven original songs for the Disney animated film Moana while simultaneously appearing in the biggest Broadway phenomenon in history. Hamilton, which Miranda created and starred in through last July, won 11 Tony Awards, two of which went to him personally, as did a Pulitzer Prize, a MacArthur ‘Genius Grant’ and a Grammy Award. For Moana, meanwhile, he is nominated for the best original song Oscar, for his song “How Far I’ll Go” — and if he wins, he will become only the 13th — and, at just 36, the youngest — Egot (Emmy, Grammy, Oscar and Tony winner) in history. But, as we sit down to...
By: Scott Feinberg
The Hollywood Reporter
“I could not have had a happier place to go when I wasn’t in the midst of the tsunami — the wonderful tsunami — that was Hamilton,” says the actor/playwright/composer/songwriter Lin-Manuel Miranda of writing seven original songs for the Disney animated film Moana while simultaneously appearing in the biggest Broadway phenomenon in history. Hamilton, which Miranda created and starred in through last July, won 11 Tony Awards, two of which went to him personally, as did a Pulitzer Prize, a MacArthur ‘Genius Grant’ and a Grammy Award. For Moana, meanwhile, he is nominated for the best original song Oscar, for his song “How Far I’ll Go” — and if he wins, he will become only the 13th — and, at just 36, the youngest — Egot (Emmy, Grammy, Oscar and Tony winner) in history. But, as we sit down to...
- 2/11/2017
- by Carson Blackwelder
- Scott Feinberg
In perhaps the most obvious but brilliant casting choice ever, Geoffrey Rush (“The King’s Speech”) will play Albert Einstein in “Genius,” a new series executive-produced by Brian Grazer and Ron Howard for the National Geographic Channel, which will announce its release date during a just-released Super Bowl spot.
The 45-second teaser is the channel’s first ever standalone Super Bowl spot, and will air directly following Lady Gaga’s performance. It features Rush as Einstein playing “Bad Romance” on the violin, one of her most popular songs. The final seconds of the promo show Rush at his most priceless: Tongue sticking out in imitation of Arthur Sasse’s iconic portrait of the physicist. The likeness is uncanny.
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“Genius” charts how Albert Einstein, an imaginative, rebellious patent clerk who struggled to land an academic post in his early years,...
The 45-second teaser is the channel’s first ever standalone Super Bowl spot, and will air directly following Lady Gaga’s performance. It features Rush as Einstein playing “Bad Romance” on the violin, one of her most popular songs. The final seconds of the promo show Rush at his most priceless: Tongue sticking out in imitation of Arthur Sasse’s iconic portrait of the physicist. The likeness is uncanny.
Read More: Geoffrey Rush to Play Albert Einstein in Nat Geo’s ‘Genius’ Anthology Series
“Genius” charts how Albert Einstein, an imaginative, rebellious patent clerk who struggled to land an academic post in his early years,...
- 2/3/2017
- by Jude Dry
- Indiewire
Bayona’s film scoops 12 nods, followed closely by ‘Smoke And Mirrors’ and ‘The Fury Of A Patient Man’.
The 2017 Goya award nominations were announced in Madrid today (December 14) by actors Natalia de Molina and Javier Cámara, Goya winners last year with Food And Shelter and Truman respectively. The ceremony for the 31st edition of the awards will be held on February 4.
J.A. Bayona’s A Monster Calls, which tops the box office so far in Spain this year with $27.6m (€25.9m), leads the nominations with 12 nods including best film, best director for Bayona, best adapted screenplay (for Patrick Ness who wrote the adaptation of his own novel), best supporting actress for Sigourney Weaver, best music, best cinematography, best production design and art direction. Bayona is currently in Hawaii preparing Jurassic World 2.
Two thrillers, a popular genre in Spanish cinema, scored 11 each. Smoke And Mirrors, by Alberto Rodríguez, big winner at the 2015 edition of the Goyas with Marshland...
The 2017 Goya award nominations were announced in Madrid today (December 14) by actors Natalia de Molina and Javier Cámara, Goya winners last year with Food And Shelter and Truman respectively. The ceremony for the 31st edition of the awards will be held on February 4.
J.A. Bayona’s A Monster Calls, which tops the box office so far in Spain this year with $27.6m (€25.9m), leads the nominations with 12 nods including best film, best director for Bayona, best adapted screenplay (for Patrick Ness who wrote the adaptation of his own novel), best supporting actress for Sigourney Weaver, best music, best cinematography, best production design and art direction. Bayona is currently in Hawaii preparing Jurassic World 2.
Two thrillers, a popular genre in Spanish cinema, scored 11 each. Smoke And Mirrors, by Alberto Rodríguez, big winner at the 2015 edition of the Goyas with Marshland...
- 12/14/2016
- ScreenDaily
Guests attending this year to include Bernardo Bertolucci, Don DeLillo, Ralph Fiennes.Scroll down for full line-up
The Rome Film Festival (Oct 13-23) has revealed its line-up for 2016.
The festival will present 44 films and documentaries in its official programme, selected from 26 countries.
Rome will open with Barry Jenkins’ Moonlight, which premiered in Toronto.
Further titles in the Official Selection include Gavin O’Connor’s The Accountant [pictured], starring Ben Affleck and Anna Kendrick, Nate Parker’s The Birth Of A Nation, Kenneth Lonergan’s Manchester By The Sea, and Oliver Stone’s Snowden.
The festival’s previously announced Alice In The City line-up will include John Carney’s Sing Street and Matt Ross’s Captain Fantastic.
The Everybody’s Talking About It strand, which highlights films that has generated exceptional buzz following their international debuts, will showcase Yeon Sang-ho’s Train To Busan, Michael Grandage’s Genius, David Mackenzie’s Hell Or High Water, and [link=nm...
The Rome Film Festival (Oct 13-23) has revealed its line-up for 2016.
The festival will present 44 films and documentaries in its official programme, selected from 26 countries.
Rome will open with Barry Jenkins’ Moonlight, which premiered in Toronto.
Further titles in the Official Selection include Gavin O’Connor’s The Accountant [pictured], starring Ben Affleck and Anna Kendrick, Nate Parker’s The Birth Of A Nation, Kenneth Lonergan’s Manchester By The Sea, and Oliver Stone’s Snowden.
The festival’s previously announced Alice In The City line-up will include John Carney’s Sing Street and Matt Ross’s Captain Fantastic.
The Everybody’s Talking About It strand, which highlights films that has generated exceptional buzz following their international debuts, will showcase Yeon Sang-ho’s Train To Busan, Michael Grandage’s Genius, David Mackenzie’s Hell Or High Water, and [link=nm...
- 10/4/2016
- ScreenDaily
These reviews could fit in a tweet. Presented to assuage Nathaniel's guilt from not having properly reviewed them when they arrived, though he sometimes dropped hints of his feelings in other contexts.
In Theaters
Swiss Army Man (Daniels)
Story: A suicidal man (Paul Dano) finds companionship and a new zest for life when he meets a corpse (Daniel Radcliffe)
Review: Wobbly start, Self sabotaging end. But, Oh!, those imaginative mental heights in the middle.
Grade: Middle Hour: A- / The Rest: C+
Genius (Michael Grandage)
Story: An account of the long working relationship between famed editor Max Perkins (Colin Firth) and one of his literary finds Thomas Wolfe (Jude Law). Let us not mention the women (Nicole Kidman, The Lovely Laura Linney) lest we rage again at the terrible gender politics
Review: The work of an editor is shape & rhythm, so why is a film about a great one lumpy and lead-footed?...
In Theaters
Swiss Army Man (Daniels)
Story: A suicidal man (Paul Dano) finds companionship and a new zest for life when he meets a corpse (Daniel Radcliffe)
Review: Wobbly start, Self sabotaging end. But, Oh!, those imaginative mental heights in the middle.
Grade: Middle Hour: A- / The Rest: C+
Genius (Michael Grandage)
Story: An account of the long working relationship between famed editor Max Perkins (Colin Firth) and one of his literary finds Thomas Wolfe (Jude Law). Let us not mention the women (Nicole Kidman, The Lovely Laura Linney) lest we rage again at the terrible gender politics
Review: The work of an editor is shape & rhythm, so why is a film about a great one lumpy and lead-footed?...
- 7/22/2016
- by NATHANIEL R
- FilmExperience
On this day in history as it relates to the movies...
Corey Stoll as Hemingway
1892 Maria Falconetti is born. Delivers one of the best performances ever captured on film thirty-six years later in The Passion of Joan of Arc (1928)
1899 Famous author and real 'character' Ernest Hemingway is born. In addition to his work being made into films and TV miniseries he frequently pops up as a character in cinema played by everyone from Chris O'Donnell (In Love and War) to Corey Stoll (Midnight in Paris - robbed of an Oscar nod though we honored him here) and now Dominic West (Genius) ...and that's not even the half of it.
1922 Don Knotts is born. Mugs it up in 70+ film and TV projects including Three's Company, The Apple Dumpling Gang, and The Andy Griffith Show - 5 Emmy wins for Supporting Actor thereafter until his death in 2006
1948 Steven Demetre Georgiu is born in London.
Corey Stoll as Hemingway
1892 Maria Falconetti is born. Delivers one of the best performances ever captured on film thirty-six years later in The Passion of Joan of Arc (1928)
1899 Famous author and real 'character' Ernest Hemingway is born. In addition to his work being made into films and TV miniseries he frequently pops up as a character in cinema played by everyone from Chris O'Donnell (In Love and War) to Corey Stoll (Midnight in Paris - robbed of an Oscar nod though we honored him here) and now Dominic West (Genius) ...and that's not even the half of it.
1922 Don Knotts is born. Mugs it up in 70+ film and TV projects including Three's Company, The Apple Dumpling Gang, and The Andy Griffith Show - 5 Emmy wins for Supporting Actor thereafter until his death in 2006
1948 Steven Demetre Georgiu is born in London.
- 7/21/2016
- by NATHANIEL R
- FilmExperience
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