The film is based on the memoir “Elvis and Me” by Priscilla Presley. It stars Cailee Spaeny and Jacob Elordi as Priscilla and Elvis. Production started just a few days ago in Toronto. Born Priscilla Ann Wagner in 1945, she was 14 when she met then-24-year-old Elvis during his military service in Germany. They ended up getting married I 1967, and had one daughter, Lisa Marie Presley. A24 will distribute “Priscilla”....
In a 2006 interview with The Paris Review, King described Kubrick as having “no sense of emotional investment in the [Torrance] family whatsoever,” also adding that he “hated” the final result. “It’s certainly beautiful to look at: gorgeous sets, all those Steadicam shots,” King continued. “I used to call it a Cadillac with no engine in it. You can’t do anything with it except admire it as sculpture. You’ve taken away its primary purpose, which is to tell a story....
Steven Spielberg (The Fabelmans) is definitely in. That’s honestly the only lock I have right now. Maybe Todd Field (TÁR) as well. Martin McDonagh (The Banshees of Inisherin) is almost there, but he was snubbed in 2017 for ‘Three Billboards.’ The rest is all up in the air. With “Babylon” polarizing industry attendees last night, Spielberg might very well win his third Oscar for his most personal film. I mean, is there anyone else who can actually compete against him this year?...
The film is an adaptation of Kotaro Isaka‘s novel of the same name, the book is a darkly satirical thriller dealing with a suitcase full of money and the assassins on the hunt for it. A test screening happened in the West Coast last August. What I can confirm is that both people I’ve spoken to, who were at the “Bullet Train” test-run, absolutely loved it. Leitch is primarily known as an action director, he kickstarted his career with 2014’s “John Wick,” and followed that one up with “Deadpool 2” and “Atomic Blonde....
From Kanye going for the Presidency and then literally losing his mind on Twitter, to the Black Lives Matter riots/protests, to the catastrophic pandemic that has invaded our planet for the past 5 months and counting, all I want is for this nightmare to be over, but closure won’t be coming any time soon. We’re in this for the long haul. 2020 has been one hell of a bad trip....
Here are ten movies—all released within the last 10 years—that tried to change the game, succeeded and made it a lovely day for blockbusters. Contribute Hire me Advertise Donate Team Contact Privacy Policy
Vanity Fair is predicting Hirsch might win the Oscar, it’s even in their headline, “Judd Hirsch Might Win an Oscar For This Scene”. Almost every pundit believes Ke Huy Quan has it in the bag. Not so fast. “The Fabelmans” is 150 minutes, and yet the moments you remember most is the monologue Hirsch delivers to Sammy. In case you’re wondering, the Supporting Actor race is VERY WEAK this year and basically down to Ke Huy Quan (Everything Everywhere All At Once), Brendan Gleeson (The Banshees of Inisherin), Judd Hirsch (The Fabelmans), Brad Pitt (Babylon), Barry Keoghan (The Banshees of Inisherin), Eddie Redmayne (The Good Nurse) and, ugh, Ben Whishaw (Women Talking)....
Agnès Varda, the legendary nouvelle vague filmmaker of such greats as “Cleo From 5 to 7, “ “Vagabond, “ and “Faces Places” has sadly passed into the ether at age 90. A statement (via the Guardian) from her family reads, “The director and artist Agnès Varda died at her home on the night of Thursday, March 29, of complications from cancer. She was surrounded by her family and friends.”...
Honestly speaking, I expected this. Today’s S&S/BFI poll results make sense. We knew that this list would be so much less well versed in film history given the abhorrent freefall of English film criticism over the last decade. It’s the death of film criticism and the upheaval of political readings of films. Earlier this year, I begged voters not to politicize the Sight and Sound poll. I felt like it was not just a possibility, but a potential inevitable, that voters would blur the lines between politics and cinema history....
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For those who have yet to begin their university experience, the more pressing question may be to figure out how to create a university experience like those in the movies. With there being so many TV shows and movies that celebrate the independence and excitement of our college years, it hardly comes as a surprise that many students are eager to recreate the university experience that they’ve encountered in the media....
I am not sure exactly what happened with the post-production of De Palma’s film, but what I do know is that this once had a De Palma cut that was deemed so good that it was rumored to appear at Cannes last year. The release date announcement for “Domino” says that it is going to select theaters and VOD on the same day as its theatrical run. A bad sign of quality....
The overdub was due to Kilmer’s throat cancer surgery, which left his vocal chords in a totally demolished state. Kilmer even confirmed, in a Reddit AMA five months ago, that following “a healing of cancer,” he had a swollen tongue which made his voice sound… peculiar. In our review for “The Snowman” this is what was said of Kilmer’s performance: “The most baffling element in front of the camera is Val Kilmer....
I was going to wait until the New York Film Festival to post my thoughts on “All the Beauty and the Bloodshed,” but I’ll briefly say it’s VERY GOOD. It effortlessly meshes both of its storylines and becomes an indelibly realized portrait of grief, corruption and personal freedom. I believe in a stronger year for fall films it might not have won, but this year feels like one where such a movie should win the Golden Lion....
Todd Field’s “TÁR” seems to be the critical darling this year, so it’s not that surprising to see it top this poll. Ditto Martin McDonagh’s “The Banshees of Inisherin” another critically championed film. Also, Ruben Ostlund’s “Triangle of Sadness” seems to be really loved over here — taste! Some of the more surprising inclusions included three films in the top 20 that received a bad rep from critics: “Blonde” (#9), “Babylon” (#10) and “Bardo” (#17)....
Today comes the trailer for Malick’s latest opus. “A Hidden Life” will be released in theaters on December 13th. As Oscar-ready a release date as it gets. And yet, I cannot see it getting any Oscar noms, beyond maybe Score and Cinematography. It’s too pompous, too self-indulgent to make a difference in 2019. We did get this very nice poster. Contribute Hire me Advertise Donate Team Contact Privacy Policy
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Why is it that every single Jurassic Park movie since the original has been ABSOLUTELY TERRIBLE. Ok, maybe Spielberg’s “The Lost World” was a passable affair, but the rest of them? Almost unwatchable. ‘Dominion’ has a Razzie-worthy 38 on Metacritic. On Rotten Tomatoes, it’s at 40% with 111 reviews already in. That means 44 critics actually approve of the mediocrity director Collin Trevorrow has unleashed on the moviegoing public....
“Onward,” Pixar’s return to the original story managed around a $40M debut domestically, as it appears to have delivered on the lower side of expectations despite highly positive critical and audience scores (96% audience score on Rotten Tomatoes). To compare it to Pixar’s last large original outing, 2017’s “Coco” debuted to around $72M. However, it was a thanksgiving release. Internationally, the medieval fantasy animation starring Chris Pratt and Tom Holland brought in $28M, giving it around a $70M start, no doubt lower than Pixar would like but not a disastrous start for Disney....
Ritchie is going back to his roots with “The Gentleman,” which stars Matthew McConaughey, Hugh Grant, Colin Farrell, Charlie Hunnam, Michelle Dockery, Jeremy Strong, and Henry Golding. The just-released trailer has McConaughey’s Mickey Pearson, who’s built a marijuana empire in London, trying to cash out of the business forever. This sets off a series of events that include bribery and blackmail in an attempt to steal his domain out from under him....
