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In a new interview with the DragCast podcast (via Comicbook.com), Ridley tackles ‘The Rise of Skywalker,’ the final film of the Disney trilogy, which was met with a major shrug by critics and audiences alike. However, although Ridley does believe that most fans appear to like the final film (I digress), she admits not understanding why a vocal contingent ended up acting all nasty towards the film: In my review of “The Rise of Skywalker” I wrote: She continued, “I watched the documentary, the making-of, this week, and it’s so filled with love; and I think it’s that tricky thing of when you’re part of something that is so filled with love and then people…You know, everyone’s entitled to not like something but it feels like it’s changed slightly....

“Unless you’re making a tentpole movie that has a Happy Meal component to it, no one’s interested,” Fincher explained. The filmmaker also admits that “it’s not particularly a smart business plan to make a love letter to another movie that’s on [rival streaming service] HBO Max… But, listen, if we only did the stuff that was smart, there’d probably only be Marvel and ‘Star Wars’ and ‘Jurassic Park’ movies.” “There’s really only two seasons for movies,” Fincher said....

The question now remains whether this this be an end of 2022 release. Fincher has 9 months to edit the damn thing, but we all know he takes an obsessively lengthy time in the editing room. My bet is the film skips the fall festivals and get released in November. That’s my hunch. Fincher seems to love shooting his films in the dead of winter. Much like “The Killer,” previous films such as “Gone Girl,” and “The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo” started in November/December and wrapped up around the same time only to be released the following November/December....

“I read the Variety review because I’m a weak person,” Mulligan told Buchanan. “And I took issue with it. It felt like it was basically saying that I wasn’t hot enough to pull off this kind of ruse.” Here’s the excerpt from Harvey’s review that irked Mulligan: “Mulligan, a fine actress, seems a bit of an odd choice as this admittedly many-layered apparent femme fatale. Margot Robbie is a producer [of Promising Young Woman], and one can (perhaps too easily) imagine the role might once have been intended for her....

If the latter was a female perspective on adolescence, “Mid90s” is Hill’s teenage male version. Focusing on the plight of 13-year-old Stevie (Sunny Suljic), tormented by his older brother (a surprisingly threatening performance by Lucas Hedges), and deciding to take a crack at hanging with the cool kids at a skateboarding store, Hill’s debut shows real promise for the craft. Clocking in at just 80 minutes, this debut should have trimmed the film’s final twist and will surely be compared to Larry Clark’s “Kids,” but that would be unfair to the film’s pleasures which come through with Hill’s camera having a birds-eye-view approach on the surroundings....

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When discussing “The Graduate,” his first starring role, Life magazine joked that “if Dustin Hoffman’s face were his fortune, he’d be committed to a life of poverty”. Well, it turns out that Hoffman became one of the greats, what else would make of a filmography that includes The Graduate, Midnight Cowboy, Little Big Man, Straw Dogs, Papillon, Lenny, All the Presidents Men, Marathon Man, Straight Time, Kramer v Kramer, Tootsie, and Rain Man....

Morris has been criticized for not being tough enough on Bannon in this doc, but I say phooey. Morris not only calls Bannon “racist,” “evil,” and “scary” to his face, but he’s also there to counterbalance and debate him throughout. I saw “American Dharma” at the Toronto International Film Festival last year and, suffice to say, I was floored by it, disturbed if you will, by its talking head Bannon....

Akbari appears in “Ten” for a good half hour of screentime, she’s the lead actress of the film. She’s now published an op-ed in the Greek media LadyLike where she accuses Kiarostami of not only raping her, but having not even directed “Ten.” She accuses Kiarostami of plagiarism, stating that he edited her own shot footage shot into the film without her permission. Akbari says she is no longer comfortable with people screening the film and had to break her silence....

What is a Review? A review is a small critical work of journalistic orientation, which contains brief but sufficient for understanding information, the author’s analysis, and certain conclusions. In other words, it is in itself a complete work of a certain genre. Do not confuse a review with a simple description, with a brief retelling, adaptation, pamphlet, and so on - these are separate genres. Also, we will not touch on such an area as a review of scientific work - this is one of the types of academic and scientific activities....

“Martin Scorsese is one of my five favorite living filmmakers,” Gunn responded on Twitter. “I was outraged when people picketed ‘The Last Temptation of Christ’ without having seen the film. I’m saddened that he’s now judging my films in the same way. That said, I will always love Scorsese, be grateful for his contribution to cinema, and can’t wait to see ‘The Irishman.’” This is where I use the sad emoji to express my artificial sympathy for Gunn who, alongside many young and talented filmmakers, has sold his artistic soul to Marvel and the Disney monopoly over the last decade....

Case in point; Jessica Chastain. The “Zero Dark Thirty” actress recently took to social media to praise Phoenix’s work as Arthur Fleck: “It’s one of the greatest pieces of acting that I’ve ever seen” She said, adding “My mouth was dropped open in the theatre as it played. It left me shook.” I agree with Chastain. So much so that in a recent podcast I did with Hollywood-Elsewhere’s Jeffrey Wells, I acknowledged my belief that the Best Actor Oscar in 2020 will be Phoenix’s to lose....

Joe Wright’s “Woman in the Window,” a thriller starring Amy Adams, and an adaptation of the bestselling novel of the same name, has had its upcoming fall release delayed until 2020 by Disney (who own the movie after the Fox purchase). According to THR, “Woman in the Window” will no longer be released in October because it is going back into production for reshoots due to, get this, the third act needing more clarification....

The Ballad of Buster Scruggs Near Algodones Meal Ticket All Gold Canyon As he pans for gold, and finally finds it, Waits’ scraggly, mumbling character is eventually dealt a peculiar blow to the senses. Waits, a legendary singer-songwriter, and sometimes actor, is perfectly cast in this hypnotic story of the greed and solitude that arose during the California gold rush. It turns out to be the most laidback and quirky-less chapter of the whole film....

“I can promise you this,” Spacey says in the video “If I didn’t pay the price for the things we both know I did do, I’m certainly not going to pay the price for the things that I didn’t do.”And now, Spacey has turned to delivering pizza to the paparazzi camped outside his Baltimore mansion. In photos published by The Daily Mail, Spacey delivered the ‘za as he was wearing a “Retired Since 2017” baseball cap....

Spacey is set to star in his first film since the sexual assault allegations surfaced, filmmakers confirmed with ABC News. The Italian film, called “L’uomo Che Disegno Dio” (“The Man Who Drew God") will be directed by Franco Nero. It will be shot in Italy and also star Nero’s wife, Vanessa Redgrave, sources said. “I’m very happy Kevin agreed to participate in my film,” Nero told ABC News. “I consider him a great actor and I can’t wait to start the movie....

Set in 1917, Berger decides to take the bird’s eye view on things in his brutal depiction of the First World War. Following the enemy, German troops who have no idea what they signed up for, the film’s first 100 or so minutes are so hypnotic and so effervescently horrific that you forgive its unneeded and pedantic last stretch. The film clocks in at about 140 minutes (credits not included)....

This was in response to Scorsese being asked about his four-hour cut of “The Wolf of Wall Street,” (Scorsese’s editor Thelma Schoomaker has spoken highly of it) which is the only director’s cut known to exist of any of Scorsese’s movies — although I bet that original cut of “Gangs of New York,” which was shown to a few journalists in 2001 including Hollywood-Elswhere’s Jeffrey Wells, must still be hidden in a vault somewhere....

Wikipedia: “Originally scheduled to be released in October 2016 by Warner Bros., the film was delayed numerous times to work on the visual effects and to create space between itself and the April 2016 release of Disney’s own Jungle Book adaptation. In July 2018, Warner Bros. sold the rights for the film to Netflix.” Not a good sign that Warner Bros. sold this to Netflix, probably due to total lack of confidence with the film....

A few weeks ago, “Hustle” was the first DVD screener to get sent out to voters and critics. I got it in the mail, although the film is also free to stream on Netflix. Sandler’s performance is not quite a peak (“Uncut Gems” “Punch-Drunk Love”), but it’s probably the third best of his career. The movie itself is also quite entertaining. On 06.13.22 I wrote that Adam Sandlers proves again that he’s actually a great actor....