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Keslassy also liked Dern’s performance. Its absence from Telluride and New York was a bit concerning, but Elsa seems to be indicating that this is a keeper. Again, just one person’s opinion, but we’ll take whatever we can get before the fests commence next week. Hugh Jackman and Laura Dern star in Florian Zeller’s sophomore effort, after his triumphant Oscar-winning “The Father.” Adapted by Zeller from his own acclaimed stage play, “The Son” is being released in October....

He continued, “It’s clear that many films — especially international ones — will not come accompanied by talent who won’t be willing, or able, to come.” Barbera also says that “a real collaboration with the Cannes Film Festival” is a possibility and that it would represent “a form of solidarity towards the film community that is undergoing an unprecedented tough time.” The main reading I have from this interview is that Barbera seems to be hinting at a more euro-centric edition of the fest, with American movies taking a backseat for more local titles....

If anything, “Bloodshot proved that Vin Diesel wasn’t immune to failing at the box-office. After all, we expect an actor of his stature to deposit numbers equal to his biggest hits such as ”xXx,” “Fast & Furious,” “Guardians of the Galaxy,” “The Avengers: Endgame,” and “Riddick.” As Forbes recently put it, “over the course of his 22-year career, Diesel starred in four of the 46 movies to ever eclipse $1 billion worldwide: “Avengers: Infinity War,” “Avengers: Endgame,” “Fate of the Furious and Furious 7....

“September is a good month to be in Paris. It’s a great time to shoot a film here, the light is at its best,” Storaro told Corriere. There is currently no set title for the film, shot entirely in French, for now its working title is WASP22 aka Woody Allen Summer Project 2022. Storaro mentions that official titles usually come to Allen only after shooting and editing has ended. Storaro is mum on what the plot of WASP22 will be about, “I know the story, but, with Woody, secrecy is a must....

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Much like Bier’s film, the plot revolves around Isabel (Williams) working at a badly unfunded Indian orphanage. Opportunity strikes when Theresa (Moore), a wealthy entrepreneur about to sell her company, has decided to finance Isabel’s center. However, for the donation to be completed, Isabel needs to come to New York to personally meet with Theresa. The meeting eventually leads to Theresa inviting Isabel to the wedding of her daughter Grace (Abby Quinn) ....

Disney is coming off a year in which some of its biggest blockbusters entirely skipped theaters and went straight to their ever-growing Disney+ streaming service — those titles include “Soul,” “Artemis Fowl.” “Hamilton,” “Mulan,” and this past March’s “Raya and the Dragon.” This has begged many to ask the obvious question; Is this just the beginning of a streaming onslaught for the Mouse House? ‘ Well, we got our answer today....

Dolan has been a polarizing figure for many cinephiles these last few years. After surprising the film world, in his mid-20s to boot, with well-received fare such as “Laurence Anyways,” “Mommy,” and “Tom at the Farm,” the way he has concocted his movies ever since has been polarizing at best for critics and audiences. It all started with 2016’s “It’s Only the End of the World,” a film that won the Grand Jury Prize at Cannes but not without being dubbed one of the worst movies to ever be awarded at the festival....

And the ensemble nature of the movie is what the first of the four pictures gives us, as the likes of Plemons (Chuckie O’Brien), De Niro (Frank Sheeran), Pacino (Jimmy Hoffa) and Ray Romano (Bill Bufalino) reportedly stand riddled with shock at the news of JFK’s assassination. With a confirmed run time of 3hr 30m, there will be ample opportunity to see some of cinemas finest actors take centre stage once again....

The crux of the film is about the slow recovery of one of the victims of the attack, who was shot twice, lost an eye and gradually learned to walk again. Greengrass focuses on the emotional and physical trauma of the young teenager for most of the film. The director’s well-known frenetic camerawork is back as well, especially when the film focuses on the attacks in the first few minutes of the film, but after that, it’s mostly about recovery and humanizing the shooter, the latter of which is exactly what he wanted....

Rose Glass’ impressive directorial debut, “Saint Maud,” concerns a palliative care nurse (Morfydd Clark) whose latest patient is dying dancer Amanda (Jennifer Ehle). Amanda, a not-very -religious cynic, lives in an old house on top of a hill overlooking the local English town. Maud deals with her moods admirably well, and the patient notices that. A strange and coldly-distanced bond forms. Maud is militantly Catholic. You’d almost think she’s a nun by the way she’s deeply ingrained in her beliefs....

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Bob Odenkirk will, of course, return as Jimmy McGill aka Saul Goodman, ditto the consummately talented supporting actors such as Jonathan Banks, Rhea Seehorn and Giancarlo Esposito. “Better Call Saul” has become an indisputably great show and confirms Gilligan as one of the few visionaries who seems to have decided to concentrate the thick of his career on a central world in his storytelling. The series is a significant achievement because of its focus on character and the subtle dilemmas that Gilligan seems to expand on with every season....

“Better Call Saul” has become an indisputably great show and confirms Gilligan as one of the few visionaries who seems to have decided to concentrate the thick of his career on a central world in his storytelling. With all that being said, Giancarlo Esposito, who plays Gus Fring on ‘Saul,’ says that the end is near for the show. “It’s tricky with [co-creator Vince Gilligan],” Esposito told Collider. “If you look at the “Breaking Bad” model, he said five years, five seasons, but it was really five and six” with the split final season....

After winning the Palme d’Or in 2018 for “Shoplifters”, Japanese writer-director Hirokazu Kore-eda made a film in France (“The Truth”) and now one in Korea. Both mediocre. This is another miss for Kore-eda; dull and maudlin at turns, “Broker” is a very American-influenced road trip movie by the Japanese filmmaker, so much so that I wouldn’t be that surprised if a Hollywood remake does eventually occur. Then again, why even remake it?...

Al Capone’s syphilitic and dementia-ridden state is at the core of Trank’s “comeback vehicle”— a wild, messy, and surreal fever dream, which has Capone slowly losing control of his mind, and bowels movements, in the most bizarrely inappropriate ways. Tackling the last days of a syphilitic and debilitated Al Capone, and set sometime between 1946 and 1947, “Capone” is very much a gangster film, but one about post-crime ageism. “The Irishman” this ain’t, but who seriously thought this film would ever soar to those kinds of Scorsesian heights?...

“Get ready to jingle some bells and deck the halls with boughs of Bruce Willis,” the narrator says. Going on to add “Stylish and cool Hans Gruber (Alan Rickman) is in Los Angeles as well for the holiday season, but he’s not there to give out presents.” So, does that make it official? Is “Die Hard” officially a Christmas classic along the lines of “It’s a Wonderful Life” and “A Christmas Story”?...

First things first, check out the reviews, yikes! A 53 on Metacritic and a 63% on Rotten Tomatoes. Know what? It can still get a Best Picture nomination. The industry power of McKay and that cast are very hard to ignore. As for my thoughts on the film, it’s the absolute perfect product for Netflix to premiere during the holidays. The film is a mix of dumb comedy and social-conscious drama....

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Peter Farrelly’s “Green Book” has won Best Picture at the Oscars, and it wholeheartedly deserves it. That is, if you want to reward the film that most delighted audiences out of the 8 nominees. Its 8.3 IMDB user rating and A+ CinemaScore was far better than any of the other nominated movies in the category. However, within moments of “Green Book” winning the Oscar, the Los Angeles Times published a story by critic Justin Chang with the the headline: “‘Green Book’ is the worst best picture winner since ‘Crash....