Category: Movie News
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War film Shershaah steals show as Bollywood’s Oscars return
Ceremony held for first time since pandemic began with all-singing, all-dancing awards showWar movie Shershaah marched off with Best Picture and Best Director as Bollywood’s Oscars returned for the first time since the pandemic began with an all-singing, all-dancing awards ceremony in Abu Dhabi on Saturday.Shershaah, depicting Indian war hero Vikram Batra, who was killed…
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How the acclaimed Billy Wilder tried and failed to snub Hollywood
The new film ‘Mr Wilder & Me’ reveals how a search for funding led the director on an uneasy journey back to the central Europe he fledSome Like It Hot, Double Indemnity and The Apartment were just some of the classics that made Billy Wilder one of the most successful and lauded directors in Hollywood.But…
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Sideshow’s The Mandalorian And Grogu Premium Format Statue Balances The Force [Exclusive]
Our friends at Sideshow Collectibles have flown the Razor Crest to our home planet to deliver one of their coolest Star Wars collectibles yet: The Mandalorian and Grogu Premium Format Statue, which we were lucky enough to get to unbox. As you will see in said unboxing, this pairing of the armored lone wolf Din Djarin…
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Joel Kim Booster Auditioned for Stephanie Hsu’s ‘Everything Everywhere All at Once’ Role
The Daniels’ “Everything Everywhere All at Once” is a critical darling and a bona fide indie blockbuster, but the film has attracted almost as much attention for the casting choices it didn’t make as the ones that it did. Much has been made of the fact that Michelle Yeoh’s character was originally written for Jackie…
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‘Top Gun: Maverick’ Has a Secret Weapon Even Its Makers Didn’t Know About: A Great and Timely Villain (Hint: It’s Russia)
The striking if not really shocking success of “Top Gun: Maverick” is built around the simple fact that it’s an exquisitely executed blockbuster. It seems to have everything a commercial retro action movie would need: a prime movie star — one of the only ones left — who still knows how to fold a movie…
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‘Will-o’-the-Wisp’ Review: João Pedro Rodrigues’ Hot, Hilarious Queer Firefighter Fantasia
While the police force faces a massive task of image rehabilitation on screen, these are unexpectedly rich times at the movies for anyone with a firefighter fetish. After an unsurprisingly long wait for one film featuring a team of strapping laddermen in sensual dance formations, two have come along at once. Taking the queer emergency…
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Tales From The Box Office: Harry And The Hendersons Is The Only Bigfoot Movie That Ever Made Any Money
(Welcome to Tales from the Box Office, our column that examines box office miracles, disasters, and everything in between, as well as what we can learn from them.)From the earliest days of popular cinema, monsters have been a big draw for audiences. Just look at the classic Universal Monsters films, such as “Dracula,” “Frankenstein,” and…
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George Miller Tried to Cast Tilda Swinton in ‘Furiosa,’ Calls Actress ‘One of the Wisest People I’ve Ever Known’
George Miller went in a dramatically different direction for his “Mad Max: Fury Road” followup, opting to make “Three Thousand Years of Longing,” a two-hander starring Tilda Swinton as a woman confronted by a Djinn (Idris Elba). But now, with that film out of his system, the 77-year-old is preparing to return to the “Mad…
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The Daily Stream: Fantastic Fungi Is The Netflix Film That Says ‘Look Down’
(Welcome to The Daily Stream, an ongoing series in which the /Film team shares what they’ve been watching, why it’s worth checking out, and where you can stream it.)The Movie: “Fantastic Fungi“Where You Can Stream It: NetflixThe Pitch: You know how “Star Trek: Discovery” season 1 was based around the concept of faster-than-light travel via…
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The Boys’ Infamous Termite Sex Scene Was Inspired By A Certain Ant-Man & Thanos Meme
Warning: some truly disturbing spoilers ahead for “The Boys” season 3.”The Boys” is not a show for the faint of heart — nor is it a show to watch in your family living room, where anyone could stroll past and accidentally glimpse the untold horrors of whale explosions or splattering guts. During the premiere of…