Category: Movie News
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Baz Luhrmann, flamboyant director of Moulin Rouge! and Romeo and Juliet, turns focus to Elvis
Australian director’s biopic about the singing legend to be unveiled at Cannes film festival next weekWhat do you get if you cross an Australian ballroom dancing teacher with the owner of a little cinema? Genetically speaking, the answer comes in the flamboyant shape of Baz Luhrmann, the music-loving director of Strictly Ballroom and Moulin Rouge!,…
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Everything Everywhere All at Once review – multiverse madness with meaning
Michelle Yeoh has fun playing a laundrette owner transported into ever more baffling parallel worlds in this unusually touching indie sci-fiLast week, Jamie Lee Curtis sparked “internet feud” headlines when she gleefully declared on social media that her new film “out marvels any Marvel movie”. The multiverse-themed Everything Everywhere All At Once has indeed been…
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A.R. Rahman’s Directorial Debut ‘Le Musk’ to Premiere at Cannes Xr (Exclusive)
“Le Musk,” the directorial debut of Oscar, BAFTA and Grammy winning Indian composer A.R. Rahman (“Slumdog Millionaire”), will have its world premiere at the Cannes Film Market’s Cannes Xr program.The 36-minute film is billed as a cinematic sensory experience incorporating virtual reality, with motion, music and scent integrated into the narrative. It follows heiress and…
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Eurovision Winners Maneskin to Feature on Baz Luhrmann’s ‘Elvis’ Soundtrack
Eurovision 2021 winners Maneskin are set to make an appearance on the soundtrack to Baz Luhrmann’s highly-anticipated Elvis biopic.The Italian band revealed the collaboration during their triumphant return to the Eurovision Song Contest grand final in Turin, Italy on Saturday night.The group, composed of Damiano David, bassist Victoria De Angelis, guitarist Thomas Raggi, and drummer…
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Daniel Craig Was Reportedly Supposed To Be One Of The Illuminati In ‘Doctor Strange In The Multiverse Of Madness’
By now, you’ve likely seen Marvel’s “Doctor Strange In The Multiverse of Madness,” or you wouldn’t be reading this. Or at least, you shouldn’t; this is your final, *spoilers ahead* warning.This film has crossed the 550 million mark worldwide and is set to make another 60-something million this weekend domestically, and if all goes well,…
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Year Of The Vampire: The Hunger Is A Deceptively Gorgeous Movie About Grooming
(Welcome to Year of the Vampire, a series examining the greatest, strangest, and sometimes overlooked vampire movies of all time in honor of “Nosferatu,” which turns 100 this year.)Trigger Warning: Be advised that this article deals with issues of assault and grooming. If you are a survivor there are resources available. The atmospheric horror thriller “The…
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‘Firestarter’: Michael Greyeyes Saw His Performance as Way to ‘Take the Role Back’
Actor Michael Greyeyes has long been a fan of Stephen King, so when he was offered the role of Rainbird, a tracker meant to find a young girl with the ability to spontaneously start fires, in the remake of “Firestarter” he was eager. But the character comes with a lot of baggage.When the original “Firestarter”…
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Mortal Kombat’s Creators Couldn’t Believe Anyone Would Want To Make It A Movie
“Mortal Kombat” is one of the best fighting games out there. It’s silly, and ridiculous, and bloody, and it’s so much fun! As someone who’s been playing the title since it first came out, I love every goofy thing about it, from fatalities, to the weird ways the characters attack each other, to the look…
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Tales From The Box Office: 20 Years Ago, Attack Of The Clones Set A Low Bar For Star Wars
There was a really dark period for “Star Wars” fans that occurred between 1983 and 1997. It was after “Return of the Jedi” hit theaters and before the Special Editions were released in theaters. There was virtually nothing big happening with the franchise. Sure, this period gave us Grand Admiral Thrawn in the “Heir to…
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Charlize Theron Shares Behind-The-Scenes Look At Her Marvel Cinematic Universe Debut
Note: This article contains spoilers for “Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness.””Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness” is a Marvel movie that doesn’t exactly feel like a Marvel movie. Sure, it has all the connective tissue that Marvel Cinematic Universe films are duty-bound to have, but horror filmmaker Sam Raimi delights in derailing…