Category: Movie News
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‘We had a therapist on set’ – William Jackson Harper on The Underground Railroad
The Good Place star plays a free man helping slaves to escape in Barry Jenkins’ epic series. The actor talks about the trauma of re-enacting such violent times – and the need to face up to historyWhen he was a child growing up in Texas in the 1980s, William Jackson Harper went to a show…
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‘Wrath Of Man’ hits $18m at international box office; ‘Those Who Wish Me Dead’ begins rollout
Top international market for Wrath Of Man is Russia/Cis, with an estimated $10m after three weekends of play.Jason Statham actioner ‘Wrath Of Man’ strong in Russia, AustraliaWith Guy Ritchie’s Wrath Of Man now playing in nine international territories, Miramax has started to release figures for the title: $17.6m so far. The Jason Statham actioner also…
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China Box Office: Zhang Yimou’s ‘Cliff Walkers’ Strides Back Into Top Spot
Zhang Yimou’s spy thriller “Cliff Walkers” strode into first place this weekend at the China box office with a $24.3 million score, bringing its cumulative total up to $118 million, according to data from consultancy Artisan Gateway.It more than tripled the gross of “My Love,” the melodramatic rom-com that had outpaced it last week for…
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Korea Box Office: ‘The Croods’ Gets Boost From Children’s Day Public Holiday
Newly released “The Croods: A New Age” jostled with two previously-released titles to form a triumvirate at the top of the South Korean box office over the weekend of May 7-9, 2021.But after a sprightly Wednesday, which was a national holiday, the weekend numbers were weak. Aggregate takings between Friday and Sunday were a lowly…
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Seth Rogen Says He Doesn’t Plan to Work With James Franco After Sexual Misconduct Allegations
Seth Rogen has spoken out about his professional relationship with frequent co-star and collaborator James Franco, saying that he has no plans to work with him following allegations of sexually inappropriate behavior.In an interview with The Sunday Times, Rogen addressed the allegations, as well as his 2014 “Saturday Night Live” opening monologue, where he joked…
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Gal Gadot Confirms Joss Whedon ‘Threatened My Career’ During ‘Justice League’ Reshoots
Gal Gadot has been clear about the fact that her experience reshooting the DC epic “Justice League” under Joss Whedon wasn’t a great one. A Hollywood Reporter story published last month reported that Whedon went as far as promising to do damage to Gadot’s career as DC superstar between his film and “Wonder Woman.” Gadot…
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Zack Snyder Talks Provoking SnyderCut Fans & The Fear Of Getting Sued By Warner Bros. Over The Campaign
Zack Snyder‘s 4-hour behemoth version of “Justice League” was released back in March on HBO Max, and the filmmaker can now focus on promoting his Netflix zombie franchise starter “Army of The Dead,” releasing later this month in both theaters and on streaming.Read More: ‘Army Of The Dead’: Netflix Strikes Major Deal With Cinemark To…
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With Jason Statham’s ‘Wrath of Man’ at #1, It’s Another Testosterone Weekend at the Box Office
So far, we know that the post-pandemic theatrical audiences likes testosterone action movies and animated family films. This weekend, Guy Ritchie’s “Wrath of Man” became the latest R-rated action-based film to see credible results with $8.1 million against little in the way of competition. Only in a year like this one would it reach theaters…
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Elon Musk’s ‘Saturday Night Live’ Had Everybody and Their Mother But Only a Couple Great Sketches
Well, Saturday Night Live was hosted by Elon Musk this weekend, and it went about as well as you’d expect when a billionaire business magnate without any real performance experience or natural charisma hosts a sketch comedy show. That’s not to say it was downright terrible. In fact, it went a little better than I…
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‘Undergods’ Review: Chino Moya’s Striking Vision of an Upside-Down Future
In the opening scene of Chino Moya’s grimmer-than-Grimm dystopian fairy tale collection, “Undergods,” a pair of grungy near-future garbagemen scour the ruins of a ghostly former metropolis looking for bodies. Like the Black Plague cleanup crew in “Monty Python and the Holy Grail” — the occasionally too-efficient “bring out your dead!” guys — it doesn’t…