Category: Movie News
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‘I think therefore I scam!’ The lost masterpiece about the con artist who did 36 successful hysterectomies
Chameleon Street, a true-crime comedy about the fraudster who passed as a lawyer, a surgeon and even a basketball-player, fell foul of a racist Hollywood. Can it now be a hit? We speak to its directorWhen he won the grand jury prize at the 1990 Sundance film festival for his debut picture Chameleon Street, Wendell…
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Bollywood Air Force Epic ‘Fighter’ Tops Global Box Office With $25 Million Weekend Haul
Viacom18 and Marflix’s Bollywood actioner “Fighter” was the highest grossing film of the weekend at the global box office, with box office revenues of $25.1 million, according to data from ComScore.The film, directed by Siddharth Anand, whose previous film, Shah Rukh Khan starrer “Pathaan,” was one of the biggest Indian hits of 2023, stars Bollywood…
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‘Yumi’s Cells’ Animated Feature to Launch at European Film Market (Exclusive)
A feature-length fully-animated version of smash hit Korean series “Yumi’s Cells” will launch next month at the European Film Market in Berlin. International rights to the property were picked up by Barunson E&a, part of the Korean Barunson conglomerate that also produced Oscar-winning live-action film “Parasite.”“Yumi’s Cells: The Movie” is a 3D feature animation based…
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Blue Giant review – electrifying animation captures the ecstasy of live music
A sublime score from Hiromi Uehara drives this coming-of-age-anime, which brings three young jazz musicians to life with spectacular imageryIs jazz dead? Yuzuru Tachikawa’s Blue Giant certainly begs to differ. Following three 18-year-old boys who doggedly pursue their musical dreams, the film hits the familiar beats of the coming-of-age anime, yet it also deviates from…
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‘Anyone But You’ rises to second in global box office chart; India’s ‘Fighter’ takes top spot
Worldwide box office January 26-28 RankFilm (distributor)3-day (world)Cume (world) 3-day (int’l)Cume (int’l) Territories 1. Fighter (various) $24.6m $25.1m $20.8m $20.8m 23 2. Anyone But You (Sony) $19m $126.6m $14.2m $55.4m 49 3. The Beekeeper (MGM) $18.3m $104.2m $10.9m $61.9m 62 4. Wonka (Warner Bros)$13.7m $552.1m $7.8m $356.9m 78 5. Poor Things (Disney) $13m $51.1m $10m…
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Sandra Hüller on Speaking Out Against Fascism, Scrapped ‘Anatomy of a Fall’ Sex Scene and Oscar Nomination: ‘I Find Myself Giggling in the Morning’
The line sprawling along the corridors and staircases of De Doelen, the heart of the International Film Festival Rotterdam, alerted passersby that there was a star in town. The actor in question? German thesp Sandra Hüller, at the festival to support Jonathan Glazer’s “The Zone of Interest” and to give an in-depth talk about her…
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Box Office: ‘Mean Girls’ Threepeating on Top as January Goes Out With a Whimper
With no new wide releases this weekend, theater traffic is reaching a near halt to mark the end of January. “Mean Girls” looks to lead domestic charts once again, while the crop of freshly Oscar-nominated features look to extend their big screen runs armed with renewed new awards buzz. Universal’s release of Apple’s star-studded action-comedy…
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Blumhouse to Curate Horror Exhibit in Colorado Hotel That Inspired ‘The Shining’
Jason Blum is preparing to expand his horror empire into the museum world.The CEO of Blumhouse, who has produced horror hits ranging from “Paranormal Activity” to “Five Nights at Freddy’s,” has announced plans to develop a horror exhibit at the the Stanley Hotel in Estes Park, Colorado. The hotel famously served as Stephen King’s inspiration…
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Paul Mescal Can’t Wait to Sing in ‘Merrily We Roll Along,’ Says Richard Linklater’s Musical Is ‘The Whole Shebang’
Richard Linklater’s ongoing fascination with the passage of time has seen him use lengthy shooting schedules to make some of the most beloved independent films of the last quarter century. He famously spent a decade shooting “Boyhood” in order to accurately showcase the process of his actors aging, and the 18-year gap between “Before Sunrise”…
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Slamdance 2024 Announces Winners, The Accident and Inheritance Take Top Prizes
The 2024 Slamdance Film Festival, which returned this year to its original home at the Doubletree Park City, announced the winners of its Sparky Awards on Friday. Giuseppe Garau’s Inheritance, an Appalachia-set film dealing with the opioid epidemic. Kiarash Dadgar, whose short film The Steak played the festival, was awarded the Agbo Fellowship, which comes…