Tag: A Wrinkle in Time
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Costume Designers Guild Awards Put ‘Bohemian Rhapsody,’ ‘Aquaman,’ ‘The Favourite’ on the Best-Dressed List
The Costume Designers Guild has nominated 15 different movies for the 21st Costume Designers Guild Awards, singling out two films about the Stuart line of English monarchs, two based in the rock and funk of the 1970s, three about superheroes and others about Abba-singing lovers, female thieves and crazy rich Asians.In the CDGA’s Excellence in…
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John Krasinski Would Like To See Who’s On The Other Side Of The Fires In ‘A Quiet Place’ Sequel
If at the beginning of 2018, you had said that the guy from “The Office” would co-write, star, and direct a film that had a bigger domestic box office than Steven Spielberg’s “Ready Player One,” Ava DuVernay’s “A Wrinkle in Time,” and The Rock’s “Rampage,” we would have laughed. But here we are, in May,…
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Ava DuVernay and Kristen Stewart added to female-majority Cannes jury
Léa Seydoux and Denis Villeneuve also join 2018 film festival panel in wake of criticism over the lack of female directors in competitionRelated: Sign up to our Film Today emailThe full competition jury for this year’s Cannes film festival has been announced, with A Wrinkle in Time director Ava DuVernay and the actor Kristen Stewart…
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‘Star Wars’: J.J. Abrams Taps Victoria Mahoney as ‘Episode IX’ Second Unit Director
J.J. Abrams has begun pre-production on “Star Wars: Episode IX” and tapped Victoria Mahoney as his second unit director, a major milestone for the franchise as its first African-American woman to serve in any directing role.Ava DuVernay, who recently directed “A Wrinkle in Time” for Disney, announced the news on her Twitter feed on Tuesday.Happy…
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‘A Quiet Place’: Why the Horror Film Roared at the Box Office
With a $50 million opening, Paramount Pictures’ “A Quiet Place” scored the second best domestic debut of 2018.A fair share of movies this year had the potential to become a blockbuster (“A Wrinkle in Time,” “Pacific Rim Uprising,” and “Ready Player One” to name a few), but until now, few have reached that level. It’s…
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A Wrinkle in Time: weird science, giant Oprah – discuss with spoilers
Disney’s family fantasy is based on a 1962 novel and centres on a mixed-race girl who is mad about science and travels alien worlds. Has it hit the right note?This article contains spoilersAfter the spectacular success of Black Panther, Disney’s expensive new family fantasy, A Wrinkle in Time, signals another milestone in Hollywood inclusion. It…
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‘Pacific Rim: Uprising’ is the New #1, and ‘I Can Only Imagine’ Continues to Soar
Finally, we have a new top-grossing film as “Pacific Rim: Uprising” made $28 million and took the reins from “Black Panther.” It’s the first weekend since early February that Disney hasn’t been #1.“Pacific Rim: Uprising” did a little better than anticipated, but that’s damning with faint praise.Worldwide it made $150 million (led by China), which…
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‘Pacific Rim: Uprising’ End’s ‘Black Panther’s’ Reign At #1 With A Lackluster Opening Weekend [Box Office]
And this is how “Black Panther’s” reign at the box office ends. Not with a bang, but with a whimpering performance from a sequel that no one cared about. “Pacific Rim: Uprising” did what Ava DuVernay’s “A Wrinkle in Time” or Lara Croft couldn’t do, it finally knocked “Black Panther” from the top of the…
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Can we all just stop banging on about diversity in films?
A Wrinkle in Time is an important moment for women of colour but the incessant fanfare undermines its significanceAva DuVernay, director of A Wrinkle In Time, spoke on the red carpet at the London premiere about how important the film was because of the diversity of the cast and crew, because the main protagonist is…
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‘A Wrinkle in Time’: Tackling VFX Was Ava DuVernay’s Most Daunting Challenge
At last year’s Ves Summit, indie-minded filmmaker Ava DuVernay (“Selma”) described how, as a black woman from Compton, she learned to overcome her fear of VFX and incorporate it into her storytelling arsenal for “A Wrinkle in Time.” This was crucial as the first woman of color to tackle a $100-million studio tentpole: “I pride…