Tag: Assassination Nation
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Asking For It Trailer: The Battle Of The Sexes Gets A Body Count
The battle of the sexes it about to get a lot bloodier in “Asking for It,” the feature debut of writer/director Eamon O’Rourke. The film follows a group of vigilante women who call themselves the Cherry Bombers and seek revenge on rapists, abusers, and the corrupt systems that empower them. “tick, tick…Boom!” star Vanessa Hudgens leads an all-star…
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‘Malcolm and Marie’ Cinematographer Marcell Rév Breaks Down Key Scenes
Hungarian cinematographer Marcell Rév is a long-time collaborator of “Malcolm & Marie” writer-director Sam Levinson. The pair first worked together on Levinson’s feature debut “Assassination Nation” and continued into the hit HBO series “Euphoria.” For their latest, most intimate feat, a two-hander starring Zendaya and John David Washington as a couple confronting their turbulent relationships…
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‘Euphoria’ Review: Zendaya’s Provocative Series Mixes Bleak Teen Drama with HBO’s Prestige Polish
From Romeo and Juliet to Rebel Without a Cause and The Outsiders to Larry Clarke, Harmony Korine, and Greg Araki’s Doom Generation: the kids have never been alright. Especially when they’re on a stage or screen. But Euphoria, HBO’s first foray into young adult programming, takes the terror and tragedy of coming-of-age drama to the…
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Bella Thorne Starring in Sci-Fi Horror Movie ‘Friendship Game’
Bella Thorne will star in science-fiction horror movie “The Friendship Game,” directed by Scooter Corkle.Daniel Bekerman of Scythia Films is the producer. CAA and Tannaz Anisi’s 13 Films are launching sales at the Cannes Film Festival, which opens May 14. Production will start in August in Vancouver.Corkle is direction from a script by Damien Ober,…
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Up-and-Comer of the Month: ‘Assassination Nation’ Star Hari Nef
On January 22, following a screening of Assassination Nation at the Sundance Film Festival, I tweeted, “Hari Nef really impressed me in this film.” Well, it turns out, I wasn’t the only one. Sam Levinson’s femme-powered revenge movie left Park City with the biggest deal of the festival ($10 million to Neon), while Nef emerged…
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Starry ‘Colette’ and ‘The Sisters Brothers’ Ignite Fall Specialty Box Office
The specialized fall season, rife with awards contenders, launched in earnest this weekend. Two limited openings — “Colette” (Bleecker Street) with Keira Knightley as the legendary writer and western “The Sisters Brothers” (Annapurna), the first English-language film from director Jacques Audiard — notched bigger grosses than any platform debuts since early July.This weekend also saw…
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‘House With a Clock In Its Walls’ Debuts with $26.8M While Fellow New Releases Stumble
Despite the over performance of Universal’s new release The House with a Clock in Its Walls and the strong hold from Lionsgate’s A Simple Favor, this weekend is still one of the worst of the year. Things weren’t helped by the soft openings from Fahrenheit 11/9, Life Itself and Assassination Nation as the three other…
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‘It’ Star Bill Skarsgard and Maika Monroe to Lead ‘Villains’
“It” star Bill Skarsgard and “It Follows” star Maika Monroe are set to lead the Realm’s “Villians,” which Dan Berk and Robert Olsen will direct.Tim and Trevor White are writing and producing for Star Thrower Entertainment, along with production head Allan Mandelbaum. Garrick Dion is producing for the Realm, a subsidiary of Bron, and Bron’s…
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Michael Fassbender to star in action-comedy ‘Kung Fury’
Boom to launch international sales at Efm.Michael Fassbender will star in action-comedy Kung Fury, which Bloom will introduce to international buyers at the Efm this week.David Sandberg will direct, produce through his Laser Unicorns label, and star alongside Fassbender and David Hasselhoff, who appeared in the original short film Kung Fury.The short, about a 1985…