Tag: Beautiful Boy
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‘The Office’: Steve Carell Doesn’t Seem to Want to Be a Part of Any Official Reunion
Going off anecdotal evidence, “The Office” is one of the most popular shows to ever hit Netflix, so it’s no surprise that everyone involved with the show keeps getting asked about a possible reunion.Steve Carell — who, in the TV Academy’s infinite wisdom, never saw fit to give an Emmy to for his role as…
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Listen: Timothée Chalamet on ‘Beautiful Boy’ and His Generation’s Response to the #MeToo Movement
Playback is a Variety / iHeartRadio podcast bringing you conversations with the talents behind many of today’s hottest films. New episodes air every Thursday.At just 22 years old, actor Timothée Chalamet has skyrocketed quickly as one of the most popular and in-demand performers of his generation. On the heels of a whirlwind year that included…
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‘World War Z’ Producers Say Sequel Shoots Next Summer; David Fincher Still Apparently Attached To Direct
The ongoing game to get a “World War Z” sequel up and running continues. This week, “Beautiful Boy” producers Dede Gardner and Jeremy Kleiner provided an update. They say the film is in the works, David Fincher is still attached to direct, Brad Pitt attached to star and Brad Kelly, who worked with Fincher previously…
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Timothee Chalamet Talks ‘Little Women’: ‘I Would Do Anything Greta Wanted Me to Be a Part Of’
Timothee Chalamet continues to be one of the busiest young actors in Hollywood and at the premiere for his latest film, “Beautiful Boy,” the “Call Me by Your Name” breakout gave an update on one of his most anticipated upcoming projects and his thoughts on portraying one of DC’s most famous superheroes.“They’ve started shooting, they’ve…
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Busan Film Review: ‘Let Me Fall’
“Let Me Fall” is a harrowing look at addiction that stands out amid an autumn filled with films about junkies and their families. Again touching a domestic nerve as he did with “Life in a Fishbowl,” Icelandic auteur Baldvin Z’s drama tells the story of two teenage girls and their descent into the hellish depths…
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‘Beautiful Boy’ Provides a Moving Showcase for Timothée Chalamet and Steve Carell [Tiff]
“I don’t look at Nic the way I look at the other addicts in the room,” wrote David Sheff about his son Nic in his memoir Beautiful Boy. “Nic is a smart kid who has gone way out of control.” The disease of addiction is rife with contradiction such as these. It can leave a…
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‘Beautiful Boy’ Review: Timothee Chalamet and Steve Carell Are Heartbreaking in Father-Son Drug Drama — Tiff
At its best, “Beautiful Boy” is a heartbreaking paternal detective story, with David Sheff (Steve Carell) undergoing a painful cycle of fear and resentment as he tries to help with his college-aged son Nic (Timothy Chalamet) overcome a debilitating drug addiction. At its worst, this somber drama about family estrangement wallows in grief with a…
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‘Beautiful Boy’: Steve Carell & Timothée Chalamet Are Terrific In A Drama That Quite Can’t Land Emotional Catharsis [Tiff Review]
Toronto – “There are moments when I look at him,” David Sheff says, “this kid I raised, who I thought I knew inside and out… and I don’t know who he is.” David is a journalist — he wrote the last John Lennon and Yoko Ono interview for Rolling Stone — so he would eventually…
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Toronto Film Review: ‘Beautiful Boy’
Addiction memoirs tend to have a grippingly unsavory, voyeuristic car-crash quality. That’s part of what lures us to them; so does the way that they can leave you feeling, “There but for the grace of God…” “Beautiful Boy,” starring Steve Carell and Timothée Chalamet, is based on a pair of best-selling memoirs by the San…
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‘Beautiful Boy’ Review: Recovery, Relapse, Repeat | Tiff 2018
The biggest tragedy of Beautiful Boy is that it will probably become painfully relevant to the lives of more and more people as the opioid crisis continues to spin out of control with no end in sight. Approximately 72,000 Americans died from opioids last year, and yet it’s an epidemic we refuse to deal with.…