Tag: Blinded by the Light
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Why ‘Blinded By the Light’ and ‘Where’d You Go, Bernadette’ Opened Wide
Two wide releases from top directors with appeal to adult audiences are specialty films, even if their distributors opted to open them in over 2,000 theaters. Warner Bros. had strong reasons for wide-releasing New Line Cinema’s Bruce Springsteen-infused Sundance pickup “Blinded By the Light” this weekend, as did United Artists with Annapurna’s long-delayed Cate Blanchett…
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‘Good Boys’ Tops Box Office, Bringing Hope For Original Comedies
Universal is shaking off the damage from pulling “The Hunt” from release, but it can take comfort in the surprise showing of R-rated comedy “Good Boys.” Not only is it the first original film to reach number one since “Us” in March (another Universal title), but it also shows the depth of the studio’s lower-budget…
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‘Good Boys’ Gives Universal Its Third Straight Weekend #1
Universal scored a strong performance this weekend from their new R-rated comedy Good Boys, which out performed expectations and took the top spot at the weekend box office. The studio also scored a second place finish with Hobbs & Shaw over a weekend that saw yet another five new wide releases hit theaters. However, outside…
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Viveik Kalra: ‘I feel represented, like finally there’s a part of me on the screen’
Having gone straight from drama school to starring opposite a childhood idol, Viveik Kalra has had a dream start. Here, the 21-year-old star of Blinded By The Light talks PlayStation, Bruce Springsteen and Pakistani role modelsAfter an hour or so with Viveik Kalra, I become flustered by his level-headedness. Here is a 21-year-old actor who…
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‘Hobbs & Shaw’ Looks to Once Again Fend Off a Flurry of New Releases
Like last weekend, this weekend features five new wide releases, and while we’re forecasting Universal’s Hobbs & Shaw will finish atop the weekend box office for the third straight weekend in a row, it could be challenged by at least three of the weekend’s newcomers. Challengers for that #1 spot include Universal’s R-rated comedy Good…
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‘Blinded by the Light’ Featurette: Here’s How the Filmmakers Got Bruce Springsteen’s Blessing
The music of Bruce Springsteen plays a major role in Blinded by the Light, which means that if the Boss said “No way” to the use of his songs, the filmmakers would’ve been in trouble. Luckily, Springsteen was happy to let Blinded by the Light use many of his signature tunes, resulting in a movie…
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When will the white rockumentary conveyor belt end?
Blinded By the Light and Yesterday are essentially uncritical, feature-length promos for heritage bands, and there’s more to comeIf you only have a passing knowledge of the work of Bruce Springsteen, then let Blinded By the Light enlighten you. The film is an adaptation of Sarfraz Manzoor’s memoir about growing up in racist 1980s Luton…
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Sundance 2019 Hot Titles: Will Buyers Respond To Bounty Of Promising Films With Strong Inclusion Elements?
The 2019 Sundance Film Festival brings more questions than usual.Sellers believe they have brought the goods, but with few new buyers on the horizon, several more wavering, questions of whether Netflix and Amazon will be aggressive as they make their own content, and the influx of streaming services another year or two away, will there…
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Universal to Handle eOne Theatrical Distribution in Australia, New Zealand
Entertainment One is to see all its theatrical film distribution operations in Australia and New Zealand handled in future by Universal Pictures International. The new arrangement comes into effect from April.Upi is already handling eOne collaborations with Amblin Partners and Participant Media, including Golden Globe winner “Green Book,” and “On The Basis of Sex.” The…
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How a chance meeting with ‘the Boss’ helped a musical set in Luton to hit all the right notes
Gurinder Chadha’s film about the youth of a music-mad British Muslim will benefit from hits by Bruce Springsteen.In a cinematic first for Bruce Springsteen, the rock star’s all-American songbook is to provide the soundtrack to a new British musical about growing up in Luton during the 1980s.A unique arrangement between the New Jersey-raised musician, known…