Tag: Bombshell
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Jay Roach Says the Point of ‘Bombshell,’ Despite Focus on Fox News, Is a Nonpartisan Issue
When your movie is focused on the 2016 downfall of Fox News CEO and chairman Roger Ailes in the wake of a damning sexual harassment scandal, you’re going to get criticism from both ends of the political criticism because your target is, in fact, Fox. Such is the case with director Jay Roach’s “Bombshell,” written…
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Aacta International Awards Nominations Favor ‘The Irishman’
Netflix’s “The Irishman” garnered the most nominations for the Australian Academy of Cinema & Television Arts International Awards. It picked up six nods, ahead of five for “Once Upon A Time in Hollywood,” and the four each for “Joker,” “Bombshell,” and “Parasite.”Aacta’s international awards seek to “(honor) the best achievements in film excellence, regardless of…
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‘Bombshell’: Film Review
I suspect I won’t be alone in saying that I went into “Bombshell” with a touch of skepticism. The movie is a lively and scabrous docudrama — not a snarkfest (though some of it is bitingly funny) but a meticulous, close-to-the-bone chronicle of how Megyn Kelly (played by Charlize Theron), one of the star anchors…
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‘Bombshell’ Review: When You Have Nothing Substantial to Say about #MeToo or Fox News
The premise of Bombshell should be a combustible mix. You have the setting of Fox News—a place where the only injustices that can ever happen are against rich, white men—running up against the #MeToo movement. Unfortunately, director Jay Roach and screenwriter Charles Randolph don’t seem to have anything to say about Fox News as an…
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‘Bombshell’ Review: Charlize Theron’s Megyn Kelly Is the Best Part of a Cartoonish Fox News Satire
For the large segment of Americans who revile Fox News and the state-media mentality it represents, the prospects of wandering the network’s interiors might sound more than a little unpleasant. However, it only takes a few minutes of “Bombshell” for Charlize Theron to invite us in. Breaking the fourth wall as former anchor-turned-2016-Trump-foe Megyn Kelly,…
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‘Bombshell’: A Strong Cast (And Quality Prosthetics) Only Scratches The Surface Of This Sexual Harassment Scandal [Review]
“Sushi is not a liberal food.”“Ask yourself what would scare your grandmother and piss off your grandfather. That’s a Fox story.”“I’m not a feminist, I’m a lawyer.”These are just a few of the comically trigger-inducing character lines you will hear in “Bombshell,” Jay Roach’s fast-paced probe into the bowels of Fox News and the sexual…
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‘Bombshell’ to Receive Producers Guild’s Stanley Kramer Award
“Bombshell,” a drama about Fox News journalists who set to expose CEO Roger Ailes for sexual harassment, will be honored the Producers Guild of America’s Stanley Kramer Award.The award, established in 2002, recognizes a production, producer or other individuals whose achievement or contribution illuminates and raises public awareness of important social issues. “Bombshell” receive the…
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Charlize Theron Details Shocking ‘Bombshell’ Financial Fallout and How She Recovered
Charlize Theron pulls double duty as producer and portraying former Fox News host Megyn Kelly on Jay Roach’s Bombshell, centering on the sexual harassment scandal at the hands of Fox News founder Roger Ailes, also starring Nicole Kidman and Margot Robbie. But when it was two weeks out from shooting, Theron received the news that…
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Charlize Theron’s Badass Collaborators Give Spark to Cinematheque Tribute Event
A mathematical calculus goes into attending a movie star tribute. Truth is, most people would rather be home in their pajamas on a Friday night. So why turn up in black tie for salty Beverly Hilton salmon at the American Cinematheque Awards?If you’re a big enough name, you don’t have to. “Wonder Woman” director Patty…