Tag: Daniel Kaluuya
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Juju ‘Straw Hat Goofy’ Green Talks New ‘Get Rec’d’ Podcast and His Movie Convention Dreams
Juju Green, best known to the internet as Straw Hat Goofy, is no stranger to talking about movies all day, every day. In fact, it’s his energetic commentary on films of all genres that has endeared him to his 3.5 million followers on TikTok and made him a staple at industry events like premieres and…
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Daniel Kaluuya, Nida Manzoor Among British Independent Film Awards New Talent Longlists
“The Kitchen” co-director and co-writer Daniel Kaluuya and “Polite Society” writer-director Nida Manzoor are among the emerging talents recognized at the British Independent Film Awards’ (BIFA) New Talent categories.Both have been longlisted twice, in the debut director and debut screenwriter categories. In all, 20 fiction and 15 documentary features have been longlisted in the four…
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‘Get Out’ Ending Explained — What Does Jordan Peele’s Sunken Place Mean?
There aren’t many recent films that have been as immediately accepted as all-time classics as Jordan Peele’s highly influential 2017 horror film Get Out. Although Peele had previously been best known for his comedic work on the sketch show Key & Peele, Get Out captured the cultural zeitgeist with its study on the “post-racial” vision…
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‘Across the Spider-Verse’ Almost Didn’t Include Spider-Punk
While it’s hard to imagine Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse without the effortlessly cool Spider-Punk (voiced by the effortlessly cool Daniel Kaluuya), the anarchic British web-slinger almost didn’t make it into the movie. In a movie featuring more than 250 different Spider-People, it’s hard to imagine why any character would be left out of the movie,…
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Daniel Kaluuya’s ‘The Kitchen’ – Everything We Know So Far
Best known for his performances in Get Out and Nope, British actor Daniel Kaluuya has decided to step behind the camera for his upcoming film, The Kitchen. The movie will be co-directed by Kibwe Tavares, who worked with Kaluuya previously on the 2017 short film Robot & Scarecrow. In addition to directing, Daniel Kaluuya also…
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Martin Scorsese, Miyazaki Hayao, David Fincher, Sofia Coppola, Bradley Cooper in the Mix as BFI London Film Festival Unveils Full Lineup
The 67th BFI London Film Festival has unveiled its full lineup, which includes galas and special presentations of films by contemporary masters.As previously announced, Emerald Fennell’s “Saltburn” will open the festival and Kibwe Tavares and Daniel Kaluuya’s “The Kitchen” will close it. James Hawes’ “One Life” is the American Express gala and Sam Fell’s “Chicken…
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‘Across the Spider-Verse’: How Daniel Kaluuya’s ‘Cool and Controlled’ Vibe Helped Animators Create Spider-Punk (Exclusive)
“Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse” created over 240 unique characters who feature across the six different universes in the film, but Daniel Kaluuya‘s Hobart “Hobie” Brown (aka Spider-Punk) was one of the last characters production designer Patrick O’Keefe and head of character Alan Hawkins dove into.Speaking with Variety, Hawkins says the character went through a lot…
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These 5 Minutes Are the Most Unnerving in Any 2010s Horror Movie
The 2010s gave us some great horror films: Hereditary, A Quiet Place, and Get Out are just a few that come to mind. Each one of those examples comes with a terrifying scene that changes everything. In Hereditary, that happens when poor Charlie (Milly Shapiro) is shockingly decapitated in a car accident. In A Quiet…
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Jordan Peele’s Alternate Ending to ‘Get Out’ Was Way Too Real
Jordan Peele’s acclaimed directorial debut project, Get Out, is one of the most grim and thought-provoking films released in the last decade. The psychological thriller features everything from body-swapping to a poignant commentary on the pervasiveness of racism in the world. The film follows Chris (Daniel Kaluuya), a Black man who discovers some horrifying secrets…