Tag: Darling
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Woman of the Hour review – Anna Kendrick directs an unsettling thriller
Actor makes directorial debut with the frightening fact-based tale of a woman on a 1970s dating show who meets a serial killerAt last year’s Toronto film festival, Anna Kendrick played a woman crumbling within an emotionally abusive relationship in Alice, Darling, an unsettling psychodrama that proved revelatory for the star, typically associated with lighter fare.…
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January New Movie Releases, From M3GAN to A Man Called Otto
Hear that? It’s 2023 calling your name. We kick off the new year with an eclectic assortment of titles featuring jump scares, tears, laughs, and fears. A robotic doll gets a mind of her own in M3GAN, a horror film about friendship and what happens when smart technology gets a little too self-aware. Tom Hanks…
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‘Alice, Darling’ Review: A Nervous Anna Kendrick Plays a Woman Trapped in an Abusive Relationship
A few minutes into “Alice, Darling,” audiences may be reminded of how 2020’s “The Invisible Man” opened: Anna Kendrick creeps out of bed at dawn, taking pains not to wake the partner we briefly assume she’s about to flee. But whereas that Elisabeth Moss vehicle was a monster movie given heft by its abusive-boyfriend backstory,…
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Anna Kendrick Pulls Her Hair Out in First Trailer for Lionsgate’s ‘Alice, Darling’ (Exclusive)
Anna Kendrick’s “Alice, Darling,” directed by Mary Nighy, has released its first trailer.Nighy, the daughter of “Living” star Bill Nighy, brought her directorial debut to Toronto Film Festival back in September for its world premiere. The psychological thriller also stars Kaniehtiio Horn, Charlie Carrick and Wunmi Mosaku.Nominated for an Academy Award for “Up in the…
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‘Joyland’ Cannes Film From Pakistan Picked up by Film Constellation, WME
Film Constellation, a U.K- and France-based sales firm, has been appointed to handle international rights for “Joyland,” which is set to be the first Pakistan-made film in Official Selection at the Cannes Film Festival. Sales duties will be shared with WME Independent, which is is representing North American rights.The tale of sexual revolution sees a…
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‘Jump, Darling’ Review: Drag Performer Ascends, Grandma Exits in One of Cloris Leachman’s Last Turns
Not even the final feature for recently-deceased Cloris Leachman (she put two more in the can before passing this January at age 94), “Jump, Darling” nonetheless is primarily of interest for that veteran performer’s participation. Otherwise, writer-director Phil Connell’s debut feature treads ground similar to last year’s “Stage Mother,” whose somewhat retro emphasis on lip-synching…
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There’s Already a ‘Cruella’ Sequel in Development at Disney, Darling
Cruella has barely spent a whole week at the box office and on Disney+ Premier Access, but apparently that’s enough for the House of Mouse to already begin development on a sequel. The origin story of 101 Dalmatians villain Cruella de Vil put Emma Stone in the shoes of the maniac who once wanted to…
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Kaley Cuoco to Star as Doris Day in Warner Bros. Limited Series
Kaley Cuoco, the Golden Globe-nominated star of HBO Max sleeper hit series “The Flight Attendant,” is set to play Doris Day in an upcoming limited series over at Warner Bros. Television. The show will be based on A.E. Hotchner’s 1976 biography of the Academy Award-nominated “Pillow Talk” actress’ life, which she historically kept private, from…
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Dakota Johnson Joins Olivia Wilde’s Film ‘Don’t Worry, Darling’
Dakota Johnson is in negotiations to join the starry ensemble of “Don’t Worry, Darling,” a psychological thriller from director Olivia Wilde, sources tell Variety.Johnson will appear alongside the previously announced cast of Florence Pugh, Shia Labeouf and Chris Pine. Wilde has a key supporting role onscreen.Though little is known about the movie’s plot, “Don’t Worry,…
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‘Don’t Worry, Darling’: Olivia Wilde Set to Direct, Star In New Psychological Thriller
Having made her feature directorial debut with the acclaimed comedy Booksmart, Olivia Wilde has lined-up a very different sort of follow-up. The filmmaker and actress will direct and star in Don’t Worry, Darling, a psychological thriller about an unhappy 1950s housewife. So it sort of sounds like Mad Men, with more thriller stuff. Deadline broke…