Tag: Emancipation
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Slap or No Slap — ‘Emancipation’ Is an Oscar Contender for Will Smith and Antoine Fuqua
Will Smith is between a Chris Rock and a hard place.The speculation surrounding Apple Original Films’ “Emancipation” and Smith, its star and producer, has been the watercooler talk of awards season and the bane of awards prognosticators tracking their charts. Will voters embrace the epic? Can they or should they?Following his slapping of the comedian…
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Rating ‘Glass Onion,’ ‘Babylon’ & ‘Emancipation’s’ Best Picture Impact [Contender Countdown]
The Best Picture field is narrowing. Well, to be honest, there have always been a bunch of unlikely players in the mix, but with the recent screenings of Damien Chazelle’s “Babylon” and Antoine Fuqua’s “Emancipation,” the list of ten likely nominees is getting a bit clearer. And with just one major player remaining, James Cameron’s…
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‘Emancipation’ Review: A Subdued Will Smith Carries Antoine Fuqua’s Brutal-but-Essential Slave Saga
More than 150 years since the end of the Civil War, slavery remains the scar that just won’t heal in the United States. Recognizing that, Antoine Fuqua’s “Emancipation” is a bracing and still-necessary attempt to face this painful legacy head-on, inspired by perhaps the single most powerful image we have of a once-enslaved person: the…
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‘Emancipation’ Review: Will Smith’s Unrelentingly Brutal Slave Epic Is a B Movie with Delusions of Grandeur
, Antoine Fuqua’s thoroughly Oscar-pilled “Emancipation” is the kind of immaculate misfire that could only happen because Hollywood is spinning off its axis. Because the American film industry has sacrificed medium-budget programmers at the altar of monolithic franchise blockbusters, original stories can only expect to be told if they feed into the awards machine and/or…
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Will Smith Appears on ‘The Daily Show’ in First Late-Night Interview Since Oscars Slap: ‘That Is Not Who I Want to Be’
After a series of online statements and quiet public appearances over recent months, Will Smith took further steps back into the spotlight Monday evening, appearing for an interview on “The Daily Show With Trevor Noah.” Promoting his new historical drama “Emancipation,” Smith’s conversation with the late-night host naturally dug into his Oscars night controversy, in…
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Emancipation: Everything We Know So Far About the Will Smith Film
Academy Award-winner Will Smith (King Richard) will star in the upcoming historical thriller, Emancipation. The film is expected to be an Oscar contender, with Smith looking to get his second straight Best Actor nomination. Directed by Antoine Fuqua (The Guilty), Emancipation is based on a true story and sees Peter (Will Smith) fight for his…
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Apple Won’t Release Ridley Scott’s ‘Napoleon’ in 2022 Despite Reports
“Napoleon” will not be premiering in 2022.Despite a new report by The Ankler suggesting otherwise, IndieWire sources close to the Ridley Scott biopic deny that the film will be released by Apple Studios in December in order to qualify for the 2023 Oscars. A source also tells IndieWire that the movie, which began shooting in…
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‘The Terminal List’: Creator Jack Carr Claims Critics Hate It Because “Woke Stuff Isn’t Shoved Into It”
Chris Pratt‘s Amazon Prime Video series “The Terminal List” debuted on July 1 to interminably bad reviews. Critics loathed the series, with The Daily Beast calling it “an unhinged right-wing revenge fantasy. Meanwhile, Variety described it as a “military vanity project for a charisma-free Chris Pratt.” In a word, ouch.Read More: ‘The Terminal List’: Antoine…
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How Birds Of Prey Brought Harley Quinn’s Pet Hyena To Life
2016’s “Suicide Squad” may have been a massive failure (at least in terms of reaction; it made money at the box office), but it did introduce the world to Margot Robbie’s brilliant interpretation of Harley Quinn. The fan-favorite character debuted in “Batman: The Animated Series” in 1992. Created by Paul Dini and Bruce Timm (and…
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Antoine Fuqua’s Will Smith-Led Emancipation Postponed Until 2023 At Apple TV+
“Emancipation,” the upcoming runaway slave drama directed by Antoine Fuqua and starring Will Smith, has reportedly had its Apple TV+ release delayed in the aftermath of Smith’s onstage assault of comedian and host Chris Rock at this year’s Academy Awards. The film had been eyeing a festival run for the fall of 2022 and was considered…