Tag: Fight Club
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‘What Is This?’: David Fincher Puzzled by 5-Minute Venice Standing Ovation for ‘The Killer’
David Fincher spooked Venice with the world premiere of his latest movie “The Killer,” which stars Michael Fassbender as an assassin. The Netflix thriller earned a respectable 5-minute standing ovation at its screening on the Lido on Sunday night.Fassbender and co-star Tilda Swinton couldn’t attend the premiere because of the SAG-AFTRA strike. Fincher walked the…
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All the Details on David Fincher’s ‘The Killer,’ Starring Michael Fassbender
After close to 20 years, David Fincher’s “The Killer” is finally coming soon.The Oscar-winning director has been attached to the project since 2007, where “The Killer” was set at Paramount. The film is now at Netflix under Fincher’s overall deal with the streamer, with Michael Fassbender starring in the titular assassin role. “The Killer” is…
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10 Movies Like Fight Club for More Cinematic Angst
Fight Club is an undeniable classic, and a movie that’s more than earned the right to be considered one of the best of the 1990s. It’s one of those cult classics that took a little longer than most movies to get popular, but once it crossed a certain threshold, it became considered one of the…
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‘Bottoms’ Trailer: Rachel Sennott and Ayo Edebiri Start a Fight Club to Sleep With Cheerleaders in R-Rated, Lesbian Comedy
MGM has released the first official trailer for the upcoming comedy “Bottoms,” starring Rachel Sennott and Ayo Edebiri.In a nod to David Fincher’s “Fight Club,” “Bottoms” follows two queer teen girls who start a fight club with a plan to lose their virginities to cheerleaders. According to the film’s official logline, “Their bizarre plan works.…
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The Author of ’Fight Club’s Only Other Movie Adaptation Is This Wild Comedy
Editor’s Note: The following references sex addiction.Chuck Palahniuk is one of the most incendiary American writers of the past fifty years, with witty prose, shocking subject matter, deplorable characters, and exhaustive research peppered throughout his many works. When 1999’s Fight Club premiered in theaters, Palahniuk saw his readership explode, and Hollywood was eager for the…
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‘The Killer’: First Look At David Fincher’s Assassin Thriller Starring Michael Fassbender
We’ve been patiently waiting for a good look at David Fincher‘s upcoming feature film “The Killer,” an assassin thriller based on a French graphic novel, “Le Tueur.” Andrew Kevin Walker, the screenwriter who adapted the source material has previously worked with Fincher on “Seven,” “Fight Club,” and “The Game.” Starring as the titular killer is…
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Brad Pitt Gushing Over British Reality Series ‘The Great Pottery Throw Down’ Is the Ultimate Friday Feel Good Video
Get ready for Brad Pitt to recreate that famous “Ghost” scene.The “Bullet Train” star professed his love for British reality competition series “The Great Pottery Throw Down” during an interview with Joe.ie. The video interview soon became a lovefest for British television with co-stars Brian Tyree Henry and Aaron Taylor-Johnson weighing in.When the trio was…
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The Daily Stream: Fight Club Is More Nuanced Than Its Reputation Suggests, Thanks To Meatloaf And That Ending
(Welcome to The Daily Stream, an ongoing series in which the /Film team shares what they’ve been watching, why it’s worth checking out, and where you can stream it.)The Movie: “Fight Club“Where You Can Stream It: DirecTV, IMDb TV (free with ads), TBS/TNT/truTVThe Pitch: An office worker escapes the drudgery of modern life by starting an underground…
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‘Fight Club’ Author Finds ‘Irony’ in China’s Censored Ending, ‘Almost Exactly’ Like Book
We may not be our jobs, but novelist Chuck Palahniuk still finds hilarity in his work.The “Fight Club” author weighed in on the Chinese government censoring the ending of David Fincher’s 1999 film adaptation.Instead of the original ending showing Narrator (Edward Norton) blowing up a city skyline, the online release in China cut the explosion…