The winners of the 25th Costume Designers Guild Awards were announced February 27 during a ceremony at the Fairmont Century Plaza in Los Angeles.All five Oscar nominees received Cdga noms, with “Babylon,” “Elvis,” and “Mrs. Harris Goes to Paris” competing in Excellence in Period Film and “Black Panther: Wakanda Forever” and “Everything Everywhere All at […]
Continue readingIt’s not often in a career that having your hard work go by unnoticed is actually the ultimate compliment. Movie crews, almost uniformly across any filmmaking disciplines, find themselves in this nebulous zone where the less their work stands out, the more accolades they get from critics, peers and audiences. If costumes stand out, the […]
Continue readingCurrently starring on Rian Johnson’s Peacock mystery series Poker Face, Natasha Lyonne is slowly becoming one of the biggest names in our current entertainment landscape. Apart from playing amateur sleuth Charlie Cale in 2023, the actress also scored a second season for her personal project Russian Doll, on Netflix, in 2022, and got herself a […]
Continue readingDave Bautista won’t be playing “Batman” villain Bane any time soon.The “Guardians of the Galaxy” star confirmed he’s not in the running to take on the character most recently played by Tom Hardy in “The Dark Knight Rises.” Bautista, who in 2021 courted Warner Bros. for the role, cited new DC head James Gunn’s vision […]
Continue readingJames Cameron, you’ve got company. Turns out, the “Avatar” filmmaker isn’t the only go-to movie franchise-creator who enjoyed some big success over New Years weekend (“Avatar: The Way of Water” has taken in 446 million so far with a lot to go). Rian Johnson, whose “Star Wars” episode “The Last Jedi” grossed 539 million at […]
Continue readingSince “The Last Jedi” came out in 2017, director Rian Johnson has defended his acclaimed entry into the “Star Wars” franchise from fans who felt that it went against the tone of the universe. In a recent interview with GQ looking back at his career, the “Glass Onion” director addressed criticism of the film’s comedy […]
Continue readingRian Johnson is staying grounded when it comes to finishing his planned “Star Wars” trilogy.The writer-director revealed that while it “wouldn’t be the end of the world” if he did not return to a galaxy far, far away, it would still be a personal disappointment.“It wouldn’t be the end of the world for anyone, I […]
Continue readingIf you’ve seen “Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery,” you know, like its predecessor, “Knives Out,” it’s a delicate, intricate web of intrigue with lots of characters and several mystery strings that can be pulled on. Cleverly written and directed by Rian Johnson, “Glass Onion” spins a lot of plates, including a dense murder mystery […]
Continue readingRian Johnson avoided a franchise sophomore slump with “Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery,” proving that the formula of Daniel Craig solving mysteries as Benoit Blanc has legs that extend far beyond the original film. Johnson and Craig have already signed on for a third film as part of the two-picture deal that brought “Glass […]
Continue readingThe 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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