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Ben Affleck Says ‘The Accountant’ Sequel Could Be A TV Show… Or A Movie… Or Nothing
The last several years of Ben Affleck’s filmography have had some ups and downs, to say the least. Taking the whole Batman thing out of the equation, the actor has enjoyed some acclaim (“Gone Girl”), but he’s also had some pretty low lows (“Live By Night”). But there are a few projects, including the film […]
Continue readingDavid Fincher’s ‘Mank’ Is Halfway Done With Filming: ‘It’s Not Just a Biopic’
The new year is almost upon us and it goes without saying that David Fincher’s “Mank” is one of the most highly anticipated films of 2020, right up there with Wes Anderson’s “The French Dispatch,” Guillermo del Toro’s “Nightmare Alley,” and Christopher Nolan’s “Tenet.” “Mank” is Fincher’s first feature directorial effort since 2014’s “Gone Girl” […]
Continue readingDavid Fincher, Gary Oldman Team with Netflix for ‘Citizen Kane’ Screenwriter Biopic
If you love movies, surely you’ve been wondering when David Fincher would get around to making one again, seeing as his last feature was Gone Girl in 2014. Well, the wait is finally over, as Fincher is set to direct the black-and-white Netflix movie Mank, which will star Oscar winner Gary Oldman as Citizen Kane […]
Continue readingDavid Fincher to Direct Netflix Biopic ‘Mank,’ His Long-Awaited First Movie Since ‘Gone Girl’
David Fincher is at long last readying his return to feature filmmaking with the Netflix biopic “Mank,” Variety reports. The drama will star Oscar-winner Gary Oldman as “Citizen Kane” screenwriter Herman Mankiewicz in a story that focuses on the Hollywood legend’s tumultuous development of Orson Welles’ iconic 1941 movie. Mankiewicz won an Oscar for “Citizen […]
Continue readingAmy Adams’ ‘Woman in the Window’ to Move to 2020 as Disney Retools the Fox Film
When production began in New York last August, The Woman in the Window seemed like that rarest of Hollywood properties — a grownup’s movie with both box office potential and an awards pedigree.Based on a best-selling 2018 novel by A.J. Finn and starring six-time Oscar nominee Amy Adams as an agoraphobic child psychologist who witnesses […]
Continue reading‘Love Death + Robots’ Trailer: Tim Miller and David Fincher’s Bizarre Animated Anthology
Tim Miller and David Fincher might not seem like the most likely of collaborators, but the “Deadpool” and “Gone Girl” directors have teamed up to present “Love Death + Robots” for Netflix. The animated anthology has the potential to be one of the streaming giant’s strangest offerings this year, as “sentient dairy products, werewolf soldiers, […]
Continue readingWidows review – Steve McQueen delivers an outstanding heist thriller
A dream cast, led by Viola Davis on Oscar-worthy form, have a field day in McQueen’s inspired reworking of Lynda La Plante’s 80s TV drama“Our lives are in danger; our husbands aren’t coming back; we’re on our own”. Transposing Lynda La Plante’s groundbreaking TV series from 80s London to present-day Chicago, this latest from 12 […]
Continue reading‘Widows’ Featurette: How Chicago Shapes The Steve McQueen Heist Thriller
“We’re after the truth. I don’t go to a location with a stencil. I adapt to the environment,” reads a quote by director Steve McQueen at the beginning of the newest Widows featurette about the film’s Chicago location. The gritty heist thriller, penned by Gone Girl author Gillian Flynn, is set in the Windy City, […]
Continue readingFilm Review: ‘A Private War’
From Vietnam to the Iraq War, Hollywood has struggled to find the appropriate way to depict ongoing wars, typically taking years, if not decades, to put the proper perspective on modern political quagmires. In the case of such conflicts as the Arab Spring and the Syrian civil war — front and center in “A Private […]
Continue readingEvery Episode of ‘Sharp Objects’ Will End With a Mental-Health PSA Urging Viewers to ‘Please Seek Help’
“Sharp Objects” is an HBO minisieries directed by “Big Little Lies” helmer Jean-Marc Vallée and based on the novel of the same name by “Gone Girl” author Gillian Flynn, which is to say that expectations are high. Reviews suggest that the series delivers — IndieWire’s Ben Travers calls it an “exquisite slow-burn of a horror […]
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