Tag: High Fidelity
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How Gwar Ended Up With A Cameo In Empire Records
In the nineties, director Allan Moyle accomplished the rare feat of making two movies that wound up being considered cult classics. At the start of the decade, “Pump Up the Volume” starring Christian Slater and Samantha Mathis used pirate radio and a killer soundtrack to take down a corrupt high school. In 1995, “Empire Records”…
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Zoë Kravitz Won’t Rename Directorial Debut ‘Pussy Island’: That’s the ‘Seed of the Story’
Zoë Kravitz’s directorial debut is firmly, provocatively, and permanently titled “Pussy Island.”Kravitz spent five years penning the script with E.T. Feigenbaum (“High Fidelity”) before the #MeToo movement made her rethink the premise and rewrite the script “a million times.”“The title came from that world,” Kravitz told The Wall Street Journal Magazine. “The title is the…
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‘Licorice Pizza’ Might Be Tasty Enough for Oscar Voters, but Needs a Dash More Bradley Cooper
Auteur Paul Thomas Anderson ushers in his breeziest, most light-hearted effort yet with “Licorice Pizza,” a film that could be an all-around awards player, possibly nabbing him an overdue Academy Award for best original screenplay. Add in debut performances from Cooper Hoffman — son of late Oscar winner Philip Seymour Hoffman — and singer-songwriter Alana…
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Guild of Music Supervisors Awards: ‘Soul,’ ‘Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom’ Take Top Honors
“Soul,” “Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom,” “Promising Young Woman,” and “The Trial of the Chicago 7” were the big film winners Sunday at the 11th annual Guild of Music Supervisors Awards.“Soul” took best supervision for a film budgeted over $25 million, “Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom” for under $25 million, “Promising Young Woman” for under $10 million,…
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‘High Fidelity’: Zoe Kravitz on All the Parts of the Hulu Adaptation That Had to Work (and Did)
For “High Fidelity,” there are a handful of component parts that, for lack of a better phrase, just have to work. A balancing act of romance, music, and city life, this year’s Hulu adaptation of the beloved Nick Hornby novel is such a soothing watch because all of those pieces clicked right into place.In some…
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High Fidelity at 20: the sneakily dark edge of a comedy about bad breakups
Stephen Frears’ smart adaptation of Nick Hornby’s novel of stunted growth remains as compelling as ever with one of John Cusack’s best performancesRob Gordon is kind of a jerk. And High Fidelity, based on Nick Hornby’s incisive dissection of the pop-addled male brain, is about the process of him becoming a little less of a…
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‘High Fidelity’: Here’s Who Else Would Get Their Own Episode in Season 2
[Note: The following contains spoilers for Season 1 of “High Fidelity.”]For a show that features a central character speaking directly to the audience and by the end of the third episode has introduced Blondie lead singer Debbie Harry playing herself as a spectral dispenser of romantic advice, it’s hard to imagine that “High Fidelity” would…
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‘High Fidelity’ Soundtrack: The Story Behind Songs from Season 1 of the Hulu TV Show
[Note: The following contains music-based spoilers for Season 1 of “High Fidelity.”]It would have been very easy for the Hulu adaptation of “High Fidelity” to stick to a narrow set of musical ideas to help tell its story. But at the end of the show’s opening season, not only did series co-creators Veronica West and…
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‘High Fidelity’ TV Series Trailer: Zoë Kravitz Digs Back into Her Top 5 Heartbreaks
In a new approach to Nick Hornby’s 1995 novel of the same name, Hulu’s High Fidelity TV series puts Zoë Kravitz (Mad Max: Fury Road) in the lead role of Rob Brooks as she takes a look back at the five biggest heartbreaks in her life, all so she can figure out why she keeps…
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‘The Batman’: Zoe Kravitz Will Bring ‘Strong Femininity’ to Catwoman, Inspired By Michelle Pfeiffer
Principal photography on Matt Reeves’ “The Batman” kicked off this month in England, with Robert Pattinson as Bruce Wayne / Batman and Zoe Kravitz as Selina Kyle / Catwoman, his most enduring love interest, with whom he’s had a complex love-hate relationship.Speaking to reporters on Friday after a Television Critics Association (TCA) presentation for her…