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Continue readingAfter the success of Marvel’s latest theater release, “Doctor Strange: In the Multiverse of Madness” (2022), fans of the MCU are looking forward to the studio’s next big outing, “Thor: Love and Thunder.”Directed by Taika Waititi, who’s been thought to have brought Thor back to greatness with his previous movie, “Thor: Ragnarok” (2017). Waititi is […]
Continue readingDirecting a film is a hard job to begin with, and adding in playing a role while directing makes it that much more difficult. Layer in acting in a scene with a child, and asking him to switch back and forth between taking direction and acting with you, and it’s a Herculean task. What if, on top […]
Continue readingAfter the massive success that was “Thor: Ragnarok,” it may have been surprising to some when director Taika Waititi decided to work on a smaller-scale dark comedy about a wannabe Nazi kid in World War II era Germany. “Jojo Rabbit” follows a young boy named Jojo (Roman Griffin Davis) who idolizes Hitler and fully buys […]
Continue readingThe latest entry into the beloved “Home Alone” franchise hails from a stacked roster of comedy veterans.“Borat” and “Bridget Jones’ Baby” co-writer Dan Mazer directs the film from a screenplay by Mikey Day and Streeter Seidell of “Saturday Night Live” (and of Variety’s list of 10 Screenwriters to Watch in 2021). The cast includes Ellie […]
Continue readingEver think about how far we’ve come from such a scrapped-together, low-budget, and quintessentially New Zealand-specific goodness that Taika Waititi and Jemaine Clement gave us with their “What We Do in the Shadows” film? Waititi and Clement have gone on to much bigger things since 2014, with the former garnering Oscar love for “Jojo Rabbit” after […]
Continue readingScarlett Johansson is back on the big screen this weekend in the loooong-awaited “Black Widow” from Marvel Studios and Disney, finally here after endless pandemic-related delays. Johansson gets the chance to flex her already-established footprint in the Marvel Cinematic Universe as Natasha Romanoff, who has also appeared in the “Avengers” series, “Captain America,” and more.But […]
Continue readingThomasin McKenzie seems primed for a huge breakout performance soon. She really caught the eye of film fans after her incredible role in the underseen drama, “Leave No Trace.” Then, McKenzie delighted people in her supporting role in Taika Waititi’s “Jojo Rabbit.” But she has yet to really become an A-lister. Maybe Olivia Wilde can […]
Continue readingThe 63rd Grammy Awards were held last night on CBS, awarding the best achievements in music. Within the plethora of winners, there are always a handful of awards that we’re interested in due to our love for the soundtracks and scores from our favorite movies. Since the qualification window for the Grammys is different than […]
Continue readingThe Toronto International Film Festival’s Grolsch People’s Choice Award is one of the first indicators for a film heading towards the Dolby Theatre during an awards season. On Sunday, “Nomadland” from Chloé Zhao won the TIFF audience award, joining a list of epic pictures that have gone on to Oscar attention.The Searchlight Pictures film stars […]
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