Tag: Red Notice
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Why Are the Mega-Sized Netflix Movies Actually the Worst?
Netflix has done a whole lot of good for both the movie industry and movie fans. Before today’s biggest streaming service came along, where else would you be able to find so many classics at the touch of a button? Sure, On-Demand services were a thing, but those were nothing like having tons of titles…
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‘Heart Of Stone’ Review: Gal Gadot’s Dull, Disposable Netflix Actioner Has No Heart, Soul Or Identity
The easy-to-apply criticism of Netflix is that they make big-budget films with massive global stars— “Red Notice” with Ryan Reynolds, Gal Gadot, and Dwayne Johnson, “The Gray Man” with Chris Evans and Ryan Gosling—the streaming service touts the first weekend numbers (“most streamed ever!!”), and then the films are never heard from again after that…
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‘Heart of Stone’ Review: Gal Gadot Fights to Escape Netflix Oblivion
This review was written during the 2023 WGA and SAG-AFTRA strikes. Without the labor of the writers and actors currently on strike, the film being covered here wouldn’t exist.Following movies like Red Notice, Extraction 2, and The Mother raking in millions of hours on the global streaming service since their respective debuts, Netflix is looking…
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Gal Gadot Showed Us Her Slapstick Talents in This Overlooked Action Comedy
Gal Gadot has proven herself as a skilled action star in countless action, thriller, and sci-fi movies. Playing the titular role in Wonder Woman and numerous other DC installments, appearing in the Fast & Furious action franchise, starring in the action-comedy Red Notice, and billed for upcoming action-thriller, Heart of Stone, she has established herself…
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Netflix Spent 200 Million on ‘The Gray Man’ and Got 8 Days at #1
After eight days, it’s over. That’s how long the Russo Bros.’ “The Gray Man” topped Netflix’s domestic chart for most-watched movies — only to be replaced by the new release of another Netflix Original, “Purple Hearts,” a low-budget military-immigrant romance starring singer-actress Sofia Carson (“Descendants”) and Nicholas Galitzine (“Cinderella”). “The Gray Man” didn’t disappear —…
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Ryan Gosling Says in ‘The Gray Man,’ His Spy ‘Just Wants to Sit on the Couch and Watch Netflix’
One of this summer’s boldest movie experiments is “The Gray Man,” a 200 million Netflix blockbuster starring Ryan Gosling and Chris Evans. Joe and Anthony Russo directed the film, which is both Netflix’s priciest film to date and the company’s most serious attempt at a major blockbuster. While last year’s “Red Notice” had similar aspirations…
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Ryan Reynolds to Receive American Cinematheque Award
Ryan Reynolds will receive the 36th American Cinematheque Award.The ceremony and tribute to the actor will take place Thursday, Nov. 17, at the Beverly Hilton hotel in Beverly Hills.“Ryan Reynolds is a Renaissance Man 2.0 for our times,” American Cinematheque board chair Rick Nicita said in a statement Tuesday morning. “He is an actor, a…
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‘Red Notice’ Director Rawson Marshall Thurber Will Write & Direct The ‘Dungeons & Dragons’ Series Pilot
In the wake of the juggernaut success of “Game of Thrones,” the public’s hunger for fantasy on the small screen seemingly hasn’t been bigger, Netflix has put a lot of energy into fleshing out the “The Witcher” universe and we’ve seen Amazon pour a mountain’s worth of cash into their “Lord of The Rings” prequel…
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Back to One, Episode 184: Chris Diamantopoulos
Chris Diamantopoulos was always an actor. Never held another job. He was working on the stage at an early age—touring companies, Broadway—then transitioned to television, film, and eventually voice overs. Never stopped. Some highlights: Russ Hanneman on Silicon Valley, Reinhold on Community, Moe in The Three Stooges, the official voice of Mickey Mouse, and right…
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What Were the Number-One Movies and TV Shows of 2021? We May Never Find Out.
IndieWire turns 25 this year. To mark the occasion, we’re running a series of essays about the future of everything we cover.What is the number-one movie of 2021? We may never know. It could be Marvel’s “Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings”; at $224 million, its domestic gross is the year’s biggest to…