Tag: The Hate U Give
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‘Io’ Trailer: Anthony Mackie and Margaret Qualley Try to Escape a Toxic Earth
The latest post-apocalyptic sci-fi movie from Netflix shows a bleak vision of Earth that has been abandoned by humanity — except for two survivors. Anthony Mackie (The Hate U Give) and Margaret Qualley (Death Note) star in Io as the two final humans left on Earth after the rest of world’s population has evacuated to…
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‘Boy Erased’ Opens Well at the Strong Fall Specialty Box Office
So far this fall’s specialized box office is performing better than last year. The string of strong openings continues with another initial limited release: Joel Edgerton’s “Boy Erased” (Focus Features) showed significant initial interest in its first three cities. The thoughtful gay conversion drama is the latest of several above-average openings drawing a diverse range…
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‘Halloween’ Looks to Scare Up $70M Opening, Helping October 2018 Maintain a Record Pace
As of yesterday, October is pacing a massive +42.3% ahead of October 2017. In fact, October 2018 is narrowly outpacing October 2014, the largest October on record, and this weekend should help increase that lead. Universal and Blumhouse’s Halloween is poised to deliver what will now be the second largest October opening ever behind Venom,…
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Issa Rae to Star in Romantic Comedy ‘American Princess’
“Insecure” creator and star Issa Rae will topline Fox’s romantic comedy “American Princess” from director Stella Meghie.Paul Feig is producing with Jessie Henderson through their Fox-based Feigco Entertainment banner. Brendan O’Brien will also produce the pic.Rae will play an American woman who moves to London, finds herself drawn into a world of wealth and high…
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‘The Hate U Give’ and ‘Free Solo’ Highlight Indie Box Office
Hot off setting a new documentary record, National Geographic’s “Free Solo” continues its strong run at the indie box office, while 20th Century Fox sends in their adaptation of Angie Thomas’ “The Hate U Give” for a limited run in advance of its Oct. 19 wide release.“Free Solo,” which set a new per screen average…
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‘The Hate U Give’ Launches Strong; ‘Free Solo’ Continues its Box Office Climb
This weekend, new Oscar-contender “A Star Is Born” offered stiff competition for the older urban moviegoers who are drawn to specialized films. The strong limited-city opening of “The Hate U Give” (20th Century Fox) — designed to build word of mouth — and the expansion of the rock climbing documentary “Free Solo” (Greenwich) stood out…
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Amandla Stenberg’s ‘The Hate U Give’ Gets Solid Start With $500,000
Fox’s teen drama “The Hate U Give” has started with a solid $500,000 at 36 North American locations in its opening weekend.The movie, an adaptation of the Angie Thomas novel, stars Amandla Stenberg as a high school student switching between two worlds: the poor, mostly black neighborhood where she lives and the rich, mostly white…
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Def Jam to Release ‘The Hate U Give’ Soundtrack (Exclusive)
Def Jam Recordings will issue the soundtrack for “The Hate U Give” on Oct. 12, featuring new songs by the rising stars Arlissa and Bobby Sessions (pictured above). The 20th Century-Fox film – which takes its title from Tupac Shakur’s acronym Thug Life, and deals with highly charged racial issues – opens a week later,…
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Widows review – Steve McQueen dazzles with masterful thriller
The 12 Years a Slave Oscar-winner turns an 80s Lynda La Plante miniseries into a muscular, ferociously entertaining crowd-pleaser packed with superb performancesAs far as unlikely film news goes, word that artist-turned-director Steve McQueen would be following his heart-wrenching best picture Oscar winner 12 Years a Slave with a remake of Lynda La Plante’s ITV…
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The Hate U Give review – Amandla Sternberg shines in tough teen movie with radical bent
Amandla Sternberg lives up to her promise in a hard-hitting adapation of Angie Thomas’ bestselling Ya novel about a police shooting and racial strifeAngie Thomas’s young adult bestseller The Hate U Give won plaudits last year for its thoughtful account of the effects of police brutality on a black teenager. Now, a year later comes…