Tag: The Mother
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‘Cassandro’s Gael García Bernal Captivated in Pedro Almodóvar’s Nc-17 Drama
It’s fun to see Gael García Bernal pop up in mainstream American action-adventure films like Old or The Mother, because fans of his work know that these sorts of projects represent a small portion of his entire filmography. Bernal is an engaging presence whenever he’s on screen due to his unrivaled charisma, and he generally…
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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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Martin Scorsese’s ‘The Irishman’ Kicked off Netflix’s Top 10 by J.Lo’s ‘The Mother’
It’s probably not getting an Oscar nominations anytime soon, but “The Mother” has bested Martin Scorsese’s “The Irishman” where it counts: Netflix viewership metrics. Jennifer Lopez’s thriller film has entered the streamer’s list of Top 10 most popular English-language films at No. 8, knocking Scorsese’s three-and-a-half hour mobster epic out of the upper echelon.Netflix announced…
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Gael García Bernal’s Best Role Was in This Underrated Political Drama
Thanks to a growing appreciation for arthouse and international films from American audiences, some of the best overseas talents have begun working on international co-productions. One of the biggest major crossover stars of the early 21st century was Gael García Bernal, who followed up his extraordinary work on Amores Perros, Y tu mama tambien, and…
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The Duke review – Jim Broadbent excels in true tale of art-stealing pensioner
Roger Michell’s final feature film brings good-natured, Ealing-style brio to the 1961 theft of Goya’s portrait of the Duke of WellingtonAs with so many of cinema’s most successful practitioners, the South Africa-born British film-maker Roger Michell, who died last September aged 65, was not an “auteur” with a singular distinctive style. On the contrary, he…
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‘The Mother’: Jennifer Lopez Will Play an Assassin in Netflix Movie From ‘Mulan’ Director Niki Caro and ‘Lovecraft Country’ Writer Misha Green
Jennifer Lopez will play an assassin who gets back in the game to protect the child she gave up years ago in The Mother. The Netflix movie comes from director Niki Caro, who helmed the live-action Mulan remake, and writer Misha Green, who created Lovecraft Country and who was recently announced as the writer and…
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‘Tomb Raider’ Sequel Sets Misha Green to Write, Direct
Misha Green is making the jump to feature directing with the next Tomb Raider film. The Lovecraft Country creator will write and direct the project for MGM, The Hollywood Reporter has confirmed.In addition to creating Lovecraft Country, the HBO hit that she executive produced with J.J. Abrams and Jordan Peele, Green is known for WGN’s…
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Eva Green, Ed Skrein, Kathy Bates To Star In Sci-Fi Thriller ‘A Patriot’
Eva Green, Kathy Bates and Ed Skrein are attached to star in sci-fi thriller A Patriot, which Brian O’Shea’s The Exchange will launch world sales on in Cannes. Currently in pre-production, the movie’s screenplay comes from Dan Pringle (K-Shop) and Toby Rushton (Monsters) with Pringle also attached to direct. Project is being produced by Adam…