Tag: Top Gun: Maverick
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Producers Guild Awards 2023 Winners List (Updating Live)
The 2023 Producers Guild of America Awards are underway at the Beverly Hilton in Los Angeles.A strong bellwether for the Oscars’ top prize, seven of this year’s best picture nominees are recognized by the guild in the film category: “Avatar: The Way of Water,” “The Banshees of Inisherin,” “Elvis,” “Everything Everywhere All at Once,” “The…
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From Dave Bautista Collapsing in ‘Glass Onion’ to Military Marches in ‘All Quiet on the Western Front,’ Stunt Coordinators Detail ‘Invisible’ Stunt Work
It’s not often in a career that having your hard work go by unnoticed is actually the ultimate compliment. Movie crews, almost uniformly across any filmmaking disciplines, find themselves in this nebulous zone where the less their work stands out, the more accolades they get from critics, peers and audiences. If costumes stand out, the…
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‘A Guilty Conscience’ first Hong Kong film to top Hk$100m at local box office
Milestone has only previously been surpassed by Hollywood blockbusters.Courtroom drama A Guilty Conscience has made history at the Hong Kong box office as the first local film ever to reach Hk$100m ($12.75m), a figure only previously achieved by Hollywood tentpoles.The feature from first-time director Jack Ng reached the milestone on February 21, just 32 days…
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Oscar Nominees Brendan Fraser, Stephanie Hsu and Paul Mescal Reveal the Last Time They Cried at the Movies
From “All Quiet on the Western Front” sparking tears for Colin Farrell to “Triangle of Sadness” making Brian Tyree Henry laugh so hard he cried, this year’s Oscar hopefuls spoke with Variety‘s senior culture and events editor Marc Malkin at the annual nominee luncheon about which film most recently brought them to tears.For Farrell (“The…
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Screen digital edition: February 17
Read Screen’s February 10 digital edition which focuses on some of the frontrunners in the 2023 awards race.This issue includes an interview with Ke Huy Quan, a breakdown of Top Gun: Maverick key scenes with Joseph Kosinski, and an analysis of The Quiet Girl’s rise to fame.Click here to read the digital editionRead Screen’s other…
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Sorry, Spielberg: Tom Cruise Didn’t Save Hollywood All By Himself (Column)
Hollywood loves to pat itself on the back, touting successes in the moment at the expense of seeing the bigger picture. You couldn’t ask for a more literal demonstration of that narrow-minded tendency than Steven Spielberg crediting Tom Cruise for “saving Hollywood’s ass” and possibly “the entire theatrical industry” as well.That exchange went viral this…
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Sundance Debut ‘Starling Girl’ Acquired for International Sales by Architect (Exclusive)
New sales agent and financier Architect has come on board to represent international sales on writer-director Laurel Parmet’s Sundance-premiering “The Starling Girl.”The film was acquired for North America by Bleecker Street in a deal negotiated by UTA and WME, and will release in cinemas later this year. Architect will launch international sales at this week’s…
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Movie Artisans From ‘Elvis,’ ‘The Whale’ and More on the Biggest Misconception People Have About Their Crafts
The ninth annual Variety Artisans Awards celebrated the craftspeople behind Oscar-nominated films at the Santa Barbara International Film Festival on Monday.A crowd of movie lovers, local Academy members and students from the nearby University of Santa Barbara came to see the artisans discuss their processes and talk about the biggest misconception people have about their…
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‘At Midnight’ Review: Monica Barbaro-Led Rom-Com Has Less Heart Than a Super Bowl Ad
Well, with all projects that soar high, one inevitably crashes back down to Earth.“Top Gun: Maverick” breakout star Monica Barbaro quietly leads the Paramount+ rom-com “At Midnight,” an updated take on “Notting Hill” with a dash of “Forgetting Sarah Marshall” framework. Unfortunately, with the film premiering February 10, audiences would be better off watching star-studded…
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Steven Soderbergh Says The Oscars Have Nowhere To Hide This Year: “You Can’t Say They Didn’t Nominate Any Popular Movies”
With the Oscar nominations in the rearview mirror, folks are still trying to unpack all the nods, many of which have focused more on popular and accessible titles getting award nominations than in previous years. Also, the leftfield Best Actress nomination for Andrea Riseborough for “To Leslie” took up a lot of oxygen. But we’re…