Tag: Uncut Gems
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The ‘Uncut Gems’ Bedazzled Furby Reselling for Nearly $1,000 on eBay
Anyone who watches Josh and Benny Safdie’s “Uncut Gems” walks away wanting one piece of jewelry: A bedazzled Furby pendant necklace. The Furby appears as an item for sale in the jewelry shop owned by “Uncut Gems” protagonist Howard Ratner, played in a virtuoso performance by Adam Sandler. The marketing geniuses at A24 celebrated the…
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Adam Sandler Finally Accepts an Acting Award at National Board of Review Gala
The star-studded National Board of Review gala, held Wednesday at midtown Manhattan’s Cipriani 42nd, honored A-listers like Brad Pitt for best supporting actor (“Once Upon a Time in Hollywood”), Renee Zellweger for best actress (“Judy”), Quentin Tarantino for best director (“Once Upon a Time in Hollywood”) and Martin Scorsese, Robert De Niro and Al Pacino…
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Uncut Gems review – bank on it: here’s the year’s most exciting film | Peter Bradshaw’s film of the week
Adam Sandler gives a terrific, career-best performance as a Manhattan jeweller with a perilous gambling habit in a rollicking, high-energy thrillerThis sensationally good New York crime drama is rocket-fuelled with greed and crack-fumed with fear. It is directed by the Safdie brothers, Benny and Josh, who create something deliciously horrible, working with their longtime screenwriter-collaborator…
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Box Office: ‘Uncut Gems’ Joins List of Top-Grossing Movies With the Most F-Bombs
Josh and Benny Safdie’s Uncut Gems is shining bright at the U.S. box office for more reasons than one.In less than two weeks in release, the indie crime-thriller has joined the list of the top-grossing movies with the most F-bombs, a rarefied group that also includes Martin Scorsese’s The Wolf of Wall Street, the 2013…
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‘1917’ Pulls Crowds as ‘Uncut Gems’ and ‘Parasite’ Draw the Awards Spotlight
Golden Globes weekend is the time for thriving awards titles to pull audiences as they expand their runs. The standout among recent openers is Christmas Day release “1917” (Universal), with a rare second-weekend increase. “Uncut Gems” (A24) continues to stun as a wide release success. And “Parasite” (Neon) keeps accruing more high numbers, even before…
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‘Uncut Gems’: The Startling Indie Smash That Audiences…Don’t Like? (Column)
The film business is now caught in such a swirling hurricane of change that few pretend to know which way is up. A couple of years ago, Netflix was an interloper; now it’s poised to dominate the Academy Awards. Movies and television increasingly flow into each other, and the streaming revolution is only just starting…
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‘Uncut Gems’ Actress Julia Fox on Working with Adam Sandler and Her Unique Path to Stardom [Interview]
The path to Julia Fox‘s on-screen acting debut in Uncut Gems took her through a myriad of other successful creative endeavors, including art, photography, fashion design, writing, and even recently directing her first short film, Fantasy Girls. Fox first became well known in her native New York City for being something of an “It girl”…
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‘1917’ Starts Strong, ‘Just Mercy’ Shows Promise, But ‘Uncut Gems’ Dominates Box Office
“1917” (Universal) is the standout new limited release, placing it among the best of the year and boosting its upcoming dates and awards chances. “Just Mercy” (Warner Bros.) and “Clemency” (Neon), both serious dramas focusing on the death penalty, weren’t as strong but each performed at the levels expected.“Uncut Gems” (A24), hardly typical wide-release holiday…
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Adam Sandler’s ‘Uncut Gems’ Scores Box Office Record for A24
Adam Sandler’s “Uncut Gems,” a suspense thriller set in New York’s Diamond District, set a new box office benchmark for A24, the film’s indie distributor.Directed by brothers Josh and Benny Safdie, the movie generated a dazzling $18.8 million since opening on Wednesday. Those ticket sales bested “Midsommar” ($11 million) to become A24’s biggest five-day launch…
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‘Little Women’ and ‘Uncut Gems’ Ride High Over the Five Day Holiday Weekend
Disney’s Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker topped the weekend box office for a second weekend in a row, while the weekend’s newcomers — Sony’s Little Women and Fox’s animated feature Spies in Disguise — both topped studio expectations as did this weekend’s expansion of Uncut Gems, which has now topped $20 million domestically.With an…