Tag: Widows
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‘Fantastic Beasts 2′,’ Instant Family’ & ‘Widows’ Hit the Pre-Thanksgiving Weekend Frame
Last year saw the November box office top $1 billion in calendar grosses for just the third time ever and it was the first time since 2013. This year, November grosses are currently trailing 2017 by just -2.4% and this weekend sees the release of what is sure to be another big debut in the…
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Better For TV? Steve McQueen’s ‘Widows’ Is Good But Could Have Been An All-Timer [Adjust Your Tracking]
On this episode of Adjust Your Tracking, Joe and I focus entirely on Steve McQueen‘s new film “Widows,” an extremely rare thing at the cinema these days—a serious genre film made by and for adults—that we both highly recommend you seek out this weekend when it opens. This may just be the most impressive cast…
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Widows review – Steve McQueen delivers an outstanding heist thriller
A dream cast, led by Viola Davis on Oscar-worthy form, have a field day in McQueen’s inspired reworking of Lynda La Plante’s 80s TV drama“Our lives are in danger; our husbands aren’t coming back; we’re on our own”. Transposing Lynda La Plante’s groundbreaking TV series from 80s London to present-day Chicago, this latest from 12…
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‘I’m black, I can’t do method acting’: Brian Tyree Henry on Atlanta and Widows
The Tony-nominated actor stars in two of autumn’s biggest films, Widows and If Beale Street Could Talk. So why has he suffered from imposter syndrome?• Donald Glover on Atlanta: ‘I’m not making a TV show, I’m making an experience’He might wear it lightly, but Brian Tyree Henry is a star. Over the next few months…
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Viola Davis: ‘I stifled who I was to be seen as pretty. I lost years’
Success hasn’t come easy for the Oscar-winning star. She talks to Benjamin Lee about the limited roles black actors are offered, why The Help was a missed opportunity, and how she learned to take the lead – in life and on screenIn the opening scene of Widows, the new thriller from artist-turned-director Steve McQueen, Viola…
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Widows producers: ‘Television has raised the game for drama’
The founders of the production company responsible for The Kings Speech and Top of the Lake, as well as Steve McQueen’s forthcoming heist drama, reveal the challenges of film-making in the streaming ageAnticipation is high for Widows, the new film from British director Steve McQueen, which opened the BFI London film festival on Wednesday. Not…
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Liam Neeson, Kate Walsh to Star in Thriller ‘The Honest Thief’ From ‘Ozark’ Co-Creator
Liam Neeson and Kate Walsh will star in the independent action-thriller “The Honest Thief.”Mark Williams, co-creator of the Netflix series “Ozark,” will direct from a script by Steve Allrich. Neeson will portray a bank robber who tries to turn himself in because he’s falling in love with a woman — played by Walsh — who…
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The 15 Best Movies of the Fall Film Festivals
Venice, Telluride, and Toronto. With those three film festivals, which unspool over the course of a little over a fortnight from late August till mid-September, the course of the year in cinema can be changed forever. Future Oscar nominees are revealed, career-defining performances are seen for the first time, and audiences take note of the…
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With ‘The Favourite,’ ‘Widows,’ ‘The Hate U Give,’ and More, Fox is the Oscar Season Studio Leader
Three Fox Searchlight films emerged from Venice and Telluride as potential Oscar players. Bodice-ripper “The Favourite” won two major awards at Venice en route to opening the New York Film Festival (Metascore: 91). Melissa McCarthy and Richard E. Grant scored in dramedy tour-de-force “Can You Ever Forgive Me?” (Metascore: 87). Robert Redford could factor for…
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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…