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 his charming performance in his swansong “The Old Man & The Gun” (Metascore: 86).
And in Toronto, two more mainstream crowdpleasers have emerged from the venerable Hollywood studio, just as Fox heads toward its merger with Disney.Steve McQueen’s “Widows” (Metascore: 85) is that rare Hollywood creature: a brainy studio movie that entertains and challenges as it reveals the real world.
As potential Best Actress Oscar contender Viola Davis told me in Toronto, during one day of shoot in Chicago, 200 shootings occurred.The director of Oscar-winner “12 Years a Slave” developed the story (inspired by Lynda Laplante’s
Read full article