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Given the kind of introduction usually reserved for the likes of Clint Eastwood or Bruce Willis as a camera runs up her back, only to reveal her face after plunging a knife into an intruder on her property, it just hits differently when a Black woman is presented with such power, and though R.T. Thorneâs dynamic siege thriller has some familiar moves, it is full of fresh ideas.
Pablo Larrainâs biopic Maria, based on true accounts, tells the tumultuous, beautiful and tragic story of the life of the worldâs greatest opera singer, relived and reimagined during her final days in 1970s Paris.
After being laid off from the local hot dog factory and being inducted into a new basic income program, Mark and Hank have plenty of time on their hands to spend their $3,000 monthly checks on high jinks and foolishness.
Bloomâs protagonist â referred to as âthe Boxerâ in press notes, and frustratingly, nothing at all in the movie â can be seen engaged in a professional boxing bout exactly once in âThe Cut.â During the filmâs brief prologue, the accomplished prizefighter seems well on his way to another victory, when something mysterious and unseen distracts him from off-screen â something in the ether that only he can see â resulting in his opponent getting the upper hand and opening a deep, career-threatening gash above his eye.
Kramer said that updating the approach to awards shows was an ongoing priority but emphasized continued passion by audiences, including younger ones, for film.
And though it was a long time in the making, with some challenges along the way, he ultimately created a piece of work that goes deeper and more personal than ever before, where he talks âabout new things, not just girls or romance on every track.â
He serves up comparable tonic as well for two actors who were a big part not just of the original Beetlejuice but also of Burtonâs Batman movies and Edward Scissorhands: Michael Keaton and Winona Ryder, respectively,â writes The Hollywood Reporter chief film critic David Rooney in his review.
It was directed by William Goldenberg (his first feature), the gifted film editor who edited âArgoâ and âAirâ and (with Dylan Tichenor) âZero Dark Thirty,â and it was produced by Ben Affleck and Matt Damonâs production company, Artists Equity.
âWith Kamala Harris in the White House, the business community can be confident that it will have a President who wants American industries to thrive.â
âMeg is really such a great, sweet person, and really talented, and deserved all of her success,â The Parent Trap alum said.
Malcolmâs lawyers tried every trick in the book to save him, arguing that he was mentally unstable and shouldnât face the death penalty, but the courts didnât buy their story until game-changing evidence was revealed in a diary.
Few would say the same about the undisciplined orphans these four boys play in director David Gordon Greenâs odd-choice Toronto Film Festival opener, âNutcrackersâ: a near-feral wolfpack who depend on their uptight uncle, Michael Maxwell (Ben Stiller), to spare them the indignity of an orphanage after their parents die in a car accident.