Be it âSing Street,â âThe Last Picture Show,â or âDazed and Confused,â coming-of-age films often capture the essence of the time they are set in.
Drawn in part from his own upbringing in an abusive religious school, âBad Educationâ anchors itself by way of Gael GarcĂa Bernal in what may arguably be his best performance, slipping into the chameleonic requirements of a story that explores the hardships of childhood and the comforts that we can provide each other, and those that are lost when weâre pulled apart.
Itâs three hours and 15 minutes long, itâs paced with a pleasing stateliness and overflows with incident and emotion â and it spins out the story of LĂĄszlĂł TĂłth (Adrien Brody), a Hungarian-born Jewish architect who journeys from Budapest to America after World War II, as if Corbet were making a biopic about a real person.
But on a day like this, amongst people like the Paiva family â Eunice, her engineer husband Rubens (Selton Mello) their five volleyball-playing, Coke-tanning, dog-adopting children and their live-in housekeeper Zeze (Pri Helena) â its presence is mostly felt only in radio reports of kidnapped diplomats and in the occasional army convoy that trundles down the road separating the beach from their large, airy home.
Sonyâs June offering Bad Boys: Ride or Die set into motion a major reset and a two-month box office recovery that made the âsins of the past disappear quickly in the rear-view mirror,â says Comscore analyst Paul Dergarabedian.
The Brutalist chronicles the journey of Hungarian-born Jewish architect, LĂĄszlĂł TĂłth (Adrien Brody), who emigrates to the United States in 1947 to experience the âAmerican dream.â Initially forced to toil in poverty, he soon wins a contract with a mysterious and wealthy client, Harrison Lee Van Buren (Guy Pearce), that will change the course of the next 30 years of his life.
In a recent interview with IMDb, Zendaya, Mike Faist, and Josh OâConnor shared some of their favorite scenes from their upcoming film Challengers, offering a glimpse into the movieâs stunning visuals and the emotional depth of its characters.
âThe Order,â written by Zach Baylin and directed by Justin Kurzel (whose âNitramâ chillingly dramatized the 1996 Port Arthur massacre in Tasmania), is at once a supremely intelligent docudrama about the rise of the white-supremacist movement and a riveting crime story.
As the nation is now entrenched in the former presidentâs third race for the White House, and given the myriad tweets and statements denouncing the use of many songs, the ignored cease and desist notices, and the air of unbridled rage surrounding the matter, one would think Trump and his team would begin to exercise caution on the selection of tunes played to excite or otherwise influence the emotions of his current and would-be supporters.
The project, which Korine took pains to emphasize isnât really a âfilmâ at all, follows a group of mercenaries calling themselves the âDuck Mobbâ as they loot mansions at gunpoint while wearing baby faces as digital avatars to conceal their identities.
Fiennes gives a superb performance as a man beginning to have doubts about his faith as a result of all these scandals, and when he emerges as a top contender to be named pope, his crisis of conscience intensifies.
Shortly after the clip went viral, Morris commented on the situation on Twitter, pointing out that if it were a female country artist behaving as such, they would âbe dropped, endorsements lost [and become] social pariahs to music row.â
(âIf you put as much work into your career as you do making your speeches,â she complains, âyouâd have an Oscar by now.â) But never mind: Getting divorced allows him to connect with the true love of his life, Nancy Davis (Penelope Ann Miller), even though thereâs a slightly creepy quality to his smooth moves during their meet-cute: Of course, as SAG President, heâll gladly help her avoid being unfairly blacklisted â after they discuss the matter over dinner.
The upcoming project is based on the popular Netflix series, which sees Murphy portray Thomas Shelby, a war hero-turned-gangster who works his way up in the world of crime in 1900s Birmingham, England.
From a script by Richard Taylor and directed by Audrey Cummings (âGinny & Georgiaâ), âPlace of Bonesâ follows mother-daughter duo Pandora (Heather Graham) and Hester (Brielle Robillard) as they face off against a gang of outlaws while holed up in their remote ranch in 1876 Old West.
The Warner Bros. title is tracking to open as high as $80 million at the North American box office when it bows in theaters Sept. 6, according to sources with access to data from leading research firm NRG.
Oriol Pauloâs unique and unpredictable thriller streak continues with the mental asylum-set mystery âGodâs Crooked Lines.â At the outset, the film can be described as âShock Corridorâ meets âShutter Island.â It is based on a 1979 novel by Torcuate Luca de Tena.
