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In Saturday Night Live’s second installment of its At Home series, Pete Davidson shot another music video live from his mom’s house, titled “Stuck in the House.” In the video, we see Davidson trying to make it through his day doing the same things everyone across America is doing: eating, bingeing TV, going for walks, and […]
Adam Sandler just walked away with the Best Male Lead prize at the 2020 Spirit Awards. And his acceptance speech was very on brand. The 53-year-old actor secured the award for Uncut Gems, in which he portrayed the gambling-addicted New York jeweler Howard Ratner. Though the A24 film had generated serious awards season buzz, it was ultimately snubbed […]
It’s probably fair to assume that Adam Sandler wasn’t getting a whole lot of award show practice following the releases of Pixels, The Ridiculous 6, and, well, we’ll just leave it at “others.” But that didn’t stop Conan O’Brien from busting his balls after he botched basic award show procedure by advancing to the stage […]
By now, Josh and Benny Safdie’s decade-long journey to making the most ardently celebrated film of the year has been well chronicled: Uncut Gems owes its feverish appeal to the Safdies’ many years of field research in New York’s Diamond District, their practical and psychological guile sharpened by making similarly rattling fare such as Heaven Knows What and Good Time, and […]
The Safdie Brothers’ intense Adam Sandler-starring thriller Uncut Gems has set a new record for A24. Variety reports that the movie has brought in $18.8 million domestically since it opened on Wednesday, besting Midsommar from earlier in the year to become the distributor’s biggest five-day launch. Following a limited run, Uncut Gems has now brought in a total of $20 million in North America. […]
A24’s Uncut Gems has garnered widespread acclaim for its writing, cinematography, costume design, and solid acting. Its star Adam Sandler has even generated Oscar buzz for his portrayal of Howard Ratner—a Jewish-American jeweler who suffers from compulsive gambling. The film’s directors, Josh and Benny Safdie, admitted it took some work to finally secure Sandler’s involvement—and it was thanks in […]
Adam Sandler went even deeper on the story behind how he landed perhaps the most acclaimed role of his career in Uncut Gems on Tuesday night’s Jimmy Kimmel Live. Sandler, who was also asked if he was “offended” by the praise for the movie in comparison to his usual output, was joined by co-star Kevin […]
Uncut Gems shined in its first weekend at the box office. The crime thriller starring Adam Sandler opened in just five theaters in New York and Los Angeles, but still eanred a huge haul. According to Deadline, it grossed $525,498, giving the film a per-screen average of $105,100. In case you were wondering, that’s a24’s biggest per-screen average opening ever. The early success […]
If Rotten Tomatoes is to be trusted, then Uncut Gems is the best film that Adam Sandler‘s ever been in. And while you could be smug and point to his competition that includes: Grown Ups 2, Blended and Jack and Jill, the man has likely still entertained you at some point, and Gems‘ 95 percent […]
Netflix has a reputation for concealing its streaming numbers—unless those stats are notably positive. On Tuesday, the streaming giant announced its Murder Mystery flick garnered more than 30 million views in a three-day span, marking the biggest opening weekend for a Netflix original film. The Kyle Newacheck-directed comedy was written by James Vanderbilt and stars Jennifer Aniston […]
