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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 […]
For a brief moment on Wednesday morning, Francis Tseng found himself questioning his geography knowledge. Tseng, a Brooklyn resident and fellow at the Jain Family Institute, said he was conducting research on the Agricultural Tariff Tracker when he noticed an unusual, but familiar, name on the U.S. free trade partners list. The country was Wakanda—the fictional land depicted in Marvel’s Black Panther […]
In preparation for his role in next year’s The Eternals, Kumail Nanjiani has gone the route of oh so many onscreen Marvel heroes before him — from Hugh Jackman to Ryan Reynolds to the Chrises Pratt and Hemsworth — by getting cut the fuck up so that he looks believable as a comic book character. As you […]
Quentin Tarantino appears to be wavering on the idea of directing an R-rated version of Star Trek, Deadline reports. “I might be steering away from it, but we’ll see,” Tarantino said of the project. “I haven’t completely decided, or talked to anyone involved. Nothing is official.” Back in December 2017, Deadline reported that Tarantino had enlisted the help of J.J. Abrams, director of […]
Disgraced producer Harvey Weinstein is back and this time around, he’s complaining about his legacy — or what’s left of it. “I feel like the forgotten man,” the alleged rapist said in an interview with Page Six last week. “I made more movies directed by women and about women than any filmmaker, and I’m talking about […]
We may be closing in on the end of a decade, but films like The Gentlemen make us excited for what the next ten years will hold. The latest flick from director Guy Ritchie (who debuted with films like Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels and Snatch and most recently directed the live-action version of Disney’s Aladdin) […]
Amazon has reportedly scored the rights to Peter Berg‘s much-anticipated Rihanna documentary. According to The Hollywood Reporter, the streaming giant paid a whopping $25 million for the untitled project, which was announced back in 2016. Berg, who worked with Rihanna on the 2012 sci-fi action film Battleship, shed some light on the documentary during a 2017 THR interview. […]
The Home Alone reboot has found its star. According to The Hollywood Reporter, child actor Archie Yates has signed on to lead the next installment of the beloved franchise for the newly launched Disney+. Sources say Yates—the breakout star of Taika Waititi’s Jojo Rabbit—will not take on the role of Kevin McCallister, but rather a new character named […]
From the Beverly Hilton in Hollywood on Morning morning, the Hollywood Foreign Press Association’s selections for the 2020 class of Golden Globes nominees were announced. Tim Allen, Dakota Fanning, and Susan Kelechi Watson were on hand to read the announcements. As always, we could spend several paragraphs here speculating on which entries in the 2019 […]
We’re past Thanksgiving, which means it’s all Christmas everything in the land. Sadly, there are no new, fire Christmas flicks, but there are some dope TV shows and films dropping this week. Sundays are still a one-two HBO punch, and one of Netflix’s AWARD SZN pushes is now available for all to peep. You know […]
