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Denzel Washington hands over to his son Malcolm and keeps August Wilson in the family
3 months, 4 weeks ago

Denzel Washington hands over to his son Malcolm and keeps August Wilson in the family

Associated Press  

TORONTO — August Wilson ’s “The Piano Lesson” deals profoundly with ancestry and heritage, which makes it all the more fitting that the new film adaptation, produced by Denzel Washington and directed by his son Malcolm, is a family affair. It follows “Fences” and “Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom” and, like those films, features several powerhouse performances, including Danielle Deadwyler as …

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Kaia Gerber wows in a daring plunging gown as she attends Saturday Night premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival
3 months, 4 weeks ago

Kaia Gerber wows in a daring plunging gown as she attends Saturday Night premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival

Daily Mail  

Kaia Gerber commanded attention in an plunging gown as she attended the premiere of her new movie Saturday Night at the Toronto International Film Festival on Tuesday. Kaia Gerber commanded attention in an plunging gown as she attended the premiere of her new movie Saturday Night at the Toronto International Film Festival on Tuesday The model, 23, looked incredible as …

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Review: ‘You Are So Not Invited to My Bat Mitzvah’ is a sweet take on rites, fights and tween drama
1 year, 4 months ago

Review: ‘You Are So Not Invited to My Bat Mitzvah’ is a sweet take on rites, fights and tween drama

LA Times  

Open your heart and turn off your logic meter and you‘re going to enjoy “You Are So Not Invited to My Bat Mitzvah.” You don’t have to be Jewish — or 13 years old — to appreciate this warmly wacky coming-of-age comedy set against the bar/bat/b’nai mitzvah circuit. One part Adam Sandler home movie, another part fun and fizzy snapshot …

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‘Maaveeran’ movie review: Sivakarthikeyan, Madonne Ashwin sketch a fascinating superhero film
1 year, 5 months ago

‘Maaveeran’ movie review: Sivakarthikeyan, Madonne Ashwin sketch a fascinating superhero film

The Hindu  

Not every Friday do you get the satisfaction of stepping out of a through-and-through entertainer that, a) leaves you with nuggets of afterthoughts after engaging you for more than two hours, b) attempts a political-superhero film that is rooted in its milieu, and c) does all of this while underplaying or subverting the conventional tropes while also appeasing the commercial …

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The New Dungeons & Dragons Movie Plays Like Your Best D&D Game
1 year, 9 months ago

The New Dungeons & Dragons Movie Plays Like Your Best D&D Game

Wired  

Any time a movie studio tries to adapt a beloved property, it plays a dangerous game: one where they could win millions of dollars from devoted fans, or alienate them entirely. Yet somehow, Honor Among Thieves manages to zero in on players’ energy, if not their specifics. Our heroes, from Chris Pine’s bard Edgin to Justice Smith’s sorcerer Simon, form …

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The ‘All Quiet’ makeup team plays in the mud -- and gets a bunch of dirty looks
1 year, 10 months ago

The ‘All Quiet’ makeup team plays in the mud -- and gets a bunch of dirty looks

LA Times  

For a scene when the main character, German soldier Paul, confronts and kills a French soldier, makeup designer Heike Merker used the mud to convey the dual sense of the characters as both heroes and villains. Heike Merker never considered working on a war movie until Edward Berger’s German adaptation of the World War I drama “All Quiet on the …

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CAT movie review | A thrilling tale of drugs, deals, and dhokha
2 years ago

CAT movie review | A thrilling tale of drugs, deals, and dhokha

Deccan Chronicle  

When the Hindi film industry was busy making us believe that Punjab is synonymous with ‘Sarson ke khet’ and joint families living in huge ancient havelis, it was dealing with two problems: first militancy and then drugs. Netflix’s ‘CAT’ with which Randeep Hooda debuts on OTT deals with both issues. It is these small characters that go a long way …

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'RRR' Movie Review: SS Rajamouli Mounts Yet Another Riveting Visual Spectacle
2 years, 9 months ago

'RRR' Movie Review: SS Rajamouli Mounts Yet Another Riveting Visual Spectacle

The Quint  

Jr NTR plays Komaram Bheem, while Ram Charan plays Alluri Seetharama Raju and Ajay Devgn, Alia Bhatt, Shriya Saran, Makrand Deshpande all have extended cameos. From our heroes with superhuman capabilities to the brute force of animals, computer generated but roaring and growling, there is never a dull moment in the almost 1 hour 45 mins long pre-interval duration. Bheem …

What you need to know about ‘Hamilton’ before watching the movie
4 years, 6 months ago

What you need to know about ‘Hamilton’ before watching the movie

LA Times  

When the “Hamilton” movie hits Disney+ in Friday’s early hours, it will be more than just one more streaming service premiere. With the original Broadway cast in tow, it’s already worth celebrating that this filmed version of “Hamilton” — which set a record for the highest average ticket on Broadway — will be forever accessible as part of a $7 …

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Aju Varghese’s Baahubali act!
5 years, 3 months ago

Aju Varghese’s Baahubali act!

Deccan Chronicle  

Since its announcement, director Jibu Jacob’s next, Biju Menon-starrer Aadyarathri has piqued the interest of movie buffs who expect the film to be a comedy entertainer like his debut film Vellimoonga which had Biju and Aju Varghese rocking the screen with their humour-packed dialogues. The song composed by Bijibal has Aju and Thanneermathan Dinangal-fame Anaswara Rajan pulling off a Baahubali …

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Kabir Singh Movie Review: Shahid Kapoor plays Vijay Deverakonda in B-Grade Arjun Reddy
5 years, 6 months ago

Kabir Singh Movie Review: Shahid Kapoor plays Vijay Deverakonda in B-Grade Arjun Reddy

India Today  

A hapless maid in Kabir Singh breaks a drinking glass by mistake. And then there are the heroines in Sandeep Reddy Vanga's Arjun Reddys and Kabir Singhs. Kabir Singh the film is the same film as Arjun Reddy. So what did Sandeep Reddy Vanga and this entire cast and crew do with Kabir Singh? Among the redeeming factors of Kabir …

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The more specific you are, the more universal something becomes: Ritesh Batra
5 years, 10 months ago

The more specific you are, the more universal something becomes: Ritesh Batra

Live Mint  

Following the global success of his debut feature, The Lunchbox, film-maker Ritesh Batra worked on two international projects. In Photograph, Nawazuddin Siddiqui plays Rafi, a street photographer, and Sanya Malhotra plays Miloni, a lonely middle-class Mumbai girl. The starting point for Photograph was the movies of the 1980 and 1990s, where a rich girl would fall in love with a …

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