Tag: cinema
The Gesuidouz’ Review: A Japanese Punk Band Finds Its Voice in a Sardonic Genre Comedy
By Siddhant Adlakha According To The variety Author Scott Westerfeld never thought his 2005 novel “Uglies” would get the film treatment, for one simple reason: “There’s nobody in [more…]
Conclave’ ’The Substance,’ ‘Heretic’ Among the Prestige Genre Films Gaining Acceptance in Mainstream Festivals
By Gregg Goldstein According To The variety Suspense and horror films typically get second-class treatment at fall film festivals, often relegated to midnight slots and left [more…]
New ‘The Office’ Series at Peacock Casts Melvin Gregg, Chelsea Frei, Ramona Young
By Joe Otterson According To The variety The new iteration of “The Office” at Peacock is adding three new cast members. Melvin Gregg (“American Vandal,” “Snowfall”), Chelsea Frei [more…]
Riff Raff’ Review: A Drawn-Out Family Comedy With Criminal Entanglements
By Siddhant Adlakha According To The variety In spite of clocking in at just 103 minutes, Dito Montiel‘s family crime comedy “Riff Raff” is exceptionally long. Its [more…]
Ho Wi Ding Shooting ‘Mothernet,’ AI Cautionary Tale From Indonesia, Singapore
By Patrick Frater According To The variety Production is under way on “Mothernet,” a drama film that examines the growing relationship between humans and technology. Ho Wi [more…]
Bring Them Down’ Review: A Blood-Soaked Irish Drama That Lays Low Its Feuding Characters
By Siddhant Adlakha According To The variety A brutally violent directorial debut, Christopher Andrews’ rural Irish drama “Bring Them Down” veers between pitch-black humor and pervading [more…]
China Box Office: Thai Comedy ‘How to Make Millions Before Grandma Dies’ Climbs to Third, as ‘Alien: Romulus’ Reaches $100 Million Milestone
By Patrick Frater According To The variety A handful of holdover confirmed their resilience on what was otherwise a deathly quiet weekend at the mainland China box office. [more…]
Quisling -The Final Days’ Review: A Superb Historical Drama About the Far-Right’s Threat to Democracy
By Alissa Simon According To The variety Both a bold historical drama and a penetrating psychological study of a delusional authoritarian, “Quisling -The Final Days” is perhaps [more…]
Jude Law Jokes About His Full Frontal Nude Scene in ‘Eden’ at Toronto Premiere: ‘We All Had to be Audacious’
By Rebecca Rubin According To The variety Jude Law doesn’t want to take all the credit. He delivers one of the many go-for-broke performances in Ron Howard‘s star-studded “Eden,” [more…]
