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Christian Bale Will Be Enzo Ferrari for Michael Mann
2 hours ago | Slash Film | See recent Slash Film news »
Michael Mann has found his Enzo Ferrari. Christian Bale has signed to play the driver and businessman who founded the Ferrari car manufacturer in 1929. It’s a subject Mann has come back to via a couple different projects over many years. This version is the Ferrari film that Mann recently seemed to set as his […]
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- Russ Fischer
‘Hitman: Agent 47’ Assassinated by Critics: 8 Most Painful Reviews
7 hours ago | The Wrap | See recent The Wrap news »
“Hitman: Agent 47” appears to be the second summer misfire from the studio behind the disastrous “Fantastic Four” flop, as critics are taking shots at the video game adaptation left and right. The action movie stars Rupert Friend as Agent 47, a genetically engineered assassin who must protect a woman (Hannah Ware) and help her discover the secret of her ancestry. Critics are absolutely blasting the film, which holds a dismal 5 percent approval rating on RottenTomatoes.“For all its cheap talk about the importance of innovation, ‘Agent 47’ just feels like a copy of a copy of a copy,” TheWrap’s Inkoo Kang wrote. »
- Joe Otterson
Star Wars Will Keep This Character Completely Under Wraps Until Opening Day
7 hours ago | cinemablend.com | See recent Cinema Blend news »
Just in case you didn't know, Star Wars fans go kind of nuts for the franchise. Over the last few months, they've gone above and beyond in their attempts to try and acquire every little ounce of information regarding the upcoming seventh installment to the relatively successful series. But there's one character that they're not going to get any information on until the film's opening day: Lupita Nyong'o's Maz Kanata. While speaking to Fandango at the D23 Expo 2015 last weekend, the Oscar-winning actress did a very good job keeping details of her character firmly under wraps. Before then emphasizing that she doesn't think we'll get to see Maz Kanata in all her glory until we see the finished version of Star Wars: The Force Awakens on the big screen. Lupita Nyong'o explained: Well, the easy part is you don't »
Original 'Straight Outta Compton' Script Had Dr. Dre Assault Scene
9 hours ago | Rollingstone.com | See recent Rolling Stone news »
The N.W.A biopic Straight Outta Compton has come under fire for its glaring omission of one of the group's darkest chapters: Dr. Dre's January 27th, 1991 nightclub assault on hip-hop journalist Denise "Dee" Barnes. However, the original 150-page draft of the Compton script did include a graphic scene capturing the assault. But the scene was later cut as director F. Gary Gray opted to present a biopic that focused more on N.W.A itself.
The January 1991 assault on Barnes stemmed from an interview she gave with Ice Cube, »
6 Actresses Who Would Be Perfect To Play Amy Schumer's Mother
7 hours ago | cinemablend.com | See recent Cinema Blend news »
Amy Schumer successfully crossed over into the world of movies, so now it's time for her next big project. The funny gal of Inside Amy Schumer found wide success with Trainwreck, her film co-starring herself and SNL vet Bill Hader in a story about a woman who needs to get her life right. But how does one top such a raunchy, signature Schumer comedy? According to Deadline, that would be a mother-daughter-vacation-gone-wrong extravaganza. The trade reports that Schumer's next film project is taking that shape. The still-untitled film was written by Katie Dippold, who wrote Paul Feig's The Heat, The Heat 2 and all-female Ghostbusters remake. She based the project on her own relationship with her mother, and the directing job was offered to Warm Bodies' Jonathan Levine. He's apparently still weighing his options, but Schumer is on board. While he makes his decision, it's »
Stormtroopers on their days off – in pictures
6 hours ago | The Guardian - Film News | See recent The Guardian - Film News news »
A photographer has imagined what Star Wars’ stormtroopers do on their days off. Darryll Jones found the opportunities for pursuing his usual landscape photography limited after moving to London from South Africa six years ago. Instead, he spent the long winter nights posing toy stormtroopers in offbeat situations – and his efforts have earned him a dedicated following on Instagram
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- Darryll Jones
UK Film Tax Credit Increase Approved, Will Backdate To April
18 minutes ago | Deadline | See recent Deadline news »
With the UK's studios already packed to the rafters, it's a good thing that more soundstages are being built as the already lucrative film tax break is being increased. Chancellor of the Exchequer George Osborne today announced that a previously mooted higher rate of relief has been given the go-ahead. Under the new plans, the £1.4B film industry will receive a tax credit of 25% on all qualifying expenditure (under a cultural test) bringing it in line with the TV tax… »
John Cusack and Gong Li’s ‘Shanghai’ Pushed Back to October
1 hour ago | Variety - Film News | See recent Variety - Film News news »
The Weinstein Co. has moved the U.S. release of period thriller “Shanghai” back six weeks to Oct. 2 — more than five years after it played in China.
Last month, “Shanghai,” starring John Cusack and Gong Li, had been set to open on Aug. 21; on Thursday, TWC announced the October launch and said the film will open in limited release.
The film, TWC’s first Asian production, was set to be shot in Shanghai in 2008, but Chinese authorities revoked the permits for political reasons. The production then relocated to Bangkok, Thailand, and the U.K., and the finished film premiered in Beijing in June 2010.
“Shanghai” is directed by Mikael Hafstrom from Hossein Amini’s script and stars Cusack as a U.S. intelligence officer trying to find out who killed his friend, portrayed by Jeffrey Dean Morgan, in the months before the 1941 attack on Pearl Harbor. He’s then drawn into a web of mystery, »
- Dave McNary
Gemma Bovery review – a sugary snack of a film
1 hour ago | The Guardian - Film News | See recent The Guardian - Film News news »
Fabrice Luchini and Gemma Arterton star in a watchable if contrived adaptation of Posy Simmonds’ graphic novel about a French baker and his British neighbour
This Anglo-French co-production is a watchable if contrived entertainment, sugary and soapy at the same time, bringing a touch of Albert Square to the very heart of picturesque Normandy. It’s an adaptation of Posy Simmonds’ 1999 graphic novel Gemma Bovery, which began life as a serial in the Guardian; satirising middle-class lifestyle aspiration and, a little like the Woody Allen short story The Kugelmass Episode, it surreally drops modern characters into the Flaubert novel Madame Bovary.
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- Peter Bradshaw
Cinemark Taps Mark Zoradi To Be CEO, Replacing Tim Warner
1 hour ago | Deadline | See recent Deadline news »
Former DreamWorks Animation COO Mark Zoradi will move to the other side of the screen business on Monday when he replaces Tim Warner as CEO of Cinemark, the company just announced. Warner, 70, is stepping down after 20 years at the company, and 50 in the exhibition industry. The company says he will “provide consulting services” after the expiration of his employment agreement. He’ll also become the board’s vice chairman, under Chairman Lee Roy Mitchell. Warner’s contract… »
‘Star Trek Beyond’ Set Video: New Starfleet Uniforms, a New Character, and More
1 hour ago | Slash Film | See recent Slash Film news »
It looks like director Justin Lin is bringing some changes to the Star Trek franchise. A video from the set of Star Trek Beyond reveals Kirk (Chris Pine) in a redesigned Starfleet uniform. In addition, we get a glimpse of Sofia Boutella as a new character who appears to hail from an entirely new alien species. See […]
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- Angie Han
The Treatment review – brutal Belgian noir
1 hour ago | The Guardian - Film News | See recent The Guardian - Film News news »
Hans Herbots’ disquietingly gripping forensic thriller transplants Mo Hayden’s crime bestseller to Belgium
Along with Nordic noir and French noir, here is something of the Belgian variety. On TV, it would be a real candidate for boxset binge-watching, but maybe it’s too hardcore for consumption on that scale: a grippingly brutal and unwatchably macabre forensic thriller, directed by Hans Herbots (who also directed episodes of Spiral) and adapted from Mo Hayden’s 2001 crime bestseller – transplanted to Belgium from the original south London setting.
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- Peter Bradshaw
The President review – a formidable political parable
1 hour ago | The Guardian - Film News | See recent The Guardian - Film News news »
Iranian film-maker Mohsen Makhmalbaf explores what happens to deposed dictators with dyspeptic ferocity
Who knew Mohsen Makhmalbaf could direct a satirical drama-thriller? This Iranian film-maker – renowned and revered for complex, demanding art movies such as Gabbeh (1995) and Kandahar (2001) – hits a bold new stride with this film, which I first saw at Venice last year, co-written with his wife, Marziyeh Meshkiny, herself a formidable film-maker. It’s a movie parable about political realities such as the Arab spring and indeed Eastern Europe, with echoes of Twain and Beckett, the sort of movie that Milos Foreman could have made decades ago, yet it feels modern and sharp.
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- Peter Bradshaw
‘Black Mass’ Scribe Mark Mallouk To Write Chicago Calabrese Mob Family Saga For Black Label Media
1 hour ago | Deadline | See recent Deadline news »
Exclusive: Black Label Media has set Black Mass scribe Mark Mallouk to script a film about Frank Calabrese Sr and the crime family he ran out of Chicago that was known as The Outfit. The story will be driven by Kurt Calabrese, the son who was brought into the crime game by his father, and watched as his brother, Frank Jr., volunteered to become an FBI informant — and didn’t ask for compensation or a sentence reduction — helping to bring down his father when the made man… »
With Clock Ticking On Oscarcast, Who’s Producing? Who’s Hosting? Academy Will Decide After Squaring Guv Awards
1 hour ago | Deadline | See recent Deadline news »
Even though we are now exactly one month away from the Primetime Emmys, rampant speculation is already turning to that other iconic awards show, the 88th annual Oscars on February 28, 2016. Who is going to produce? Who is going to host? Media is already trying to guess although as far as I can tell from everything we have been able to discern, an announcement isn’t imminent. But names are being tossed around. Academy officials led by President Cheryl Boone Isaacs (just… »
Looking for Love review – engaging documentary about dating
1 hour ago | The Guardian - Film News | See recent The Guardian - Film News news »
Menelik Shabazz’s exploration of relationships in the UK’s black British community is laidback and likable
Now that “dating” has again become a topic of brow-furrowing media concern, with Tinder being wheeled out as the villain, it’s a relief to come across something on the subject with such laidback warmth. It’s overlong, needing a stricter edit, but engaging and sympathetic. Film-maker Menelik Shabazz looks at dating and relationships in the UK’s black British community, talking to single people, therapists, relationship counsellors and also to comics, including Andi Osho, who can be relied upon to supply a suitably ribald account of what’s at stake.
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- Peter Bradshaw
Pressure review – claustrophobic thriller can't avoid that sinking feeling
1 hour ago | The Guardian - Film News | See recent The Guardian - Film News news »
Despite a strong premise and solid acting, this subaquatic disaster drama is too much by-the-numbers
Danny Huston stars in this strenuously acted thriller, which sends four men to the bottom of the Indian Ocean in a diving bell to repair a gas pipeline. It’s a grim but lucrative job and they are under immense pressure from the ocean’s weight and, naturally, their own various emotional states. Engel (Huston) is haggard and haunted by his past; Mitchell (Matthew Goode) is a thoughtful, Bible-reading guy; Hurst (Alan McKenna) is burnt out from the job and Jones (Joe Cole) is a cocky youngster whose girlfriend has just had a baby.
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- Peter Bradshaw
The Highest Paid Actresses And Actors Of 2015
1 hour ago | Slash Film | See recent Slash Film news »
Forbes has released their annual list of the highest paid actresses and actors. Hunger Games star Jennifer Lawrence tops the actress list, while Iron Man star Robert Downey Jr tops the highest paid actor list. Not any big surprises there. Hit the jump to see the rest of the lists to find out who are the […]
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- Peter Sciretta
Starz Releases 'Kick-Ash' New Poster for Sam Raimi's 'Ash vs Evil Dead'
1 hour ago | Indiewire | See recent Indiewire news »
Read More: Watch: 'Ash Vs. Evil Dead' Live-Action Trailer is 'Looking Good,' Nay, Great "Ash vs Evil Dead" sees the return of Bruce Campbell as Ash, retired monster hunter and eternal Lothario, and his struggle to finally face the personal and literal demons of his past when a Deadite plague threatens to destroy all of mankind. Starz recently released new key art for the show, reminding viewers that we're only months away from what's bound to be a fantastic addition to the horror-comedy franchise. The poster brandishes Ash's bloodied chainsaw hand, his partner Pablo Simon (Ray Santiago) and moody wild child Kelly Maxwell (Dana DeLorenzo), who will all likely become a formative part of the 10-episode season. Though not pictured, Lucy Lawless also takes a lead in the new series as Ruby, a mysterious figure who points to Ash as the reason for the outbreaks. “Ash vs Evil Dead” premieres Saturday, »
- Jessica Cariaga
Vacation review – when humour takes a holiday
2 hours ago | The Guardian - Film News | See recent The Guardian - Film News news »
The not-so-eagerly-awaited return of National Lampoon’s Vacation franchise makes us realise how much we didn’t miss it
A hugely moderate, massively average and colossally middling road-trip comedy spinning off from the not especially well-loved National Lampoon Vacation films of the 80s, which starred Chevy Chase as the guy trying to haul his wife and kids off on various holidays. Ed Helms plays Rusty, Chevy’s now middle-aged son, married to that stalwart comedy trouper Christina Applegate, and he’s planning to replicate his dad’s epic car journey to a distant theme park with his two feisty boys. (Chase himself briefly lumbers onto the screen for a look-away-now cameo as the original character, now an unfunnily shortsighted granddad.)
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- Peter Bradshaw
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