Variety Awards Circuit section is the home for all awards news and related content throughout the year, featuring the following: the official predictions for the upcoming Oscars, Emmys, Grammys and Tony Awards ceremonies, curated by Variety senior awards editor Clayton Davis. The prediction pages reflect the current standings in the race and do not reflect personal preferences for any individual contender. As other formal (and informal) polls suggest, competitions are fluid and subject to change based on buzz and events. Predictions are updated every Thursday.
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2023 Emmy Predictions:
Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series Barry Season 4, Episode 5 Zachary Golinger, Bill Hader Credit: Merrick Morton/HBO
Weekly Commentary: Jason Sudeikis from “Ted Lasso” and Jeremy Allen White from “The Bear” have never lost a televised award. They will face off for the first time at the Emmys in January.
Visit the prediction pages for the respective ceremonies via the links below:
Oscars | Emmys | Grammys | Tonys
2023 Emmy Predictions:
Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series Barry Season 4, Episode 5 Zachary Golinger, Bill Hader Credit: Merrick Morton/HBO
Weekly Commentary: Jason Sudeikis from “Ted Lasso” and Jeremy Allen White from “The Bear” have never lost a televised award. They will face off for the first time at the Emmys in January.
- 8/17/2023
- by Clayton Davis
- Variety Film + TV
Saying “I love you” has served a number of different purposes on “Barry.” It’s been said in moments of desperation, fear, confusion, and consolation. It’s been used to try to avert disaster and it’s been used as shorthand for reassurance.
As the series finale awaits on Sunday night and many viewers start to put together theories of what might be in store, now’s the perfect time to think about what role that same idea of love might mean for the endgame. There’s a transactional quality to a lot of the love on this show, love that comes with opportunities and escapes and material success. The strongest test will be in that last episode, as it sure seems like everyone from the inner Barry Berkman circle who’s still alive is converging on the same place to meet in one big physical, in-person test of whose love wins out.
As the series finale awaits on Sunday night and many viewers start to put together theories of what might be in store, now’s the perfect time to think about what role that same idea of love might mean for the endgame. There’s a transactional quality to a lot of the love on this show, love that comes with opportunities and escapes and material success. The strongest test will be in that last episode, as it sure seems like everyone from the inner Barry Berkman circle who’s still alive is converging on the same place to meet in one big physical, in-person test of whose love wins out.
- 5/25/2023
- by Steve Greene
- Indiewire
[Editor’s Note: The following review contains spoilers for “Barry” Season 4, Episode 7, “A Nice Meal.”]
For all the shows that “Barry” shares DNA with — crime dramas, black comedies, metaphysical treatises on morality — as the end nears, it’s easiest to see “Barry” as basically a more dangerous version of “The Other Two.” Hollywood satire, over-confident narcissists plummeting to depths of their own digging, relationships shredded in a heartbeat. Add a few extra corpses to the Dubek family’s peaks and valleys and you get something roughly approximating where “Barry” finds itself now: desperation, death, and jokes.
Writer Liz Sarnoff has long been helping “Barry” deliver some hard truths and difficult fates in second-to-last episodes of seasons (much like George Pelecanos did for “The Wire”). Here, she returns for “A Nice Meal,” a fourth and final Episode 7 to put a bow on these time jump transformations — not to show that all these characters are necessarily right back where they started, but that each of them has...
For all the shows that “Barry” shares DNA with — crime dramas, black comedies, metaphysical treatises on morality — as the end nears, it’s easiest to see “Barry” as basically a more dangerous version of “The Other Two.” Hollywood satire, over-confident narcissists plummeting to depths of their own digging, relationships shredded in a heartbeat. Add a few extra corpses to the Dubek family’s peaks and valleys and you get something roughly approximating where “Barry” finds itself now: desperation, death, and jokes.
Writer Liz Sarnoff has long been helping “Barry” deliver some hard truths and difficult fates in second-to-last episodes of seasons (much like George Pelecanos did for “The Wire”). Here, she returns for “A Nice Meal,” a fourth and final Episode 7 to put a bow on these time jump transformations — not to show that all these characters are necessarily right back where they started, but that each of them has...
- 5/22/2023
- by Steve Greene
- Indiewire
[Editor’s Note: The following review contains spoilers for “Barry” Season 4, Episode 6, “The Wizard.”]
Intuitively, “Barry” is in a darker place. Getting there has been a slow-motion process over the show’s whole run, even if it’s intensified in Season 4. Seemingly chipper characters have seen the edges of their personality corroded away. Loved ones have been murdered in matter-of-fact manners. The giant nihilistic cloud that started brewing with the central “Barry” premise — a hired killer confronted with the idea that there might be more to life than ending it — has pretty much engulfed everyone.
This week’s “The Wizard” adds another crushing prospect: In this world, the only cure for wanting revenge is death. Whether by their proximity to Barry (Bill Hader) or some unscratchable itch inside them, each person has something they want to make up for or someone they hold responsible for a simmering grudge. In Season 4, trying to outrun that feeling hasn’t worked. Ignoring it hasn’t worked,...
Intuitively, “Barry” is in a darker place. Getting there has been a slow-motion process over the show’s whole run, even if it’s intensified in Season 4. Seemingly chipper characters have seen the edges of their personality corroded away. Loved ones have been murdered in matter-of-fact manners. The giant nihilistic cloud that started brewing with the central “Barry” premise — a hired killer confronted with the idea that there might be more to life than ending it — has pretty much engulfed everyone.
This week’s “The Wizard” adds another crushing prospect: In this world, the only cure for wanting revenge is death. Whether by their proximity to Barry (Bill Hader) or some unscratchable itch inside them, each person has something they want to make up for or someone they hold responsible for a simmering grudge. In Season 4, trying to outrun that feeling hasn’t worked. Ignoring it hasn’t worked,...
- 5/15/2023
- by Steve Greene
- Indiewire
[Editor’s Note: The following review contains spoilers for “Barry” Season 4, Episode 5, “Tricky Legacies.”]
“Barry” knew what it was taking away when it stopped using its theme music. It’s only a six-second snippet of a Charles Bradley song, but it does so much to set up the heightened, jokey edge to whatever consequences are coming in the following episode. By design, some of the show’s humanity leaves when the title, still instantly plastered in bold block letters, is accompanied only with silence or ambient noise in the background. “Tricky Legacies” isn’t the first “Barry” episode to have that muted start, but putting the title card right up front is its own reassurance that even in a completely different city and a completely different time, the old “Barry” is still here.
If that isn’t enough, the episode kicks off with a quintessential Barry Berkman (Bill Hader) moment — even if that’s not the name he’s using these days, and it...
“Barry” knew what it was taking away when it stopped using its theme music. It’s only a six-second snippet of a Charles Bradley song, but it does so much to set up the heightened, jokey edge to whatever consequences are coming in the following episode. By design, some of the show’s humanity leaves when the title, still instantly plastered in bold block letters, is accompanied only with silence or ambient noise in the background. “Tricky Legacies” isn’t the first “Barry” episode to have that muted start, but putting the title card right up front is its own reassurance that even in a completely different city and a completely different time, the old “Barry” is still here.
If that isn’t enough, the episode kicks off with a quintessential Barry Berkman (Bill Hader) moment — even if that’s not the name he’s using these days, and it...
- 5/8/2023
- by Steve Greene
- Indiewire
Bill Hader is laughing.
It’s the final week of principal photography on the final season of “Barry,” the Emmy-winning HBO series he launched in 2018 with co-creator Alec Berg, and even though Hader is coming to the end of a season-long shoot that saw him directing every episode himself, when TheWrap visits the set in November 2022, Hader is calm, cool and downright joyful.
It’s a refreshing contrast to the stories of filmmakers who come to the end of directing an entire season of TV and subsequently swear off ever trying that again. But it’s not an altogether surprising one, considering Hader has wanted to be a director his whole life — a dream that was somewhat put on hold when he landed “Saturday Night Live” at age 27.
“He’s so fluid and chill,” Anthony Carrigan, who plays Noho Hank on the HBO series, told TheWrap of Hader’s directing style.
It’s the final week of principal photography on the final season of “Barry,” the Emmy-winning HBO series he launched in 2018 with co-creator Alec Berg, and even though Hader is coming to the end of a season-long shoot that saw him directing every episode himself, when TheWrap visits the set in November 2022, Hader is calm, cool and downright joyful.
It’s a refreshing contrast to the stories of filmmakers who come to the end of directing an entire season of TV and subsequently swear off ever trying that again. But it’s not an altogether surprising one, considering Hader has wanted to be a director his whole life — a dream that was somewhat put on hold when he landed “Saturday Night Live” at age 27.
“He’s so fluid and chill,” Anthony Carrigan, who plays Noho Hank on the HBO series, told TheWrap of Hader’s directing style.
- 4/13/2023
- by Adam Chitwood
- The Wrap
Late in the final season of “Barry,” a character says, “This is not a good guy/bad guy story. It goes way deeper than that — so much deeper.” Never mind that this man is talking about an unproduced film script. Bill Hader and Alec Berg’s black comedy is as deep as it is dark. There are shades of gray aplenty, but the lines are so sharply etched, morality often plays second fiddle to motivation. The people in “Barry” want, and what they want is often just out of reach (as tends to be the case in TV shows). Some crave fame or acclaim, like the needy actors Gene (Henry Winkler) and Sally (Sarah Goldberg), while others seek riches, like the self-centered handler Fuches (Stephen Root), or merriment, like the cheery Chechen oddball Hank (Anthony Carrigan). Circumstances can be their own impediment — Hank, for instance, often sees his mob responsibilities...
- 4/11/2023
- by Ben Travers
- Indiewire
Bill Hader stars in ‘Barry’ season 4 (Photograph by Merrick Morton/HBO)
Bill Hader returns for one final season of Barry and the popular sketch comedy A Black Lady Sketch Show kicks off its fourth season on HBO Max in April 2023. Additional highlights of the streaming service’s April lineup include the debut of Love & Death, a limited series starring Elizabeth Olsen and Patrick Fugit; season two of Somebody Somewhere with Bridget Everett; and the return of 100 Foot Wave for a second season.
In addition, the Titans mid-season premiere arrives on April 13. HBO Max offers this description of the fourth and final season’s remaining episodes: “The Titans – with the exception of Gar – are returned to the Temple of Trigon and rush to find Sebastian and Mother Mayhem before Sebastian summons Trigon. Along the way, they come across a prophecy that may require Kory to make a huge sacrifice to save the world.
Bill Hader returns for one final season of Barry and the popular sketch comedy A Black Lady Sketch Show kicks off its fourth season on HBO Max in April 2023. Additional highlights of the streaming service’s April lineup include the debut of Love & Death, a limited series starring Elizabeth Olsen and Patrick Fugit; season two of Somebody Somewhere with Bridget Everett; and the return of 100 Foot Wave for a second season.
In addition, the Titans mid-season premiere arrives on April 13. HBO Max offers this description of the fourth and final season’s remaining episodes: “The Titans – with the exception of Gar – are returned to the Temple of Trigon and rush to find Sebastian and Mother Mayhem before Sebastian summons Trigon. Along the way, they come across a prophecy that may require Kory to make a huge sacrifice to save the world.
- 3/31/2023
- by Rebecca Murray
- Showbiz Junkies
Season three of HBO’s critically acclaimed, Emmy Award-winning Barry ended with Barry Berkman (Bill Hader) under arrest. The teaser trailer for season four confirms that while Barry is, in fact, behind bars, he remains at the heart of the story.
Dropping the teaser trailer, HBO announced an April 16, 2023 premiere date. The network also announced season four will be the show’s final season, which means only eight new episodes remain to wrap up Barry’s story.
Season four’s first two episodes arrive on April 16th, with new episodes premiering on Sundays at 10pm Et/Pt. The series finale will air on May 28th.
“It’s been an amazing journey making this show, and it’s bittersweet that the story has come to its natural conclusion,” said three-time Emmy Award-winner Bill Hader.
Bill Hader and Alec Berg created and serve as executive producers. Hader directed all eight season four episodes.
Dropping the teaser trailer, HBO announced an April 16, 2023 premiere date. The network also announced season four will be the show’s final season, which means only eight new episodes remain to wrap up Barry’s story.
Season four’s first two episodes arrive on April 16th, with new episodes premiering on Sundays at 10pm Et/Pt. The series finale will air on May 28th.
“It’s been an amazing journey making this show, and it’s bittersweet that the story has come to its natural conclusion,” said three-time Emmy Award-winner Bill Hader.
Bill Hader and Alec Berg created and serve as executive producers. Hader directed all eight season four episodes.
- 3/7/2023
- by Rebecca Murray
- Showbiz Junkies
Photograph by Merrick Morton/HBO Season two of the HBO Original drama series Perry Mason debuts Monday, March 6 (9:00-10:00p.m. Et/Pt) on HBO and will be available to stream on HBO Max. Months after the Dodson case has come to an end, the scion of a powerful oil family is brutally murdered. When the Da goes to the city’s Hoovervilles to pinpoint the most obvious of suspects, Perry, Della, and Paul find themselves at the center of a case that will uncover far reaching conspiracies and force them to reckon with what it truly means to be guilty.
Season 2 cast: Matthew Rhys, Juliet Rylance, Chris Chalk, Shea Whigham, Eric Lange, Justin Kirk, Diarra Kilpatrick, Katherine Waterston, Hope Davis, Fabrizio Guido, Peter Mendoza, Mark O’Brien, Paul Raci, Jen Tullock, Jon Chaffin, Onahoua Rodriguez, Jee Young Han, Sean Astin, Tommy Dewey, and Wallace Langham.
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Season 2 cast: Matthew Rhys, Juliet Rylance, Chris Chalk, Shea Whigham, Eric Lange, Justin Kirk, Diarra Kilpatrick, Katherine Waterston, Hope Davis, Fabrizio Guido, Peter Mendoza, Mark O’Brien, Paul Raci, Jen Tullock, Jon Chaffin, Onahoua Rodriguez, Jee Young Han, Sean Astin, Tommy Dewey, and Wallace Langham.
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- 12/8/2022
- by Hollywood Outbreak
- HollywoodOutbreak.com
HBO’s critically acclaimed drama Perry Mason returns for a second season on Monday, March 6, 2023 at 9pm Et/Pt. The premiere date announcement was accompanied by a compelling teaser trailer in which Della Street declares there’s power in the truth and that everyone deserves a defense. Della also warns Perry he’s not ready for another murder trial. Mason disagrees.
“Maybe I like stacked odds,” says Perry.
Matthew Rhys (The Americans) returns as the titular character. The season two cast also includes Juliet Rylance as Della Street, Chris Chalk as Paul Drake, Shea Whigham as Pete Strickland, Eric Lange as Detective Holcomb, and Justin Kirk as Hamilton Burger. Diarra Kilpatrick, Katherine Waterston, Hope Davis, Fabrizio Guido, Peter Mendoza, Mark O’Brien, Paul Raci, Jen Tullock, Jon Chaffin, Onahoua Rodriguez, Jee Young Han, Sean Astin, Tommy Dewey, and Wallace Langham also star in the upcoming season.
Matthew Rhys in ‘Perry Mason...
“Maybe I like stacked odds,” says Perry.
Matthew Rhys (The Americans) returns as the titular character. The season two cast also includes Juliet Rylance as Della Street, Chris Chalk as Paul Drake, Shea Whigham as Pete Strickland, Eric Lange as Detective Holcomb, and Justin Kirk as Hamilton Burger. Diarra Kilpatrick, Katherine Waterston, Hope Davis, Fabrizio Guido, Peter Mendoza, Mark O’Brien, Paul Raci, Jen Tullock, Jon Chaffin, Onahoua Rodriguez, Jee Young Han, Sean Astin, Tommy Dewey, and Wallace Langham also star in the upcoming season.
Matthew Rhys in ‘Perry Mason...
- 12/7/2022
- by Rebecca Murray
- Showbiz Junkies
If anyone is having a great autumn, it’s Harry Styles.
His Love on Tour jaunt, now in its second leg, boasts a reported running total of 233.5M and it’s still running. It’s the type of tentpole cash that any motion picture studio would envy.
Breaking this down: The singer’s 15-night residency at Madison Square Garden in New York City, which ran from late August to late September, was an anomaly for the venue; the Grammy winner is one of three musical icons to pull off such a feat alongside Billy Joel and Phish. Styles is currently in the throes of another 15-night residency at the Kia Forum in Inglewood, CA.
Styles’ Msg dates together with his six sold-out shows at Moody Center in Austin, Texas have grossed in excess of 76M, not that far from the 85M worldwide running gross of his New Line genre pic Don’t Worry Darling,...
His Love on Tour jaunt, now in its second leg, boasts a reported running total of 233.5M and it’s still running. It’s the type of tentpole cash that any motion picture studio would envy.
Breaking this down: The singer’s 15-night residency at Madison Square Garden in New York City, which ran from late August to late September, was an anomaly for the venue; the Grammy winner is one of three musical icons to pull off such a feat alongside Billy Joel and Phish. Styles is currently in the throes of another 15-night residency at the Kia Forum in Inglewood, CA.
Styles’ Msg dates together with his six sold-out shows at Moody Center in Austin, Texas have grossed in excess of 76M, not that far from the 85M worldwide running gross of his New Line genre pic Don’t Worry Darling,...
- 11/4/2022
- by Anthony D'Alessandro
- Deadline Film + TV
It’s been a harrowing third season for bitter theater coach Gene Cousineau (Henry Winkler). The knowledge that his student, assassin Barry (cocreator Bill Hader), killed Gene’s LAPD detective lover Janice Moss (Paula Newsome) nearly got him offed. Then Barry decided he could earn Gene’s trust back if he booked the long-shunned actor a gig on the TV series Laws of Humanity. Is the plan working? “He is constantly looking over his shoulder,” Winkler says. “He is so befuddled. If I take this job, is my family still safe? Does it maybe mean I’m back in business?” The Emmy winner teases the dark days ahead. (Credit: Merrick Morton/ HBO) Gene is on his own redemption arc, isn’t he? Henry Winkler: That’s the question of the season: No matter what you’ve done, can you come back? And how would you answer it? I’m not...
- 6/3/2022
- TV Insider
It’s been a harrowing third season for bitter theater coach Gene Cousineau (Henry Winkler). The knowledge that his student, assassin Barry (cocreator Bill Hader), killed Gene’s LAPD detective lover Janice Moss (Paula Newsome) nearly got him offed. Then Barry decided he could earn Gene’s trust back if he booked the long-shunned actor a gig on the TV series Laws of Humanity. Is the plan working? “He is constantly looking over his shoulder,” Winkler says. “He is so befuddled. If I take this job, is my family still safe? Does it maybe mean I’m back in business?” The Emmy winner teases the dark days ahead. (Credit: Merrick Morton/ HBO) Gene is on his own redemption arc, isn’t he? Henry Winkler: That’s the question of the season: No matter what you’ve done, can you come back? And how would you answer it? I’m not...
- 6/3/2022
- TV Insider
HBO is giving hitman Barry Berkman another shot as they announced Barry has been renewed for a fourth season. Currently airing its long-awaited third season, Barry is the critically acclaimed dark comedy from creators Bill Hader and Alec Berg. Along with co-creating and executive producing, Hader delivers an Emmy Award-winning performance as the titular character. (Credit: Merrick Morton/HBO) Production on the show’s fourth chapter will officially begin production in Los Angeles this June with Hader attached to direct all eight episodes. Debuting back in 2018, Barry returned to television after nearly three years since the Season 2 finale. Season 3 kicked off on April 24 and will conclude with the season finale on Sunday, June 12. In Season 3, Barry is desperate to leave his violent past behind in favor of his new passion as he attempts to escape the world of contract killing and immerse himself into acting. But getting out of the business is a messy endeavor.
- 5/19/2022
- TV Insider
Concordia Seminary’s annual Faith and Film Festival is a gathering to screen and ponder Christian themes in contemporary cinema. Geared toward people interested in film and theology, the festival serves as an opportunity for participants to explore Christian themes in movies and develop eyes to see film in new ways. During the three-day festival, participants will watch films together and hear from theologians, pastors and film critics. Participants should be prepared to engage in challenging discussions about the ways in which the themes of redemption, reconciliation, mercy, grace and more are embedded in film. For more information about the Faith And Film Festival, go to their site Here
Throughout the festival, participants will attend plenary auditorium screenings, as well as breakout sessions where attendees will have an option to choose up to three films, each with their own discussion moderator(s).
Continuing Education credits are available. This is a limited seating event.
Throughout the festival, participants will attend plenary auditorium screenings, as well as breakout sessions where attendees will have an option to choose up to three films, each with their own discussion moderator(s).
Continuing Education credits are available. This is a limited seating event.
- 11/8/2021
- by Tom Stockman
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
Photo: Sia/Merrick Morton/Hanway Films In an age where the popularly boasted slogan “Anyone can do anything!” is plastered across our television screens, social media accounts, and implemented into school systems, there should come a point in time where we recognize this activism is highly performative in nature. Women can do anything, but if they do too much, they’re “bitchy,” and if they don’t do enough, they’re complacent. People of color can do anything, as long as they’re succeeding to what the white main character wants; Otherwise, they’re probably the antagonist. Disabled people, however- disabled people can do anything. As long as they’re played by able-bodied people. It is not uncommon to see a disabled character in television and film nowadays, and as time goes on, Hollywood is normalizing the day to day life of someone with a physical or mental handicap. This...
- 12/1/2020
- by Jordyn McEvoy
- Hollywood Insider - Substance & Meaningful Entertainment
Holt McCallany currently stars in Netflix’s “Mindhunter,” but two decades ago, he was an up-and-coming actor who found himself sharing the screen with Brad Pitt in “Fight Club.” As the David Fincher film celebrates the 20th anniversary of its premiere at the Venice Film Festival, McCallany reflects on being part of the “iconic photo” from the set, calling it “one of the really memorable moments of my career.”
The photo of a bloodied Brad Pitt shirtless in a dingy basement, smoking a cigarette and ready to fight is arguably the most famous image from the film. Surrounding Pitt are other fight club members, including McCallany.
Fans can buy a framed photo that was signed by Pitt for $600.
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“I love that photo,” McCallany told TheWrap. “It’s one of...
The photo of a bloodied Brad Pitt shirtless in a dingy basement, smoking a cigarette and ready to fight is arguably the most famous image from the film. Surrounding Pitt are other fight club members, including McCallany.
Fans can buy a framed photo that was signed by Pitt for $600.
Also Read: Brad Pitt Says Tarantino Has 'Talked About' Making 'Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood' Into a Streaming Miniseries
“I love that photo,” McCallany told TheWrap. “It’s one of...
- 9/10/2019
- by Omar Sanchez
- The Wrap
“I got in everyone’s hostile little face. Yes, these are bruises from fighting. Yes, I’m comfortable with that. I am enlightened.”
Fight Club screens this Friday and Saturday nights (July 19th and 20th) at The Tivoli Theater as part of their ‘Reel Late at The Tivoli’ Midnight Series. A Facebook invite for the screening can be found Here
No Merchandising. Editorial Use Only. No Book Cover Usage. Mandatory Credit: Photo by Merrick Morton/20th Century/Rex/Shutterstock (5884287o) Edward Norton, Brad Pitt Fight Club – 1999 Director: David Fincher 20th Century Fox USA Scene Still Drama
“Nobody should see Fight Club!” is what Rosie O’Donnell exclaimed on her talk show in 1999. “Shame on you Brad!” she added. “How many people with serious mental problems are going decide that the cure is to shoot themselves in the head!?” she asked in an apparent rage. Can a person miss the point of a movie any further?...
Fight Club screens this Friday and Saturday nights (July 19th and 20th) at The Tivoli Theater as part of their ‘Reel Late at The Tivoli’ Midnight Series. A Facebook invite for the screening can be found Here
No Merchandising. Editorial Use Only. No Book Cover Usage. Mandatory Credit: Photo by Merrick Morton/20th Century/Rex/Shutterstock (5884287o) Edward Norton, Brad Pitt Fight Club – 1999 Director: David Fincher 20th Century Fox USA Scene Still Drama
“Nobody should see Fight Club!” is what Rosie O’Donnell exclaimed on her talk show in 1999. “Shame on you Brad!” she added. “How many people with serious mental problems are going decide that the cure is to shoot themselves in the head!?” she asked in an apparent rage. Can a person miss the point of a movie any further?...
- 7/15/2019
- by Tom Stockman
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
James Mangold says his latest film “Ford v. Ferrari,” starring Christian Bale and Matt Damon, is a “relationship” movie and the lead character are “Butch and Sundance in the world of racing.”
Bale describes the plot more as “David vs. Goliath vs. Goliath … You’ve got the industrial Goliath with Ford and the charismatic Goliath of reputation with Ferrari, and then this true story of the triumph of the misfits.”
EW shared first look images of the Fox biographical drama on Friday, revealing Damon and Bale behind the wheel of classic Ford cars as they attempt to build a machine that can beat dominant Ferrari at the 1966 24 Hours of Le Mans race in France.
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“It’s these two friends figuring out how do you deal with these a-holes in suits who know nothing about racing,...
Bale describes the plot more as “David vs. Goliath vs. Goliath … You’ve got the industrial Goliath with Ford and the charismatic Goliath of reputation with Ferrari, and then this true story of the triumph of the misfits.”
EW shared first look images of the Fox biographical drama on Friday, revealing Damon and Bale behind the wheel of classic Ford cars as they attempt to build a machine that can beat dominant Ferrari at the 1966 24 Hours of Le Mans race in France.
Also Read: Watch the Big Musical Number Cut From Adam McKay's 'Vice' (Video)
“It’s these two friends figuring out how do you deal with these a-holes in suits who know nothing about racing,...
- 5/24/2019
- by Brian Welk
- The Wrap
Hollywood publicists have selected nominees for the best publicity campaigns of 2018.
On the film front, Disney’s “Black Panther,” Fox’s “Bohemian Rhapsody,” Paramount’s “A Quiet Place,” Sony’s “Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse,” Universal’s “Halloween,” and Warner Bros.’ “Crazy Rich Asians” received nods for the Maxwell Weinberg award for top movie publicity campaign of 2018.
Nominated for top television publicity campaigns are “The Alienist” for Gabriela Zapata, “The Late Show with Stephen Colbert” for Ryan Aguirre, “Mayans, M.C.” for Chris Kaspers, “Pose” for Yong Kim, and “Single Parents” for Shari Rosenblum.
Press Award nominees are Chris Cavell of “The Ellen DeGeneres Show,” Justin Chang of the Los Angeles Times, Erik Davis of Fandang, Tom O’Neil of Gold Derby, and Andy Reyes of Entertainment Tonight. Nods for the International Media award went to Vera Anderson of HFPA/Mexico; Nelson Aspen of Sunrise, Australia; Jami Philbrick of Mtime, China...
On the film front, Disney’s “Black Panther,” Fox’s “Bohemian Rhapsody,” Paramount’s “A Quiet Place,” Sony’s “Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse,” Universal’s “Halloween,” and Warner Bros.’ “Crazy Rich Asians” received nods for the Maxwell Weinberg award for top movie publicity campaign of 2018.
Nominated for top television publicity campaigns are “The Alienist” for Gabriela Zapata, “The Late Show with Stephen Colbert” for Ryan Aguirre, “Mayans, M.C.” for Chris Kaspers, “Pose” for Yong Kim, and “Single Parents” for Shari Rosenblum.
Press Award nominees are Chris Cavell of “The Ellen DeGeneres Show,” Justin Chang of the Los Angeles Times, Erik Davis of Fandang, Tom O’Neil of Gold Derby, and Andy Reyes of Entertainment Tonight. Nods for the International Media award went to Vera Anderson of HFPA/Mexico; Nelson Aspen of Sunrise, Australia; Jami Philbrick of Mtime, China...
- 1/14/2019
- by Dave McNary
- Variety Film + TV
The publicists responsible for the campaigns for “Black Panther,” “Bohemian Rhapsody,” “Crazy Rich Asians,” “Halloween,” “A Quiet Place” and “Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse” have been nominated for the top film awards at the International Cinematographers Guild’s 56th Annual Icg Publicists Awards, which will be handed out on Feb. 22 at the Beverly Hilton.
Television nominees are the publicists responsible for the campaigns for “The Alienist,” “The Late Show With Stephen Colbert,” “Mayans, M.C.,” “Pose” and “Single Parents.”
The Icg Publicists Awards nominees:
The Maxwell Weinberg Publicist Showmanship Of The Year For Motion Pictures
The union publicists that worked on publicity campaigns on behalf of:
“Black Panther” (The Walt Disney Studios)
“Bohemian Rhapsody” (Twentieth Century Fox)
“Crazy Rich Asians” (Warner Bros. Pictures)
“Halloween” (Universal Pictures)
“A Quiet Place” (Paramount Pictures)
“Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse” (Sony Pictures)
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Television nominees are the publicists responsible for the campaigns for “The Alienist,” “The Late Show With Stephen Colbert,” “Mayans, M.C.,” “Pose” and “Single Parents.”
The Icg Publicists Awards nominees:
The Maxwell Weinberg Publicist Showmanship Of The Year For Motion Pictures
The union publicists that worked on publicity campaigns on behalf of:
“Black Panther” (The Walt Disney Studios)
“Bohemian Rhapsody” (Twentieth Century Fox)
“Crazy Rich Asians” (Warner Bros. Pictures)
“Halloween” (Universal Pictures)
“A Quiet Place” (Paramount Pictures)
“Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse” (Sony Pictures)
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- 1/14/2019
- by Steve Pond
- The Wrap
Nominees for the 56th Icg Publicists Awards were revealed this morning in categories rewarding the year’s best guild campaigns in the film and TV industry. Winners bestowed by the publicists branch of Iatse’s International Cinematographers Guild (Local 600) will be announced February 22 at the annual luncheon at the Beverly Hilton.
The Maxwell Weinberg Awards noms, honoring publicists that worked on campaigns, included a wide-ranging list on the film side with the likes of Disney/Marvel’s superhero tentpole Black Panther, 20th Century Fox’s musical drama Bohemian Rhapsody, Warner Bros’ rom-com Crazy Rich Asians, horror offerings Halloween from Universal and A Quiet Place from Paramount, and Sony Pictures’ animated Spider-Man: Into the Spider-verse.
On the TV side, noms include TNT’s The Alienist, CBS’ The Late Show with Stephen Colbert, ABC’s Single Parents and FX’s Mayans M.C. and Pose.
“This diverse array of nominated campaigns is emblematic...
The Maxwell Weinberg Awards noms, honoring publicists that worked on campaigns, included a wide-ranging list on the film side with the likes of Disney/Marvel’s superhero tentpole Black Panther, 20th Century Fox’s musical drama Bohemian Rhapsody, Warner Bros’ rom-com Crazy Rich Asians, horror offerings Halloween from Universal and A Quiet Place from Paramount, and Sony Pictures’ animated Spider-Man: Into the Spider-verse.
On the TV side, noms include TNT’s The Alienist, CBS’ The Late Show with Stephen Colbert, ABC’s Single Parents and FX’s Mayans M.C. and Pose.
“This diverse array of nominated campaigns is emblematic...
- 1/14/2019
- by Patrick Hipes
- Deadline Film + TV
Viola Davis stars in Twentieth Century Fox’s Widows. Photo Credit: Merrick Morton.
The complete delight of seeing Viola Davis in the role of an elegantly-dressed, wealthy wife whose sheltered life is suddenly upended by the death of her crime boss husband, played by Liam Neeson, is one of the pleasures of crime thriller Widows. The Oscar-winning actress so often seen in roles as mothers or working-class women, here plays a svelte, elegant, pampered wife, a woman dressed in tasteful expensive clothes and clutching her little dog as she leaves her luxurious Chicago penthouse apartment to spend her day shopping or lunching. It isn’t the way we usually see her but Davis pulls it off with commanding style.
Widows focuses on four women with little in common other than that their husbands were members of a criminal team killed in the commission of a heist. Now faced with threats from another criminal operation,...
The complete delight of seeing Viola Davis in the role of an elegantly-dressed, wealthy wife whose sheltered life is suddenly upended by the death of her crime boss husband, played by Liam Neeson, is one of the pleasures of crime thriller Widows. The Oscar-winning actress so often seen in roles as mothers or working-class women, here plays a svelte, elegant, pampered wife, a woman dressed in tasteful expensive clothes and clutching her little dog as she leaves her luxurious Chicago penthouse apartment to spend her day shopping or lunching. It isn’t the way we usually see her but Davis pulls it off with commanding style.
Widows focuses on four women with little in common other than that their husbands were members of a criminal team killed in the commission of a heist. Now faced with threats from another criminal operation,...
- 11/16/2018
- by Cate Marquis
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
From Academy Award®-winning director Steve McQueen (“12 Years a Slave”) and co-writer and bestselling author Gillian Flynn (“Gone Girl”) comes a blistering, modern-day thriller set against the backdrop of crime, passion and corruption. “Widows” is the story of four women with nothing in common except a debt left behind by their dead husbands’ criminal activities. Set in contemporary Chicago, amid a time of turmoil, tensions build when Veronica (Oscar® winner Viola Davis), Linda (Michelle Rodriguez), Alice (Elizabeth Debicki) and Belle (Cynthia Erivo) take their fate into their own hands and conspire to forge a future on their own terms. “Widows” also stars Liam Neeson, Colin Farrell, Robert Duvall, Daniel Kaluuya, Lukas Haas and Brian Tyree Henry.
In Theaters November 16, 2018.
Wamg has your free passes to the advance screening of Widows in St. Louis.
Date: November 7, 7pm in the St. Louis area.
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In Theaters November 16, 2018.
Wamg has your free passes to the advance screening of Widows in St. Louis.
Date: November 7, 7pm in the St. Louis area.
Enter For Your Chance To Win A Pass Good For Two!
- 11/5/2018
- by Movie Geeks
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
Frances McDormand in the film Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri.
Photo by Merrick Morton. © 2017 Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation
The UK’s leading film critics handed out their annual prizes on Sunday night at the 38th London Critics’ Circle Film Awards presented by Dover Street Entertainment at The May Fair Hotel in London. Hosted by actor-filmmakers Alice Lowe and Steve Oram, the star-studded black-tie event saw Martin McDonagh’s drama Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri named as Film of the Year, while McDonagh also collected Screenwriter of the Year and star Frances McDormand won Actress of the Year.
Lesley Manville/Phantom Thread
Several winners were on-hand to collect their awards: Timothée Chalamet was named Actor of the Year for Call Me By Your Name, Hugh Grant won supporting actor for Paddington 2, Lesley Manville won supporting actress for Phantom Thread, Harris Dickinson won the young performer prize for his work in Beach Rats,...
Photo by Merrick Morton. © 2017 Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation
The UK’s leading film critics handed out their annual prizes on Sunday night at the 38th London Critics’ Circle Film Awards presented by Dover Street Entertainment at The May Fair Hotel in London. Hosted by actor-filmmakers Alice Lowe and Steve Oram, the star-studded black-tie event saw Martin McDonagh’s drama Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri named as Film of the Year, while McDonagh also collected Screenwriter of the Year and star Frances McDormand won Actress of the Year.
Lesley Manville/Phantom Thread
Several winners were on-hand to collect their awards: Timothée Chalamet was named Actor of the Year for Call Me By Your Name, Hugh Grant won supporting actor for Paddington 2, Lesley Manville won supporting actress for Phantom Thread, Harris Dickinson won the young performer prize for his work in Beach Rats,...
- 1/29/2018
- by Michelle Hannett
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
© 2015 Screen Actors Guild Awards, LLC
Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri took home the SAG award for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture, as well as the Actor statuettes for Frances McDormand and Sam Rockwell. A last stand erupts in Martin McDonagh’s trip into small town America in Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri, as a mother is pushed to the edge by her daughter’s unsolved murder. The film is the third from Martin McDonagh, the Irish playwright, screenwriter and director known for the hit thriller In Bruges, with its Oscar® nominated and BAFTA winning Screenplay, and the crime comedy Seven Psychopaths.
The 24th Annual SAG Awards was hosted by Kristen Bell and aired on TNT/TBS. It was the actors’ party in the actors’ house, when many of film and television’s brightest stars mingled with friends and colleagues while recognizing outstanding achievements by their peers.
Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri took home the SAG award for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture, as well as the Actor statuettes for Frances McDormand and Sam Rockwell. A last stand erupts in Martin McDonagh’s trip into small town America in Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri, as a mother is pushed to the edge by her daughter’s unsolved murder. The film is the third from Martin McDonagh, the Irish playwright, screenwriter and director known for the hit thriller In Bruges, with its Oscar® nominated and BAFTA winning Screenplay, and the crime comedy Seven Psychopaths.
The 24th Annual SAG Awards was hosted by Kristen Bell and aired on TNT/TBS. It was the actors’ party in the actors’ house, when many of film and television’s brightest stars mingled with friends and colleagues while recognizing outstanding achievements by their peers.
- 1/22/2018
- by Michelle Hannett
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
One of the curious difficulties of coming-of-age films is how to balance the reality they hope to embody with any kind of message the story is, hopefully, trying to convey. The problem is that reality is pretty boring, hence films, and there is a very real danger of putting out a movie, and story, that is “real” that accidentally turns out to be real. When you put together the story, and then translate that to screen, a filmmaker needs to be careful about the extent to which the audience is digesting “this thing actually happening,” vs. “this sort of thing happening.” Thus, as you watch, you’ll be inspired to say things like, “That’s exactly how that is,” without it actually bearing much resemblance to “how it is.”
At the same time, coming-of-age films are after a very specific part of reality, because they have to evoke some sense of nostalgia.
At the same time, coming-of-age films are after a very specific part of reality, because they have to evoke some sense of nostalgia.
- 12/1/2017
- by Marc Eastman
- AreYouScreening.com
Martin McDonagh can't recall exactly where he was when he first saw the signs. The 47-year-old award-winning playwright and filmmaker thinks it might have been Florida. Maybe it was Georgia. Or possibly Alabama or even Mississippi; the bus he was on hit all of them on its route, so he can't be 100-percent sure. Back in the late Nineties and the mid-aughts, McDonagh always liked to take cars or trains or buses when he had to get from one place to the next in the U.S., if time allowed; having grown up in London,...
- 11/13/2017
- Rollingstone.com
Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri opens in St. Louis on Wednesday November 22nd. Wamg has your free passes to see the film first!
Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri is a darkly comedic drama from Academy Award® winner Martin McDonagh (In Bruges). After months have passed without a culprit in her daughter’s murder case, Mildred Hayes (Academy Award® winner Frances McDormand) makes a bold move, painting three signs leading into her town with a controversial message directed at William Willoughby (Academy Award® nominee Woody Harrelson), the town’s revered chief of police. When his second-in-command Officer Dixon (Sam Rockwell), an immature mother’s boy with a penchant for violence, gets involved, the battle between Mildred and Ebbing’s law enforcement is only exacerbated.
Fox Searchlight Pictures and Film 4 present, a Blueprint Pictures production, a Martin McDonagh film, written and directed by Martin McDonagh, starring Frances McDormand, Woody Harrelson, Sam Rockwell,...
Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri is a darkly comedic drama from Academy Award® winner Martin McDonagh (In Bruges). After months have passed without a culprit in her daughter’s murder case, Mildred Hayes (Academy Award® winner Frances McDormand) makes a bold move, painting three signs leading into her town with a controversial message directed at William Willoughby (Academy Award® nominee Woody Harrelson), the town’s revered chief of police. When his second-in-command Officer Dixon (Sam Rockwell), an immature mother’s boy with a penchant for violence, gets involved, the battle between Mildred and Ebbing’s law enforcement is only exacerbated.
Fox Searchlight Pictures and Film 4 present, a Blueprint Pictures production, a Martin McDonagh film, written and directed by Martin McDonagh, starring Frances McDormand, Woody Harrelson, Sam Rockwell,...
- 11/9/2017
- by Movie Geeks
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
"Have you ever heard Rudy Vallee's version of 'As Time Goes By'?" asks Mike Mills. He's been trying to pin down the vibe of his new movie, and after a few false starts, the 50-year-old filmmaker thinks he may have found it. "So play that song in your head for a second." He waits for a few moments, so the sound of the old-timey crooner's 1943 take on the American standard can echo through his listener's skull. "Ok, now switch over to the Buzzcocks' 'Why Can't I Touch It?'" he says,...
- 12/28/2016
- Rollingstone.com
‘Nocturnal Animals’ (Courtesy: Merrick Morton/Focus Features)
By: Carson Blackwelder
Managing Editor
This year’s contenders for best adapted screenplay are quite the eclectic group based on their sources — something that can never be said for those competing for best original screenplay. When looking at this category’s past since the year 2000, can history dictate which type of adapted screenplays the Academy might be leaning toward at the 2017 Oscars?
This site’s namesake, The Hollywood Reporter’s Scott Feinberg, honed in on nine films considered either frontrunners (the first five) or major threats (the last four) in his latest check-in on the Oscar race: Moonlight, Lion, Fences, Arrival, Hacksaw Ridge, Nocturnal Animals, Sully, Silence, and Loving. The original sources for these films are as varied as the subject matter in the works they inspired, so let’s break them down.
As for frontrunners: Moonlight, written and directed by Barry Jenkins,...
By: Carson Blackwelder
Managing Editor
This year’s contenders for best adapted screenplay are quite the eclectic group based on their sources — something that can never be said for those competing for best original screenplay. When looking at this category’s past since the year 2000, can history dictate which type of adapted screenplays the Academy might be leaning toward at the 2017 Oscars?
This site’s namesake, The Hollywood Reporter’s Scott Feinberg, honed in on nine films considered either frontrunners (the first five) or major threats (the last four) in his latest check-in on the Oscar race: Moonlight, Lion, Fences, Arrival, Hacksaw Ridge, Nocturnal Animals, Sully, Silence, and Loving. The original sources for these films are as varied as the subject matter in the works they inspired, so let’s break them down.
As for frontrunners: Moonlight, written and directed by Barry Jenkins,...
- 12/22/2016
- by Carson Blackwelder
- Scott Feinberg
She’s an acclaimed actress with a Golden Globe trophy and an Oscar nomination under her belt. But Taraji P. Henson says she’s faced a twofold battle in Hollywood — for diversity in projects, and for equitable pay.
The actress has written a memoir titled Around the Way Girl, and in it she opens up about losing highly coveted roles due to what she characterizes as movie executives’ tunnel vision in casting actors of color.
In one instance, in excerpts published by USA Today, Henson claims that a character in the 2014 comedy-drama St. Vincent was written specifically for her — but...
The actress has written a memoir titled Around the Way Girl, and in it she opens up about losing highly coveted roles due to what she characterizes as movie executives’ tunnel vision in casting actors of color.
In one instance, in excerpts published by USA Today, Henson claims that a character in the 2014 comedy-drama St. Vincent was written specifically for her — but...
- 10/12/2016
- by alexisloinazpeople
- PEOPLE.com
Annette Bening in ’20th Century Women’ (Courtesy: Merrick Morton/A24)
By: Carson Blackwelder
Managing Editor
The Oscars is meant to honor the best in film each and every year — but how often are movies about and feature women of a certain age get the recognition they rightly deserve?
With movies like 20th Century Women, starring Annette Bening (now 58), and Florence Foster Jenkins, starring Meryl Streep (now 67), standing a chance at snagging best picture nominations this year — though best actress nominations are more likely for both — let’s take a look back at how often stories with a spotlight on older females are up for the top prize in Hollywood.
Since the year 2000, there have just been a handful of films that meet the requirements: having featuring an actress that is 50+ in a leading role, having allowed her to actually play the age she actually is, and having been up for best picture.
By: Carson Blackwelder
Managing Editor
The Oscars is meant to honor the best in film each and every year — but how often are movies about and feature women of a certain age get the recognition they rightly deserve?
With movies like 20th Century Women, starring Annette Bening (now 58), and Florence Foster Jenkins, starring Meryl Streep (now 67), standing a chance at snagging best picture nominations this year — though best actress nominations are more likely for both — let’s take a look back at how often stories with a spotlight on older females are up for the top prize in Hollywood.
Since the year 2000, there have just been a handful of films that meet the requirements: having featuring an actress that is 50+ in a leading role, having allowed her to actually play the age she actually is, and having been up for best picture.
- 10/12/2016
- by Carson Blackwelder
- Scott Feinberg
Annette Bening in ’20th Century Women’ (Courtesy: Merrick Morton/A24)
By: Scott Feinberg
The Hollywood Reporter
“It seems that it’s National Misogyny Day,” New York Film Festival director Kent Jones said, in reference to the latest Donald Trump news, as he stepped to the microphone at Lincoln Center’s Alice Tully Hall on Saturday night to introduce the world premiere of Mike Mills‘ 20th Century Women. “So, in a bold effort to counter-program, we decided to show this film.”
Read the rest of this entry…...
By: Scott Feinberg
The Hollywood Reporter
“It seems that it’s National Misogyny Day,” New York Film Festival director Kent Jones said, in reference to the latest Donald Trump news, as he stepped to the microphone at Lincoln Center’s Alice Tully Hall on Saturday night to introduce the world premiere of Mike Mills‘ 20th Century Women. “So, in a bold effort to counter-program, we decided to show this film.”
Read the rest of this entry…...
- 10/9/2016
- by Carson Blackwelder
- Scott Feinberg
Annette Bening in 20th Century Women (Courtesy: Merrick Morton/A24)
By: Carson Blackwelder
Managing Editor
Over the course of her career, Annette Bening has been nominated for four Oscars. That, of course, shouldn’t come as a surprise because this is one extremely talented lady. What might shock you, though, is that Bening has taken home zero of those coveted statuettes — but this could all change with her latest work: 20th Century Women.
Mike Mills (Beginners, Thumbsucker) returns with another work he both directed and wrote the screenplay for — and it has the distinction of holding its world premiere on October 8 at the 54th New York Film Festival as the Centerpiece film this year.
The movie is a comedy based in Santa Barbara in the late 1970s and is the story of three women — Bening as single Dorothea Fields, a single mother to teenaged son Jamie (Lucas Jade Zumann); Greta Gerwig as Abbie,...
By: Carson Blackwelder
Managing Editor
Over the course of her career, Annette Bening has been nominated for four Oscars. That, of course, shouldn’t come as a surprise because this is one extremely talented lady. What might shock you, though, is that Bening has taken home zero of those coveted statuettes — but this could all change with her latest work: 20th Century Women.
Mike Mills (Beginners, Thumbsucker) returns with another work he both directed and wrote the screenplay for — and it has the distinction of holding its world premiere on October 8 at the 54th New York Film Festival as the Centerpiece film this year.
The movie is a comedy based in Santa Barbara in the late 1970s and is the story of three women — Bening as single Dorothea Fields, a single mother to teenaged son Jamie (Lucas Jade Zumann); Greta Gerwig as Abbie,...
- 10/7/2016
- by Carson Blackwelder
- Scott Feinberg
Ava DuVernay faced a daunting task in bringing “Selma” to the big screen. The drama, about the 1965 Civil Rights marches in Alabama to demand voting rights for blacks, had already been through several directors by the time she came on board.
Adding to the challenges, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s estate would not grant the team behind the film permission to use his iconic speeches. Still, DuVernay managed to put together a critically acclaimed drama which debuted strongly at the box office this weekend after Paramount pictures rolled it out in limited release. And thanks to “Selma,” DuVernay recently...
Adding to the challenges, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s estate would not grant the team behind the film permission to use his iconic speeches. Still, DuVernay managed to put together a critically acclaimed drama which debuted strongly at the box office this weekend after Paramount pictures rolled it out in limited release. And thanks to “Selma,” DuVernay recently...
- 12/29/2014
- by Anita Bennett
- The Wrap
With Oscar nominations for “Junebug,” “Doubt,” “The Fighter,” “The Master” and “American Hustle” in the last nine years, Amy Adams is tied with Meryl Streep as the most-nominated actor or actress in that stretch. (Philip Seymour Hoffman, George Clooney and Cate Blanchett are next with four.) And now she’s in the running again with Tim Burton’s “Big Eyes,” the story of real-life artist Margaret Keane, who created iconic (if kitschy) paintings of children with enormous eyes in the 1960s, but sat by quietly while her husband Walter claimed credit.
Adams plays the long-suffering Margaret while Christoph Waltz is the overbearing Walter,...
Adams plays the long-suffering Margaret while Christoph Waltz is the overbearing Walter,...
- 12/27/2014
- by Steve Pond
- The Wrap
Before Angelina Jolie made “Unbroken,” Louis Zamperini’s dramatic World War II survival story had been looking for a filmmaker since 1957. But it took Laura Hillenbrand’s bestselling book and the interest of second-time director Jolie to nudge the project back into action, leading to the film that opens on Christmas Day on the heels of four Critics’ Choice Movie Award nominations, including Best Picture and Best Director.
Jolie said she was obsessed with the story of Zamperini, an Olympic runner who survived 45 days adrift on a raft in the Pacific and two years in a series of brutal Japanese prison camps.
Jolie said she was obsessed with the story of Zamperini, an Olympic runner who survived 45 days adrift on a raft in the Pacific and two years in a series of brutal Japanese prison camps.
- 12/24/2014
- by Steve Pond
- The Wrap
From the tour de force thriller that became a bestselling must-read comes David Fincher’s screen version of Gone Girl, a wild ride through our modern media culture and down into the deep, dark fault lines of an American marriage – in all its unreliable promises, inescapable deceits and pitch-black comedy.
The couple at the center of the story – former New York writer Nick Dunne and his formerly “cool girl” wife Amy, now trying to make ends meet in the mid-recession Midwest – have all the sinuous outer contours of contemporary marital bliss. But on the occasion of their 5th wedding anniversary, Amy goes missing — and those contours crack into a maze of fissures. Nick becomes the prime suspect, shrouded in a fog of suspicious behavior. Amy becomes the vaunted object of a media frenzy as the search for her, dead or alive, plays out before the eyes of a world thirsting for revelations.
The couple at the center of the story – former New York writer Nick Dunne and his formerly “cool girl” wife Amy, now trying to make ends meet in the mid-recession Midwest – have all the sinuous outer contours of contemporary marital bliss. But on the occasion of their 5th wedding anniversary, Amy goes missing — and those contours crack into a maze of fissures. Nick becomes the prime suspect, shrouded in a fog of suspicious behavior. Amy becomes the vaunted object of a media frenzy as the search for her, dead or alive, plays out before the eyes of a world thirsting for revelations.
- 9/23/2014
- by Movie Geeks
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
Check out the first poster (via IMDb) and teaser trailer for Gone Girl.
Directed by David Fincher and based upon the global bestseller by Gillian Flynn, Gone Girl unearths the secrets at the heart of a modern marriage.
On the occasion of his fifth wedding anniversary, Nick Dunne (Ben Affleck) reports that his beautiful wife, Amy (Rosamund Pike), has gone missing. Under pressure from the police and a growing media frenzy, Nick’s portrait of a blissful union begins to crumble and he finds himself the chief suspect behind the shocking disappearance
Soon his lies, deceits and strange behavior have everyone asking the same dark question: Did Nick Dunne kill his wife?
The movie will be in theaters on October 3rd.
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Ben Affleck rehearses a scene with director David Fincher on the set of Gone Girl.
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Directed by David Fincher and based upon the global bestseller by Gillian Flynn, Gone Girl unearths the secrets at the heart of a modern marriage.
On the occasion of his fifth wedding anniversary, Nick Dunne (Ben Affleck) reports that his beautiful wife, Amy (Rosamund Pike), has gone missing. Under pressure from the police and a growing media frenzy, Nick’s portrait of a blissful union begins to crumble and he finds himself the chief suspect behind the shocking disappearance
Soon his lies, deceits and strange behavior have everyone asking the same dark question: Did Nick Dunne kill his wife?
The movie will be in theaters on October 3rd.
http://www.findamazingamy.com/
https://www.facebook.com/GoneGirlMovie
https://twitter.com/gonegirlmovie
Ben Affleck rehearses a scene with director David Fincher on the set of Gone Girl.
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- 4/15/2014
- by Michelle McCue
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
Copyright: WWE Legends Of Mid-South Wrestling Blu-ray
When most wrestling fans think of New Orleans these days, they think of WrestleMania 30, coming up on April 6 at the Mercedes-Benz Superdome.
What many younger fans may not realize is that New Orleans was one of the hottest cities in the old Mid-South territory back in the early ’80s, with Ted Dibiase, “Hacksaw” Jim Duggan, Junkyard Dog, King Kong Bundy, Jake “The Snake” Roberts, Kamala, Steve “Dr. Death” Williams, and announcer Jim Ross being among the prominent names who left an indelible mark on professional wrestling.
With athletic, bruising matches orchestrated by no-nonsense promoter “Cowboy” Bill Watt, Mid-South garnered national attention for its evocative storytelling and Superdome Extravaganzas, featuring the Road Warriors, the Midnight Express, the Von Erichs, Ric Flair, Dusty Rhodes, and Andre the Giant.
In recent years, WWE purchased the Mid-South Wrestling video library — more than 1,200 hours of TV programming from...
When most wrestling fans think of New Orleans these days, they think of WrestleMania 30, coming up on April 6 at the Mercedes-Benz Superdome.
What many younger fans may not realize is that New Orleans was one of the hottest cities in the old Mid-South territory back in the early ’80s, with Ted Dibiase, “Hacksaw” Jim Duggan, Junkyard Dog, King Kong Bundy, Jake “The Snake” Roberts, Kamala, Steve “Dr. Death” Williams, and announcer Jim Ross being among the prominent names who left an indelible mark on professional wrestling.
With athletic, bruising matches orchestrated by no-nonsense promoter “Cowboy” Bill Watt, Mid-South garnered national attention for its evocative storytelling and Superdome Extravaganzas, featuring the Road Warriors, the Midnight Express, the Von Erichs, Ric Flair, Dusty Rhodes, and Andre the Giant.
In recent years, WWE purchased the Mid-South Wrestling video library — more than 1,200 hours of TV programming from...
- 2/11/2014
- by Marshall Ward
- Obsessed with Film
Photo by Merrick Morton
Writer/director Spike Jonze brings his distinct style and insight to this modern relationship story, Her, a film that takes an unconventional look at the nature of love. Here’s a look at the brand new trailer.
Set in Los Angeles in the slight future, Her follows Theodore (Joaquin Phoenix), a complex, soulful man who makes his living writing touching, personal letters for other people. Heartbroken after the end of a long relationship, he becomes intrigued with a new, advanced operating system, which promises to be an intuitive and unique entity in its own right.
Upon initiating it, he is delighted to meet “Samantha,” a bright, female voice (Scarlett Johansson) who is insightful, sensitive and surprisingly funny. As her needs and desires grow, in tandem with his own, their friendship deepens into an eventual love for each other.
Photo courtesy of Warner Bros. Pictures.
From the...
Writer/director Spike Jonze brings his distinct style and insight to this modern relationship story, Her, a film that takes an unconventional look at the nature of love. Here’s a look at the brand new trailer.
Set in Los Angeles in the slight future, Her follows Theodore (Joaquin Phoenix), a complex, soulful man who makes his living writing touching, personal letters for other people. Heartbroken after the end of a long relationship, he becomes intrigued with a new, advanced operating system, which promises to be an intuitive and unique entity in its own right.
Upon initiating it, he is delighted to meet “Samantha,” a bright, female voice (Scarlett Johansson) who is insightful, sensitive and surprisingly funny. As her needs and desires grow, in tandem with his own, their friendship deepens into an eventual love for each other.
Photo courtesy of Warner Bros. Pictures.
From the...
- 12/4/2013
- by Michelle McCue
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
“Don’t mess with the law! Not in his Town. Not on his Watch.” The tagline is like something out of the 80′s. Love… It!!
Everyone’s favorite action hero, Arnold Schwarzenegger, makes his much anticipated return to the big screen in The Last Stand. You heard right… He’S Back! Check out this brand new trailer and be sure to see it with The Expendables 2!
After leaving his Lapd narcotics post following a bungled operation that left him wracked with remorse and regret, Sheriff Ray Owens (Schwarzenegger) moved out of Los Angeles and settled into a life fighting what little crime takes place in sleepy border town Sommerton Junction. But that peaceful existence is shattered when Gabriel Cortez (Eduardo Noriega), the most notorious, wanted drug kingpin in the western hemisphere, makes a deadly yet spectacular escape from an FBI prisoner convoy.
With the help of a fierce band...
Everyone’s favorite action hero, Arnold Schwarzenegger, makes his much anticipated return to the big screen in The Last Stand. You heard right… He’S Back! Check out this brand new trailer and be sure to see it with The Expendables 2!
After leaving his Lapd narcotics post following a bungled operation that left him wracked with remorse and regret, Sheriff Ray Owens (Schwarzenegger) moved out of Los Angeles and settled into a life fighting what little crime takes place in sleepy border town Sommerton Junction. But that peaceful existence is shattered when Gabriel Cortez (Eduardo Noriega), the most notorious, wanted drug kingpin in the western hemisphere, makes a deadly yet spectacular escape from an FBI prisoner convoy.
With the help of a fierce band...
- 8/17/2012
- by Michelle McCue
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
Action icon Arnold Schwarzenegger makes his much-anticipated return to the big screen in Korean director Kim Jee-woon.s hard-hitting Us directorial debut, The Last Stand. Check out the brand new poster (via IGN). A new trailer will arrive on Friday.
After leaving his Lapd narcotics post following a bungled operation that left him wracked with remorse and regret, Sheriff Ray Owens (Schwarzenegger) moved out of Los Angeles and settled into a life fighting what little crime takes place in sleepy border town Sommerton Junction. But that peaceful existence is shattered when Gabriel Cortez (Eduardo Noriega), the most notorious, wanted drug kingpin in the western hemisphere, makes a deadly yet spectacular escape from an FBI prisoner convoy.
With the help of a fierce band of lawless mercenaries led by the icy Burrell (Peter Stormare), Cortez begins racing towards the Us-Mexico border at 250 mph in a specially-outfitted Corvette ZR1 with a hostage in tow.
After leaving his Lapd narcotics post following a bungled operation that left him wracked with remorse and regret, Sheriff Ray Owens (Schwarzenegger) moved out of Los Angeles and settled into a life fighting what little crime takes place in sleepy border town Sommerton Junction. But that peaceful existence is shattered when Gabriel Cortez (Eduardo Noriega), the most notorious, wanted drug kingpin in the western hemisphere, makes a deadly yet spectacular escape from an FBI prisoner convoy.
With the help of a fierce band of lawless mercenaries led by the icy Burrell (Peter Stormare), Cortez begins racing towards the Us-Mexico border at 250 mph in a specially-outfitted Corvette ZR1 with a hostage in tow.
- 8/14/2012
- by Michelle McCue
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
Chicago – It’s been six years since award-winning music video helmers Jonathan Dayton and Valerie Faris released their feature directorial debut, “Little Miss Sunshine.” It went on to become one of 2006’s most beloved sleeper hits and garnered a busload of accolades, including two Oscars. Yet it took many years for the couple to find the perfect script for their sophomore effort.
They found it in Zoe Kazan’s remarkably inventive debut screenplay, “Ruby Sparks,” which tells the story of a lovesick author, Calvin, whose dream girl suddenly materializes in his apartment. Kazan also happens to be the real-life girlfriend of Paul Dano, who memorably played the brooding, oft-silent teen Dwayne in “Sunshine.” The film stars Dano as Calvin, Kazan as his tailor made love, Ruby Sparks, Chris Messina as Calvin’s bewildered brother, and a talent-packed ensemble including Annette Bening, Antonio Banderas and Steve Coogan. Hollywood Chicago spoke with...
They found it in Zoe Kazan’s remarkably inventive debut screenplay, “Ruby Sparks,” which tells the story of a lovesick author, Calvin, whose dream girl suddenly materializes in his apartment. Kazan also happens to be the real-life girlfriend of Paul Dano, who memorably played the brooding, oft-silent teen Dwayne in “Sunshine.” The film stars Dano as Calvin, Kazan as his tailor made love, Ruby Sparks, Chris Messina as Calvin’s bewildered brother, and a talent-packed ensemble including Annette Bening, Antonio Banderas and Steve Coogan. Hollywood Chicago spoke with...
- 7/24/2012
- by adam@hollywoodchicago.com (Adam Fendelman)
- HollywoodChicago.com
Chicago – He’s the accomplished actor best known for locking horns with Daniel Day-Lewis in Paul Thomas Anderson’s masterpiece, “There Will Be Blood.” She’s the acclaimed playwright who’s earned raves for her acting both onstage (“Angels in America”) and onscreen (“The Exploding Girl”). Together, they are a match made in movie heaven.
The new romantic comedy, “Ruby Sparks,” marks the latest collaboration of real-life couple Paul Dano and Zoe Kazan, who first met after being cast in Jonathan Marc Sherman’s 2007 Off-Broadway play, “Things We Want.” Last year, Dano and Kazan played an anguished married couple in Kelly Reichardt’s existential western “Meek’s Cutoff.” Yet “Sparks” features the couple’s most intimate and complex collaboration to date. Kazan performs double duty as leading lady and first-time screenwriter, while Dano tackles the tricky role of a lonely writer whose lovable neurosis harbors a potentially repellant dark side.
The new romantic comedy, “Ruby Sparks,” marks the latest collaboration of real-life couple Paul Dano and Zoe Kazan, who first met after being cast in Jonathan Marc Sherman’s 2007 Off-Broadway play, “Things We Want.” Last year, Dano and Kazan played an anguished married couple in Kelly Reichardt’s existential western “Meek’s Cutoff.” Yet “Sparks” features the couple’s most intimate and complex collaboration to date. Kazan performs double duty as leading lady and first-time screenwriter, while Dano tackles the tricky role of a lonely writer whose lovable neurosis harbors a potentially repellant dark side.
- 7/23/2012
- by adam@hollywoodchicago.com (Adam Fendelman)
- HollywoodChicago.com
In Fox Searchlight’s upcoming film Ruby Sparks, Paul Dano stars as Calvin, a writer whose words are brought to life when he writes about his perfect girl on his trusty typewriter. Visit the newly launched website at www.makerubyreal.com to type your own words and unlock fun content from the film. Try typing ocean, dance and hamburger to name a few…
Also be sure to head over to Fandango.com to check out the new interactive poster to explore many never-before-seen poster comps. Think you have what it takes to design a better one? Now’s your chance! Visit http://makerubyreal.tumblr.com to submit your own. The 5 posters with the most notes on Tumblr will win a limited print run of their poster, plus the chance to see it displayed in a local theater.
For more information on how to #MakeRubyReal, visit: http://www.fandango.com/movieblog...
Also be sure to head over to Fandango.com to check out the new interactive poster to explore many never-before-seen poster comps. Think you have what it takes to design a better one? Now’s your chance! Visit http://makerubyreal.tumblr.com to submit your own. The 5 posters with the most notes on Tumblr will win a limited print run of their poster, plus the chance to see it displayed in a local theater.
For more information on how to #MakeRubyReal, visit: http://www.fandango.com/movieblog...
- 7/3/2012
- by Michelle McCue
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
Rampart, the sophomore film by writer/director Oren Moverman, provides a dark, visceral character study of a man unhinged. Set in 1999, the film centers on Dave Brown (played ferociously by Woody Harrelson), a Vietnam veteran and one of the most corrupt and brutal cops working in La. Brown, with his laundry list of vices (booze, pills, and promiscuity to name a few), is a remnant of the old system of police work at a time when change is necessary for the department. His personal life is no better than his professional life: Brown lives uneasily with his two daughters (Brie Larson, Sammy Boyarsky), who were mothered by a pair of sisters (Anne Heche, Cynthia Nixon), both married to Brown at different points in his chaotic life. Credit: Merrick Morton/Courtesy of Millennium Entertainment Moverman manages to portray Brown as a complex figure who, despite his obvious flaws, evokes an unlikely...
- 2/6/2012
- TribecaFilm.com
The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo, Hugo, Deathly Hallows 2, Mildred Pierce: Art Directors Guild Awards
Daniel Craig, Rooney Mara in David Fincher's The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo Dante Ferretti, Tony Walton, Stuart Craig, Alfred Junge: Art Directors Guild Awards Feature Films Period Film The Artist Production Designer: Laurence Bennett * Hugo Production Designer: Dante Ferretti The Help Production Designer: Mark Ricker Anonymous Production Designer: Sebastian Krawinkel Tinker Taylor Soldier Spy Production Designer: Maria Djurkovic Fantasy Film * Harry Potter And The Deathly Hallows: Part 2 Production Designer: Stuart Craig Captain America: The First Avenger Production Designer: Rick Heinrichs The Adventures Of Tintin: The Secret Unicorn Production Designer: Tbd Pirates Of The Caribbean: On Stranger Tides Production Designer: John Myhre Cowboys & Aliens Production Designer: Scott Chambliss Contemporary Film * The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo Production Designer: Donald Graham Burt The Descendants Production Designer: Jane Anne Stewart Extremely Loud And Incredibly Close Production Designer: K. K. Barrett Drive Production Designer: Beth Mickle Bridesmaids Production Designer:...
- 2/5/2012
- by Steve Montgomery
- Alt Film Guide
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