“I hate all Civil Rights movies,” Rock said. “Don’t get me wrong, I applaud the effort and they should exist. The problem is they only show the back of the bus and the lunch counter. They actually make racism look very fixable. They don’t get into how dysfunctional the relationships were in the ’40s and ’50s, white men would just walk in your house and take your food… it’s a predator-prey relationship....
It’s no secret that “CODA” is an adaptation (its three Oscar nominations include Best Adapted Screenplay, after all), but you’ve likely never seen “La Famille Bélier,” the 2014 French film on which “CODA” is based. A massive hit in France, it grossed $55 million — the per-capita equivalent to over $300 million domestic. Worldwide, it grossed $86 million. And yet there is little evidence that the film ever had any public showings in the United States....
“There is absolutely no love for cinema, nor for the audience here,” Villeneuve writes about the HBO Max decision. “It is all about the survival of a telecom mammoth, one that is currently bearing an astronomical debt of more than $150 billion. Therefore, even though ‘Dune’ is about cinema and audiences, AT&T is about its own survival on Wall Street. With HBO Max’s launch a failure thus far, AT&T decided to sacrifice Warner Bros....
Over the past few weeks, “Desus and Mero” has been tossing in some filmed segments done outside the two hosts’ respective home studios. Few of them have been fueled by as much unadulterated joy as Desus Nice and The Kid Mero’s visit to Cambridge, Massachusetts, curated by the ever-illustrious Yo-Yo Ma. Within seconds of meeting, they’re giving each other giant mutual appreciation bear hugs. Before long, they’re having a hearts-to-heart at a local barbershop....
The trailer reintroduces us to (not yet acclaimed) poet Emily Dickinson (Hailee Steinfeld) as she’s eager to hear the thoughts about her poems from best friend and lover Sue Gilbert (Ella Hunt). Sue, in turn, urges Emily to expand beyond soliciting one person’s opinion. What follows is Emily meeting up with Sam Bowles, the man who could be the one to bring Emily worldwide prestige. Meanwhile, Sue herself is on track to become the Victorian equivalent of an influencer, Wiz Khalifa drops in as Death, and then some witchcraft and dancing ensues....
The latest “Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness” trailer, which aired during the Super Bowl on February 13, gives Marvel fans a glimpse into the chaos caused by the events of “Spider-Man: No Way Home.” Benedict Cumberbatch reprises his role as neurosurgeon turned Master of the Mystic Arts Stephen Strange, who has the power to unlock alternate dimensions and change the course of MCU history. “Multiverse of Madness” is a sequel to Scott Derrickson’s 2016 film, and hinges on the aftermath of Doctor Strange’s latest showing in “No Way Home....
“The window of time was insane,” Wood said about finding the right home for Jackson’s trilogy. “They shopped it around town. Peter made a pitch video that’s pretty impressive, taken to a variety of places. Most people were balking at the notion of doing more than one film. The popular opinion was, ‘No, you have to see how [the initial movie] does and then invest the rest of your money.’”...
