Let’s get this out of the way right from the top: Wes Anderson has never made a bad movie, and — in all likelihood — he probably never will. He’s too particular, too immaculate, too in command of his craft. Of course, the fact that he has always been so sure of himself only makes it more tempting to chart the progress of his career and to measure his films against each other....
“So often in these kinds of media, women write the female characters and writers of color write the heroes of color, and white men get to write everything else,” said creator A.C. Bradley (“Trollhunters: Tales of Arcadia”). “And the fact that they were trusting me, a woman, to tell an Iron Man story, to go have fun with Thor, to run with an idea for Killmonger, was a real treat and an honor....
For “What We Do in the Shadows” — returning to FX early next month for Season 3 — no star burned brighter or as quickly as Jackie Daytona, the toothpick-chewing, definitely human alter ego of Laszlo (Matt Berry), a member of the show’s main coven. Members of the “What We Do in the Shadows” cast and writing staff took part in a panel on Friday afternoon as part of the Television Critics Association virtual Summer Press Tour, where showrunner Paul Simms revealed that fans shouldn’t expect Jackie’s return in Season 3, but that the door remains open for a potential comeback....
“‘After Earth’ was an abysmal box office and critical failure,” Will writes in his memoir (via People). “And what was worse was that Jaden took the hit. Fans and the press were absolutely vicious; they said and printed things about Jaden that I refuse to repeat. Jaden had faithfully done everything that I’d instructed him to do, and I had coached him into the worst public mauling he’d ever experienced.”...
Hurt was born in 1950 and grew up in Washington D.C. before studying acting at the Juilliard School alongside classmates Robin Williams and Christopher Reeve. He made his feature film debut in 1980’s “Altered States,” earning a Golden Globe nomination for Best New Star. His Hollywood career got off to a rapid start, as 1981’s “Body Heat,” Lawrence Kasdan’s noir in which he plays the easily duped lover of Kathleen Turner’s femme fatale, was a massive hit....
It is also a nearly impossible figure to judge in context. Patty Jenkins’ initial DC Comics film, opening globally in May 2017, grossed $100 million its first weekend. The last time Christmas fell on Friday (allowing a maximum weekend environment to thrive), “The Force Awakens” grossed $149 million — in its second weekend. Last year, with the holiday on Wednesday, “The Rise of Skywalker,” again in its second weekend, grossed $72 million across the three days....
Director Joachim Trier clarified that his conclusion to his “Oslo” trilogy is a “character piece” about one specific woman — Julie, played by Renate Reinsve — and her journey to finding herself, not an analysis on modern feminism as a whole. “I did not want to make a general statement about what it means to be a woman today, that would be impossible,” Trier told Variety. “The fact of her being a woman eventually comes in to play by itself, through trying to portray truthful situations with humor and satire, and different things that I have experienced, seen or imagined....
