The past year has made everyone a bit more cautious about germs. Even if you’re fully vaccinated, the thought of going back into a bacteria-filled world can be a little daunting. While you’ve probably been sanitizing your hands more, one of the lesser known germ hotbeds is your smartphone. Think about it: your phone goes wherever you go, so it essentially touches everything you touch. But how often do you clean it?...
“It’s funny, how over the three years that we’ve been working on it, the story has become more relevant and timely,” said first-time director Joel Crawford (head of story on “Trolls”). “We wanted to celebrate the tight family bond that the Croods share, and then you meet the Bettermans, who live behind a wall and have walls between walls in their huts and have all these modern advancements, but have lost that familial connection with each other....
However, to sum up her impact in the language of credits and awards would an injustice of its own. Weyermann was one of those people who had the privilege of being genuinely beloved. She was dedicated to her work as chief content officer at Participant Media, but the filmmakers she worked with knew her as a fiercely intelligent champion, guide, and most of all a friend. After losing her long battle with cancer last week, Weyermann’s friends in the documentary community sent IndieWire a flood of tributes....
Rather than foreground any of the central figures in the standard Doyle repertoire, this fashions a loose-knit group of five purpose-seeking teenagers who stumble into the same circles that the violin-playing literary icon usually travels through. They’re led by a pair of sisters, Beatrice (Thaddea Graham) and Jessie (Darci Shaw), each looking to fashion a new path in life after a harsh childhood spent mostly in a workhouse. One has a fearless, savvy resolve and the other is gradually grappling with her ability to dive inside the minds of strangers....
Deadline reported that now “Red Rocket” breakout Son is also leaving “The Idol,” which stars series co-creator The Weeknd and Lily Rose-Depp. The outlet noted that The Weeknd allegedly felt the show was “leaning too much into a ‘female perspective’” according to sources. Update, April 26 at 3:06 pm ET: Director Amy Seimetz officially exited “The Idol.” The “Girlfriend Experience” co-creator was slated to direct all episodes of the HBO music industry drama....
Zemeckis’ “The Witches” is an adaptation of Roald Dahl’s 1983 novel of the same name. Newcomer Jahzir Kadeem Bruno stars as a young boy who moves in with his grandmother (Octavia Spencer) in the rural Alabama town of Demopolis. The year is 1967, and the boy and his grandmother find themselves in an unexpected battle against a coven of glamorous witches (led by Anne Hathaway’s Grand High Witch) who seek to turn the town’s children into mice....
During an appearance on The Ringer’s “Bill Simmons Podcast” (video embedded below), Hanks was asked to pick his three favorite Tom Hanks movies. The actor obliged, but with a slight tweak. “I would not do it according to the way the movies came out,” he said. “I’d do it the way of the personal experience I had while doing them.” That’s where “Cloud Atlas” comes in. According to Hanks, the film is one of the most magical experiences he’s ever had in his decades-spanning acting career....
