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As Empire observed on set: “[Garfield] leaves to change into his own, casual clothes, before returning to crouch behind the camera as it hovers close to Eisenberg. Just before the camera rolls, he leans toward the ‘Zombieland’ star and hisses, ‘You’re a fucking dick and you betrayed your best fucking friend. Live with that.’ It’s shocking to hear. It certainly helps with the take. And it is evidence both of Garfield’s professional generosity and Fincher’s nous — for the abuse was at the director’s instruction, to help Eisenberg get in the right headspace for the scene....

Raised in New Delhi and living in Toronto since 1973, the lauded Indo-Canadian filmmaker’s body of work spans globally in location and subject matter. Mehta is best known for her Elements Trilogy (the origin of that name are a mystery to her), which includes the controversial lesbian romance “Fire” (1996), the Partition era family drama “Earth” (1999), and the Oscar-nominated “Water” (2005). India submitted the film for the 2007 foreign-language Oscar, and this year submitted “Funny Boy,” but the Academy deemed it ineligible because it used too much English, accepting backup entry, “14 Days, 12 Nights,” instead....

Rebuilding from the past is the guiding sentiment of this feature, not only in terms of one family renovating their lives, but also in the way Reitman and co-writer Gil Kenan reconstruct elements foundational to the franchise (like certain props, characters, and story beats). Financially strapped single mother Callie (Carrie Coon) is facing eviction when she learns that her estranged, reclusive father (whose identity they take great pains to obscure at first) has died and left her his dilapidated farmhouse (which metaphorically mirrors their relationship)....

The suit from Flaa has exposed potential ethical conflicts and instances of self-dealing from among members of the organization, just a week ahead of next Sunday’s Golden Globes ceremony. “The dismissal was disappointing,” said one current HFPA member, who like most quoted in the story asked to remain anonymous. “I thought it would shake things up…. We are an archaic organization. I still think the HFPA needs outside pressure to change....

“I went to the Razzie [Awards] because I feel like we all take ourselves so seriously,” Berry recently told Vanity Fair. “If we get an award, if we get the Oscar, we somehow are made to feel like we’re somehow better than everybody else, but we’re really not. You were just chosen that year by your peers, and you were acknowledged for doing what they considered stellar work…If you find yourself face to face with a Razzie, does that mean you’re the worst actor there ever was?...

Moments later, the calm breaks. Sandra’s husband, Gary, arrives home in a fit of fury. As their daughters flee from the apartment, Gary grabs Sandra and pulls her to the floor, stomping on her wrist as she lies bleeding. In that moment, Sandra’s earlier line — about all the Sandras in Dublin — takes on another meaning, one that conveys the ubiquity and invisibility of domestic violence. “It was actually, really subconsciously saying to the audience: There’s loads of women like her,” Dunne said in a recent interview....

“You know downrange, what they like to say is that what we do is for freedom,” Pratt, playing Navy SEAL Commander James Reece, says. “But what it really is, there’s evil in this world. It’s our job to look it in the eye because most folks don’t have the balls. That’s the job. We do it. All you gotta do is pay your taxes and stay out of our way.”...