All of this makes “Trying” feel like that much more of an achievement, not to mention a welcome respite. The Apple TV+ comedy, debuting its Season 2 this week, revolves around Nikki (Esther Smith) and Jason (Rafe Spall), two Camden residents on an extended journey to add to their family. The events of the first season eventually saw them approved by an adoption panel, and now begins the next stretch of the process....
Perry most recently directed “A Jazzman’s Blues,” a historical melodrama for Netflix that made its premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival back in September. Some of his other recent projects include the 12th Madea movie, “A Madea Homecoming,” also for Netflix, and the thriller “A Fall From Grace.” Perry previously had a first-look deal with Lionsgate and in 2019 released “A Madea Family Funeral,” which made $74.7 million worldwide....
In other words, it should be the perfect moment in time to set a reboot (or resurrection) of the “V/H/S” films, a found footage anthology series that mined the scuzziness of the camcorder age for two installments of unsettling gonzo fun before it betrayed its roots and went online with 2014’s “V/H/S: Viral.” Alas, not even a spot-on Slap Chop parody or Timo Tjahjanto’s whacked out tribute to the glory days of FMV can save this fourth episode from marking the new low point of its franchise, as “V/H/S ’94” so badly smudges the line between creepy throwback and self-amused goof that you’d need a DVD to see the difference....
Pre-opening estimates of $40 million-$60 million didn’t hint at this result. Instead, Andy Serkis’ film, with Tom Hardy reprising his role as a reporter with superpowers gained from aliens, became the biggest first weekend since “Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker” in December 2019. And with $130 million, this weekend also represents the highest box-office total since mid-February 2020. Beyond the grosses, here’s what could be a key indication that normalcy is in sight: “Carnage” grossed 12 percent more than “Venom” did when it opened exactly three years ago (when it had a boost from the 2018 Indigenous Peoples’ Day holiday weekend)....
It’s easy to confuse the history of disability portrayals in TV sitcoms with the “very special episode” that specialized in dark topics followed by comforting homilies, all soundtracked by awkward laughter from the live studio audience. However, if you look back at the episodes that featured characters with disabilities, they weren’t the stuff of VSEs. They belonged to narratives about the disability, all with a single mantra: People with disabilities are simply people....
Check out one of the buzziest titles of Oscar season from the comfort of your own home: “Judas and the Black Messiah,” starring LaKeith Stanfield and Daniel Kaluuya and directed by Shaka King, hits select theaters and HBO Max on Friday, Feb. 12. The film, about Illinois Black Panther leader Fred Hampton and William O’Neal, the FBI informant who infiltrated the chapter and provided information that led to the raid that ultimately killed Hampton, is available to stream for one month following its release date....
Products featured are independently selected by our editorial team and we may earn a commission from purchases made from our links. One of the first wide theatrical releases affected by the international lockdown in March was Disney’s highly anticipated live-action “Mulan,” but the remake of the studio’s 1998 animated classic has now received an innovative rollout on Disney+. The film, directed by Niki Caro and starring Liu Yifei as the legendary warrior, was originally supposed to be released on March 27, then was pushed to July, and as finally available as of right now....
The changes to the group’s dynamic aren’t massive, and they certainly don’t alter the hilarious mock-doc humor, but even small changes spin out in big ways which leaves the group split up by season’s end. Costumer Designer Laura Montgomery spoke to IndieWire about getting as much character as possible into the look of the show’s leads before they ended up stuck on boats, trains, and in basements. Nandor The series takes a good deal of its costuming logic from the Taika Waititi film that inspired it, in that each character’s fashion is guided by the era in which they became a vampire....
On Monday, AMC Entertainment’s AMC Preferred Equity units began trading on the New York Stock Exchange under the ticker symbol APE. The acronym doubles as a nod to an inside joke among the Reddit users who bought up AMC stock during the troubled times of the early pandemic, possibly saving the theater chain from going under. On Friday, as a thank you/means of raising funds, AMC issued one preferred equity stock unit for each of its 560....
On March 2, A+E Networks kicked off the annual season of months-long pitches from broadcast networks, cable channels, and (ad-supported) VOD platforms to potential media buyers. Nickelodeon followed a few weeks later, but the first major in-person upfront for premium (read: adult) programming since May 2019 arrives Wednesday April 6 with the AMC Networks event (heavy on Anne Rice and “Walking Dead” spinoffs) at The Peak in New York City’s Hudson Yards....
Smith shared an Instagram video calling his actions “unacceptable” and apologizing once again. “Over the last few months, I’ve been doing a lot of thinking and personal work,” the “King Richard” star stated in onscreen text. Smith then repeats questions he has been asked, including why he did not apologize to Rock during his Oscars acceptance speech. “I was fogged out by that point,” Smith explained. “It’s all fuzzy. I’ve reached out to Chris and the message that came back is he’s not ready to talk and when he is, he will reach out....
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....
In many ways, “The Woman in the Window” is a revealing glimpse of studio filmmaking for smart adults that is vanishing into the rearview. Here’s what we know about what was then — and what is now. Then: Fox 2000 picked up book rights. Elizabeth Gabler, who ran the prestige label Fox 2000 from 2000-2019, is known for chasing top commercial literary properties such as Oscar-winning global hits “The Devil Wears Prada” ($326 million) and “The Life of Pi” ($609 million)....
Head and shoulders above every other nominated series is Hulu’s delightful freshman comedy “Only Murders in the Building,” the only series to nab three mentions, for comedy series, new series, and episodic comedy (“Episode One: True Crime,” Steve Martin and John Hoffman). While three nominations is the most any show received this year, there were plenty that were honored twice, which is where things start to get really interesting. Among those double-nominees is HBO’s “Succession,” which isn’t particularly surprising, given the series has been nominated twice in both of its previous seasons, winning neither drama series or new series for Season 1 and winning both drama series and episodic drama (“Tern Haven,” Will Tracy) for Season 2....
The Original Screenplay category is a tight competition, with Aaron Sorkin nominated for “Being the Ricardos” alongside Paul Thomas Anderson’s “Licorice Pizza” and Wes Anderson’s “The French Dispatch,” among others. “CODA,” “Dune,” and “Nightmare Alley” lead the Adapted Screenplay category, rounding out a mix of streaming day and date premieres with theatrical releases. The winners will be announced March 20 at 74th Annual Writers Guild Awards. The WGAs announced its TV, new media, news, radio/audio and promotional writing nominees last week....
In November of last year she drew attention to a series of troubling and ableist tweets sent out by “Jeopardy” guest host, Ken Jennings. “If I see someone acting up, and they’re not treating people with the respect they deserve or they’re being flippant about someone’s journey through this life, I’m putting the gloves on and I’m jumping in!” Brown said. (Jennings later apologized.) In “Big Shot,” Brown plays Principal Sherilyn Thomas, the boss to a private school’s women’s basketball coach, Marvy Korn, played by John Stamos....
Much of Trumbull’s work is on display in “Envisioning 2001: Stanley Kubrick’s Space Odyssey,” an exhibition at New York’s Museum of the Moving Image that reopens this week and remains on display through September. The exhibit, a variation of an earlier show that opened in Frankfurt in 2018, features a wide array of original artifacts from the movie alongside clips of films that inspired Kubrick, correspondences, and details behind its groundbreaking vision of the future....
A co-production between the National Film Board of Canada and Beryl Productions International, the 16-minute, hand-drawn animated short film continues the series that began with the duo’s 1987 film “Girls Night Out,” followed by “Body Beautiful” (1990) and “Dreams & Desires — Family Ties” (2006). Quinn and Mills have won numerous awards for their films and commercials, including four BAFTAs, three Emmys, and two Academy Award nominations for “Famous Fred” (1997) and “Wife of Bath – Canterbury Tales Part 1” (1998)....
Zombies are frightening abstract concepts for any number of reasons. They can represent a loss of control or a threat to the fundamental trust we can have for one another. Maybe the most terrifying part of a majority of these stories is that zombies are presented as a clear binary. You either are one or you aren’t. Pull up your sleeve to reveal a few stray tooth marks and it’s just a matter of time before you flip over from one category to the other, forever....
The Oscar nominee plays self-proclaimed wild child and up-and-coming actress Nellie LaRoy in the 1920s-set period piece, which just released a new trailer. LaRoy is an amalgam of ’20s stars Clara Bow, Jeanne Eagels, Joan Crawford, and Alma Rubens. With dreams of reaching stardom, Nellie crosses paths with aging icon Jack Conrad (Brad Pitt), inspired by John Gilbert, Clark Gable, and Douglas Fairbanks. Per the official “Babylon” synopsis, Chazelle’s film is an original epic set in 1920s Los Angeles led by Pitt, Robbie and Diego Calva, with an ensemble cast including Jovan Adepo, Li Jun Li, and Jean Smart....
