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Jeremy Irons, Matthias Schoenaerts Join ‘Red Sparrow’
Jeremy Irons, Matthias Schoenaerts Join ‘Red Sparrow’
Jeremy Irons, Matthias Schoenaerts Join ‘Red Sparrow’
The “honey trap” has long been a staple in spy fiction for nearly a century. The femme fatale trained in the art of seduction acting as a double agent vs. the aloof, professional spy whose only weakness is a great pair of legs or eyes or nostrils or whatever. Red Sparrow, based on the novel of the same name by veteran CIA officer Jason Matthews, brings this kind of film noir tale into the modern day: Jennifer Lawrence will play Russian intelligence officer Dominkia Egorova, who becomes a sort of reluctant Mata Hari and is assigned to an American CIA agent. The Hunger Games’ Francis Lawrence is directing, and the film just cast Jeremy Irons and Matthias Schoenaerts.
Jeff Nichols on the Message ‘Loving’ Leaves Us With in Wake of the 2016 Election
Jeff Nichols on the Message ‘Loving’ Leaves Us With in Wake of the 2016 Election
Jeff Nichols on the Message ‘Loving’ Leaves Us With in Wake of the 2016 Election
Biopics about historical figures have a tendency to feel too pedagogic or overly political. No one wants to go to the movies for a history lesson – that’s what substitute teachers in high school are for. The strength of Loving, a new biopic about Richard and Mildred Loving, is that filmmaker Jeff Nichols puts the political talk in the background, focusing instead on the in intimate relationship at the center of a groundbreaking U.S. Supreme Court case.
‘Loving’ Review: Ruth Negga and Joel Edgerton Give Their Best Performances Yet
‘Loving’ Review: Ruth Negga and Joel Edgerton Give Their Best Performances Yet
‘Loving’ Review: Ruth Negga and Joel Edgerton Give Their Best Performances Yet
Richard and Mildred Loving couldn’t have had a more perfect last name. The real-life interracial couple, whose 1958 marriage violated Virginia’s anti-miscegenation laws and led to a landmark laws civil rights case, weren’t just incredible for how much they changed history, but for how deeply they loved one another despite all opposite. In the aptly titled historical drama ‘Loving,’ Jeff Nichols makes the couple’s warm devotion to one another the focal point of his quiet, intimate film.
The Best Movies and Performances From TIFF 2016
The Best Movies and Performances From TIFF 2016
The Best Movies and Performances From TIFF 2016
ScreenCrush’s Matt Singer and Erin Whitney are back from the 2016 Toronto International Film Festival. You can read all of their coverage so far here, but if you want the digest version, they compiled this list of some of the fest’s highlights: the best performances, the biggest surprises, and the worst disappointments. What are the movies people are going to be talking about this fall? These. (Except the ones they didn’t like, of course.)
Cannes Film Festival Preps with Official Poster, First Selections
Cannes Film Festival Preps with Official Poster, First Selections
Cannes Film Festival Preps with Official Poster, First Selections
The biggest event on the global cinematic calendar is nearly upon us, with the 69th Cannes Film Festival set for May 11-22. The selection committee won’t release their picks for the titles screening In Competition and the festival’s many sidebar programs until mid-April, but to stoke the fires of anticipation just a little, they’ve gone and revealed the official poster for this year’s proceedings
Will Smith and David Ayer’s ‘Bright’ Lands Huge Netflix Deal
Will Smith and David Ayer’s ‘Bright’ Lands Huge Netflix Deal
Will Smith and David Ayer’s ‘Bright’ Lands Huge Netflix Deal
Earlier this month, news broke that Netflix was negotiating exclusive rights to Bright, a new fantasy action thriller that will reunite director David Ayer with Suicide Squad star Will Smith. The new film from American Ultra screenwriter Max Landis is Netflix’s biggest deal so far, nabbing a $90 million budget that could have some interesting implications for the streaming giant, particularly since most theater chains won’t screen films that don’t honor the typical 90-day window between theatrical and home / streaming release.
‘Midnight Special’ Review: A Truly Great, Original Sci-Fi Thriller, Until…
‘Midnight Special’ Review: A Truly Great, Original Sci-Fi Thriller, Until…
‘Midnight Special’ Review: A Truly Great, Original Sci-Fi Thriller, Until…
“Let the midnight special shine it’s light on me,” go the lyrics of the folk song that shares a title, Midnight Special, with director Jeff Nichols’ fourth film. While those lyrics have no explicit analog within the film, it certainly is a fitting description of the powers of a mysterious young boy, Alton, whose eyes can shoot bursts of a powerful blue light that deliver an overwhelming sense of emotion and awe to those in his gaze.
‘Jane Got a Gun’ Trailer: Yep, Natalie Portman Gets a Gun
‘Jane Got a Gun’ Trailer: Yep, Natalie Portman Gets a Gun
‘Jane Got a Gun’ Trailer: Yep, Natalie Portman Gets a Gun
After suffering delays, director changes, casting changes, more delays and a studio bankruptcy, Jane Got a Gun is finally coming to theaters. Natalie Portman stars in the new western as a desperate woman who seeks the aid of an old boyfriend to help defend her homestead from the men who previously held her captive. The latest trailer for the film doesn’t do it much favors, between the generic heavy rock music and the generic DTV action flick font — but the actual footage still looks enticing, at the very least.

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