Ian McKellen and Patrick Stewart to reprise X-Men roles in new Avengers film | Superhero movies
Patrick Stewart and Ian McKellen will be recreating the role of X-Men in Avengers: Doomsday. Marvel kicked off Live stream Today we're releasing a long list of actors who will be appearing in the first Avengers film of six years. The pair joins Black Panther actors Letitia Wright, Winston Duke and Tenok Feltamezia. Thor's Chris […]
Irena’s Vow review – the extraordinary tale of a real-life Holocaust rescuer | Movies
hEre is an extraordinary, true, real story. For more than two years during World War II, a teenager named Irene Gut kept 12 Polish Jews safe from the Nazis hidden underground just below their boss, a Nazi officer. After the war, Gut moved to America, and until the mid-1970s he never spoke a word about […]
David Cronenberg says Brutalist AI controversy was a ‘campaign against’ the film by rival Oscar nominees | Movies
David Cronenberg suggests that the AI controversy over Brittalist Adrian Brody's Hungarian accent is an issue produced by the campaign of rival Oscar films. Cronenberg was speaking with composer Howard Shore at the London Soundtrack Festival. Also, in a statement reported by the Hollywood Reporter, the filmmakers “constantly confuses the voices of actors.” Cronenberg said: […]
Sitcom creator echoes Joe Rogan with plea to Hollywood: Make movies funny again!
When was your last great comedy film? This is a question that has been circulating recently among comedians, comedy actors and writers, as well as the “Joe Rogan Experience.” I'll give you an episode. Comedian Steve Byrne, who just sold out five shows at Logan's New Club during the South by Southwest (SXSW) annual comedy […]
Going to Mars: The Nikki Giovanni Project review – electric film about radical thinker and poet | Movies
nBestselling American poet and civil rights activist Ikki Giovanni was on fire in the 1960s. Completed before her death in December, the documentary watched Giovanni in the late '70s and promoted the sold-out release. On stage, she recites poems about love, race, and gender, while at the same time as a stand-up comedian, she erupts […]
‘Will Freya find a lovely birthday gift for mummy?’: why the Sylvanian Families movie is the anti-Barbie | Movies
tHis Easter, a new film based on a Sylvanian family, will be released in cinemas. If you've been catching up with a movie based on toys for the past decade or so, you're allowed to hear this news and feel horrible. Since Barbie took $1 billion and was nominated for the Oscar bundle, toy movies […]
Mattel CEO aims to offset Trump’s tariffs by shrinking manufacturing, making more movies
The second US toy company deals with tariffs by reducing its manufacturing operations and leaning towards the biggest brand-starring movies. “We used to be called toy makers,” Kreiz said at the UBS Global Consumer and Retail Conference in NYC. Now, we've become IP [intellectual property] company. “ Mattel CEO Ynon Kreiz has a big bet […]
‘The Brutalist’ producer defends Oscar-winning movie’s use of AI
The producers of the Oscar-winning film The Brutalist defend the use of artificial intelligence in production. DJ Gugenheim, one of several producers involved in the film I spoke at the deadline At the Oscars on Sunday night, he said the technology is just a tool. “If you're in a job [-production] There are a lot […]
Picture This review – Bridgerton star can’t save tinny romcom | Movies
I While generally wary of the originals of streaming platforms, they often feel like fast fashion in the world of cinema. But I provide Netflix, Amazon and Co props. Now approaching nearly a decade, they had left theatre box office. They sometimes succeed, like in Netflix's Do Revenge or Players, but the mission is worth […]
Why Wicked should win the best picture Oscar | Movies
Wicked opening scene, 9m Real tulips Planted by a Norfolk farmer. This need for richness was completely evident to director Jon M Chu and production designer Nathan Crowley. Otherwise, you will need to use CGI for Munchkin village. Is CGI lush green? Do you remember the surge in the future of hope and optimism that […]