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For a performance that is said to be an Oscar frontrunner, there has been just a single photo released of Brendan Fraser’s character. RogerEbert.com writer Kayleigh Donaldson adds, “It seems pretty interesting that A24 have yet to release a poster or trailer for The Whale, and are instead using the buzz from film festivals and Fraser fandom to promote it for as long as possible”. A piece from Gawker certainly raised eyebrows in some circles....

Unfortunately for Furie, he will never get back his prized possession. You see, back in 2016, during the US Presidential Election, the image of Pepe the Frog was hijacked by the internet, more specifically, anti-establishment Trump supporters, and was ensuingly mass-shared among Redditors and Chan4 users. In the trailer for the upcoming documentary, “Feels Good Man,” which I saw at Sundance 2020, we are introduced to Furie, who was a non-political underground cartoonist before he found himself going through a hellish legal battle for the soul of his animated character....

Sheri Moon Zombie, Danny Trejo and Bill Moseley are back in their respective roles. Now, curiously, we’re all wondering how exactly Zombie plans to make Baby and Otis return for in this sequel, but the title and trailer do suggest a sort of purgatory for them. I don’t mind the supernatural element, but what made “The Devil’s Rejects” so good was how it felt real and grounded in a world where that kind of evil could very well exist....

After winning the Palme D’or in 2011 for “The Tree of Life,” Malick has been going through an existential crisis with his work, at least if you’re speaking to most critics. His post-’Tree’ output has been polarizing, at best; “To the Wonder” (2012) “Knight of Cups” (2015) “Voyage of Time” (2016) and ” Song to Song” (2017). All those films nabbed mixed reviews. This from a man that was MIA for twenty years, between 1978 and 1998, by not releasing a single film during that time frame, Malick has now become the hardest working man in show-business....

The studio’s new animated flick “Abominable” opened ahead of last weeks number 1 “Downton Abbey” to the sound of $20.5M at the domestic box office. Not only does this rack up yet another #1 weekend for Universal, but it also marks only the third time an original movie has topped the box office on its opening weekend this year, following two other universal titles, Jordan Peele’s “Us” and the Seth Rogen produced comedy “Good Boys”....

It juggles way too many characters and storylines. It does come together quite nicely in the end, but by that point it’s too little too late. I did get a kick out of Christian Bale’s performance as a WWI vet — the comedic timing he has here is superb. However, I mentioned it in my “Tenet” review, and I’ll say it again, John David Washington just isn’t that good of an actor, the romantic subplot he has with Margot Robbie here is undercooked, there’s no passion or eroticism to their romantic yearning....

“Black Widow” will now open on May 7, 2021.“West Side Story” will open on Dec. 10, 2021 “Eternals” will debut on Nov. 5, 2021 Curiously, Disney has decided to maintain Pixar’s Soul in its November release slot, fueling speculation that it will probably get the Disney+ treatment. So, what’s left to actually watch this year? With the exception of Netflix’s stellar lineup of Oscar-contending films (“Mank,” “Trial of the Chicago 7,” Hillbilly Elegy,” “Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom,” “Rebecca”), there isn’t much, theatrically-speaking, in 2020....

At the center, Jared befriends many in the same situation as he’s in, but cannot shake the vehement teachings of Victor Sykes (Edgerton), who heads the ironically-titled “Love in Action” conversion camp. Jared and other young men, with the assistance of a few counsellors, attempt to ‘pray away the gay.’ It’s in the camp scenes that Edgerton, the filmmaker, uses speechifying to lay his message across. Of course, the intentions are right, and the sheer fact that this film exists is enough to acknowledge its importance, but saying “Boy Erased” is a good movie would be a stretch....

Variety confirmed the new this afternoon. However, it looks as though Gary Oldman, who had originally been cast, is now replaced by the always-reliable Kevin Kline. Emmanuel Lubezki is also set as the director of photography for the series. As per Variety: “The show is titled “Disclaimer” and is based on the novel of the same name by Renee Knight. Blanchett stars as Catherine Ravenscroft, a successful and respected television documentary journalist whose work has been built on revealing the concealed transgressions of long-respected institutions....

Regardless, I do come as the bearer of good news. The coming fall movie season looks like it’ll be one for the ages. All the delayed Oscar contenders from this and last year are set to be released between September and December. One of them, Denis Villeneuve’s “Dune,” was just confirmed for the Venice Film Festival, which is happening in 3 months time. What will likely make it to Venice this year?...

“We are blown away by the response and the support,” Hemsworth said on Instagram. “On behalf of myself, the Russo Brothers, Netflix, our director Sam Hargrave, thank you so, so much. We love you guys.” He went on to add, “there’s been a lot of talk and questions about sequels and prequels and all sorts of things, and all I can say is, who knows? But with this amount of support, it’s something I will be pretty stoked to jump back into....

In fact, it takes close to 3/4 of the way through to finally have Moore shoot real nasty darts at Trump, comparing his rise to power to that of Adolf Hitler’s in 1930s Germany – not subtle at all, but the message does come across loud and clear. Moore’s relentless assault and condemnation of such politicians as Hilary Clinton, Barack Obama, Paul Ryan, and Michigan Governor Rick Snyder, whose botched attempt to monetize water in Flint Michigan led to the lead poisoning of the draining system, killing 10 people....

I saw “Fauci” around the time it screened at the Telluride Film Festival, but I refrained from posting any thoughts since it didn’t make much of an impression on me — this was a rather standard doc, plainly told. There was nothing especially appealing about the whole thing; directors John Hoffman, and Janet Tobias basically fawn all over their subject for 90 minutes. There’s nothing wrong with that, as long as you are curious about the life of this man, but there was nothing noticeably enticing about it....

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Opening the upcoming AFI Film Festival on October 15th, the film positions Brosnahan as a mob boss’ wife who becomes an unwitting accomplice in her husband’s crimes. Judging by the release of today’s trailer for “I Am Your Woman,” this has none of the melancholic allure of ‘Maisel’ and rather goes down the gritty dealings that cemented her breakthrough role in ‘House of Cards.” ”I’m Your Woman” is the fourth feature film from writer/director Julia Hart, after “Miss Stevens” in 2016, the 2019 SXSW hit “Fast Color,” and this year’s Disney+ offering “Stargirl”....

I wrote this about Franco’s film on 09.15.21 at last year’s Toronto International Film Festival": “The resulting effect is a bleak state of the union address by Franco, who sees social unrest and the aims of anti-establishment movements as more than just about positive change or smooth democratic transitions of power. He sees them as Marxist manifestos. Is he implying that capitalism, for all its flaws, is still the best system we have to go by?...

This, his sixth feature as writer-director, is as coldly calculated as a Haneke, an assault on our psychological senses, with at least half a dozen moments that will make you jump out of your seat. The civil unrest tackled in the film feels pertinently relevant to today’s world — all this, despite it having been shot many months before the BLM protests/riots currently occurring nationwide. If anything, “New Order” can be seen as a depiction of what could happen if such a movement resulted in a attaining its ultimate goal: power....

Sasha Stone says: “I disagree with Zack Sharf‘s assessment. I think Roma creeps up the ballot out of guilt and obligation and appreciation for craft, even if people don’t love it. I think Roma‘s best chance of winning is actually on a preferential ballot, and yet the Best Picture race remains wide open at this point. The only movies that have won anything so far are Bohemian Rhapsody, Green Book and Black Panther, and none of them have Oscar nominations for Best Director....

Sources are telling me that a $100M opening day will happen for ‘No Way Home,’ and that by Sunday, it will easily become the highest grossing movie of the year, besting “Black Widow” by quite a few million dollars. Who says people are scared of Omicron? I skipped the press screening for “Spider-Man: No Way Home” on Monday, but will now drag my ass to see it sometime on the weekend....

Runtime comparisons: Following (1998): 1 hour, 9 minutesDunkirk (2017): 1 hour, 46 minutesMemento (1999): 1 hour, 53 minutesInsomnia (2002): 1 hour, 58 minutesThe Prestige (2006): 2 hours, 10 minutesBatman Begins (2005): 2 hours, 20 minutesInception (2010): 2 hours, 28 minutesTenet (2020): 2 hours, 30 minutesThe Dark Knight (2008): 2 hours, 32 minutesThe Dark Knight Rises (2012): 2 hours, 44 minutesInterstellar (2014): 2 hours, 49 minutes Although set for an August 12th release, “Tenet” will probably be pushed back again in the coming weeks....