Movie City News Archive for July, 2016
“Netflix Of Nigeria” Turns To Production
“Netflix Of Nigeria” Turns To Production
Read the full article »“Lachlan and James Murdoch are putting their own stamp on the (publicly traded) family business, mostly in its non-news — noncontroversial — entertainment divisions of television and film. Now, with Fox News, they are finally wading into their father’s gladiator pit, where politics is the blood sport. And, to the extent that he defers to their judgment, it could offer the first glimpse of where they would take a media empire that, under Rupert Murdoch, asserted itself into the political ethos of the United States, the United Kingdom and his homeland of Australia in ways not seen since the days of William Randolph Hearst.”
“Lachlan and James Murdoch are putting their own stamp on the (publicly traded) family business, mostly in its non-news — noncontroversial — entertainment divisions of television and film. Now, with Fox News, they are finally wading into their father’s gladiator pit, where politics is the blood sport. And, to the extent that he defers to their judgment,…
Read the full article »Bilge Ebiri Listens To James Schamus Unfurl The Centerpiece Of Indignation
Bilge Ebiri Listens To James Schamus Unfurl The Centerpiece Of Indignation
Read the full article »Tom Gunning Criterion-Notes The New World
Tom Gunning Criterion-Notes The New World
Read the full article »Paul Greengrass On Finding The Song That Only He Could Sing
Paul Greengrass On Finding The Song That Only He Could Sing
Read the full article »HBO Firing Of Three Eldest “Sesame Street” Players Reversed
HBO Firing Of Three Eldest “Sesame Street” Players Reversed
Read the full article »“I can trace my deepening love and appreciation for cinema directly from one viewing of Point Break to another. I would have first caught it, likely multiple times, initially piecemeal, on network television in junior and senior high, swept up in the narrative and literally sensational set-pieces; next, on DVD in college, enamored with its poetry and moral ambiguity; and, finally, during multiple viewings between then and now, on DVD and Blu-ray, astonished anew at the total extraordinary package. It is a film firing on every conceivable cylinder, its exhilarating blend of action, morality, comedy, politics, spirituality and subversive-bordering-on-queer romance adding up to a genuinely poetic exploitation film in which every life has value.” Stephen Cone On Point Break
“I can trace my deepening love and appreciation for cinema directly from one viewing of Point Break to another. I would have first caught it piecemeal on network television in junior and senior high, swept up in the narrative and literally sensational setpieces; next, on DVD in college, enamored with its poetry and moral ambiguity;…
Read the full article »The Weekend Report
Jason Bourne easily led the field with an estimated $60 million debut. Also strong among national debs was the raucous comedy Bad Moms that slotted third with $23.3 million while the social media thriller Nerve opened to a more modest $8.9 million.
Read the full article »Netflix Far From Chill On Another Saturday Night In U.S., Other Countries
Netflix Far From Chill On Another Saturday Night In U.S., Other Countries
Read the full article »China Goes Real-Time Big Data Box Office To Stem Fraud
China Goes Real-Time Big Data Box Office To Stem Fraud
Read the full article »“I have something to ask him before he goes. Does the Internet need us? Werner Herzog pauses. The silence goes on for a while, like the awkward moments in one of his own documentaries when you can watch his subjects mentally feeling around for a response. ‘It’s a beautiful question,’ he finally says. ‘I don’t think it does.'”
“I have something to ask him before he goes. Does the Internet need us? Werner Herzog pauses. The silence goes on for a while, like the awkward moments in one of his own documentaries when you can watch his subjects mentally feeling around for a response. ‘It’s a beautiful question,’ he finally says. ‘I don’t think…
Read the full article »“15 Reasons Why Jason Statham Is Awesome”
“15 Reasons Why Jason Statham Is Awesome”
Read the full article »HBO Signals Buyers’ Remorse And Cancels Affleck-Damon “Project Greenlight”
HBO Signals Buyers’ Remorse And Cancels Affleck-Damon “Project Greenlight”
Read the full article »Rewatching The “Almost Great” Olympic Romance Of Personal Best
Rewatching The “Almost Great” Olympic Romance Of Personal Best
Read the full article »Friday Box Office Estimates
The Jason Bourne Friday opening is very Bourne-like, right between the top-grossing #3 in the series ($24.7m) and the 2nd best #2 ($18.4). The audience is there… the question is how hungry America and the world is for handcrafted action filmmaking and strong silent types. Meanwhile, STX delivers its first major studio-level opening with Bad Moms grossing $2.4 million less on Friday than the nascent distributor’s best 3-day launch to date. Not doing as well is Nerve, which opened on Wednesday and hopes to crack $15m for the 5-day, unlikely to beat Bad Grandpa‘s $35.6m as Lionsgate’s top domestic grosser of the year to date.
Read the full article »Graham Fuller On The Life And Films Of Ken Loach
Graham Fuller On The Life And Films Of Ken Loach
Read the full article »Sony Sez Ghostbusters Does Not Endorse Hillary Clinton
Sony Sez Ghostbusters Does Not Endorse Hillary Clinton
Read the full article »Behind The 18-Minute Powerhouse Centerpiece Of Indignation
“Even though it’s fun to describe the scene as two guys talking about God, I spent many sleepless nights getting the choreography down.” Behind The 18-Minute Powerhouse Centerpiece Of Indignation
Read the full article »Jen Yamato On “Matt Damon Saves China!” And Other Adventures As White Savior
Jen Yamato On “Matt Damon Saves China!” And Other Adventures As White Savior
Read the full article »“I cried when McKinnon pulled out her double proton guns (with that theme song playing again, oh the tears!) and in slo-mo, single-handedly defeated every ghost around her. A nerdy engineer with frizzy hair, glasses and a weird penchant for doing voices was my childhood heroine at last, in loose-fitting coveralls.”
“I cried when McKinnon pulled out her double proton guns (with that theme song playing again, oh the tears!) and in slo-mo, single-handedly defeated every ghost around her. A nerdy engineer with frizzy hair, glasses and a weird penchant for doing voices was my childhood heroine at last, in loose-fitting coveralls.”
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