Movie City News Archive for March, 2019
The DVD Wrapup: Mary Returns, Becoming Astrid, Quake, Holiday, Vengeance, Out of Love, HoneyGlue, Born in East L.A., Greasy Strangler, Mystery Road … More
At 130 minutes, I doubt that most younger viewers possess the stamina to stay with Mary Poppins Returns until the uplifting ending, which transcends the darkness by adding some pixie dust.
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Barbra Streisand says Michael Jackson’s accusers were ‘thrilled to be there’ and his ‘sexual needs were his sexual needs’ “You can say ‘molested,’ but those children…both married and they both have children, so it didn’t kill them,” she said.https://t.co/Bt8Rxr5Jq3 — New York Daily News (@NYDailyNews) March 23, 2019
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“What John Hodge and I were doing, I thought, was really good. It wasn’t finished, but it could have been really good. We were working very, very well, but they didn’t want to go down that route with us. So we decided to part company, and it would be unfair to say what it was…
Read the full article »Toronto’s Thirty-Eight-Year-Old Queen Video, Canada’s Oldest, Closing
“They’re really emotional about it. And the face-to-face contact was what a lot of people still wanted. And they were our friends. Not just our customers.” Toronto’s Thirty-Eight-Year-Old Queen Video, Canada’s Oldest, Closing
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Updated: @TucsonStar to halt presses; @azcentral will print #Tucson newspaper in Phoenix – Daily Star looking for new office just 1/10 the size; 60 jobs cuthttps://t.co/c0aHxKfcDW #Arizona pic.twitter.com/gms7QWNUs7 — Tucson Sentinel (@TucsonSentinel) March 22, 2019
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Farewell, 20th Century Fox. Thanks for the cinematic memories: The Sound of Music, All About Eve, Alien, The Grapes of Wrath, Star Wars Episode IV and so many more. We will miss your fanfare. pic.twitter.com/u2phFwCVOM — Senses of Cinema (@SensesofCinema) March 21, 2019
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Disney Clarifies Film Leadership After Harrowing Day of Fox Layoffs https://t.co/QniLQ3aoG1 pic.twitter.com/ch7CoFdgJw — Variety_Film (@Variety_Film) March 22, 2019 Amid the Deluge, Executives Of Twenty-Two Divisions Of Disney Listed
Read the full article »Andrew Cripps Departs Fox International as Executives Await Fate
Andrew Cripps Departs Fox International as Executives Await Fate
Read the full article »Toronto International Film Fest Names Three To Senior Management Roles
Toronto International Film Fest Names Three To Senior Management Roles
Read the full article »Petulant, Posturing, Presidential Wannabe Governor Cuomo Could End $420 Million Support For Film Production In New York State
“The Senate’s position was very clear on Amazon, ‘We are against tax incentives to bring business to New York.’ That’s why Amazon is gone. I can see them being wholly consistent…saying and ‘that’s why we’re against the film tax credit’ because it’s the exact same point.” Petulant, Posturing, Presidential Wannabe Governor Cuomo Could End $420…
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Fox 2000’s Elizabeth Gabler put her imprint on smart risky execution dependent films from The Devil Wears Prada and The Life of Pi to Hidden Figures and The Hate U Give, among many other films over two decades. She had unusual autonomy over her label. — Anne Thompson (@akstanwyck) March 21, 2019
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existing or new companies catering to adult (or apparently more sophisticated content for teens) entertainment will rise in fox's wake. don't get me wrong the monopoly is still horrible — Bront (@bmrow) March 21, 2019
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This is what film Twitter was fretting about while y'all were drooling over the X-Men joining the Avengers. I get that that's an exciting prospect but the mid-level movie was already fucked and now we're here. https://t.co/O6gvsVufOq — Joanna Robinson (@jowrotethis) March 21, 2019
Read the full article »A Roster of Fox Executives Disney is Pink-Slipping
“Day-to-day, our top priorities remain the same: to support the great content we’re creating and deliver a superb experience to our consumers, and to continue to build an inspiring, inclusive environment where employees can bring their best to work every day.” A Lengthy Roster of Fox Executives Disney is Pink-Slipping
Read the full article »Fox 2000 Reportedly First Fox Division Snuffed By Disney
Shocker: Just learned that Elizabeth Gabler and her Fox 2000 unit, the film division behind such films as #HiddenFigures, #LoveSimon and #TheHateUGive, will not be making the move to Disney. Reversal of Disney’s original plan announced in October. Wowza. What a loss. — Nicole Sperling (@nicsperling) March 21, 2019 Fox 2000 Reportedly First Fox Division…
Read the full article »Terry Gilliam Talks Don Quixote With Bilge Ebiri
Terry Gilliam Talks Don Quixote With Bilge Ebiri
Read the full article »Netflix Doc Maven Lisa Nishimura Adds Indie Films to Portfolio
Netflix Doc Maven Lisa Nishimura Adds Indie Films to Portfolio
Read the full article »Eamonn Bowles Tells Anne Thompson About Plans For Magnolia Selects
“A dollar is a dollar wherever it comes from. But the bread and butter of our films is the theatrical release of new product. That’s going to stay as it is. It feeds the SVOD thing, this steady flow of new product/ We’re going to do what makes sense for us/ We know there’s some…
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"Former Details EIC named new Gawker EIC" is not a headline I saw coming… — Gabriel Snyder (@gabrielsnyder) March 21, 2019
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