The film was shot in stunning black and white by one of the industry's greatest directors, the plot revolves around one of the most famous movies of all time, and Academy Award-winner Gary Oldman is front-and-center ready to receive another statue -- yeah, there's buzz.
Oldman plays Herman J. Mankiewicz, the screenwriter of Citizen Kane , as he wrestles with Orson Welles over the film, the script, and credit. It's a meticulously produced masterpiece of filmmaking, honoring Old Hollywood by submerging itself in it. The movie itself looks really good, with beautiful visuals and an updated, action-packed, Mushu the Dragon-free take on the film. Sometimes, you only watch a movie because you know it will win a bunch of awards and you don't want to be that person who hasn't seen it when your smart friends are having a conversation about it.
Nomadland , a movie that otherwise might have ducked your radar, is going to win a bunch of awards this spring, so you better check it out. The bonus here is that it is actually great, with Frances McDormand as a widow who cruises the country in her camper looking for work, something that many older Americans were forced to do after the last recession.
It's a reevaluation of life as we live it, offering looks at the unique culture of "houseless" nomads and the beauty of simply existing without the restrictions of standardized employment. Gina Prince-Bythewood 's action thriller The Old Guard is more than just your ordinary shoot-'em-up-bang-bang-style popcorn flick.
The pic stars Charlize Theron as Andy, the ancient leader of a race of semi-immortals who secretly work to save the world, one fight at a time, and take on a reluctant new member in KiKi Layne 's Nile. Although The Old Guard does offer plenty of high-octane sequences, the characters also deliver some thoughtful commentary about the heroes' burden of watching the world continue to self-destruct no matter how many bad guys they vanquish, along with some sublime LGBTQ representation.
If you thought Regina King was a good actress, you should see her work behind the camera in her directorial debut, the fantastic One Night in Miami. It's one of the most well-reviewed movies of the year, with praise for King and her direction, as well as being a fantastic adaptation of the play it's based on. The less you know about Palm Springs going into it, the better, but it's probably no secret at this point that this delightful comedy features Andy Samberg and Cristin Milioti as a pair of wedding goers who find themselves trapped in a time loop.
Their performances are at once goofy and grounded, and there are plenty of surprises packed into every precious minute of this wild, incredibly fun rom-com with touches of sci-fi. The fantasy movie follows a warrior princess who must unite her realm when evil forces threaten it, but first, she'll need to find a dragon to help her out.
The five-film anthology covers different decades and genres -- Lovers Rock is a romance set in , Mangrove is a political drama about the trial of the Mangrove Nine, for example -- but each film shares something in common: critics loved them. Pixar's latest was supposed to be a big Christmas blockbuster, as all Pixar films usually are, but it skipped theaters because of the pandemic, ensuring every parent could have a relaxing evening by letting the kids watch it at home.
Turns out it's a pretty good movie for grown-ups, too, as it follows Joe, a music teacher and jazz musician Jamie Foxx who gets another chance at life after a fatal fall in a manhole. Of course, it's a Pixar movie, so there's a talking cat thrown in there as well, as Joe's soul tries to reunite with his body.
Riz Ahmed The Night Of gives one heck of a performance as Ruben Stone, a heavy metal drummer who starts to lose his hearing in Sound of Metal , another Oscar contender.
Caught between his passion and his new physical limitations, Ruben embeds with the Deaf community to control his anger and give him perspective.
I'd give Ahmed even odds to take home the Academy Award, and the wardrobe designer to win my personal Timmy Award for giving Ruben authentic metal band t-shirts. Mark Wahlberg and Peter Berg have teamed up for a lot of action dramas over the years see also: Lone Survivor , Patriots Day , Deepwater Horizon , and Mile 22 , but Spenser Confidential marks their first film which even flirts with comedy -- and it's all the better for it.
The premise of the movie is simple enough; Wahlberg stars as an ex-cop who did his time for beating up his crooked boss and returns to find that his department is enmeshed a very sordid scandal that only he, his mentor Henry Alan Arkin , his gentle giant roommate Hawk Winston Duke , and his on-and-off-again girlfriend Cissy Iliza Schlesinger can untangle.
But what might otherwise be a rote cop drama is immediately elevated by the movie's commitment to being a very Boston drama with a lot of sharp humor sprinkled in at just the right moments. OK, maybe this one wouldn't have been a major blockbuster, but it's already destined to be an indie sci-fi classic talked about by elite cinephiles for years to come. The winner of Sundance's Best Narrative Feature Audience Award is set in s New Mexico and follows a young woman and a man who investigate mysterious audio that appears to be coming from space, but skips special effects for mounting mood and incredible filmmaking.
Watch a movie any way you want. The studios, in their rush to build subscribers, are throwing the baby out with the bathwater.
The movie remains the same. This reminds me of the conversations in the early days of the internet, when people railed against reading news online and what we missed by not holding a newspaper or magazine. The focused attention, stumbling on smaller stories, even the smell of newsprint. All of that is true, but the internet happened anyway and news adapted.
People did, too. Streaming is the new normal. We lose things along the way, and we are dismayed when we find that things we took for granted are being replaced by nostalgia. With one caveat: You have to pay attention. Even so, I think there is room to be both total purist and pragmatist on this issue. So it goes with movies designed for a theatrical framework.
And that points to a bigger issue at hand here: In the theater, filmmakers can utilize time as a central device; in the living room context, they lose that power due to the gazillion other distractions that creep into the environment. The lack of theatrical components in a home viewing setup are unfortunate but not a dealbreaker; however, the potential to look elsewhere is a different story.
Bill Desowitz, Crafts Editor: For me, viewing a movie in a theater is total stimulation, whereas at home it tends to be more analytical. A large part of that has to do with the shared communal experience, of course, which adds a further emotional dimension.
This became very apparent when attending UCLA and seeing original prints from the archive of some of my favorite movies on the big screen. It truly was like experiencing them for the first time, bigger than life.
The excitement from the audience was transcendent. So, for me, the return to theaters has been a godsend. Tom Brueggemann, Box Office Editor: If IMAX is so essential to seeing the film, why will it only be available in that format for two weeks and then disappear perhaps forever?
For nearly 70 years, directors have made films for multiple platforms, with, yes, theaters generally being the ideal one. Earlier this year, Blockbuster reported a subscriber count of a little over 3 million users for the service.
Netflix announced that it has over 10 million subscribers to its mail-order operation. When Netflix announced that it had partnered with Roku to bring a Netflix streaming box to store shelves, most subscribers were overjoyed at having the opportunity to stream their favorite films to a set-top box connected to their HDTV.
Subsequent to that announcement, Netflix announced that its streaming service would be coming to the Xbox , Blu-ray players, TiVo, and other set-top boxes. Then, in a quiet announcement months later, Blockbuster said that it too would be bringing its streaming service to a set-top box. It partnered with Roku competitor 2Wire to release it. After its release, we heard little more about it. It's still available here's a link to prove it , but it was hit hard in reviews for lacking worthwhile features.
In fact, it looks more like a knee-jerk reaction on the part of Blockbuster executives who felt they needed to do something to show they were still relevant in this new generation of movie rentals.
But Lewis contends that my belief that Blockbuster has been late on almost every new trend I do admit the company tried streaming first in is incorrect. He claims the company is the leader in the space, always has been, and definitely will be going forward. We know consumers are requiring more from us and we have no wish to lose our leadership. Whether or not Blockbuster is really the leader in the rental video business is up for debate.
It's not a stretch to say that both Blockbuster and Netflix are moving in two different directions--one to more profitability and the other to possible financial ruin. Lewis cautioned that we shouldn't believe Blockbuster is financially unsound. He said that same-store sales were up 6.
Without the goodwill inclusion, Lewis claims Blockbuster would have turned a small profit.
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