It has already been announced that Roger Ross Williams's (of Life, Animated and God Loves Uganda fame) will be opening NYC's Tribeca Film Festival 2019 edition with his latest doc The Apollo about the eponymous Harlem theater. Today comes the rest of the slate of films unspooling at the festival and there are some good ones. Look the full list below where you'll find notable titles like Christoph Waltz's directorial debut Georgetown, the latest from Mark Webber The Place of No Words, Joe Begos's Bliss, and the long-awaited feature directorial debut of one Ant Timpson titled Come to Daddy (pic'ed). I'm sure we'll be seeing plenty more about those closer to the festival's start date of April 24. The feature program includes 103 films from 124 filmmakers. The films selected in the three competition sections consist of 50% women directed films. The lineup includes 81 World Premieres, 3 International Premieres, 8 North American Premieres, 1 U.S. Premiere and 10 New York Premieres. This … [Read more...] about Tribeca 2019 Full Lineup Hits
Awakening big fish
Games: Returnees Mario and Zelda plus newbie Astral Chain all making the Switch
A TRIO of titles set fair for a 2019 release will see the return of both Mario and Zelda to the ridiculously popular Switch. The headline is a port of 1993’s Legend of Zelda: Link’s Awakening. Marking the first time Nintendo’s RPG cash-cow appeared on a handheld, the Hyrulean hero is being scrubbed up from his 8 bit monochrome days, with adorable Pixar-esque visuals and a retina-searing palette. Veterans will remember Link’s Awakening for its brilliant top-down adventuring with the usual series stalwarts of hack n’ slash combat, dungeon crawling and side quests galore. The black sheep of the franchise, with no Ganon, Zelda, Hyrule, or Master Sword, Awakening is instead set on Koholint Island, with a fresh cast of characters and an eerie, melancholic tone. There’s no solid release date, but Nintendo assure us we’ll be reacquainting ourselves with the Wind Fish this year. Creative types can meet their Mario Maker again in June when the sequel to … [Read more...] about Games: Returnees Mario and Zelda plus newbie Astral Chain all making the Switch
6 Big Reasons Why Aquaman Succeeded
7 minutes ago It's been a few weeks now since Aquaman released in theaters and it is no longer up for debate: Aquaman is a smash hit. After a modest (by superhero movie standards) opening weekend of $67.8 million, James Wan's film has gone on to make over $266.4 million domestically and is racing towards $1 billion with $963.3 million. That makes Aquaman the DCEU's most successful film to date from a total box office standpoint by a pretty sizable margin. So why, after Justice League sank so spectacularly just a year ago, did Aquaman make such a splash? Aquaman obviously succeeded financially in large part because of its foreign box office, with international sales accounting for over 72% of the film's haul, according to Box Office Mojo. I'm interested not in the dollars and cents specifically, but the reasons why people were willing to pay them to see this film when the last DCEU film featuring Aquaman and a bunch of other heroes found so many wallets tightly gripped. What … [Read more...] about 6 Big Reasons Why Aquaman Succeeded
‘Awards Chatter’ Podcast — Sacha Baron Cohen (‘Who Is America?’)
"Listen, I'm a comedian, I'm not a politician," says Sacha Baron Cohen, one of the most revolutionary and outright hilarious figures in the history of comedy, as we sit down at the offices of The Hollywood Reporter to record an episode of THR's 'Awards Chatter' podcast. The 47-year-old, who has given interviews out-of-character only a handful of times in his career, continues, "I have no obligation to be moral or ethical. In fact, people from my profession are generally assumed to be deeply unethical. However, we [Cohen and his collaborators] try to do the right thing. Nobody is misedited. We have strict journalistic standards, even though we're not obligated to because it's a comedy show." Some 20 years ago, Cohen began creating outlandish characters and taking them out into the world to interact with unsuspecting people, a form of comedy that really hadn’t been done before. He did so on local TV in the U.K.; then on Da Ali G Show, which ran on Channel 4 for one season in 2000 … [Read more...] about ‘Awards Chatter’ Podcast — Sacha Baron Cohen (‘Who Is America?’)
Hulu New Releases: Movies And TV Shows Coming To Hulu Streaming In December 2018
5 minutes ago As with every year in recorded history, December is the season finale of the year that's come before it. Which means there should be some big moments, shocking twists, and something to mentally chew on over the next year. Of course, when talking about the latest additions to the Hulu lineup, you can kind of see those sorts of reveals when it comes to what's streaming in the month ahead. If you're looking for a "previously on Hulu" recap, take a look at what jumped onboard during November's line-up. But if you're already current, and ready to see what's coming down the pike, here's your incoming December lineup! Week of December 1 8 Mile (2002) - 12/1/18 - (Showtime premium add-on required) 24: Complete Series (FOX) -- 12/1/18 24: Redemption: Special (FOX) -- 12/1/18 Behind Tasty: Complete Season 1 (Buzzfeed) -- 12/1/18 Buzzfeed Unsolved: Sports Conspiracies: Complete Season 1 (Buzzfeed) -- 12/1/18 Killing Eve: Complete Season 1 (AMC) -- 12/1/18 The Wonder Years: … [Read more...] about Hulu New Releases: Movies And TV Shows Coming To Hulu Streaming In December 2018