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It's that time again. But before we get to the tweets of the week, let's all be reminded that Lifetime will be remaking the movie Beaches. I keep forgetting this because why would anyone do this? And yet I love this casting pair idea...
Ariana Grande softly purrs "yaaas" at the suggestion that Kristin Chenoweth star w/ Idina Menzel in new #Beaches.
The Matinee on the trouble with "classics" and drawing timelines in the sand Kenneth in the (212) the Mommie Dearest mansion is on the market The Stake on why blockbuster franchises are all boring now. Even the good ones National Post pop culture power rankings best and worst in method acting from Daniel Day Lewis to Jared Leto Uproxx movies have sucked this summer - well, the big ones have. Lots of goodies in limited release
MNPP * NSFW* Orlando Bloom made the internet all sweaty with his nude paddleboarding adventure MNPP I love the "Siri Says" series Jason does. She picks a number, he delivers his favorite films from that year. Variety Maya Rudolph to co-star in Melissa McCarthy's Life of the Party (2018) The Tracking Board Hollywood is planning to remake Mexico's Miss Bala (sigh). Good luck finding a lead to match Stephanie Sigman in the 2011 original Coming Soon Angelina Jolie has opted not to take the lead role in Murder on the Orient Express. Charlize Theron is the new possibility. And ICYMI... TFE... we held a Cast This about the other roles in that remake recently. Film Stage new Antonio Banderas movie is coming called Finding Altamira. I hadn't heard of this but it's directed by Hugh Hudson who I've suddenly realized is still alive. He hasn't made a movie in 16 years. I was just watching his Greystoke movie the other day AV Club Antonio Sabato Jr hilarious thinks his career is over because of his support of Trump. Oh babe, it's been over for a long time. That's like blaming Obama for the death of Captain Khan who died four years before he was in offic-- oh wait. Esquire In case you had forgotten that Clint Eastwood is an old guard conservative/misogynist, they have a new interview he does in tandem with his son Scott in which he uses "pussy" as a pejorative, disses Hillary and Obama, and tries that old chestnust "both sides" argument about Trump's behavior. Nope. Sorry Clint. Only one party tries to motivate voters with bigotry. (He also talks movies and at least he loves Sunset Blvd so he's not 100% a terrible person.) Women and Hollywood Ava Duvernay to become the first black woman to helm a $100 million budgeted film with A Wrinkle in Time - this is news because she's quite successful already and men with a lot less success have been handed blockbuster budgets often. Crossing our fingers that it's a financial and artistic success!
Dunkirk Teaser Here's the very quick new tease for Christopher Nolan's Dunkirk which seems certain to net him that Best Director nomination that's eluded him so long if it's any good at all, it being a WW II movie and him being "overdue" and such. And he knows how to direct spectacle films after all.
Off Cinema Buzz Feed "every time President Obama lost his chill around kids" if you need something adorable to look at The Guardian Leonardo DiCaprio is "with her". He's hosting a $33,400 a plate fundraiser The Daily Good Yes the media does play favorites in politics, but as this study shows, it isn't the people complaining about it who are getting the unfavorable treatment
As a companion piece to yesterday's Smackdown, a two-part podcast. In the first installment Mark Harris, Guy Lodge, Nick Davis, Sara Black McCulloch, and Nathaniel R discuss 1977's Oscar race, Jane Fonda & Vanessa Redgrave's friendship, Neil Simon's quippy writing, and more...
Part One. Index (41 minutes) 00:01 Intros, 1977 Memories, Annie Hall vs Star Wars 05:55 "getting" movies and Oscar-watching before the internet 09:09 Julia and Jane Fonda's curious "supporting" lead 16:23 Gender in Julia, Vanessa Redgrave's politics, and queer subtext 29:45 Child acting and difficult language in The Goodbye Girl 35:45 The influx of divorce/single parenting movies in the 70s 39:14 Nick's family memory of The Goodbye Girl
You can listen to the podcast here or download from iTunes. Continue the conversations in the comments, won't you?
Given what's going on in the world, at home and abroad, and the constant tough struggle we have before us to choose love and optimism, let's talk Utopias and Dystopias. It's the subject, in a way, of two current movies: Captain Fantastic and Star Trek Beyond. But dystopias are plentiful in cinema. So, let's complete the sentence...
My favorite movie dystopia is __________ but I hope this world turns out more like the utopia imagined in __________.
Meryl Streep for President in 2024! We're with her.
In case you missed Meryl Streep's "Grit & Grace" speech at the DNC last night, please enjoy the reappearance of her tacky but adorable American Flag dress and catch up. I thought I'd share it with a little movie angle since it's all about Trailblazing Women...
Saturday, August 6, 2016 at 1:12AM 
