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in Op-edYou Had One Job, David.
There’s something darkly funny to me, in an “inside baseball” office politics way, that Oppenheimer was the vehicle to Christopher Nolan’s Oscar glory that we all witnessed last night. Not only was this movie the first feature-length film he’s directed with the financial and institutional backing of Universal Pictures, it’s his first movie since Memento […] More
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An Unfortunate Irony of The ‘She Said’ Awards Campaign from Universal Pictures
I’m mostly with Joey on the potency and immediacy of She Said. A few complaints keep me from being as laudatory as he was. But the movie, taken as a whole, is indeed sobering and poignant and overall successfully communicates the gravity of this story as not just one man who behaved like a pig […] More
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Michael Bay Signs First-Look Deal With Universal Pictures
Michael Bay has officially signed a first-look deal with Universal Pictures and his production company Platinum Dunes. More
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Universal Has Moved ‘Super Mario Bros.’ to 2023
Those of you who have been eagerly anticipating the animated Super Mario Bros. film, well, the wait just got about four months longer. Late on Monday, Illumination and Universal announced that the Chris Pratt led video game adaptation would be leaving 2022 entirely. Yes, now Mario and his friends will be taking their services to […] More
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Christopher Nolan Chooses Universal Pictures For His Next Film
Universal Pictures has been selected by Christopher Nolan to produce his next film, ending his nearly 2 decade partnership with Warner Bros. Nolan’s next film will be the story of theoretical physicist J. Robert Oppenheimer, often referred to as the “Father of the Atomic Bomb”. While not confirmed, it is rumored that Cillian Murphy is […] More
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Film Review: Tom Hanks Brings ‘News of the World’ to the West for Paul Greengrass
Tom Hanks is such an iconic American actor, it may come as a surprise that he’s never done a Western. Yet, 2020 marks the year in which he first heads out on to the frontier. Partnering with his Captain Phillips director Paul Greengrass, Hanks embarks on a very familiar mission in News of the World, […] More
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Film Review: ‘Freaky’ Manages to Delightfully Mix Gore and Humor
What a wonderfully smart and twisted surprise Freaky is. Especially since I went in with absolutely no expectations, this snuck up and threw me for a delightful loop. Depending on how blind you go into it, you may be expecting either a comedy or a horror film. Obviously, it’s both, seamlessly blending the two. Funnier […] More
