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Amanda Knox says Matt Damon film Stillwater ‘rips off’ and distorts her story
Writer-director Tom McCarthy's movie ‘inspired' by 2007 murder of British student Meredith Kercher reinforces conspiracy theories about the case, says KnoxAmanda Knox has accused actor Matt Damon and director Tom [...]
Fri, Jul 30, 2021
Source: www.theguardian.com
Has Ghostbusters: Afterlife forgotten it is supposed to be funny?
Teenagers take over in the latest reboot of the comedy franchise – but trailers suggest the mood will be more Stranger Things than laugh-out-loud slimefest. Are fans right to be [...]
Fri, Jul 30, 2021
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘Mary Whitehouse is living in my head’: how the video nasty scandal inspired a hot new film
Censor, Prano Bailey-Bond's horror debut, was inspired by the 80s home video outrage. She discusses art versus offence, while the BBFC's head makes the case for its relevance todayRising film [...]
Fri, Jul 30, 2021
Source: www.theguardian.com
Vivo review – sweet but forgettable Netflix animation is Pixar-lite
Lin-Manuel Miranda voices a spunky kinkajou in a pleasant enough musical that feels like a patchwork of better kids' filmsAs part of Netflix's recent quarterly update, the ever-expanding streamer bragged [...]
Fri, Jul 30, 2021
Source: www.theguardian.com
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Scarlett Johansson’s Disney lawsuit is the latest round of a difficult war
The star's legitimate-on-paper legal battle against the world's biggest movie studio over the streaming release of Black Widow is an inevitable next stepAfter heading up to the clouds to take [...]
Thu, Jul 29, 2021
Source: www.theguardian.com
Scarlett Johansson suing Disney over Black Widow streaming release
The actor claims that the studio breached her contract by releasing her standalone Marvel adventure on Disney+ Scarlett Johansson is suing Disney over the recent release of Black Widow.The actor [...]
Thu, Jul 29, 2021
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘Stop patronising me and give me an interview’: the female journalists speaking up for India’s poor
India's only all-female news organisation is now the subject of an award-winning documentary. The film-makers explain their inspiring courage and energyA woman explains how a group of four men repeatedly [...]
Thu, Jul 29, 2021
Source: www.theguardian.com
Bette Davis’s 20 greatest performances – ranked!
To mark the release of a restored version of the classic melodrama Now, Voyager, here is the best of Hollywood's queen of mean, from screwball romps to wild-eyed chillersBette Davis [...]
Thu, Jul 29, 2021
Source: www.theguardian.com
The Sparks Brothers review – Edgar Wright’s giddy tribute to the Gilbert and George of pop
The fanboy director's exhaustive doc follows Ron and Russell Mael over their 50-year career as pop's great arch humoristsOver a whopping two hours and 20 minutes, film-maker Edgar Wright consummates [...]
Thu, Jul 29, 2021
Source: www.theguardian.com
Blaxploitation salvation: film directors’ children on rescuing their fathers’ lost movies
Melvin Van Peebles and Perry Henzell made seminal 70s films – now their kids have recovered their fathers' would-be classicsJustine Henzell and Mario Van Peebles both know what it's like [...]
Thu, Jul 29, 2021
Source: www.theguardian.com