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Note: This review contains spoilers for the film Promising Young Woman. It’s been three years since Tarana Burke’s #MeToo movement was reignited by allegations of sexual assault against Hollywood mega-producer Harvey Weinstein, bringing a societal sea change and some reckonings. And as the real-world consequences appear, we’re also seeing a wave of movies directly address #MeToo. There’s plenty of Hollywood precedent for movies about vengeful women, from Abel Ferrara’s ...

Céline Sciamma’s Portrait Of A Lady On Fire has been voted the best film of 2020 in a poll of UK female and non-binary film critics and commentators. Conducted by Bechdel Test Fest, which champions representation of women and non-binary people in film, the poll surveyed 76 respondents from organisations and publications including international streamer and distributor Mubi, documentary specialist Dogwoof, the Independent Cinema Office (ICO) and the Barbican. Bong Joon Ho’s Oscar-winner P...

The entertainment industrys response to the pandemic resulted in some great TV—and a sitcom by Norman Wilner on December 13th, 2020 at 10:00 AM 1 of 3 2 of 3 The weight of COVID-19 has touched every aspect of human behaviour, up to and including the way we make TV shows. And it’s not just a question of how a given show is produced, but whether that show will even acknowledge the pandemic affecting its production. Some series are incorporating the coronavirus into their narratives—NB...

The year’s most compelling COVID TV shows The entertainment industrys response to the pandemic resulted in some great TV. And a sitcom By Norman Wilner NBC Universal NBCs Connecting... was the first network sitcom to tackle the pandemic. It lasted four episodes. The weight of COVID-19 has touched every aspect of human behaviour, up to and including the way we make TV shows. And it’s not just a question of how a given show is produced, but whether that show will even acknowledge the...

"The Campaign" made me think of "Mr. Smith Goes to Washington" if it had been written by the Onion staff. It involves a Congressional election in North Carolina in which both campaigns are reduced to gaffes and dirty tricks, until the tide is turned at the last moment by an uncontrolled outburst of honesty. Will Ferrell stars as Cam Brady, the four-term incumbent who runs basically because he likes being a congressman. Zach Galifianakis is Marty Huggins, the doofus who runs the local tourism bo...

Do. >> and so tell us about that. why did you want to play that character and tell that story right now? >> oh, my god, it is the story of the moment. i dont think ive ever been in a movie that is quite so urgent and contemporary. and why did i do it? my agent call me and told me that jay roach who was directing a movie written by charles randolph starring charlize theron, nicole kidman and margo robbie. are you interested? he didnt even get the sentence out. >> first of all, in terms of relevan...

>> its important to point out this is not something from his deep dark past. this lobbying was happening from august until november in the heat of the presidential campaign. >> im checking four boxes. >> he wrote an op-ed on this issue that appeared in "the washington post" on election day advocating for this position. this is a time when donald trump was going around railing as hillary clinton practicing pay to play in the state department and while michael flynn was yelling how hillary clinton...

>> its going to drop. >> fall gently like a feather. >> in the water is right. we have a big weekend at the box office. three new movies. is it worth seeing? >> fox news contributor and founder of nerd gears.com. kevin mccarthy. lets start with trumbo. >> clayton, you know im a big breaking bad fan. bryan cranston is playing dalton trumbo. its based on the story of a writer black listed in hollywood. he wrote plays like roman holiday, spart cuss and two won academy awards. he wasnt allowed to ...

>> well, we just -- >> because i know youve got a great answer. >> jay and i just finished doing the hbo version of the play "all the way" that i did on broadway. >> about lbj. >> about lbj. >> and whats so great is before the vietnam war made everybody get mad at him this amazing man was able to take the moment of the kennedy assassination and produce probably the six months greatest grofrns weve had in decades. what he did with civil rights and medicare and all that other stuff. >> yeah. maybe...

>> maybe you have. >> im joined by emmy and tony-award winning actor bryan cranston andaward-winning actor bryan cranston as well as the director of trumbo, jay roach. bryan, thank you so much for coming. i saw you as lyndon johnson. this is a spectacular performance. >> thanks. >> and i really think going back into the history is fascinating but whats more fascinating to me, besides even the blacklist and the red scare and all that, was human survival. a guy who was faced with his politics bein...