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SYNOPSIS: Fast forward to the 1980s as Wonder Woman’s next big screen adventure finds her facing two all-new foes: Max Lord and The Cheetah. In a year where many feel hopeless, the art of escapism is more important than ever. Films are used as ways to handle the stresses of the world, explore places we’d never see, and movies often are used as a comfort blanket. Wonder Woman 1984 is all of those things: it’s the warm hug of your parent, the stern real talk you get from your best friend, ...

Wishes are a trick that comes at a cost. TWITTER 12/25/2020 Gal Gadot and, yes, Chris Pine return in Patty Jenkins sequel to the 2017 hit about the Amazonian warrior princess, this time facing Pedro Pascal and Kristen Wiig as adversaries. Patty Jenkins stirring 2017 stand-alone feature debut for the popular character who made her first DC Comics appearance in 1941, Wonder Woman, came along at just the right time to shake up the male-dominated superhero screen universe, reinvigorating the genre...

Passing The indie film showcases pandemic-era program also has directorial debuts by Jerrod Carmichael, Pascual Sisto and Questlove with his Black Woodstock documentary. As Sundance director Tabitha Jacksons reign at the indie film festival gets well underway, the marquee indie U.S. film showcase has gone mostly online with a pandemic-era discovery lineup filled with work by women and BIPOC directors and more than half the 2021 program shot by first-time helmers. For Jackson, the focus on debut...

Sundance Film Festival unveils slate for 1st virtual edition by Lindsey Bahr, The Associated Press Posted Dec 15, 2020 3:02 pm EDT Last Updated Dec 15, 2020 at 3:14 pm EDT This image released by the Sundance Institute shows Ruth Negga, left, and Tessa Thompson in a scene from "Passing." The film, a directorial debut by Rebecca Hall, will debut at the 2021 Sundance Film Festival. (Sundance Film Festival via AP) A Questlove-directed documentary about the other major music event of the summer of 1...

Sundance Goes Virtual With a More Accessible 2021 Lineup Among the 72 feature films chosen for the slimmed-down festival are a Tessa Thompson racial-issues drama and a music documentary from Questlove. Ruth Negga, left, and Tessa Thompson in “Passing,” directed by Rebecca Hall.Credit...Edu Grau Dec. 15, 2020 The movies still feel like Sundance. But without the snow, the parties and all those packed premieres, will Sundance still feel like Sundance? That’s the question hanging in the air T...

CinemaBlend Copy to clipboard CinemaBlend participates in affiliate programs with various companies. We may earn a commission when you click on or make purchases via links. After numerous delays, Wonder Woman 1984 is finally arriving next week both in theaters and on HBO Max. As such, the advertising and marketing campaign for the sequel has kicked up a few notches, and now that includes the opening scene being made available to the public. While most of Wonder Woman 1984 will be set in…...

CST_ Warner Bros. Pictures presents a film directed by Patty Jenkins and written by Jenkins, Geoff Johns and David Callaham. Rated PG-13 (for sequences of action and violence). Running time: 151 minutes. Opens Dec. 25 on HBO Max and in theaters (where they’re open). Now THAT’S a superhero. Three years after the visionary director Patty Jenkins and the perfect-for-the-part Gal Gadot teamed up for the beautifully rendered, surprisingly deep mega-hit “Wonder Woman,” the oft-delaye...

Wonder Woman 1984 India Ticket Bookings Open, Paid Previews Start December 23 Tickets now available on BookMyShow, Patym, PVR, INOX, and more. By Akhil Arora | Updated: 15 December 2020 13:23 IST Photo Credit: Clay Enos/Warner Bros. Gal Gadot as Diana in Wonder Woman 1984 Highlights Paid previews for WW84 available December 23 from 5pm Wonder Woman 1984 releasing in IMAX 2D, no 3D options Wonder Woman 1984 tickets are now live across India, Warner Bros. India ha...

USA TODAY Robin Wrights directorial debut, Questloves first film and a Rita Moreno documentary are among diverse offerings hitting the 2021 Sundance Film Festival. Though annually a snow-covered festival tucked into a Utah ski town, proceedings are going virtual in January (like all other major fests the past year). How to watch Sundance films The festival is taking place digitally via online platform and in person on satellite screens across the country from Jan. 28 to Feb. 3. Movie lovers...

Together Together starring Ed Helms are among 72 features selected for 2021 Sundance Film Festival, which runs online and in select US arthouse venues from January 28-February 3. The line-up, announced on Tuesday (December 15), includes One For The Road, Thai filmmaker Baz Poonpiriya’s follow-up to Bad Genius; Edgar Wright’s music documentary The Sparks Brothers Land; Ben Wheatley’s virus horror In The Earth; The Roots drummer Questlove’s documentary Summer Of Soul; and Kevin Macd...