Penguin Bloom and
High Ground. Director Robert Connolly’s adaptation of Jane Harper’s bestselling novel soared to more than $20 million at the box office.
Rundown: When an Australian Federal Police agent (Eric Bana) returns to his drought-stricken hometown for the funeral of a childhood friend, he discovers a mystery around the apparent murder-suicide.
Where to watch: Rent on Prime, Google Play, Fetch, Microsoft, Telstra $6.99.
NOMADLAND
The Academy Awards were a triumph for previously little-known filmmaker Chloe Zhao. She shot this poetic drama, which won Oscars for best picture, director and actress, travelling across America in vans.
Rundown: With the collapse of a Nevada mining town, widowed Fern (Frances McDormand) is forced to go on the road as an itinerant worker. She finds a community of other nomads (playing versions of themselves).
Black Widow.
During the filming of
Black Widow, everyone on set went to great lengths to conceal the identity of Taskmasker. The character is traditionally portrayed as a man in the comics, but
Black Widow subverted expectations by featuring actress Olga Kurylenko as the masked assassin. In order the keep her big mid-movie reveal a secret, an elaborate setup was required.
In a recent interview with
Kurylenko revealed the intense process needed to keep her identity from the public. “Everybody had to sign the NDA and everybody knew, of course, that it will be a big secret,” she explained. “We were shooting outside and paparazzi are all over the place. I mean, I have to dress and walk from my tent to set. They made this umbrella that had fabric hanging from it. I was underneath and I had to look through a little hole to see where I m going.”
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July 16, 2021
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The wait for Black Widow’s release has been a painful two-year wait experience for fans of the Russian super-spy and Avenger.
With the movie promising a final send-off for Natasha Romanoff (Scarlett Johansson), trailers and teasers along the way gave fans fresh glimpses at new characters making their debut, from Florence Pugh’s Yelena Belova to David Harbour’s Red Guardian.
Still, one character has had their identity kept hidden for a long time, but finally, fans know who’s under the mask of The Taskmaster.
All suited up in the trailer, Taskmaster’s debut has been something fans have been looking towards and the fact that the actor or actress behind the villain had been kept secret up until the film’s release is something of a rarity in spoiler-filled Hollywood. Cue the shocked gasps because behind one of the baddest villains to enter the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) is none other than the beautiful Olga Kurylenko.
Black Widow.
During the filming of
Black Widow, everyone on set went to great lengths to conceal the identity of Taskmasker. The character is traditionally portrayed as a man in the comics, but
Black Widow subverted expectations by featuring actress Olga Kurylenko as the masked assassin. In order the keep her big mid-movie reveal a secret, an elaborate setup was required.
In a recent interview with
Kurylenko revealed the intense process needed to keep her identity from the public. “Everybody had to sign the NDA and everybody knew, of course, that it will be a big secret,” she explained. “We were shooting outside and paparazzi are all over the place. I mean, I have to dress and walk from my tent to set. They made this umbrella that had fabric hanging from it. I was underneath and I had to look through a little hole to see where I m going.”