#SUNDANCE: “PROMISING YOUNG WOMAN”
Review by Amanda Gilmore for Mr. Will Wong
During the day Cassie (Carey Mulligan) appears to be an unambitious drifter, however, she reveals her hidden vendetta at night when she hunts down men who cross her.
Director-Writer Emerald Fennell brings her slick film style, she commonly uses as a show runner on Killing Eve, to this knock-out film. Fennell’s Script is tight and filled with richly-texturized dark, tender and humorous scenes. Even more impressive is the ample layers she’s given ...
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#SUNDANCE: “THE GLORIAS”
Review by Amanda Gilmore for Mr. Will Wong
Director Julie Taymor adapts Gloria Steinem’s Autobiography “My Life on The Road” for the big screen.
Taymor brings her signature style to the screen in telling Steinem’s extraordinary life. Instead of telling a conventional Biopic Taymor breaks up Steinem’s life into four age groups. Those four Glorias sit on a bus that continues to ride and ask each other questions about their own life. This unique decision separates this linear biopic ...
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#SUNDANCE: 2020 SUNDANCE FILM FESTIVAL DAY FOUR SIGHTINGS
Sightings were a bit more on the quiet front today, but some exciting names were out and about at Sundance earlier.
THE NEST - An American Entrepreneur's life takes a twisted turn after he moves to an English Country Manor.
Jude Law
NINE DAYS - A recluse conducts a series of interviews with human souls for a chance to be born.
Bill Skarsgård
Winston Duke
RELIC - A daughter, mother and grandmother are haunted by a manifestation of Dementia, ...
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#COOKING: “RAM-DON” FROM BONG JOON HO’S “PARASITE” RECIPE
Many of you by now have seen Bong Joon Ho's masterpiece PARASITE and I'm sure like me, you've been programmed to salivate at the words "RAM-DON". The Korean dish (also known as "Jjapaguri") made of a combination of instant noodles, topped with Sirloin Beef is a metaphor about class in the Film. In one scene we see Park Yeon-kyo (played by Yeo-jeong Jo) rushing to return home early, calling her maid Kim Chung-sook, played by Hye-jin Jang, and tasking her with very little time to make her ...
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#FIRSTLOOK: NEW ARTWORK FOR DISNEY’S “MULAN”
In celebration of Chinese New Year, some new Artwork for eagerly-anticipated Disney's MULAN!
Synopsis:
Acclaimed filmmaker Niki Caro brings the epic tale of China’s legendary warrior to life in Disney’s “Mulan,” in which a fearless young woman risks everything out of love for her family and her country to become one of the greatest warriors China has ever known. When the Emperor of China issues a decree that one man per family must serve in the Imperial Army to defend the country from ...
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#SUNDANCE: “DINNER IN AMERICA”
Review by Amanda Gilmore for Mr. Will Wong
Dinner in America is an energetic anthem for Punk Rockers.
Writer-Director Adam Rehmeier has made a fast-paced fun film about two young people from opposite worlds. However, their one similarity is their love for Punk-Rock. The characters are easy to fall in love with due to their wonderfully written character traits and the committed performances from Emily Skeggs and Kyle Gallner.
Dinner in America screens at Sundance on Fri, Jan. 24th at 9:30 ...
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#SUNDANCE: 2020 SUNDANCE FILM FESTIVAL SIGHTINGS – WILL FERRELL, MILA KUNIS, NICHOLAS BRAUN, KERRY WASHINGTON, LIN-MANUEL MIRANDA, WILMER VALDERRAMA, AUBREY PLAZA, SARAH GADON + MORE
The star sightings continue to pour-in and our Amanda Gilmore doesn't disappoint! See some of the talent she spotted out and about at the 2020 Sundance Film Festival, Day Three!
DOWNHILL is about a couple married with kids, who barely escape an avalanche on a trip, only to be forced to confront finally how they feel about one another.
Will Ferrell
FREESTYLE LOVE SUPREME centers on "pre-Hamilton" Lin-Manuel Miranda and the improv Hip-Hop movement he was part of, ...
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#SUNDANCE: “COME AWAY”
Review by Amanda Gilmore for Mr. Will Wong
Come Away tells an alternative origin story for Peter Pan and Alice from Alice in Wonderland.
Although the Film, starring Angelina Jolie, David Oyelowo, Michael Caine and Gugu Mbatha-Raw is targeted towards children, there are many themes that resonate with adults. Director Brenda Chapman’s primary theme throughout is grief with focus on contrasting what grief looks like within children and adults. Chapman also blends an even mix of actuality and ...
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#BOXOFFICE: “BAD BOYS” TOO GOOD ONCE AGAIN FOR OPPOSITION
For a second straight week, BAD BOYS FOR LIFE is proving to be an exceedingly smart move from Sony Pictures, taking $28 million from 3,775 theatres. This brings its two week run to $111.6 million already domestically.
In second is Best Picture Contender 1917 with $14 million from 3,937 theatres for Universal Pictures, taking its tally to $102.1 million, its third weekend in wide release.
THE GENTLEMEN from Director/Writer Guy Ritchie debuts in third with $10.8 million for STX ...
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#SUNDANCE: DAY TWO SIGHTINGS – RACHEL BROSNAHAN, LEA THOMPSON, KELLY ROWLAND, AMY RYAN, STANLEY TUCCI, KYLE GALLNER + MORE!
It was a star-studded Day Two at the 2020 Sundance Film Festival and our Amanda Gilmore was out and about capturing some of that starpower! See who she spotted and which Films did the rounds today.
DINNER IN AMERICA centers on a Punk Rocker and a young woman obsessed with his band. They fall in love unexpectedly and go on a journey together in mid-west America's decaying suburbs.
Kyle Gallner
Griffin Gluck
Lea Thompson
WORTH takes place ...
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