Category: Film
Cannes (France) (AFP) – Another masterpiece emerging from chaos, or just a chaotic mess? One of Hollywood’s most mythologised directors, Francis Ford Coppola, returns Thursday to the Cannes Film Festival with the almost impossibly hyped “Megalopolis”. Adam Driver stars in ‘Megalopolis’ ©…
Hollywood (United States) (AFP) – An ultra-low-budget horror film in which Winnie the Pooh and Piglet go on a brutal killing spree has been named the year’s worst movie by the Razzie Awards. The characters of Winnie the Pooh were originally…
Los Angeles (AFP) – From dramas about the atomic bomb and Auschwitz, to comedies about dolls and sex-mad reanimated corpses, the lineup of best picture contenders at Sunday’s Oscars is the most varied in years. Ten movies will go head-to-head for…
Moana is back: Disney announces ‘Moana 2’ to be released this year! (Disney) Disney fans were thrilled to hear that Moana, the brave and adventurous Polynesian princess, will be back for a sequel this year. Moana 2, the follow-up to…
“Goodbye Julia”, the first-ever Sudanese feature to screen at the Cannes Film Festival, has been selected by Sudan to represent the war-torn country at the Academy Awards in the Best International Film category. Mohamed Kordofani’s trailblazing debut feature about South Sudan’s split from…
Burbank (United States) (AFP) – From princess costumes and cute character sketches to century-old toys, photos and documents, Disney’s backrooms and warehouses are stacked to the rafters with “hundreds of millions” of filmmaking treasures, its archivists say. In celebration…
Washington (AFP) – Jostling for the top three spots in North American theaters this weekend were the same films from last week, with “The Flash” overtaken by the latest “Spider-Man” iteration. The debut of the raunchy comedy “No Hard Feelings,”…
Sweden’s Loreen was always the one to beat, and her team knew it too. She had something none of the other contestants competing on Saturday’s Eurovision grand final had – the experience of winning it before. She took the title…
Los Angeles (AFP) – “The Super Mario Bros. Movie” did an impressive $58.2 million in ticket sales in North American movie theaters this weekend, easily fending off two new challengers, estimates showed Sunday. The joint effort of Universal, Nintendo and Illumination…
Los Angeles (AFP) – “Shazam! Fury of the Gods” topped the North American box office this weekend with an estimated $30.5 million opening, but that represented a sharp dropoff from the original blockbuster and analysts called the result disappointing. “This is…
