“Why do people not just do this all the time?” That incredulous question comes from Emma Stone’s Bella Baxter midway through Poor Things, following a vigorous introductory bout of copulation with Mark Ruffalo’s caddish lawyer, Duncan Wedderburn. Yorgos Lanthimos’ imaginative riff on Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein charts a deceased Victorian woman’s reanimation with the brain of […]
Two Oscar-winning short films that push the boundaries of African cinema – The Hollywood Reporter
In Your perfect life, Onajite Johnson-Ibrahim (played by Pearl Those) seems to have it all. She’s a 39-year-old entrepreneur with the perfect Instagram profile – a fantastic career, a loving husband (played by Ahmed Ibrahim) and two smart and beautiful children – but Onajite secretly suffers from depression. She thinks about suicide. Iyawo Mi (My […]
What Netflix’s data dump reveals about ‘Wednesday,’ ‘Suits’ and more – The Hollywood Reporter
Netflix released a massive amount of streaming data on Tuesday – with total views of more than 18,000 movies and TV seasons for the first half of 2023. Overall, it’s an almost overwhelming amount of information that suggests Netflix’s ability to attract its huge subscriber base (just under 239 million at the end of the […]
E3 concludes the video game industry’s largest convention in two decades – The Hollywood Reporter
It’s official: E3, the video game industry’s largest conference and media platform, has finally been closed. “After more than two decades of E3, each greater than the last, it is time to say goodbye. Thanks for the memories,” the Entertainment Software Association, the video game trade association, said on its website ESA’s decision to close […]
‘All of Us Strangers’ Star Andrew Scott on ‘Fleabag’, Paul Mescal – The Hollywood Reporter
As We are all strangers begins racking up awards season accolades – so far nominated at the Gothams, Film Independent Spirits and National Board of Review Awards – stars Andrew Scott, Claire Foy and Jamie Bell premiered their film on Saturday night alongside writer-director Andrew in Los Angeles Haigh. In the project, Scott plays a […]
Former French President Joins Silex and The City Movie as Speaker – The Hollywood Reporter
Former French President François Hollande has found a new job. The leader of the Socialist Party, who served as leader of France before current President Emmanuel Macron, has joined the voice of Silex & the City – The film, a feature film spinoff of a popular, SimpsonsShort format animated series in style. Hollande will lend […]
The Best Movie Performances of 2023 – The Hollywood Reporter
JON FROSCH: As we reconvene for our annual back-and-forth about the year’s greatest film performances, I’m struck by how many of my favorites found actors playing characters who range from downright villainous to — let’s put this mildly — disagreeable. (As Carrie Bradshaw might wonder … Is likability overrated? Or: Is unlikability the new likability? […]
Peacock reaches 30 million subscribers as NBCUniversal announces plans – The Hollywood Reporter
Peacock has reached 30 million paid subscribers and Comcast expects the company to continue to grow. At the UBS Global Media and Communications conference on Monday morning, Comcast President Mike Cavanagh announced the new subscriber count, adding that the average ARPU (average revenue per user) is $10 per month. “Keep in mind that we started […]
‘The Crown’ Researcher Pushes Back on Season 6 Criticism Around Diana – The Hollywood Reporter
[This story contains spoilers from season six, part one of The Crown.] For five seasons, The Crown has been lauded by critics and viewers alike. But as the royal drama’s depiction of historical events has inched closer to audiences’ recent lived memories, the series has come under scrutiny for its portrayals of the monarchy and […]
Banksy appears to confirm his name in lost BBC interview – The Hollywood Reporter
Who is Banksy? It has been one of the art world’s, perhaps even pop culture’s, most enduring mysteries since the street artist burst onto the scene in the early 2000s. But we may be one step closer to discovering the artist’s true identity following the recent discovery of a lost BBC interview in which Banksy […]
