At one point, The Dinner was going to be Cate Blanchett’s feature directorial debut, with Oren Moverman on scripting duties. However, she moved on and the adaptation of Herman Koch’s novel saw Moverman shift into the director’s chair. He’s an interesting choice, having written movies such as I’m Not There and directed The Messenger and Rampart.
In The Dinner, ‘Paul has no desire to go out to dinner with his brother Stan, a well-known politician, and his sister-in-law Barbara. But his wife Claire insists on him accompanying her. The couples meet at a hip restaurant but, in between each exquisite course, dark family secrets are brought out onto the table. The couples’ sons are responsible for a terrible crime — as yet undiscovered — and their parents must now decide how to deal with the situation. An argument soon ensues, since public disclosure would change the lives of each of them forever.’
Richard Gere, Steve Coogan, Laura Linney and Rebecca Hall play the movie’s main quartet. You can take a look at the trailer below. It’ll be in US cinemas in May. No UK date is currently set. [Read more…]
After a much longer delay in getting the sequel to Godzilla ready than originally planned, they’re now fast pulling the cast together. A couple of weeks ago, Stranger Things’ Millie Bobby Brown was the first announced to be starring in the film, followed by Kyle Chandler as he father a few days later.
Akron got a lot of praise on the festival circuit, and even more when it was released in the US last year. However, over here in the UK we’ve had to wait for the film (except for those who caught it at the BFI Flare Film Festival), but thankfully it’s now on its way.
A few days ago the BFI: Flare London LGBT Film Festival revealed what would be playing at this year’s fest. That’s now been followed by a trailer, giving us a taste of the treats that are in store when the festival gets going from March 16th-26th.
Kong: Skull Island will be one of Hollywood’s first big tests of the year. Warner has hopes for a franchise and is already planning to put Kong up against Godzilla, but it’s far from certain whether Skull Island will be the massive hit they’re hoping for. It certainly looks like it could be pretty fun though.
Just a few years ago, the idea that Netflix would be bringing us big budget movies with a-list stars would have seemed ludicrous. But this is the year that Amazon’s Manchester By The Sea can win Oscar, and Will Smith is starring in a movie that will debut on Netflix, Bright.
Well, writers have something new to include when it comes to Oscars biggest gaffes and bloopers – and this one will probably top the list for a very long time. Faye Dunaway read out that La La Land had won the Best Picture Oscar, the producers came up to the stage, and then, partway through the acceptance speeches, they were interrupted to be told, actually no, it was Moonlight that was the big winner.
Each year the day before the Oscars, the Independent Spirit Awards are held, which were set up as the equivalent of the Hollywood-centric Academy Awards but for movies made outside the mainstream. This year the big winner was Moonlight, which picked up five gongs.
There’s been a fair amount of controversy about cisgender actors taking transgender roles. However, there’s been less talk about what’s going on behind the camera when trans issues are depicted on-screen. There are very few transgender directors around, and even fewer working on mainstream projects. It’s good news then that Silas Howard – best known for his work on Transparent – is set to adapt Daniel Pearle’s acclaimed play, A Kid Like Jake, for the big screen.
It’s terrible nowadays, you can’t go anywhere without the gays trying to cram their lifestyle choice down your throats! And that includes The LEGO Batman Movie, apparently.