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Nov42024 by cineverseNo Comments

HBO’s ‘Like Water for Chocolate’ Is a Sensual and Indulgent Reimagining of the Spanish-Language Classic: TV Review

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By Aramide Tinubu According To The variety Thirty-two years after the critically acclaimed film, HBO has adapted Laura Esquivel’s best-selling 1989 novel, “Like Water for Chocolate,” for television. Set in the early 20th century in Mexico, the six-episode Spanish-language series (critics received two for review) follows Tita (Azul Guaita), the youngest De La Garza daughter and her forbidden romance with her childhood sweetheart, Pedro Múzquiz (Andrés Baida). Tita and her older sisters, the rebellious Gertrudis (Andrea Chaparro) and the stoic Rosaura (Ana Valeria Becerril) are raised by their bitter and vengeful widowed mother, Elena (an intense Irene Azuela). The girls come of age and fall in love amid the Mexican Revolution and misogynistic family traditions. The exquisitely ...

Nov32024 by cineverseNo Comments

Box Office: ‘Here’ Not Moving Much With $1.9 Million Opening Day, ‘Venom 3’ Stays Ahead

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By J. Kim Murphy According To The variety As Americans prepare to watch the election next week, they seem less inclined to watch the movies. Theaters are seeing a somewhat muted weekend to start November, with the widest new release, Robert Zemeckis and Tom Hanks‘ time-warping drama “Here,” now coming in behind the already slim projections it had going into the weekend. The Miramax-financed production grossed $1.94 million from 2,647 locations across Friday and preview screenings, now on pace for an opening weekend around $5.1 million. It’s a disappointing sum for “Here,” which carries a production budget around $45 million. Sony’s TriStar is handling distribution after acquiring rights to the film. The hope for “Here” is that the reunion between Zemeckis, Hanks and...

Nov32024 by cineverseNo Comments

Papa’ Review: A Moving Study in Grief and Redemption Based on a Shocking Hong Kong Crime Case

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By Richard Kuipers According To The variety The almost unimaginable grief of a husband and father is chronicled in “Papa,” an affecting drama based on the true story of a 15-year-old boy whose murder of his mother and sister shocked Hong Kong in 2010. Featuring an outstanding lead performance by Sean Lau, “Papa” is played in a low key that produces high emotional impact — giving great depth and complexity to its protagonist’s unwavering determination to still love his son and understand what caused this tragedy. With expert tonal control over a non-linear screenplay that follows the aftermath of the crime and examines the love story that brought this family into being, writer-director Philip Yung’s delicately crafted film should find a large and appreciative audience when it o...

Nov32024 by cineverseNo Comments

A Nice Indian Boy’ Review: Bollywood Dreams Come True In an Appealing Indian American Romcom

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By Guy Lodge According To The variety The prize catch of the title isn’t exactly who you might expect in “A Nice Indian Boy,” a romantic comedy that brings a welcome queer angle to that substantial subgenre of love stories tangled up in Indian social mores and cross-generational family politics. In many such films, Naveen (Karan Soni) would be the most desirable of matches for a female protagonist: good-looking, well-spoken and a working doctor. That he’s gay puts him in the less traditionally masculine role of the one seeking a suitor; that his “nice Indian boy” is in fact Jay (Jonathan Groff), a white man raised in Naveen’s culture, is the more complicating factor in director Roshan Sethi‘s bright, big-hearted if overly tidy third feature. Still, Sethi and screenwriters Eric Rand...

Nov22024 by cineverseNo Comments

Eddie Murphy to Play George Clinton in Biopic From ‘Dreamgirls’ Director Bill Condon

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By Katcy Stephan Eddie Murphy is about to tear the roof off the sucker. According To The variety The actor is set to play Parliament-Funkadelic leader George Clinton in an untitled biopic from director Bill Condon for Amazon MGM Studios. The script is currently being written by Virgil Williams, from an original draft by Max Werner. The project was initiated by Catherine Davis, a lifelong George Clinton fan, who brought the idea to Murphy. Condon previously directed Murphy in the 2006 film “Dreamgirls,” which earned the actor an Oscar nomination and Golden Globe win for best supporting actor. The film will be produced by Murphy via Eddie Murphy Productions, John Davis via Davis Entertainment, Davis and Greg Yolen. Eddie Murphy Productions’ Charisse Hewit...

Nov22024 by cineverseNo Comments

Jared Leto, John Mulaney and Lupita Nyong’o Starring in Cold War Caper ‘Lunik Heist’ From Kemp Powers, Searchlight

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By Brent Lang According To The variety Jared Leto, John Mulaney and Lupita Nyong’o will star in Searchlight Pictures’ “Lunik Heist,” a Cold War-era caper that is based on a true story. The film is written and directed by Oscar nominee Kemp Powers, the co-director of “Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse” and the writer of “One Night in Miami.” “Lunik Heist” follows the American government’s plot to steal a Soviet spacecraft during a 1959 expedition in Mexico City and is based on an article by Jeff Maysh that was published in MIT Technology Review. “We’re so thrilled to bring together such an exceptional team,” said Matthew Greenfield, president of Searchlight Pictures. “With the extraordinary talents of Jared, Lupita, and John, led by the visionary Kemp, ‘Lunik Heist...

Nov22024 by cineverseNo Comments

Amazon MGM Studios Lands ‘American Speed’ With Tom Holland and Austin Butler

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By Katcy Stephan According To The variety Amazon MGM Studios has landed “American Speed,” a package that will see Tom Holland and Austin Butler star as racecar-driving brothers. Academy Award-winning producer Charles Roven (“Oppenheimer”) is attached to produce via his Atlas Entertainment banner, alongside RD Whittington and Douglas Banker. Atlas Entertainment’s Ryan Sanak will executive produce. Dan Wiedenhaupt (“Alpha”) is writing the script, which is based on the true story of the Whittington brothers — three drivers, two of whom were part of the 1980s IMSA scandal, in which a number of drivers were charged with financing their racing activities with proceeds from drug smuggling, money laundering or tax evasion. Roven also serves as a producer on the sci-...