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Aug272024 by cineverseNo Comments

Brillante Mendoza, Rima Das, Tom Lin Latest Titles Light up Busan’s Jiseok Section

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By Patrick Frater According To The variety The latest feature films by established Asian directors including Brillante Mendoza, Tom Lin and Rima Das have been selected for the Jiseok competition section of the Busan International Film Festival. The festival also unveiled the lineup for its New Currents competition, which is reserved for less experienced filmmakers and has acted as an important platform for talent discovery over many years. This year’s New Currents includes two films each from Japan and South Korea, with others hailing from Myanmar, Iran, Kazakhstan, mainland China, Hong Kong and Indonesia. The festival will run Oct. 2-11, 2024. Its full selection will be announced on Tuesday. Busan IFF – 2024 New Currents Competition “Abel,” dir. Elzat Es...

Aug262024 by cineverseNo Comments

Inside Out 2’ Becomes First Animated Film to Hit $1 Billion at International Box Office

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By Rebecca Rubin According To The variety “Inside Out 2” has surpassed $1 billion at the international box office, one of 12 releases — and the only animated film — to ever cross that coveted milestone. Though 55 films have grossed $1 billion globally (which is comprised of domestic and international ticket sales), just a dozen have managed to hit that benchmark from overseas markets alone — and 11 of those movies were live-action. While Disney’s 2019 “The Lion King” earned a staggering $1.1 billion internationally, the studio has categorized the remake as live-action rather than computer generated, so “Inside Out 2” is technically the first animated release to join the coveted club. Getting to $1 billion means “Inside Out 2” has resonated pretty much everywhere, but the top forei...

Aug242024 by cineverseNo Comments

Breaking Down ‘The Crow’: Inside the Reboot’s Provocative Ending, Bone-Crushing Fights and Potential Sequels

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By William Earl According To The variety SPOILER ALERT:This article contains spoilers for the entire plot of “The Crow,” now playing in theaters. Director Rupert Sanders knows that “The Crow,” his third film, will inevitably be seen through the spectrum of nostalgia for the 1994 cult hit. “I just wanted to make something,” he says. “I knew there would be people who didn’t want it to happen. But I didn’t record over someone’s VHS — that movie’s still there and those people are still going to love that movie.” Yet Sanders is confident in his new vision of the antihero. In his film, Eric (Bill Skarsgård) and his fiancée Shelly (FKA Twigs) are murdered by crime boss Vincent Roeg (Danny Huston). Yet Eric is offered the chance to walk the earth again as a powerful, dark vig...

Aug242024 by cineverseNo Comments

Sabrina Carpenter Teases and Torments on the Masterful — and Devilishly NSFW — ‘Short n’ Sweet’: Album Review

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By Jem Aswa According To The variety “Short and Sweet” might be Sabrina Carpenter’s sixth album, but even she says it feels more like her second. After the creative breakthrough of 2022’s “Emails I Can’t Send” — which we’ll call her “Disney-mancipation” after nearly a decade as a child star — “S n’ S” is the powerful next step in her evolution as an artist, person and persona. You already know the persona from this album’s two lead singles, “Espresso” and “Please Please Please,” and their videos: A woman who’s pretty but tough, funny, sassy, confident, sexually up-front and with a fiery mean streak, but who’s not without insecurities and heartache. The songs here are nearly all about love, every kind of it: True love, stupid love, crushes, I-really-should-know-bet...

Aug202024 by cineverseNo Comments

Cancer-Surviving Cricket Star Yuvraj Singh Biopic Set at India’s T-Series (EXCLUSIVE)

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By Naman Ramachandran According To The variety Cricket sensation Yuvraj Singh‘s remarkable journey from prodigy to World Cup hero to cancer survivor is getting the biopic movie treatment. Prolific Indian studio T-Series head Bhushan Kumar has revealed a film chronicling the life and career of the Indian cricketing icon, which captures Singh’s triumphs both on and off the field. Kumar, known for backing high-profile projects like “Animal,” “Drishyam 2,” “Kabir Singh” and “Tanhaji: The Unsung Warrior,” is joining forces with producer Ravi Bhagchandka to bring Singh’s story to life. Bhagchandka will co-produce via 200 Not Out Cinema. The biopic marks the second time Bhagchandka has brought a cricketer’s life to the big screen, following the 2017 Sachin Tendulkar docu...

Aug192024 by cineverseNo Comments

High-Stakes Netflix Drama ‘IC 814: The Kandahar Hijack’ From Anubhav Sinha Unveils Trailer (EXCLUSIVE)

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By Naman Ramachandran According To The variety Netflix India has unveiled the first trailer for its upcoming series “IC 814: The Kandahar Hijack.” The titular hijack occurred in December 1999 when an Indian Airlines flight was commandeered by militants en route from Kathmandu to New Delhi. The flight made multiple landings including at Amritsar, India, Lahore, Pakistan, Dubai and Kandahar, Afghanistan. The crisis lasted seven days. The drama, adapted from the book “Flight Into Fear” by Captain Devi Sharan and Srinjoy Chowdhury, explores the crisis from multiple angles, and offers a multifaceted look at the incident, showcasing the tense negotiations in Delhi’s War Room, the high-stakes diplomacy at Taliban-controlled Kandahar, and the terrifying ordeal faced by passengers and...

Aug182024 by cineverseNo Comments

Will The People Who Say They Love Cinema the Most Come Back to the Movies?

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By Owen Gleiberman According To The variety The summer movie season is now all but over, the tea leaves are in, and everyone in the industry is working hard to read them. Sizing up the future of movies, should we be hopeful? Fearful? Somewhere in between? To recap the signs: There were many big hits this summer (“Deadpool & Wolverine,” “Inside Out 2,” “Despicable Me 4,” “Twisters,” “Bad Boys: Ride or Die,” “Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes,” “A Quiet Place: Day One”), and that’s reason to celebrate. News flash: People still like to go to the movies! But…the total box-office receipts lagged behind those of 2023, so there’s reason to be wary. But…the impact of the strike still registered this summer in a profound way, since there wasn’t enough product to satisfy demand. Th...