In an industry where actors normally stick to scripts, Henry Cavill does things differently. He was preparing for his role in The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare in an extraordinary way. While others were occupied with scripts, the actor was profound in the book that the film is based on.
Henry Cavill in Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice
This out-of-the-box technique shows how serious he is about getting the story’s intricate details and its historical background. The 40-year-old’s commitment shows his affection for acting and how seriously he takes his role. It has fans eager to see what he’ll bring to the table in his upcoming flick.
Henry Cavill Took A Different Path To Prepare For The Ministry Of Ungentlemanly Warfare
The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare is loaded with action, drama, and a touch of Guy Ritchie’s humor, as Henry Cavill and his team take on...
Henry Cavill in Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice
This out-of-the-box technique shows how serious he is about getting the story’s intricate details and its historical background. The 40-year-old’s commitment shows his affection for acting and how seriously he takes his role. It has fans eager to see what he’ll bring to the table in his upcoming flick.
Henry Cavill Took A Different Path To Prepare For The Ministry Of Ungentlemanly Warfare
The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare is loaded with action, drama, and a touch of Guy Ritchie’s humor, as Henry Cavill and his team take on...
- 3/30/2024
- by Muskan Chaudhary
- FandomWire
Exclusive: Riz Ahmed and his Left Handed Films have come aboard the 2023 SXSW Audience Award winner Mustache, marking the feature directorial and screenwriting debut of Imran J. Khan, as executive producers.
In addition to Ahmed and Left-Handed’s Allie Moore, exec producers on the project include The Bear creator Christopher Storer, as well as Tyson Bidner and Josh Senior. Christina Won and Jessica Sittig produced, with Parker Mays co-producing alongside Cooper Wehde of American Light & Fixture. UTA Independent Film Group is handling worldwide sales.
Khan comes to the partnership with Ahmed and Left Handed a year after being named one of the inaugural participants of the Pillars Artist Fellowship, their filmmaker program created with Pillars, as a means of mentoring and championing rising Muslim talents.
An homage to coming-of-age films, ’90s nostalgia, and awkward teenage transitions, Mustache takes place in mid-’90s Northern California, where 13-year-old Pakistani American Ilyas...
In addition to Ahmed and Left-Handed’s Allie Moore, exec producers on the project include The Bear creator Christopher Storer, as well as Tyson Bidner and Josh Senior. Christina Won and Jessica Sittig produced, with Parker Mays co-producing alongside Cooper Wehde of American Light & Fixture. UTA Independent Film Group is handling worldwide sales.
Khan comes to the partnership with Ahmed and Left Handed a year after being named one of the inaugural participants of the Pillars Artist Fellowship, their filmmaker program created with Pillars, as a means of mentoring and championing rising Muslim talents.
An homage to coming-of-age films, ’90s nostalgia, and awkward teenage transitions, Mustache takes place in mid-’90s Northern California, where 13-year-old Pakistani American Ilyas...
- 11/14/2023
- by Matt Grobar
- Deadline Film + TV
No Maori Allowed, directed by Corinna Hunziger was named the winner of the Pasifika Award and recipient of a $5,000 cash prize at the Hawaii International Film Festival.
It recounts the story of a teacher who unearths a secret past in the town of Pukekohe. That causes Maori community figures to come forward to share personal stories that shaped their lives.
The festival’s Kau Ka Hōkū or shooting star award for an international emerging filmmaker making their first or second feature film, was awarded to “Asog,” by Sean Devlin. It is a tragicomic road film that follows a non-binary Filipino comedian pursuing their dream of becoming a pageant queen.
The jury also provided honorable mentions for performance to “Mustache,” directed by Imran Khan and to “Tiger Stripes,” directed by Amanda Nell Eu.
This year’s Best Made In Hawai‘i Feature winner was Hōkūle‘a: Finding The Language of the Navigator,...
It recounts the story of a teacher who unearths a secret past in the town of Pukekohe. That causes Maori community figures to come forward to share personal stories that shaped their lives.
The festival’s Kau Ka Hōkū or shooting star award for an international emerging filmmaker making their first or second feature film, was awarded to “Asog,” by Sean Devlin. It is a tragicomic road film that follows a non-binary Filipino comedian pursuing their dream of becoming a pageant queen.
The jury also provided honorable mentions for performance to “Mustache,” directed by Imran Khan and to “Tiger Stripes,” directed by Amanda Nell Eu.
This year’s Best Made In Hawai‘i Feature winner was Hōkūle‘a: Finding The Language of the Navigator,...
- 10/26/2023
- by Patrick Frater
- Variety Film + TV
Apple TV+ found the perfect fit for its ever-growing lineup with the launch of ‘Tetris” on March 31. The film tells the unbelievable story of how one of the world’s most popular video games found its way to avid players around the globe. Henk Rogers (Taron Egerton) discovers Tetris in 1988, and then risks everything by traveling to the Soviet Union, where he joins forces with inventor Alexey Pazhitnov (Nikita Efremov) to bring the game to the masses. Based on a true story, “Tetris” is described as “a Cold War-era thriller on steroids, with double-crossing villains, unlikely heroes and a nail-biting race to the finish.”
Following its March 15 premiere at the SXSW Film Festival, critics praised the film, earning it an 82% freshness rating on Rotten Tomatoes. The consensus reads, “While it’s nowhere near as addictive or fast-paced as the game, ‘Tetris’ offers a fun, fizzy account of the story behind an 8-bit classic.
Following its March 15 premiere at the SXSW Film Festival, critics praised the film, earning it an 82% freshness rating on Rotten Tomatoes. The consensus reads, “While it’s nowhere near as addictive or fast-paced as the game, ‘Tetris’ offers a fun, fizzy account of the story behind an 8-bit classic.
- 4/8/2023
- by Vincent Mandile
- Gold Derby
March really has been great at the box office, beginning with Michael B. Jordan’s “Creed III,” followed by two out of three franchise sequels that outperformed their original movies. This week saw the release of a new version of a popular role-playing game, as Paramount released “Dungeons and Dragons: Honor Among Thieves” into 3,855 theaters on Friday.
The movie, starring Chris Pine, Michelle Rodriguez, Hugh Grant, Regé-Jean Page, and more, came into the weekend with terrific reviews after a SXSW Film Festival debut, and then Paramount gave the movie a number of previews leading up to its official Thursday opening. In fact, the movie racked up $5.6 million in those early previews, including $3.5 million on Thursday, and that number added up to a fantastic $15.3 million for Friday.
See ‘Dungeons and Dragons: Honor Among Thieves’ reviews: ‘Charismatic’ Chris Pine and ‘badass’ Michelle Rodriguez lead ‘tremendously fun’ adventure
As of Sunday morning, Paramount...
The movie, starring Chris Pine, Michelle Rodriguez, Hugh Grant, Regé-Jean Page, and more, came into the weekend with terrific reviews after a SXSW Film Festival debut, and then Paramount gave the movie a number of previews leading up to its official Thursday opening. In fact, the movie racked up $5.6 million in those early previews, including $3.5 million on Thursday, and that number added up to a fantastic $15.3 million for Friday.
See ‘Dungeons and Dragons: Honor Among Thieves’ reviews: ‘Charismatic’ Chris Pine and ‘badass’ Michelle Rodriguez lead ‘tremendously fun’ adventure
As of Sunday morning, Paramount...
- 4/2/2023
- by Edward Douglas
- Gold Derby
On March 31, Paramount Pictures released “Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves,” with Chris Pine leading a band of unlikely adventurers who undertake an epic heist to retrieve a lost relic. The film directed by John Francis Daley and Jonathan Goldstein brings the rich world and playful spirit of the legendary roleplaying game to the big screen in a hilarious and action-packed adventure.
The movie opened to rave reviews, holding fresh at 89% on Rotten Tomatoes with a critics’ consensus that reads, “An infectiously good-spirited comedy with a solid emotional core, ‘Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves’ offers fun fantasy and adventure even if you don’t know your Hp from your Op.” The ensemble cast includes Michelle Rodriquez, Regé-Jean Page, Hugh Grant, Justice Jesse Smith, Sophia Lillis and Chloe Coleman. Read our full review round-up below.
See SXSW Festival round-up: Highlights included ‘Air’ premiere and Audience Award winners ‘Flamin’ Hot,’ ‘Mustache’
Dan Bayer...
The movie opened to rave reviews, holding fresh at 89% on Rotten Tomatoes with a critics’ consensus that reads, “An infectiously good-spirited comedy with a solid emotional core, ‘Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves’ offers fun fantasy and adventure even if you don’t know your Hp from your Op.” The ensemble cast includes Michelle Rodriquez, Regé-Jean Page, Hugh Grant, Justice Jesse Smith, Sophia Lillis and Chloe Coleman. Read our full review round-up below.
See SXSW Festival round-up: Highlights included ‘Air’ premiere and Audience Award winners ‘Flamin’ Hot,’ ‘Mustache’
Dan Bayer...
- 3/31/2023
- by Vincent Mandile
- Gold Derby
In 1984, a down-on-his-luck basketball scout working for a third-tier apparel company travels to Wilmington, North Carolina to go see about a rookie. The rest is history.
The Air Jordan not only represents a touchstone of American fashion, but also an assault on the corporate status quo. The monumental licensing deal Nike signed with Michael Jordan updated standard practices relating to the appraisal of an athlete’s worth and established precedent for the hard-won changes recently implemented across the NCAA. For Ben Affleck, this story is more than another filmography credit—it’s a mission statement. “Air,” a dramatization of this paradigm shift in professional sports, is the first title released under his and Matt Damon’s Artists Equity label, which aims to enfranchise overlooked crew members. The movie is scheduled for a wide theatrical release in the United States on April 5, 2023.
The most prominent figure in “Air” carrying the Jordan surname isn’t Michael,...
The Air Jordan not only represents a touchstone of American fashion, but also an assault on the corporate status quo. The monumental licensing deal Nike signed with Michael Jordan updated standard practices relating to the appraisal of an athlete’s worth and established precedent for the hard-won changes recently implemented across the NCAA. For Ben Affleck, this story is more than another filmography credit—it’s a mission statement. “Air,” a dramatization of this paradigm shift in professional sports, is the first title released under his and Matt Damon’s Artists Equity label, which aims to enfranchise overlooked crew members. The movie is scheduled for a wide theatrical release in the United States on April 5, 2023.
The most prominent figure in “Air” carrying the Jordan surname isn’t Michael,...
- 3/28/2023
- by Ronald Meyer
- Gold Derby
Exclusive: Hot on the heels of their historic Oscars sweep with Everything Everywhere All at Once and The Whale, A24 has set the cast for Y2K, a dial-up disaster comedy to be directed for the studio by SNL alum Kyle Mooney.
Jaeden Martell (It), West Side Story breakout Rachel Zegler and Julian Dennison (Deadpool 2) lead a stacked ensemble that also includes Lachlan Watson (Chilling Adventures of Sabrina), Mason Gooding (Scream VI), 5x Billboard Music Award-winner The Kid Laroi, Tim Heidecker (Us), Eduardo Franco (Stranger Things), Miles Robbins (Blockers), Alicia Silverstone (The Killing of a Sacred Deer), Fred Hechinger (Fear Street Trilogy) and Daniel Zolghadri (Funny Pages).
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Jaeden Martell (It), West Side Story breakout Rachel Zegler and Julian Dennison (Deadpool 2) lead a stacked ensemble that also includes Lachlan Watson (Chilling Adventures of Sabrina), Mason Gooding (Scream VI), 5x Billboard Music Award-winner The Kid Laroi, Tim Heidecker (Us), Eduardo Franco (Stranger Things), Miles Robbins (Blockers), Alicia Silverstone (The Killing of a Sacred Deer), Fred Hechinger (Fear Street Trilogy) and Daniel Zolghadri (Funny Pages).
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- 3/23/2023
- by Matt Grobar
- Deadline Film + TV
The Eva Longoria-directed Flamin’ Hot, Imran J. Khan’s Mustache and the upcoming ESPN bio-doc about NBA icon Bill Walton were among the audience award winners revealed Monday for the 31st SXSW Film & TV Festival.
Flamin’ Hot, which stars Jesse Garcia in the sometimes true tale of the man behind the “flamin’ hot”-branded chip revolution, was named the Audience Award winner in the festival’s Headliners section. The pic, from Searchlight Pictures, will debut June 9 on both Hulu and Disney+.
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Mustache, written and directed by Khan, won the Narrative Feature Competition honor, and Julio Quintana’s The Long Game won for Narrative Spotlight. The Documentary Feature...
Flamin’ Hot, which stars Jesse Garcia in the sometimes true tale of the man behind the “flamin’ hot”-branded chip revolution, was named the Audience Award winner in the festival’s Headliners section. The pic, from Searchlight Pictures, will debut June 9 on both Hulu and Disney+.
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Mustache, written and directed by Khan, won the Narrative Feature Competition honor, and Julio Quintana’s The Long Game won for Narrative Spotlight. The Documentary Feature...
- 3/20/2023
- by Patrick Hipes
- Deadline Film + TV
Mustache, Geoff McFetridge: Drawing A Life, Ek Jagah Apni also honoured.
Eva Longoria’s feature directing debut Flamin’ Hot has won the 2023 SXSW Headliners Audience Award, among other winners announced on Monday.
‘Flamin’ Hot’: SXSW Review
Flamin’ Hot recounts the story of Richard Montañez as the Frito-Lay janitor who turned Flamin’ Hot Cheetos into a global pop culture phenomenon. It was announced earlier today the film will get an unprecedented debut on Hulu and Disney+ on June 9, 2023, becoming the first scripted release to stream simultaneously on both platforms in the US. It will be available on Disney+ internationally.
Eva Longoria’s feature directing debut Flamin’ Hot has won the 2023 SXSW Headliners Audience Award, among other winners announced on Monday.
‘Flamin’ Hot’: SXSW Review
Flamin’ Hot recounts the story of Richard Montañez as the Frito-Lay janitor who turned Flamin’ Hot Cheetos into a global pop culture phenomenon. It was announced earlier today the film will get an unprecedented debut on Hulu and Disney+ on June 9, 2023, becoming the first scripted release to stream simultaneously on both platforms in the US. It will be available on Disney+ internationally.
- 3/20/2023
- by Jeremy Kay
- ScreenDaily
Mustache, Geoff McFetridge: Drawing A Life, Ek Jagah Apni also honoured.
Eva Longoria’s feature directing debut Flamin’ Hot has won the 2023 SXSW Headliners Audience Award, among other winners announced on Monday.
‘Flamin’ Hot’: SXSW Review
Flamin’ Hot recounts the story of Richard Montañez as the Frito-Lay janitor who turned Flamin’ Hot Cheetos into a global pop culture phenomenon. It was announced earlier today the film will get an unprecedented debut on Hulu and Disney+ on June 9, 2023, becoming the first scripted release to stream simultaneously on both platforms in the US. It will be available on Disney+ internationally.
Eva Longoria’s feature directing debut Flamin’ Hot has won the 2023 SXSW Headliners Audience Award, among other winners announced on Monday.
‘Flamin’ Hot’: SXSW Review
Flamin’ Hot recounts the story of Richard Montañez as the Frito-Lay janitor who turned Flamin’ Hot Cheetos into a global pop culture phenomenon. It was announced earlier today the film will get an unprecedented debut on Hulu and Disney+ on June 9, 2023, becoming the first scripted release to stream simultaneously on both platforms in the US. It will be available on Disney+ internationally.
- 3/20/2023
- by Jeremy Kay
- ScreenDaily
Every instance of abject grief, embarrassment, disappointment, and failure known only by teenage boys can be sourced to cosmological forces beyond their control or to a bummer ticket in the biological lottery. Imran J. Khan’s first feature, “Mustache,” opts to merge the two under the same awkward umbrella. If a lad can be betrayed by his own body, then certainly it’s within the universe’s power to provoke that betrayal, laying the groundwork for early body image issues dovetailing with hormonal, emotional, and cultural issues simultaneously.
Continue reading ‘Mustache’ Review: Imran J. Khan’s Coming Of Age Comedy Comes Up Short With Its Supporting Cast [SXSW] at The Playlist.
Continue reading ‘Mustache’ Review: Imran J. Khan’s Coming Of Age Comedy Comes Up Short With Its Supporting Cast [SXSW] at The Playlist.
- 3/16/2023
- by Andrew Crump
- The Playlist
After the sudden collapse of Silicon Valley Bank last week, it’s perhaps worth noting that with the failure of tech-sector lenders and startups alike, an entire constellation of associated industries suffers as well. The pain trickles down throughout the community, impacting the likes of the Pakistani-American small business owner and his family at the center of Imran J. Khan’s 90s-set feature Mustache.
Although such a scenario might not appear to be entirely amusing, Khan finds the humor in hardship when his 13-year-old Muslim protagonist is forced to readjust his life after his parents make a difficult decision about his education. While not a typical teen comedy, Mustache approaches the genre from a perspective that’s gently humorous and refreshingly clever, even if it’s quite a bit tamer than mainstream fare.
Comfortably coasting through eighth grade at his private San Jose Muslim school, Ilyas (Atharva Verma) has a...
Although such a scenario might not appear to be entirely amusing, Khan finds the humor in hardship when his 13-year-old Muslim protagonist is forced to readjust his life after his parents make a difficult decision about his education. While not a typical teen comedy, Mustache approaches the genre from a perspective that’s gently humorous and refreshingly clever, even if it’s quite a bit tamer than mainstream fare.
Comfortably coasting through eighth grade at his private San Jose Muslim school, Ilyas (Atharva Verma) has a...
- 3/14/2023
- by Justin Lowe
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
The feature debut of editor and short filmmaker Imran J. Khan, Mustache is a grounded coming-of-age story bursting with authenticity, even if the film feels at times like a retread of other awkward high school experiences captured in cinema. With a dry, competitive tone, Mustache accurately captures the emotion of being right in the middle of a problem that feels like an insurmountable, life-changing challenge for a child.
Atharva Verma stars as Ilyas, a Pakistani teen growing up in San Jose whose main issue is that he sprouted a mustache at age ten, leading to some awkward class photos at his Islamic grade school. He’s thrown out after 8th grade when he starts a fight and his scholarship is pulled. Thus his working-class parents, former artist mother (Meesha Shafi) and computer salesman father Hameed (Rizwan Manji), decide to send him to the local public high school to start his freshman year,...
Atharva Verma stars as Ilyas, a Pakistani teen growing up in San Jose whose main issue is that he sprouted a mustache at age ten, leading to some awkward class photos at his Islamic grade school. He’s thrown out after 8th grade when he starts a fight and his scholarship is pulled. Thus his working-class parents, former artist mother (Meesha Shafi) and computer salesman father Hameed (Rizwan Manji), decide to send him to the local public high school to start his freshman year,...
- 3/13/2023
- by John Fink
- The Film Stage
“I once thought that there were no second acts in American lives,” F. Scott Fitzgerald famously wrote, in his notes on The Last Tycoon. To which Cher Horowitz in Clueless would say: “Ugh, as if!”
Nearly 30 years after she spoke those iconic lines, we are witnessing the second act in the career of Alicia Silverstone.
Her Super Bowl ad for shopping platform Rakuten, where she slipped back into Cher’s yellow tartan skirt to recreate the Clueless debate scene, went viral (as did her first TikTok appearance, again as Cher, spoofing the “as if!” scene with her son Bear), returning Silverstone to the top of the pop culture conversation.
In the independent film world, Silverstone has never been hotter. With roles in The Lodge —the 2019 Sundance chiller from Goodnight Mommy directors Severin Fiala and Veronika Franz — and Jennifer Reeder’s new meta-horror film Perpetrator, which premiered in the Panorama section...
Nearly 30 years after she spoke those iconic lines, we are witnessing the second act in the career of Alicia Silverstone.
Her Super Bowl ad for shopping platform Rakuten, where she slipped back into Cher’s yellow tartan skirt to recreate the Clueless debate scene, went viral (as did her first TikTok appearance, again as Cher, spoofing the “as if!” scene with her son Bear), returning Silverstone to the top of the pop culture conversation.
In the independent film world, Silverstone has never been hotter. With roles in The Lodge —the 2019 Sundance chiller from Goodnight Mommy directors Severin Fiala and Veronika Franz — and Jennifer Reeder’s new meta-horror film Perpetrator, which premiered in the Panorama section...
- 2/19/2023
- by Scott Roxborough
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Steffen Haars and Flip van der Kuil make English-language feature debut.
XYZ Films has signed on to represent North American sales on Krazy House starring Nick Frost, Alicia Silverstone and Kevin Connolly, which marks the English-language feature debut of Dutch filmmaking duo Steffen Haars and Flip van der Kuil
The producers have signed a deal with Splendid Films to distribute in Benelux and are expected to bring on an international sales agent shortly.
Production has just wrapped in Amsterdam on the 1990s-set story about a religious man (Frost) who must protect his family when Russian workers at their home turn...
XYZ Films has signed on to represent North American sales on Krazy House starring Nick Frost, Alicia Silverstone and Kevin Connolly, which marks the English-language feature debut of Dutch filmmaking duo Steffen Haars and Flip van der Kuil
The producers have signed a deal with Splendid Films to distribute in Benelux and are expected to bring on an international sales agent shortly.
Production has just wrapped in Amsterdam on the 1990s-set story about a religious man (Frost) who must protect his family when Russian workers at their home turn...
- 2/18/2023
- by Jeremy Kay
- ScreenDaily
Nick Frost, Alicia Silverstone and Kevin Connolly will star in the dark comedy “Krazy House” from writers-directors Steffen Haars and Flip van der Kuil, marking the first English-language film by the duo.
Dutch Gaite Jansen, Walt Klink, Jan Bijvoet, Chris Peters and Matti Stooker round out the cast. Production on the film has just been completed in Amsterdam.
Set in the 90s, “Krazy House” is about religious homemaker Bernie (Frost) and his sitcom family. When Russian workers in Bernie’s house turn out to be wanted criminals, they make Bernie and his family tear the place up in search of some old hidden loot. In order to free himself, Bernie has to man up and save his imprisoned family, while slowly going crazy.
Maarten Swart will produce the film for Kaap Holland Film, in a co-production with Haars and van der Kuil. Kaap Holland Film’s Jorn Baars and XYZ...
Dutch Gaite Jansen, Walt Klink, Jan Bijvoet, Chris Peters and Matti Stooker round out the cast. Production on the film has just been completed in Amsterdam.
Set in the 90s, “Krazy House” is about religious homemaker Bernie (Frost) and his sitcom family. When Russian workers in Bernie’s house turn out to be wanted criminals, they make Bernie and his family tear the place up in search of some old hidden loot. In order to free himself, Bernie has to man up and save his imprisoned family, while slowly going crazy.
Maarten Swart will produce the film for Kaap Holland Film, in a co-production with Haars and van der Kuil. Kaap Holland Film’s Jorn Baars and XYZ...
- 2/18/2023
- by Leo Barraclough
- Variety Film + TV
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