It's a good thing that "Sicario" is often cited as the best Denis Villeneuve movies, seeing as the director, cast, and crew apparently risked their lives to make it. Imagine putting yourself through life-threatening situations just to witness the poor reviews roll in and the almighty Tomatometer bestow an abject splat upon your film. Thankfully, "Sicario" currently stands at a muscular 92% on Rotten Tomatoes, making it the third highest-rated of Villeneuve's films on the website, behind "Arrival" and "Dune: Part Two."
But without "Sicario," those other two blockbusters arguably wouldn't exist. This was the movie that established Villeneuve as a director capable of balancing human drama with large-scale action and set him on a course to shepherd the big-budget movies he's now known for. As "Dune: Part Two" crosses box office milestone after box office milestone, "Sicario" still stands as the movie that made it all possible.
As such,...
But without "Sicario," those other two blockbusters arguably wouldn't exist. This was the movie that established Villeneuve as a director capable of balancing human drama with large-scale action and set him on a course to shepherd the big-budget movies he's now known for. As "Dune: Part Two" crosses box office milestone after box office milestone, "Sicario" still stands as the movie that made it all possible.
As such,...
- 4/28/2024
- by Joe Roberts
- Slash Film
Of all things, Micheal Ward was most scared of the pigeon. The actor had arrived on set for Empire of Light, his biggest project yet. He would be the co-lead opposite Oscar winner Olivia Colman in a film directed by Oscar winner Sam Mendes and shot by Oscar winner Roger Deakin, also starring Oscar winner Colin Firth. But it was Coco the Pigeon, no awards to her name, who had Ward sweating. “I was so nervous,” he says, laughing about it now. “I didn’t even touch it until Sam told me to. Me being a director’s pet, I gave it a little prod, but...” A violent shiver runs up his body. “Eurgh!”
Fear of feathers is not something you’d expect from the 25-year-old Bafta winner who made his name playing a gang leader in the crime drama Top Boy. So synonymous is Ward with his character that...
Fear of feathers is not something you’d expect from the 25-year-old Bafta winner who made his name playing a gang leader in the crime drama Top Boy. So synonymous is Ward with his character that...
- 1/14/2023
- by Annabel Nugent
- The Independent - Film
With Warner Bros. primed to get the cameras rolling on Blade Runner 2 next month, the studio’s casting spree is beginning to draw to a close – but not before Captain Phillips star Barkhad Abdi books his place in the star-studded ensemble.
Word comes by way of Entertainment Weekly, revealing that Abdi – who earned an Oscar nomination for his turn as a Somali pirate in Paul Greengrass’ 2013 film – has boarded the as-yet-untitled sequel in an undisclosed role. Outside of Harrison Ford reprising as grizzled San Francisco cop Rick Deckard, there has been a similar veil of mystery smothering Blade Runner 2‘s other casting announcement, which have up until now confirmed Ryan Gosling, Robin Wright, Ana de Armas, Sylvia Hoeks, Carla Juri and Dave Bautista for the sci-fi sequel.
That secrecy extends to the story underpinning Warner’s long-awaited follow-up, too, but we do understand Denis Villeneuve will be the one calling...
Word comes by way of Entertainment Weekly, revealing that Abdi – who earned an Oscar nomination for his turn as a Somali pirate in Paul Greengrass’ 2013 film – has boarded the as-yet-untitled sequel in an undisclosed role. Outside of Harrison Ford reprising as grizzled San Francisco cop Rick Deckard, there has been a similar veil of mystery smothering Blade Runner 2‘s other casting announcement, which have up until now confirmed Ryan Gosling, Robin Wright, Ana de Armas, Sylvia Hoeks, Carla Juri and Dave Bautista for the sci-fi sequel.
That secrecy extends to the story underpinning Warner’s long-awaited follow-up, too, but we do understand Denis Villeneuve will be the one calling...
- 6/28/2016
- by Michael Briers
- We Got This Covered
Do Android Dream of Electric Sheep? That’s the question Carla Juri will be asking come 2017, now that the Swiss actress has closed a deal to join the all-star cast for Blade Runner 2.
The Hollywood Reporter has the scoop, confirming that the Wetlands star joins an ensemble that already includes Ryan Gosling, Harrison Ford, Robin Wright, Ana de Armas, Sylvia Hoeks and Dave Bautista. Much like her fellow newcomers, neither Warner Bros. or Alcon Entertainment has offered up any details relating to Juri’s role in the sci-fi sequel; all we know for sure is that the follow-up, one directed by Denis Villeneuve, will take place three decades after its genre-defining original.
Buoyed by the one-two punch of Prisoners and Sicario, Villeneuve is a stellar choice to take the reins of Blade Runner 2, reuniting with decorated cinematographer Roger Deakin in the process. Remaining behind the scenes, Hampton Fancher and Michael Green...
The Hollywood Reporter has the scoop, confirming that the Wetlands star joins an ensemble that already includes Ryan Gosling, Harrison Ford, Robin Wright, Ana de Armas, Sylvia Hoeks and Dave Bautista. Much like her fellow newcomers, neither Warner Bros. or Alcon Entertainment has offered up any details relating to Juri’s role in the sci-fi sequel; all we know for sure is that the follow-up, one directed by Denis Villeneuve, will take place three decades after its genre-defining original.
Buoyed by the one-two punch of Prisoners and Sicario, Villeneuve is a stellar choice to take the reins of Blade Runner 2, reuniting with decorated cinematographer Roger Deakin in the process. Remaining behind the scenes, Hampton Fancher and Michael Green...
- 5/11/2016
- by Michael Briers
- We Got This Covered
French-Canadian director Denis Villeneuve has made an English language thriller both gripping and mysterious
• Read our review of The Fifth Estate
• Read our review of The Invisible Woman
In his first English language film, Quebeçois director Denis Villeneuve has produced a masterful thriller that is also an engrossing study of a smalltown America battered by recession, fear and the unrelenting elements.
A hulking Hugh Jackman leads a powerful ensemble cast as Keller Dover, a carpenter whose daughter goes missing on a stormy Thanksgiving afternoon. Suspicions immediately fall on local loner Alex Jones (Paul Dano) whose rusting Rv is spotted at the scene of the disappearance. Jones is detained but remains mute during questioning. When he is released, Dover seeks to take the law into his own hands.
Jackman's Dover is a study in intensity, his brow tightly furrowed throughout. He is a family man and patriot, but also a recovering...
• Read our review of The Fifth Estate
• Read our review of The Invisible Woman
In his first English language film, Quebeçois director Denis Villeneuve has produced a masterful thriller that is also an engrossing study of a smalltown America battered by recession, fear and the unrelenting elements.
A hulking Hugh Jackman leads a powerful ensemble cast as Keller Dover, a carpenter whose daughter goes missing on a stormy Thanksgiving afternoon. Suspicions immediately fall on local loner Alex Jones (Paul Dano) whose rusting Rv is spotted at the scene of the disappearance. Jones is detained but remains mute during questioning. When he is released, Dover seeks to take the law into his own hands.
Jackman's Dover is a study in intensity, his brow tightly furrowed throughout. He is a family man and patriot, but also a recovering...
- 9/6/2013
- by Paul MacInnes
- The Guardian - Film News
James Bond, as a movie franchise, has been around for fifty years and the franchise celebrates in magnificent fashion with the latest installment, Skyfall. For me, it’s definitely the best thus far of the Daniel Craig Bond movies and it may be my choice for the best of all the Bond movies. I know that “best” is, as often as not, a personal, subjective opinion rather than an objective choice. People can cite certain criteria as the basis of their opinions but who determines the criteria? For example, there are those who regard and will always regard Sean Connery as the best Bond and anything else is heresy.
Let’s look at Skyfall in context of the past fifty years of Bond films. On my list of the best Bond films are From Russia With Love, Goldfinger, and Daniel Craig’s first outing as Bond, Casino Royale. As much...
Let’s look at Skyfall in context of the past fifty years of Bond films. On my list of the best Bond films are From Russia With Love, Goldfinger, and Daniel Craig’s first outing as Bond, Casino Royale. As much...
- 11/18/2012
- by John Ostrander
- Comicmix.com
The King’s Speech was nominated the most, The Social Network had critics’ praise left, right and centre and Inception seemed to make everyone drool. So, what happened at the BAFTAs? Here you go:
Best Music - The King’s Speech Best Short Film - Until the Rivers Run Best Short Animation - The Eagleman Stag Best Makeup – Alice in Wonderland Best Costume – Alice in Wonderland Best Special Effects - Inception Best Sound – Inception Best Editing - The Social Network Best Production Design - Inception Best British Debut - Four Lions Best Foreign Film - The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo Best British Film - The King’s Speech Best Screenplay - The King’s Speech Best Supporting Actress - Helen Bonham Carter Best Supporting Actor - Geoffrey Rush Best Animation – Toy Story 3 Orange Rising Star - Tom Hardy Best Adapted Screenplay - The Social Network Best Cinematography -...
Best Music - The King’s Speech Best Short Film - Until the Rivers Run Best Short Animation - The Eagleman Stag Best Makeup – Alice in Wonderland Best Costume – Alice in Wonderland Best Special Effects - Inception Best Sound – Inception Best Editing - The Social Network Best Production Design - Inception Best British Debut - Four Lions Best Foreign Film - The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo Best British Film - The King’s Speech Best Screenplay - The King’s Speech Best Supporting Actress - Helen Bonham Carter Best Supporting Actor - Geoffrey Rush Best Animation – Toy Story 3 Orange Rising Star - Tom Hardy Best Adapted Screenplay - The Social Network Best Cinematography -...
- 2/13/2011
- by Kelly
- Nerdly
Scott Mendelson
hollywoodnews.com: Let us begin our look back at the year in film with a token acknowledgement of ten films whose reputations did not proceed them. For the record, not all of the films below are bad pictures. But they all generated critical and/or audience esteem that they perhaps did not entirely earn. There is nothing wrong with overpraising a good film. It often emanates from a hunger for quality that often causes we the critics to look at a merely solid and/or competent piece of cinema and hail it as a groundbreaking work of art. The following are in alphabetical order.
The Ghost Writer
The release of this film timed so conveniently with the arrest of director Roman Polanski that the reception of this film seemed to fall into two categories: ‘a triumphant thriller from a master artist’ and/or ‘the new movie by that kiddie-rapist’. Truth be told,...
hollywoodnews.com: Let us begin our look back at the year in film with a token acknowledgement of ten films whose reputations did not proceed them. For the record, not all of the films below are bad pictures. But they all generated critical and/or audience esteem that they perhaps did not entirely earn. There is nothing wrong with overpraising a good film. It often emanates from a hunger for quality that often causes we the critics to look at a merely solid and/or competent piece of cinema and hail it as a groundbreaking work of art. The following are in alphabetical order.
The Ghost Writer
The release of this film timed so conveniently with the arrest of director Roman Polanski that the reception of this film seemed to fall into two categories: ‘a triumphant thriller from a master artist’ and/or ‘the new movie by that kiddie-rapist’. Truth be told,...
- 12/24/2010
- by Scott Mendelson
- Hollywoodnews.com
I confess that this movie made me fall asleep after the first half hour. When I woke up, certain images from the film persisted in my memory (Roger Deakin’s play with light and shadow of the approaching train), nagging me to view the film once again from the start. To my surprise, on my second attempt, I found it to be one of those rare films which do not provide much evidence of good cinema in the early sequences while it provides such evidence much later on. And this is a rather long (2hr 40min) film. However, the film gradually entices the viewer to keep watching with the filmmaking competence improving as the film keeps un-spooling. By the end of the movie, it is quite likely that a patient viewer will not feel cheated by the director Andrew Dominik but instead admire his work that is a cocktail of delicate performances,...
- 5/6/2010
- by Jugu Abraham
- DearCinema.com
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