Oh, man. The home entertainment releases for October 10th are bonkers, as we have a ton of brilliant offerings making their way to Blu-ray and DVD this Tuesday. Edgar Wright’s Baby Driver hits multiple formats this week, and we also have the unrated cut of Wish Upon to look forward to as well. Scream Factory is digging up The Poughkeepsie Tapes (finally) for their Blu/DVD Combo release, and Criterion Collection has put together a stunning presentation for The Lure.
Cult cinema fans will want to pick up the new Blu-rays for Kill, Baby… Kill and The Green Slime, and for those looking for some new horror experiences, Temple, Open Water 3, and Demonic come home on October 10th.
Baby Driver (Sony Pictures Home Entertainment, 4K Ultra HD/Blu/Digital, Blu/Digital & DVD)
Baby (Ansel Elgort) – a talented, young getaway driver – relies on the beat of his personal...
Cult cinema fans will want to pick up the new Blu-rays for Kill, Baby… Kill and The Green Slime, and for those looking for some new horror experiences, Temple, Open Water 3, and Demonic come home on October 10th.
Baby Driver (Sony Pictures Home Entertainment, 4K Ultra HD/Blu/Digital, Blu/Digital & DVD)
Baby (Ansel Elgort) – a talented, young getaway driver – relies on the beat of his personal...
- 10/10/2017
- by Heather Wixson
- DailyDead
Comedian Maria Bamford is never predictable, but she’s always fearless — which is maybe why she’s the only one with the bravery to show us exactly how Netflix goes about greenlighting its new productions, as we see in the video below. Spoiler alert: Both algorithms and Ana Gastmeyer are involved.
However it might happen, the good news is that it means a new season of “Lady Dynamite” is premiering soon! Per the official Netflix release:
This season finds our precious Maria embarking on her greatest adventure ever — love. Maria will use all the wrong lessons learned in childhood as she navigates her new relationship status with family, friends and pugs. She also lands a new gig at a streaming network that may or may not be owned by Elon Musk.
Season 1 of the critically acclaimed comedy, created by Pam Brady and Mitch Hurwitz, premiered in May 2016, meaning that like many Netflix projects,...
However it might happen, the good news is that it means a new season of “Lady Dynamite” is premiering soon! Per the official Netflix release:
This season finds our precious Maria embarking on her greatest adventure ever — love. Maria will use all the wrong lessons learned in childhood as she navigates her new relationship status with family, friends and pugs. She also lands a new gig at a streaming network that may or may not be owned by Elon Musk.
Season 1 of the critically acclaimed comedy, created by Pam Brady and Mitch Hurwitz, premiered in May 2016, meaning that like many Netflix projects,...
- 9/7/2017
- by Liz Shannon Miller
- Indiewire
Kirsten Howard Aug 31, 2017
We've got the DVD and Blu-ray release date for Edgar Wright's Baby Driver, and details of what you can expect to find on the discs...
Director Edgar Wright shrugged off the woes of Marvel's Ant-Man earlier this year when he debuted Baby Driver worldwide to rave reviews - the frenetic tale of a young man (Ansel Elgort) who just needs just the right kind of rhythm when he's driving a getaway car.
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Desperate to leave a life of crime, he's roped into joining various heists by crime boss and reluctant father figure Kevin Spacey, and before long the tunes on his iPod aren't the only thing reaching fever pitch - bullets are flying and Baby is in for the ride of his life.
We've got the DVD and Blu-ray release date for Edgar Wright's Baby Driver, and details of what you can expect to find on the discs...
Director Edgar Wright shrugged off the woes of Marvel's Ant-Man earlier this year when he debuted Baby Driver worldwide to rave reviews - the frenetic tale of a young man (Ansel Elgort) who just needs just the right kind of rhythm when he's driving a getaway car.
See related The Sopranos: the greatest show ever made 26 new UK TV shows to look out for Explaining The Sopranos' final scene
Desperate to leave a life of crime, he's roped into joining various heists by crime boss and reluctant father figure Kevin Spacey, and before long the tunes on his iPod aren't the only thing reaching fever pitch - bullets are flying and Baby is in for the ride of his life.
- 8/31/2017
- Den of Geek
Culver City, Calif. – Fasten your seat belts as the year’s must-own action-packed thrill ride, Baby Driver, which just sped past $100 million at the box office, accelerates home on digital September 12 and on 4K Ultra HD™/Blu-ray™ Combo Pack, Blu-ray & DVD October 10 from Sony Pictures Home Entertainment. Written and directed by acclaimed filmmaker Edgar Wright (Shaun of the Dead, Hot Fuzz), this fast-paced and furiously stylish heist movie stars Ansel Elgort (The Fault in Our Stars) as a young getaway driver who steers to the beat of his own playlist. With an all-star cast that includes Kevin Spacey (House of Cards), Lily James (Pride and Prejudice and Zombies), Jon Bernthal (The Walking Dead), Eiza González (From Dusk Till Dawn: The Series), with Jon Hamm (Mad Men) and Oscar® winner Jamie Foxx (2004, Best Actor, Ray Charles), Baby Driver pulls up on 4K Ultra HD Combo Pack, Blu-ray and...
- 8/30/2017
- by ComicMix Staff
- Comicmix.com
One of the hottest movies of the summer will become one of the hottest movies of the fall when Baby Driver releases on Blu-Ray and Digital! Details below!
If you weren't able to check out Edgar Wright's cinematic, musically-themed masterpiece, you should do the following:
Read our review Purchase it on Blu-Ray or Digital this Fall
On September 12, Baby Driver will arrive first for Digital Download. Then, just a month later, the film starring Ansel Elgort, Kevin Spacey, Jon Hamm, Jamie Foxx, Lily James, Jon Bernthal, and Eiza Gonzalez will hit the shelf with the Blu-Ray Combo Pack on October 10!
Culver City, Calif. (August 28, 2017) - Fasten your seat belts as the year's must-own action-packed thrill ride, Baby Driver, which just sped past $100 million at the box office, accelerates home on digital September 12 and on 4K Ultra HD™/Blu-ray™ Combo Pack, Blu-ray...
If you weren't able to check out Edgar Wright's cinematic, musically-themed masterpiece, you should do the following:
Read our review Purchase it on Blu-Ray or Digital this Fall
On September 12, Baby Driver will arrive first for Digital Download. Then, just a month later, the film starring Ansel Elgort, Kevin Spacey, Jon Hamm, Jamie Foxx, Lily James, Jon Bernthal, and Eiza Gonzalez will hit the shelf with the Blu-Ray Combo Pack on October 10!
Culver City, Calif. (August 28, 2017) - Fasten your seat belts as the year's must-own action-packed thrill ride, Baby Driver, which just sped past $100 million at the box office, accelerates home on digital September 12 and on 4K Ultra HD™/Blu-ray™ Combo Pack, Blu-ray...
- 8/28/2017
- by feeds@cinelinx.com (Matt Malliaros)
- Cinelinx
Kayti Burt Aug 30, 2017
Wynonna Earp ends the season with a birth, a resurrection, and one hell of a Momma Earp reveal. Spoilers ahead...
This review contains spoilers
See related Marvel's New Warriors: cast announced
2.12 I Hope You Dance
It's hard to pull off a great TV season finale. You have to answer enough questions to bring closure to the season's arcs, while also leaving the viewer with mysteries and lingering threads that leave them hungry for more. Hoo boy did Wynonna Earp do that with I Hope You Dance.
Baby Earp was born! Waverly isn't a revenant! Jeremy has some kind of super secret power! And, oh yeah, Momma Earp is alive and well and hanging out in the Canadian wilderness where Wynonna can apparently visit her. Those were just the major highlights of an hour of television that saw the supernatural family show pulling the trigger on all of its Chekhov Peacemakers.
Wynonna Earp ends the season with a birth, a resurrection, and one hell of a Momma Earp reveal. Spoilers ahead...
This review contains spoilers
See related Marvel's New Warriors: cast announced
2.12 I Hope You Dance
It's hard to pull off a great TV season finale. You have to answer enough questions to bring closure to the season's arcs, while also leaving the viewer with mysteries and lingering threads that leave them hungry for more. Hoo boy did Wynonna Earp do that with I Hope You Dance.
Baby Earp was born! Waverly isn't a revenant! Jeremy has some kind of super secret power! And, oh yeah, Momma Earp is alive and well and hanging out in the Canadian wilderness where Wynonna can apparently visit her. Those were just the major highlights of an hour of television that saw the supernatural family show pulling the trigger on all of its Chekhov Peacemakers.
- 8/26/2017
- Den of Geek
Sweet Christmas, everyone – this year’s Awesome Con was busy as all get-out and chock-full of cool things to see and do, and con season is rushing by so fast that I’m just now getting to my recap! (We can also blame the con crud for this, alas. It’s been following me around for a solid month.) As always, there were way more activities than one mere mortal could get to. And on top of that, this was the first year where I really saw multiple events surrounding the con that were either not directly affiliated with the con but inspired by it, or connected to it but not part of the main con experience.
So let’s start there. First off, I was part of a pre-con round-table interview Awesome Con set up with the inestimable Stan Lee. Stan answered many great questions. He talked about what...
So let’s start there. First off, I was part of a pre-con round-table interview Awesome Con set up with the inestimable Stan Lee. Stan answered many great questions. He talked about what...
- 8/17/2017
- by Emily S. Whitten
- Comicmix.com
Edgar Wright’s latest film, Baby Driver, is a fantastic beast, with some of the most intense car chases in recent memory, as well as a tasty soundtrack that basically never stops and that is used in the most precise way. Since the movie is now playing in Mexico under the title Baby: El aprendiz del crimen, I interviewed two of its protagonists: Ansel Elgort and Eiza González. Elgort plays the titular character, a master driver who is ready to leave crime and get together with the girl of his dreams (Debora, played by Lily James) after being used for many years by Doc, an extremely dangerous criminal (Kevin Spacey). Due to a car crash, Baby has suffered from tinnitus since he was a little boy,...
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- 8/16/2017
- Screen Anarchy
Delia Harrington Aug 16, 2017
Wynonna Earp season two seems to be improving with each episode. Spoilers ahead in our review of I See A Darkness...
This review contains spoilers.
See related Jessica Jones season 2: images of Kilgrave's new torments emerge Doctor Who Christmas special: Peter Capaldi discusses filming his last scene Doctor Who: the 13th Doctor is Jodie Whittaker Good Omens: Michael Sheen and David Tennant to lead the cast
2.10 I See A Darkness
In episode ten, perhaps for the first time, we see Waverly and Wynonna working against one another, and winding up squarely on opposite sides. It's bad news for the Earps, but it makes for great television. While Nicole may have felt isolated from the Black Badge crew this season, their various (and sometimes misguided) actions to save her life this episode should make it clear where they stand.
This episode of Wynonna Earp succeeds...
Wynonna Earp season two seems to be improving with each episode. Spoilers ahead in our review of I See A Darkness...
This review contains spoilers.
See related Jessica Jones season 2: images of Kilgrave's new torments emerge Doctor Who Christmas special: Peter Capaldi discusses filming his last scene Doctor Who: the 13th Doctor is Jodie Whittaker Good Omens: Michael Sheen and David Tennant to lead the cast
2.10 I See A Darkness
In episode ten, perhaps for the first time, we see Waverly and Wynonna working against one another, and winding up squarely on opposite sides. It's bad news for the Earps, but it makes for great television. While Nicole may have felt isolated from the Black Badge crew this season, their various (and sometimes misguided) actions to save her life this episode should make it clear where they stand.
This episode of Wynonna Earp succeeds...
- 8/12/2017
- Den of Geek
Baby Driver is a fun movie that does not disappoint. Ansel Elgort stars as Baby, and he is captivating. The character is very eccentric, having been in a car accident that resulted in both his mother and father’s death, he is left with a ringing in his ears that forces him to constantly listen to music with earbuds. He develops an almost savant-like accuracy as a driver with the help of his noise-cancelling music. Doc (Kevin Spacey) is blackmailing Baby, as he was caught robbing Doc a few years earlier, by having him drive for heist after heist. Doc gives Baby only a small portion of the loot following each job, promising that his debt will soon be paid off. Unfortunately, this is simply not true. When Baby meets the love of his life one night at a diner – her name is Deborah and she is played by Lily James...
- 7/7/2017
- by Betsy Johnson
- CinemaNerdz
Edgar Wright‘s opening salvo into more mainstream films has everything you could want in a massive bite of action escapade, but it’s mashed together in a way that leaves the whole far less than the sum of the parts. That makes for a generally decent effort, and one that is hard to evaluate, because if you pick any particular piece, it’s hard to call it a flaw. Still, something about Wright’s ability to weave a complete picture is as problematic here as it has been in his other titles, like Shaun of the Dead and The World’s End, but in those gooftastic vehicles it hardly matters if you manage a serious level of cohesion.
The titular Baby (Ansel Elgort) finds himself driving for criminal mastermind Doc (Kevin Spacey), but he’s trapped into the affair because he’s working off a debt. Doc is the...
The titular Baby (Ansel Elgort) finds himself driving for criminal mastermind Doc (Kevin Spacey), but he’s trapped into the affair because he’s working off a debt. Doc is the...
- 7/7/2017
- by Marc Eastman
- AreYouScreening.com
MaryAnn’s quick take… Edgar Wright used to send up cinematic clichés with gusto and with huge humor. Here he just embraces them — and his sullen, unengaging hero — unironically. I’m “biast” (pro): love Edgar Wright’s early work
I’m “biast” (con): nothing
(what is this about? see my critic’s minifesto)
Baby Driver is so hot, so cool, so exciting! Well, the opening sequence is, at least, the one bit in the movie that actually feels like Edgar Wright directed it. Fresh-faced getaway driver Baby waits in the car and we do too while a bank heist is happening in the background. Haha! A heist movie that isn’t about the heist at all! This is the driver’s movie, and he’s only about the driving, and nothing else. Except the music. He is also about the music — the classic rock and pop and soul...
I’m “biast” (con): nothing
(what is this about? see my critic’s minifesto)
Baby Driver is so hot, so cool, so exciting! Well, the opening sequence is, at least, the one bit in the movie that actually feels like Edgar Wright directed it. Fresh-faced getaway driver Baby waits in the car and we do too while a bank heist is happening in the background. Haha! A heist movie that isn’t about the heist at all! This is the driver’s movie, and he’s only about the driving, and nothing else. Except the music. He is also about the music — the classic rock and pop and soul...
- 7/4/2017
- by MaryAnn Johanson
- www.flickfilosopher.com
MaryAnn’s quick take… Edgar Wright used to send up cinematic clichés with gusto and with huge humor. Here he just embraces them — and his sullen, unengaging hero — unironically. I’m “biast” (pro): love Edgar Wright’s early work
I’m “biast” (con): nothing
(what is this about? see my critic’s minifesto)
Baby Driver is so hot, so cool, so exciting! Well, the opening sequence is, at least, the one bit in the movie that actually feels like Edgar Wright directed it. Fresh-faced getaway driver Baby waits in the car and we do too while a bank heist is happening in the background. Haha! A heist movie that isn’t about the heist at all! This is the driver’s movie, and he’s only about the driving, and nothing else. Except the music. He is also about the music — the classic rock and pop and soul...
I’m “biast” (con): nothing
(what is this about? see my critic’s minifesto)
Baby Driver is so hot, so cool, so exciting! Well, the opening sequence is, at least, the one bit in the movie that actually feels like Edgar Wright directed it. Fresh-faced getaway driver Baby waits in the car and we do too while a bank heist is happening in the background. Haha! A heist movie that isn’t about the heist at all! This is the driver’s movie, and he’s only about the driving, and nothing else. Except the music. He is also about the music — the classic rock and pop and soul...
- 7/4/2017
- by MaryAnn Johanson
- www.flickfilosopher.com
Vroom! Vroom! Ansel Elgort, the cute-as-cute-can-be lead of the cancer romance, The Fault in Our Stars, bops around Baby Driver like Saturday Night Fever’s Tony Manero, with his ear buds semi-glued in. You keep expecting a few disco balls to pop into view while the Bee Gees let loose on the soundtrack.
Sadly, no balls. No white suit. And not much of a credible plot in this frenetic crime/coming-of-age hybrid.
What we do get is a rhythmic youth delivering coffee and pizza, driving getaway cars, caring for a deaf, mute, disabled older gent, and falling in love with Debora (Lily James), a singing waitress, to the throbbing beats of Queen’s "Brighton Rock," The Champs' "Tequila," and Barry White's "Never Never Gonna Give Ya Up." Imagine Derek Hough in Pulp Fiction.
A masterwork??? Some media folks have been raving over Baby Driver weeks before its release date.
Sadly, no balls. No white suit. And not much of a credible plot in this frenetic crime/coming-of-age hybrid.
What we do get is a rhythmic youth delivering coffee and pizza, driving getaway cars, caring for a deaf, mute, disabled older gent, and falling in love with Debora (Lily James), a singing waitress, to the throbbing beats of Queen’s "Brighton Rock," The Champs' "Tequila," and Barry White's "Never Never Gonna Give Ya Up." Imagine Derek Hough in Pulp Fiction.
A masterwork??? Some media folks have been raving over Baby Driver weeks before its release date.
- 7/2/2017
- by Brandon Judell
- www.culturecatch.com
A young getaway driver’s playlist helps him stay in the fast lane in Edgar Wright’s exhilarating car-chase thriller musical
After wisely walking away from the car crash of Marvel’s 2015 film Ant-Man, Shaun of the Dead director Edgar Wright is back in the fast lane with his most thrillingly cinematic romp. A romantic musical disguised as a car-chase thriller, Baby Driver combines the over-cranked action fantasies of Hot Fuzz with the poptastic sensibilities of Scott Pilgrim vs the World. At its centre is Ansel Elgort’s eponymous getaway driver, who uses earphones to drown out the “hum-in-the-drum” of tinnitus (the result of a childhood accident) and orchestrates his life to carefully chosen iPod playlists. Whether he’s burning rubber or fixing a peanut butter sandwich (“right up to the edges”), this former joyrider spins his wheels and records with the same infectious exuberance. Think An American in Paris meets The French Connection,...
After wisely walking away from the car crash of Marvel’s 2015 film Ant-Man, Shaun of the Dead director Edgar Wright is back in the fast lane with his most thrillingly cinematic romp. A romantic musical disguised as a car-chase thriller, Baby Driver combines the over-cranked action fantasies of Hot Fuzz with the poptastic sensibilities of Scott Pilgrim vs the World. At its centre is Ansel Elgort’s eponymous getaway driver, who uses earphones to drown out the “hum-in-the-drum” of tinnitus (the result of a childhood accident) and orchestrates his life to carefully chosen iPod playlists. Whether he’s burning rubber or fixing a peanut butter sandwich (“right up to the edges”), this former joyrider spins his wheels and records with the same infectious exuberance. Think An American in Paris meets The French Connection,...
- 7/2/2017
- by Mark Kermode, Observer film critic
- The Guardian - Film News
Deadpool, Logan, and Back to the Future: What to see on the Canada Day long weekendDeadpool, Logan, and Back to the Future: What to see on the Canada Day long weekendJenny Bullough6/29/2017 10:10:00 Am At last, it’s finally here, the best long weekend of the year! Naturally we have a soft spot for our nation’s birthday. Those of us that aren’t taking advantage of the extra day off to chill at a cottage or campground are stoked to enjoy local festivities including, of course, fireworks! But we confess, the main reason we love all long weekends is the opportunity to see more movies! And this weekend has a bumper crop to choose from, whether you’re hanging out with friends, taking the kids out for a treat, or spending quality time with your Significant Other. Read on for our recommendations on what to see!
- 6/29/2017
- by Jenny Bullough
- Cineplex
You know an Edgar Wright film when you see one. From his signature directorial style to his pop culture heavy writing, he does something truly unique. It’s not a stretch to say that there’s no one else in the industry quite like him. This week, Wright unleashes Baby Driver, which is in equal measure both very much like what’s come before for him and very much something new. Wright is embracing genre in a way that he has never really done before. I saw the film last week and liked it quite a bit, though it’s a flick that I think is a bit overpraised, if we’re being honest. More below. The movie is an action packed one, chock full of music. Young getaway driver Baby (Ansel Elgort) sets everything in his life to music, even the heists he pulls off for Doc (Kevin Spacey...
- 6/28/2017
- by Joey Magidson
- Hollywoodnews.com
Chicago – While it may seem that we’ve seen this type of tough-guy robbery gang film before, “Baby Driver” lives in its own universe, that of the movieland of movies. It is rich in squealing tires, bang-bang guns synched to the soundtrack, and a mystery cool boy creating his own star-crossed romance.
Rating: 4.0/5.0
What distinguishes “Baby Driver” from the other Quentin Tarantino-type attempts is the building of its environment. The atmosphere gets more dense as the film goes on, the feeling more fantasy like and idyllic as the story of the expert getaway driver unfolds. The film is specifically cast to take advantage of that build-up, including simply great performances from Ansel Elgort as the title character, supported by a different-looking Jon Hamm, a bombastic Jamie Foxx and the amped-up boss image of Kevin Spacey. Writer/director Edgar Wright (“Scott Pilgrim vs. the World”) combines his snarky comedic style...
Rating: 4.0/5.0
What distinguishes “Baby Driver” from the other Quentin Tarantino-type attempts is the building of its environment. The atmosphere gets more dense as the film goes on, the feeling more fantasy like and idyllic as the story of the expert getaway driver unfolds. The film is specifically cast to take advantage of that build-up, including simply great performances from Ansel Elgort as the title character, supported by a different-looking Jon Hamm, a bombastic Jamie Foxx and the amped-up boss image of Kevin Spacey. Writer/director Edgar Wright (“Scott Pilgrim vs. the World”) combines his snarky comedic style...
- 6/28/2017
- by adam@hollywoodchicago.com (Adam Fendelman)
- HollywoodChicago.com
by Chris Feil
Edgar Wright is back in action movie mode for Baby Driver, a crime caper just slightly enough on the offbeat side enough to stand out among the summer franchise entries. Ansel Elgort stars as Baby (no, seriously), a iPod-attached getaway driver wrapping up an undefined debt to his somewhat paternal boss Doc (Kevin Spacey). There is Wright-ian wit to spare in the set pieces and characterizations as Baby wraps up his final mission and falls for waitress Debora (Lily James), but Driver is also his messiest. With a solid supporting ensemble that features a delightfully unhinged Jamie Foxx and Spacey on his more understated side of hammy, the film is nevertheless a great launching pad for Ansel Elgort as a multitalented leading man.
Edgar Wright is back in action movie mode for Baby Driver, a crime caper just slightly enough on the offbeat side enough to stand out among the summer franchise entries. Ansel Elgort stars as Baby (no, seriously), a iPod-attached getaway driver wrapping up an undefined debt to his somewhat paternal boss Doc (Kevin Spacey). There is Wright-ian wit to spare in the set pieces and characterizations as Baby wraps up his final mission and falls for waitress Debora (Lily James), but Driver is also his messiest. With a solid supporting ensemble that features a delightfully unhinged Jamie Foxx and Spacey on his more understated side of hammy, the film is nevertheless a great launching pad for Ansel Elgort as a multitalented leading man.
- 6/28/2017
- by Chris Feil
- FilmExperience
Now this is what I call a summer movie. Baby Driver has it all: thrills, laughs, sex, nonstop action, a killer soundtrack, a star-making performance from Ansel Elgort and a director – Edgar Wright – who can knock the wind out of you. When was the last time to got pumped by a car chase? This revved-up ride of a movie is loaded with them, and they're spectacular.
Ok, let's back up and get our bearings. Elgort, the teen dream of The Fault in Our Stars, plays Baby, an Atlanta getaway driver with chronic tinnitus.
Ok, let's back up and get our bearings. Elgort, the teen dream of The Fault in Our Stars, plays Baby, an Atlanta getaway driver with chronic tinnitus.
- 6/27/2017
- Rollingstone.com
Will Edgar Wright’s decision to make his latest film sound like a slapstick childcare comedy affect its impact – or make no difference?
There is a lot going on in Baby Driver, a caffeinated splicing of crime thriller and jukebox musical. Once you clunk-click into the central conceit – audacious heists, hard-boiled badinage and breakneck car chases all wittily synced and choreographed to its central character’s eclectic iPod playlist – it is an intoxicating, heightened huff of pure cinema. But if you don’t read advance reviews (especially ones heavy on terms like “diegetic music”), your first exposure to writer-director Edgar Wright’s latest movie will probably be its title.
Baby Driver ... is it an impressively rushed sequel to Alec Baldwin’s animated semi-hit The Boss Baby from two months back? Baby Driver – even if it does make perfect sense in context (Ansel Elgort, as gifted wheelman Baby, operates in a...
There is a lot going on in Baby Driver, a caffeinated splicing of crime thriller and jukebox musical. Once you clunk-click into the central conceit – audacious heists, hard-boiled badinage and breakneck car chases all wittily synced and choreographed to its central character’s eclectic iPod playlist – it is an intoxicating, heightened huff of pure cinema. But if you don’t read advance reviews (especially ones heavy on terms like “diegetic music”), your first exposure to writer-director Edgar Wright’s latest movie will probably be its title.
Baby Driver ... is it an impressively rushed sequel to Alec Baldwin’s animated semi-hit The Boss Baby from two months back? Baby Driver – even if it does make perfect sense in context (Ansel Elgort, as gifted wheelman Baby, operates in a...
- 6/27/2017
- by Graeme Virtue
- The Guardian - Film News
Writer/Director Edgar Wright is known for his unique films that both satarize and embrace whatever genre he chooses. We're talking Shaun of the Dead, Hot Fuzz, Scott Pilgrim vs. The World, and The World's End. Wright's dialogue is always poetic with the sharpest wit and most clever word-plays. His editing style is unmistakable, fast and in your face, smashing one scene seamlessly into another. His shots are colorful, with just as much to say as the dialogue that accompanies them. His action scenes are sincere, brutal, and among the best out there; it's a wonder that Wright hasn't been handed a giant action franchise on a scale even bigger than Baby Driver (Though we guess Ant-Man would have been that film, had he stayed on). Wright's actors are always top notch, selected with care and directed to perfection. All four of his previous releases are winners for these reasons,...
- 6/23/2017
- by Nick Doll
- LRMonline.com
Stars: Ansel Elgort, Lily James, Kevin Space, John Hamm, Jamie Foxx | Written and Directed by Edgar Wright
Edgar Wright’s return to American moviemaking is a more earnest and coherent foray than 2010’s Scott Pilgrim, and it’s a blast of pure positive energy after the relatively dour The World’s End. It opens with the eponymous Baby (Ansel Elgort) rocking in his car to The John Spencer Blues Explosion, and it never stops dancing.
Baby is a guy with a permanent Tony Manero swagger. He’s under the wing of gangster boss Doc (Kevin Spacey), who’s both a mentor and gaoler. But Baby has almost paid off his debt and he’s approaching the “one last job” cliché, after which he hopes to hit the road and leave his Atlanta life behind.
Then Baby meets a beautiful waitress, Debora (Lily James). They quickly fall in love. However, the freeway out of the crime world is not clear. Doc needs Baby for yet another last job, working alongside the hyper-macho Buddy (John Hamm) and his scheming girlfriend Darling (Eiza Gonzalez), and the batshit crazy Bats (Jamie Foxx).
Can Baby finish his getaway driver stint and find freedom and a future with Debora? Or is he on a road to oblivion?
Life is a playlist for Baby. A childhood accident left him with tinnitus, and now he drowns out the whining through the power of the iPod, wearing earbuds 23 hours a day and moving to the thrum of the music. (He even samples real-world conversations and mixes them into bad hip-hop.) Wright’s penchant for rhythmic editing has reached its natural zenith, and it’s exhilarating. The British auteur has compiled a soundtrack – and frankly a narrative brevity – of which Tarantino can only dream. And it’s not just the music but the sound design, which is astonishingly detailed and well-choreographed, whether it’s the percussive crack of gunfire, the sad ring of tinnitus, or the intimate singing of wine glasses.
The marketing may have overtones of classic car capers like Sam Peckinpah’s The Getaway or Walter Hill’s The Driver, but really Baby Driver is a mashup of the last few decades of modern action movies. It takes in the muscular physicality and mute cool of the ‘70s; the efficiency and the gaudy aesthetic of the ‘80s and ‘90s; and in its hero shaped by formative tragedy, even includes some of the comic book sensibility of the new century. It also feels like the greatest Grand Theft Auto movie never made. (If only Baby could learn from GTA that sometimes the best way to evade the cops is to stay still until the heat is off.)
Elgort is charming and tragic in a way that he totally wasn’t in The Fault in Our Stars, and he has a great chemistry with James, who pulls off blue collar Georgian with effortless aplomb. In supporting roles, Spacey brings gravitas and grades of grey to his deadpan mobster, while Foxx is genuinely funny and menacing.
But Hamm is the real psychotic of the troupe. Unlike Bats, Buddy comes in the guise of a friend, before finally actualising his rage and cruelty. It’s disappointing that the final showdown descends into a mindless macho wrestle, but the storytelling is movingly redeemed in the epilogue.
As ever, Wright is constantly imaginative in deploying his action beats and setpieces. For him, it’s not enough to give us a scuzzy warehouse gun deal, so he delivers it as if a group of bankers are being presented with a fine dining experience. Wright gleefully toys with our expectations throughout, whether it means building to the ultimate car chase, only to show us a foot race; giving us musical intros we think we know but we don’t; or inverting the mentor role by making the kid the carer.
A very welcome stem of morality runs through the movie. It is made abundantly – perhaps excessively – clear that Baby is a boy with a good heart, a million miles from the French Connection-type antihero. Yet, ever the optimist, Wright’s fable is as much a reflection of the countercultural mood of its time as any film from the Nixon era. He is right-on when he proposes that real heroism in the modern age is in decency, accountability and humility – an implicit indictment, perhaps, of today’s prevailing political bleakness.
What a rush this movie is, and what a work of authorship. Employing style in the service of soulfulness, Baby Driver is like Nicolas Winding Refn’s Drive shot through with the sensibility of a Hollywood musical. It’s absolutely an Edgar Wright joint and it’s an absolute joy, and if it isn’t on my end-of-year best-of list then I’ll eat my driving gloves.
Baby Driver is out in cinemas on 28th June 2017.
Edgar Wright’s return to American moviemaking is a more earnest and coherent foray than 2010’s Scott Pilgrim, and it’s a blast of pure positive energy after the relatively dour The World’s End. It opens with the eponymous Baby (Ansel Elgort) rocking in his car to The John Spencer Blues Explosion, and it never stops dancing.
Baby is a guy with a permanent Tony Manero swagger. He’s under the wing of gangster boss Doc (Kevin Spacey), who’s both a mentor and gaoler. But Baby has almost paid off his debt and he’s approaching the “one last job” cliché, after which he hopes to hit the road and leave his Atlanta life behind.
Then Baby meets a beautiful waitress, Debora (Lily James). They quickly fall in love. However, the freeway out of the crime world is not clear. Doc needs Baby for yet another last job, working alongside the hyper-macho Buddy (John Hamm) and his scheming girlfriend Darling (Eiza Gonzalez), and the batshit crazy Bats (Jamie Foxx).
Can Baby finish his getaway driver stint and find freedom and a future with Debora? Or is he on a road to oblivion?
Life is a playlist for Baby. A childhood accident left him with tinnitus, and now he drowns out the whining through the power of the iPod, wearing earbuds 23 hours a day and moving to the thrum of the music. (He even samples real-world conversations and mixes them into bad hip-hop.) Wright’s penchant for rhythmic editing has reached its natural zenith, and it’s exhilarating. The British auteur has compiled a soundtrack – and frankly a narrative brevity – of which Tarantino can only dream. And it’s not just the music but the sound design, which is astonishingly detailed and well-choreographed, whether it’s the percussive crack of gunfire, the sad ring of tinnitus, or the intimate singing of wine glasses.
The marketing may have overtones of classic car capers like Sam Peckinpah’s The Getaway or Walter Hill’s The Driver, but really Baby Driver is a mashup of the last few decades of modern action movies. It takes in the muscular physicality and mute cool of the ‘70s; the efficiency and the gaudy aesthetic of the ‘80s and ‘90s; and in its hero shaped by formative tragedy, even includes some of the comic book sensibility of the new century. It also feels like the greatest Grand Theft Auto movie never made. (If only Baby could learn from GTA that sometimes the best way to evade the cops is to stay still until the heat is off.)
Elgort is charming and tragic in a way that he totally wasn’t in The Fault in Our Stars, and he has a great chemistry with James, who pulls off blue collar Georgian with effortless aplomb. In supporting roles, Spacey brings gravitas and grades of grey to his deadpan mobster, while Foxx is genuinely funny and menacing.
But Hamm is the real psychotic of the troupe. Unlike Bats, Buddy comes in the guise of a friend, before finally actualising his rage and cruelty. It’s disappointing that the final showdown descends into a mindless macho wrestle, but the storytelling is movingly redeemed in the epilogue.
As ever, Wright is constantly imaginative in deploying his action beats and setpieces. For him, it’s not enough to give us a scuzzy warehouse gun deal, so he delivers it as if a group of bankers are being presented with a fine dining experience. Wright gleefully toys with our expectations throughout, whether it means building to the ultimate car chase, only to show us a foot race; giving us musical intros we think we know but we don’t; or inverting the mentor role by making the kid the carer.
A very welcome stem of morality runs through the movie. It is made abundantly – perhaps excessively – clear that Baby is a boy with a good heart, a million miles from the French Connection-type antihero. Yet, ever the optimist, Wright’s fable is as much a reflection of the countercultural mood of its time as any film from the Nixon era. He is right-on when he proposes that real heroism in the modern age is in decency, accountability and humility – an implicit indictment, perhaps, of today’s prevailing political bleakness.
What a rush this movie is, and what a work of authorship. Employing style in the service of soulfulness, Baby Driver is like Nicolas Winding Refn’s Drive shot through with the sensibility of a Hollywood musical. It’s absolutely an Edgar Wright joint and it’s an absolute joy, and if it isn’t on my end-of-year best-of list then I’ll eat my driving gloves.
Baby Driver is out in cinemas on 28th June 2017.
- 6/22/2017
- by Rupert Harvey
- Nerdly
Edgar Wright turns his hand to a hip, 70s style thriller with Baby Driver. We take a closer look...
It’s one of the drawbacks as life as a filmmaker: you can sink months or even years of your life into a screenplay that will never be sold or a movie project that will never go into production. Such was the fate of Ant-Man, director Edgar Wright’s take on the Marvel superhero; Wright departed the project in 2014, eight years after he began working on it with co-writer Joe Cornish. The film was finally brought to the screen by Yes Man director Peyton Reed; like David Cronenberg’s Total Recall or Guillermo del Toro’s The Hobbit, Wright’s Ant-Man became one of cinema’s what-might-have-beens.
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Still, if Wright’s brush with Marvel...
It’s one of the drawbacks as life as a filmmaker: you can sink months or even years of your life into a screenplay that will never be sold or a movie project that will never go into production. Such was the fate of Ant-Man, director Edgar Wright’s take on the Marvel superhero; Wright departed the project in 2014, eight years after he began working on it with co-writer Joe Cornish. The film was finally brought to the screen by Yes Man director Peyton Reed; like David Cronenberg’s Total Recall or Guillermo del Toro’s The Hobbit, Wright’s Ant-Man became one of cinema’s what-might-have-beens.
See related Deadpool: Rhett Reese & Paul Wernick interview Deadpool: Ryan Reynolds on channeling the character
Still, if Wright’s brush with Marvel...
- 6/20/2017
- Den of Geek
The motley and merciless crew of Edgar Wright’s Baby Driver clean up nice.
People has the exclusive first look at the brand new character posters for the upcoming thriller, featuring the entire star-studded cast in all their criminal glory.
Ansel Elgort plays Baby, a young and talented getaway driver who literally cruises to the beat of the music always blasting through his headphones – which are, of course, featured prominently in his poster.
His boss Doc, played by Kevin Spacey, is on a hot streak with a string of successful—and extremely risky—daytime bank robberies.
Doc’s crew is...
People has the exclusive first look at the brand new character posters for the upcoming thriller, featuring the entire star-studded cast in all their criminal glory.
Ansel Elgort plays Baby, a young and talented getaway driver who literally cruises to the beat of the music always blasting through his headphones – which are, of course, featured prominently in his poster.
His boss Doc, played by Kevin Spacey, is on a hot streak with a string of successful—and extremely risky—daytime bank robberies.
Doc’s crew is...
- 6/14/2017
- by Liam Berry
- PEOPLE.com
“He’s a good kid, and a devil behind the wheel.”
That’s Baby (Ansel Elgort), an innocent-looking getaway driver who gets hardened criminals from point A to point B, with daredevil flair and a personal soundtrack running through his head. That’s because he’s got his escape route plotted to the beat of specific tunes that go from his well-curated iPod straight to his ears, and which translate into expertly timed hairpin turns, gear shifts and evasive maneuvers that leave his passengers on the ride of their lives.
Which makes Baby Driver, with its mixture of mph and music, the newest explosion of genre-crossing excitement from writer-director Edgar Wright, an action thriller unlike any other.
Wamg invites you to enter for the chance to win Two (2) seats to the advance screening of Baby Driver on June 21st in the St. Louis area.
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That’s Baby (Ansel Elgort), an innocent-looking getaway driver who gets hardened criminals from point A to point B, with daredevil flair and a personal soundtrack running through his head. That’s because he’s got his escape route plotted to the beat of specific tunes that go from his well-curated iPod straight to his ears, and which translate into expertly timed hairpin turns, gear shifts and evasive maneuvers that leave his passengers on the ride of their lives.
Which makes Baby Driver, with its mixture of mph and music, the newest explosion of genre-crossing excitement from writer-director Edgar Wright, an action thriller unlike any other.
Wamg invites you to enter for the chance to win Two (2) seats to the advance screening of Baby Driver on June 21st in the St. Louis area.
Answer the following question:
What is...
- 6/13/2017
- by Tom Stockman
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
Edgar Wright is one of the most consistently amazing writer/directors working today. His major theatrical releases, Shaun of the Dead, Hot Fuzz, The World's End, and Scott Pilgrim Vs. the World haven't all been smash hits, but they are all stylish as hell with ingenious dialogue, loving satire, and a jokes-per-minute quota that is hard to match. Wright's films perfectly capture the feel of whatever genre he tackles, from his well-crafted scripts to his quick and unique editing style making his parodies of zombie and buddy cop movies love letters to the films Wright loves. Wright also writes to the music he picks for the film's soundtrack, allowing his music choices to be just as important to his films as those James Gunn hand-selects for the music heavy Guardians of the Galaxy films.
Wright's latest film, Baby Driver, appears to be no exception to this rule by lovingly embracing...
Wright's latest film, Baby Driver, appears to be no exception to this rule by lovingly embracing...
- 6/2/2017
- by Nick Doll
- LRMonline.com
Participants receive mentorship, $5,000 grant, and Doc NYC festival retreat.
Chicken & Egg Pictures has announced the second year of its Diversity Fellows Initiative in support of five projects directed by women of colour making their first or second films.
The 2017 Diversity Fellows Initiative projects are: How To Have An American Baby directed by Leslie Tai; Warrior Women co-directed by Christina D. King and Elizabeth Castle; Untitled Race & Criminal Justice Project directed by Ursula Liang; It Rains directed by Carolina Corral; and The Other Half Of The African Sky directed by Tapiwa Chipfupa.
The projects are chosen from a pool of international applicants for the Accelerator Lab Open Call.
Diversity Fellows receive tailored mentorship and workshops, as well as a $5,000 grant and a retreat to the Doc NYC film festival.
At Doc NYC, diversity Fellows will pitch their project to potential funders, producers and broadcasters.
“The Diversity Fellows Initiative provides emerging women filmmakers of colour the practical skill sets needed...
Chicken & Egg Pictures has announced the second year of its Diversity Fellows Initiative in support of five projects directed by women of colour making their first or second films.
The 2017 Diversity Fellows Initiative projects are: How To Have An American Baby directed by Leslie Tai; Warrior Women co-directed by Christina D. King and Elizabeth Castle; Untitled Race & Criminal Justice Project directed by Ursula Liang; It Rains directed by Carolina Corral; and The Other Half Of The African Sky directed by Tapiwa Chipfupa.
The projects are chosen from a pool of international applicants for the Accelerator Lab Open Call.
Diversity Fellows receive tailored mentorship and workshops, as well as a $5,000 grant and a retreat to the Doc NYC film festival.
At Doc NYC, diversity Fellows will pitch their project to potential funders, producers and broadcasters.
“The Diversity Fellows Initiative provides emerging women filmmakers of colour the practical skill sets needed...
- 5/8/2017
- ScreenDaily
Thanks to his Machiavellian Frank Underwood in Netflix’s House of Cards – look for the political drama to stage its fifth season on May 30th – Kevin Spacey breaks the fourth wall as effortlessly as a certain Merc With a Mouth. And while his cunning mob boss isn’t quite on the same level as Deadpool, the latest Baby Driver TV spot has screeched online, and it features Spacey’s Doc orchestrating a bank robbery to remember.
Unveiled via Edgar Wright’s Twitter feed (tip of the hat to Collider), the brief promo is nothing if not stylish, and it even features a handful of review snippets spliced together with a high-octane chase sequence. Indeed, our review from SXSW 2017 found Wright’s kinetic direction to be one of the crowning achievements of Baby Driver, even if the filmmaker’s foray into the heist/action genre isn’t quite on the same level as,...
Unveiled via Edgar Wright’s Twitter feed (tip of the hat to Collider), the brief promo is nothing if not stylish, and it even features a handful of review snippets spliced together with a high-octane chase sequence. Indeed, our review from SXSW 2017 found Wright’s kinetic direction to be one of the crowning achievements of Baby Driver, even if the filmmaker’s foray into the heist/action genre isn’t quite on the same level as,...
- 5/2/2017
- by Michael Briers
- We Got This Covered
Memorial Day weekend is still weeks away, but summer blockbusters are out in full force: Marvel's crowd-pleasing oddballs come back for seconds, Captain Jack Sparrow and friends take to the waves for a fifth time, the Xenomorph gets yet another helping of terrified human-meat, King Arthur goes gritty-reboot and a big-screen Baywatch attracts a new wave of leering stares. Those in search of something a little smaller-scale have plenty to choose from too, from Cate Blanchett's high-art masterclass to a pair of docs burrowing into a pair of specific cultural phenomena.
- 5/2/2017
- Rollingstone.com
North Of Two has acquired distribution rights to Angela Shelton's Heart, Baby! ahead of its world premiere tomorrow at the Newport Beach Film Festival. A mid-November theatrical bow is in the works. The true-story pic stars The Wire‘s Gbenga Akinnagbe as George Lee Martin, who at the age of 18 received a 40-year sentence for robbery. He became known as an unbeatable prison boxer with the support of his best friend/cornerman, Doc (Jackson Rathbone), and his transgender…...
- 4/20/2017
- Deadline
To achieve success (no matter your profession), one must stand out from the crowd. No filmmaker understands this better than Edgar Wright. His movies take on this life of their own, defined by calculated ingenuity. A booze soaked sci-fi invasion? Easy. A satirical zombie homage? Try overnight classic. Wright doesn’t just play in a sandbox, he creates living, breathing worlds out of lines in the sand – but even for Mr. Wright, Baby Diver boasts ambition at irreplicable volumes.
Ansel Elgort leads Wright’s action-comedy-heist as Baby, a getaway driver who suffers from tinnitus (a ringing noise only Baby can hear). This leads to constant iPod usage that keeps him focused (distracted), which Wright cues every single movement in Baby Driver to. Yes, you read correctly. We watch Baby Driver from Elgort’s perspective, where actions are fluidly choreographed to whatever track he’s currently blasting. Gunshots match with bass drum beats.
Ansel Elgort leads Wright’s action-comedy-heist as Baby, a getaway driver who suffers from tinnitus (a ringing noise only Baby can hear). This leads to constant iPod usage that keeps him focused (distracted), which Wright cues every single movement in Baby Driver to. Yes, you read correctly. We watch Baby Driver from Elgort’s perspective, where actions are fluidly choreographed to whatever track he’s currently blasting. Gunshots match with bass drum beats.
- 3/13/2017
- by Matt Donato
- We Got This Covered
Author: Nathan McVay
There have been many heist movies. There have been movies focused around their propulsive, serpentine car chases. There have been movies driven forward by a furious, precise soundtrack. But never have these elements been combined in a way so brilliantly as they are in Baby Driver, the latest film by one of the greatest directors working today.
After four years Edgar Wright returns to the directing chair with Baby Driver. The film could best be described as Heat meets Drive in La La Land. Wright introduced the World Premiere at South By Southwest by describing the power of music and how he had the idea that one song could drive an entire movie. From that concept Baby Driver was born and it is a brilliant, thrilling ride.
Ansel Elgort (Fault in Our Stars) plays Baby, the driver who can never be found without headphones in and one...
There have been many heist movies. There have been movies focused around their propulsive, serpentine car chases. There have been movies driven forward by a furious, precise soundtrack. But never have these elements been combined in a way so brilliantly as they are in Baby Driver, the latest film by one of the greatest directors working today.
After four years Edgar Wright returns to the directing chair with Baby Driver. The film could best be described as Heat meets Drive in La La Land. Wright introduced the World Premiere at South By Southwest by describing the power of music and how he had the idea that one song could drive an entire movie. From that concept Baby Driver was born and it is a brilliant, thrilling ride.
Ansel Elgort (Fault in Our Stars) plays Baby, the driver who can never be found without headphones in and one...
- 3/12/2017
- by Nathan McVay
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
Like every Edgar Wright movie since “Shaun of the Dead,” the director’s fifth feature, “Baby Driver,” takes a ludicrous concept and turns it into a brilliant exercise in high style and a rush of big ideas. The director’s most ambitious work to date is a wildly successful romantic heist comedy, propelled from scene to scene with a lively soundtrack that elevates its slick chase scenes into a realm that develops its own satisfying beat.
If Busby Berkeley made “Grand Theft Auto,” it might look something like this exuberant comic caper, in which young getaway driver Baby (Ansel Elgort) speeds through highways and back alleys seemingly impervious to police advances so long as he has a smooth beat to guide his maneuvers. Operating under the employ of robbery maestro Doc (a stern Kevin Spacey), Baby quietly works off a debt to his boss by hauling two-bit criminals out of harm’s way,...
If Busby Berkeley made “Grand Theft Auto,” it might look something like this exuberant comic caper, in which young getaway driver Baby (Ansel Elgort) speeds through highways and back alleys seemingly impervious to police advances so long as he has a smooth beat to guide his maneuvers. Operating under the employ of robbery maestro Doc (a stern Kevin Spacey), Baby quietly works off a debt to his boss by hauling two-bit criminals out of harm’s way,...
- 3/12/2017
- by Eric Kohn
- Indiewire
A catered luncheon at the Sundance Film Festival, celebrating women in film, turned into a tense discussion of race and privilege Saturday, with former “Daily Show” correspondent and rising star Jessica Williams both caught in the crosshairs and boldly stepping up to educate her elders on the prevailing beliefs of the contemporary feminist and anti-racist movements.
As reported in the L.A. Times, it all started when the conversation turned to the current political climate, and Salma Hayek, at the festival with Miguel Arteta’s “Beatriz at Dinner,” advised her fellow female Hollywood elite to “be careful that we don’t fall into victimization.” Shirley MacLaine chimed in, urging women to “find the democracy inside” and to explore their “core identity.”
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That’s when Williams stepped in, who turned to MacLaine and asked,...
As reported in the L.A. Times, it all started when the conversation turned to the current political climate, and Salma Hayek, at the festival with Miguel Arteta’s “Beatriz at Dinner,” advised her fellow female Hollywood elite to “be careful that we don’t fall into victimization.” Shirley MacLaine chimed in, urging women to “find the democracy inside” and to explore their “core identity.”
Read More: Park City Women’s March: Massive Crowd Turns Out to Protest Donald Trump During Sundance
That’s when Williams stepped in, who turned to MacLaine and asked,...
- 1/30/2017
- by Jude Dry
- Indiewire
For one week in November, virtually the entire documentary film community will gather in New York City for the Doc NYC film festival, where this year’s most acclaimed non-fiction films will screen. With all that talent and experience gathered in one place, Doc NYC has decided to channel it toward a new eight-day conference focusing on the tools and skills needed to fund, create and distribute documentary films.
Read More: ‘Weiner,’ Yes; ‘The Eagle Huntress,’ No: The 15 Documentaries on the Doc NYC Short List
Doc NYC Pro is geared toward documentary professionals looking to advance their careers and filmmaking skills and will be comprised of talks, panels, masterclasses and pitch sessions featuring filmmakers and decision makers behind films like “Weiner,” “O.J.: Made in America,” “Amanda Knox” and “Cartel Land.”
Each day of Doc NYC Pro will begin with a “morning manifesto,” featuring speakers Laura Poitras (“Citizenfour”), Josh Kriegman and...
Read More: ‘Weiner,’ Yes; ‘The Eagle Huntress,’ No: The 15 Documentaries on the Doc NYC Short List
Doc NYC Pro is geared toward documentary professionals looking to advance their careers and filmmaking skills and will be comprised of talks, panels, masterclasses and pitch sessions featuring filmmakers and decision makers behind films like “Weiner,” “O.J.: Made in America,” “Amanda Knox” and “Cartel Land.”
Each day of Doc NYC Pro will begin with a “morning manifesto,” featuring speakers Laura Poitras (“Citizenfour”), Josh Kriegman and...
- 10/14/2016
- by Casey Coit
- Indiewire
Lee Byung-hun (Red 2) stars as a successful fund manager who uncovers a shocking truth.
South Korean sales company M-Line Distribution has picked up Warner Bros Korea local-language film Single Rider, starring Lee Byung-hun (Red 2). Also featuring Gong Hyo-jin (Crush And Blush), Lee Zoo-young’s feature directorial debut is launching sales in Busan’s Asian Film Market (Oct 8-11).
Due for release in spring 2017, the film follows Lee as a successful fund manager suddenly faced with losing everything who goes to visit his wife and son in Australia only to find a shocking truth.
M-Line has a strong slate in the Busan International Film Festival (Biff) with Zhang Lu’s humorous drama A Quiet Dream opening the fest tonight (Oct 6). The film stars Han Ye-ri (Haemoo) with director-actors Yang Ik-june (Breathless), Park Jung-bum (The Journals Of Musan) and Yoon Jong-bin (The Unforgiven, Kundo).
Making their world premieres in the Korean Cinema Today - Vision section: Hyeon’s Quartet...
South Korean sales company M-Line Distribution has picked up Warner Bros Korea local-language film Single Rider, starring Lee Byung-hun (Red 2). Also featuring Gong Hyo-jin (Crush And Blush), Lee Zoo-young’s feature directorial debut is launching sales in Busan’s Asian Film Market (Oct 8-11).
Due for release in spring 2017, the film follows Lee as a successful fund manager suddenly faced with losing everything who goes to visit his wife and son in Australia only to find a shocking truth.
M-Line has a strong slate in the Busan International Film Festival (Biff) with Zhang Lu’s humorous drama A Quiet Dream opening the fest tonight (Oct 6). The film stars Han Ye-ri (Haemoo) with director-actors Yang Ik-june (Breathless), Park Jung-bum (The Journals Of Musan) and Yoon Jong-bin (The Unforgiven, Kundo).
Making their world premieres in the Korean Cinema Today - Vision section: Hyeon’s Quartet...
- 10/6/2016
- by hjnoh2007@gmail.com (Jean Noh)
- ScreenDaily
Lee Byung-hun (Red 2) stars as a successful fund manager who uncovers a shocking truth.
South Korean sales company M-Line Distribution has picked up Warner Bros Korea local-language film A Single Rider, starring Lee Byung-hun (Red 2). Also featuring Gong Hyo-jin (Crush And Blush), Joo-young Lee’s feature directorial debut is launching sales in Busan’s Asian Film Market (Oct 8-11).
Due for release in spring 2017, the film follows Lee as a successful fund manager suddenly faced with losing everything who goes to visit his wife and son in Australia only to find a shocking truth.
M-Line has a strong slate in the Busan International Film Festival (Biff) with Zhang Lu’s humorous drama A Quiet Dream opening the fest tonight (Oct 6). The film stars Han Ye-ri (Haemoo) with director-actors Yang Ik-june (Breathless), Park Jung-bum (The Journals Of Musan) and Yoon Jong-bin (The Unforgiven, Kundo).
Making their world premieres in the Korean Cinema Today - Vision section: Hyeon’s Quartet...
South Korean sales company M-Line Distribution has picked up Warner Bros Korea local-language film A Single Rider, starring Lee Byung-hun (Red 2). Also featuring Gong Hyo-jin (Crush And Blush), Joo-young Lee’s feature directorial debut is launching sales in Busan’s Asian Film Market (Oct 8-11).
Due for release in spring 2017, the film follows Lee as a successful fund manager suddenly faced with losing everything who goes to visit his wife and son in Australia only to find a shocking truth.
M-Line has a strong slate in the Busan International Film Festival (Biff) with Zhang Lu’s humorous drama A Quiet Dream opening the fest tonight (Oct 6). The film stars Han Ye-ri (Haemoo) with director-actors Yang Ik-june (Breathless), Park Jung-bum (The Journals Of Musan) and Yoon Jong-bin (The Unforgiven, Kundo).
Making their world premieres in the Korean Cinema Today - Vision section: Hyeon’s Quartet...
- 10/6/2016
- by hjnoh2007@gmail.com (Jean Noh)
- ScreenDaily
Lee Byung-hun (Red 2) stars as a successful fund manager who uncovers a shocking truth.
South Korean sales company M-Line Distribution has picked up Warner Bros Korea local-language film A Single Rider, starring Lee Byung-hun (Red 2). Also featuring Gong Hyo-jin (Crush And Blush), Joo-young Lee’s feature directorial debut is launching sales in Busan’s Asian Film Market (Oct 8-11).
Due for release in spring 2017, the film follows Lee as a successful fund manager suddenly faced with losing everything who goes to visit his wife and son in Australia only to find a shocking truth.
M-Line has a strong slate in the Busan International Film Festival (Biff) with Zhang Lu’s humorous drama A Quiet Dream opening the fest tonight (Oct 6). The film stars Han Ye-ri (Haemoo) with director-actors Yang Ik-june (Breathless), Park Jung-bum (The Journals Of Musan) and Yoon Jong-bin (The Unforgiven, Kundo).
Making their world premieres in the Korean Cinema Today - Vision section: Hyeon’s Quartet...
South Korean sales company M-Line Distribution has picked up Warner Bros Korea local-language film A Single Rider, starring Lee Byung-hun (Red 2). Also featuring Gong Hyo-jin (Crush And Blush), Joo-young Lee’s feature directorial debut is launching sales in Busan’s Asian Film Market (Oct 8-11).
Due for release in spring 2017, the film follows Lee as a successful fund manager suddenly faced with losing everything who goes to visit his wife and son in Australia only to find a shocking truth.
M-Line has a strong slate in the Busan International Film Festival (Biff) with Zhang Lu’s humorous drama A Quiet Dream opening the fest tonight (Oct 6). The film stars Han Ye-ri (Haemoo) with director-actors Yang Ik-june (Breathless), Park Jung-bum (The Journals Of Musan) and Yoon Jong-bin (The Unforgiven, Kundo).
Making their world premieres in the Korean Cinema Today - Vision section: Hyeon’s Quartet...
- 10/6/2016
- by hjnoh2007@gmail.com (Jean Noh)
- ScreenDaily
Like a mid-’80s Sade jam, Mistresses has reliably given us the “sweetest taboo” for four straight* consecutive seasons. (*Come now, let’s not use adjectives that suggest raging heterosexuality, given Joss’ sexy, sapphic affair with Japanese bondage-rope afficionado Alex, or that time Karen and Vivian smoked a doobie and binge-watched Extreme Makeover: Sexual Orientation Edition, mmmkay?)
RelatedMistresses Exclusive: Yunjin Kim Not Returning for Potential Season 5
Still, despite a brief Clorox Bleachable Moment (Tm) between Kate and a guy she doesn’t realize is her nephew, Mistresses‘ Season 4 finale seems more interested in adorable babies, tear-jerking goodbyes and...
RelatedMistresses Exclusive: Yunjin Kim Not Returning for Potential Season 5
Still, despite a brief Clorox Bleachable Moment (Tm) between Kate and a guy she doesn’t realize is her nephew, Mistresses‘ Season 4 finale seems more interested in adorable babies, tear-jerking goodbyes and...
- 9/7/2016
- TVLine.com
Somebody in Mistresses land needs to replace the Folgers crystals with some Fireball whiskey — immédiatement!
RelatedABC Drops #Tgit Tagline for Fall
April’s so tired from juggling her ailing mother, her manchild lover and her ingrate daughter that she’s not even stopping to smell the Diptyques at Maison Sur Mer. Joss’ engagement, meanwhile, is looking less stable than Sean Young in a Catwoman costume. And even Karen — usually a reliable source of hot mess/hot sex — is stuck on the living room floor* with her mousy nanny, and leaving half-consumed glasses of rosé in flagrante neglecto. (*Not “stuck on...
RelatedABC Drops #Tgit Tagline for Fall
April’s so tired from juggling her ailing mother, her manchild lover and her ingrate daughter that she’s not even stopping to smell the Diptyques at Maison Sur Mer. Joss’ engagement, meanwhile, is looking less stable than Sean Young in a Catwoman costume. And even Karen — usually a reliable source of hot mess/hot sex — is stuck on the living room floor* with her mousy nanny, and leaving half-consumed glasses of rosé in flagrante neglecto. (*Not “stuck on...
- 8/16/2016
- TVLine.com
Yesterday’s Supreme Court ruling, which overruled a Texas abortion law that would shut down all but a handful of clinics across the state, was the most significant decision on abortion the court has made in the last 20 years. While abortion is a constant hot topic in terms of governmental policy, it is rarely addressed on our televisions, outside of CNN or Fox News. And when it is addressed, TV shows have a tendency to shy away from honestly portraying how real women deal with unwanted pregnancies.
Read More: Tribeca: A Director Explains Her Difficult Journey to Make ‘Abortion: Stories Women Tell’
Starting with the famous “Maude” storyline in 1972 and continuing all the way to a shocking “Scandal” midseason finale, we’re taking stock of the most honest portrayals of abortion on television.
“Maude” (1972)
Episode: “Maude’s Dilemma,” Parts 1 and 2
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“Maude” (1972)
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- 6/28/2016
- by Kate Halliwell
- Indiewire
Gayby Baby.
Us-based Supergravity Pictures have acquired Maya Newell's feature documentary.Gayby Baby and will release the film in the Us, UK and Ireland next month, in partnership with music label and digital media agency Heard Well.
Event-style theatrical screenings of the film will begin in over fifty Us cities from April 1, ahead of a VOD/Est release May 1.
The timing of the May 1 release coincides with International Family Equality Day..
Produced by Charlotte Mars, Gayby Baby screened at the Sydney Film Festival, Melbourne International Film Festival, Doc NYC and Hot Docs in Toronto over the past year, picking up the Audience Award for Best Documentary at Sff and a nomination for best documentary at the Aacta awards.
.We have a truly special film here,. said Supergravity founder Marc Hustvedt..
.Supergravity is honored to bring this groundbreaking documentary to audiences across the globe and help amplify the conversation around family equality.
Us-based Supergravity Pictures have acquired Maya Newell's feature documentary.Gayby Baby and will release the film in the Us, UK and Ireland next month, in partnership with music label and digital media agency Heard Well.
Event-style theatrical screenings of the film will begin in over fifty Us cities from April 1, ahead of a VOD/Est release May 1.
The timing of the May 1 release coincides with International Family Equality Day..
Produced by Charlotte Mars, Gayby Baby screened at the Sydney Film Festival, Melbourne International Film Festival, Doc NYC and Hot Docs in Toronto over the past year, picking up the Audience Award for Best Documentary at Sff and a nomination for best documentary at the Aacta awards.
.We have a truly special film here,. said Supergravity founder Marc Hustvedt..
.Supergravity is honored to bring this groundbreaking documentary to audiences across the globe and help amplify the conversation around family equality.
- 3/21/2016
- by Staff Writer
- IF.com.au
At long last, Edgar Wright has begun shooting a new film. It’s Baby Driver, a music-centered, heist-driven actioner that sounds like a perfect use of the writer-director’s significant talents. Per earlier reports and a recent Deadline story, we know it follows Baby (Ansel Elgort), a getaway driver (and now the title makes sense) whose outstanding skills can be attributed to his personal music choices in a tight squeeze. But then a crime boss, Doc (Kevin Spacey), hires him for a job that “threatens his life, love and freedom.”
Jon Bernthal (Sicario, The Wolf of Wall Street) has joined the cast as production gets underway — as we can surmise from Wright’s Twitter and Instagram accounts. Deadline also provide an update on the casting: Lily James co-stars as “Deborah, Baby’s innocent love interest”; Jon Hamm appears in the role of “Buddy the handsome party animal”; Jamie Foxx plays “Bats,...
Jon Bernthal (Sicario, The Wolf of Wall Street) has joined the cast as production gets underway — as we can surmise from Wright’s Twitter and Instagram accounts. Deadline also provide an update on the casting: Lily James co-stars as “Deborah, Baby’s innocent love interest”; Jon Hamm appears in the role of “Buddy the handsome party animal”; Jamie Foxx plays “Bats,...
- 2/24/2016
- by Nick Newman
- The Film Stage
Jon Bernthal ("The Walking Dead," "Daredevil") has joined the cast of Edgar Wright's new feature "Baby Driver" which is currently shooting in Atlanta.
Ansel Elgort, Lily James, Kevin Spacey, Jon Hamm, Jamie Foxx, and Eiza Gonzalez star in the film in which Elgort plays Baby, a nearly mute young getaway driver suffering from tinnitus.
Using his own personal soundtrack to drown out the constant noise, his world becomes threatened when a crime boss known as Doc (Spacey) forces him to take part in a doomed heist.
Hamm plays a handsome party animal, Gonzalez is Hamm's lawless and scandalous girlfriend, Foxx is an impulsive gun-slinging cohort, and James is Deborah, a diner waitress and Baby's love interest.
Bernthal has a key role as someone named Griff, but details are not forthcoming at this point. Wright is directing from his own script with a March 17th 2017 release planned.
Source: Variety...
Ansel Elgort, Lily James, Kevin Spacey, Jon Hamm, Jamie Foxx, and Eiza Gonzalez star in the film in which Elgort plays Baby, a nearly mute young getaway driver suffering from tinnitus.
Using his own personal soundtrack to drown out the constant noise, his world becomes threatened when a crime boss known as Doc (Spacey) forces him to take part in a doomed heist.
Hamm plays a handsome party animal, Gonzalez is Hamm's lawless and scandalous girlfriend, Foxx is an impulsive gun-slinging cohort, and James is Deborah, a diner waitress and Baby's love interest.
Bernthal has a key role as someone named Griff, but details are not forthcoming at this point. Wright is directing from his own script with a March 17th 2017 release planned.
Source: Variety...
- 2/24/2016
- by Garth Franklin
- Dark Horizons
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Walking Dead veteran and Daredevil star Jon Bernthal has been cast in Edgar Wright's latest film, Baby Driver.
Jon Bernthal, who has scored some major roles in the past few years, has earned yet another: the role of Griff in director Edgar Wright's next film, Baby Driver, Deadline reports. No details were disclosed about the character, except that he plays a "key role" in the movie.
Bernthal, of course, played the villainous Shane in the first two seasons of The Walking Dead. He's also set to appear as Frank Castle, aka The Punisher, in Daredevil season 2. Chances are that you've seen or will see the guy soon.
Bernthal joins a cast that also includes Kevin Spacey as crime boss Doc, Ansel Elgort as the titular Baby, Jon Hamm as Buddy, Eiza Gonzalez as Darling, Jamie Foxx as Bats, and Lily James as Deborah.
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Walking Dead veteran and Daredevil star Jon Bernthal has been cast in Edgar Wright's latest film, Baby Driver.
Jon Bernthal, who has scored some major roles in the past few years, has earned yet another: the role of Griff in director Edgar Wright's next film, Baby Driver, Deadline reports. No details were disclosed about the character, except that he plays a "key role" in the movie.
Bernthal, of course, played the villainous Shane in the first two seasons of The Walking Dead. He's also set to appear as Frank Castle, aka The Punisher, in Daredevil season 2. Chances are that you've seen or will see the guy soon.
Bernthal joins a cast that also includes Kevin Spacey as crime boss Doc, Ansel Elgort as the titular Baby, Jon Hamm as Buddy, Eiza Gonzalez as Darling, Jamie Foxx as Bats, and Lily James as Deborah.
The film...
- 2/24/2016
- by simonbrew
- Den of Geek
Okay, I'm finally at that point where I can't absorb any new knowledge about "Star Wars: The Force Awakens." Now that the final marketing push for the film has kicked in, it's non-stop. We are awash in spoilers and new images and all I want is to see the finished movie. One of the most egregious offenders in spoiler history was the soundtrack listing for "Star Wars Episode I - The Phantom Menace," which gave away the death of a main character. I was reluctant to look at the track listings for "The Force Awakens" but since it's my job, I decided to go whole hog and attempt to tell you exactly how the entire film will unfold based only on what I've learned so far and what the tracks are called. I am confident this is a 100% accurate representation of the final film. "1. Main Title and the Attack On...
- 12/1/2015
- by Drew McWeeny
- Hitfix
The penultimate episode in Defiance's third run primes the season for a spectacular ending...
This review contains spoilers.
3.12 The Awakening
When I think back to many shows, not just science-fiction based, penultimate episodes are often much, much better than the finale that follows. Perhaps setting the dominos up is intrinsically a more satisfying experience than the short job of knocking them down.
Whatever the logic there was plenty in The Awakening for regular viewers of the show to enjoy, as Kindzi went on the rampage with her ravenous Omec children.
Being eaten alive is a fear that made Jaws a box office smash, but here it seems to be mostly designed to heighten the tension for those caged for consumption and to demonstrate what messy eaters the Omec are.
The scene in which Nolan and Irisa come across the Omec feeding demonstrates how formidable T’evgin could have been,...
This review contains spoilers.
3.12 The Awakening
When I think back to many shows, not just science-fiction based, penultimate episodes are often much, much better than the finale that follows. Perhaps setting the dominos up is intrinsically a more satisfying experience than the short job of knocking them down.
Whatever the logic there was plenty in The Awakening for regular viewers of the show to enjoy, as Kindzi went on the rampage with her ravenous Omec children.
Being eaten alive is a fear that made Jaws a box office smash, but here it seems to be mostly designed to heighten the tension for those caged for consumption and to demonstrate what messy eaters the Omec are.
The scene in which Nolan and Irisa come across the Omec feeding demonstrates how formidable T’evgin could have been,...
- 8/24/2015
- by louisamellor
- Den of Geek
The giddy makeover scene is a staple of any good romantic comedy. But add Mistresses‘ Karen Kim (currently working on her Masters degree in “Gurrrrl, Please!”), some medical-grade marijuana and a married couple that puts the “eek!” in freaky and you’ll find yourself clutching a pillow like that doll from The Conjuring just rang your doorbell.
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Indeed, by the end of this week’s episode, “Into the Woods,” I was hollering at my screen as if Karen was running up a flight of stairs instead of out...
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Indeed, by the end of this week’s episode, “Into the Woods,” I was hollering at my screen as if Karen was running up a flight of stairs instead of out...
- 7/3/2015
- TVLine.com
As Rookie Blue heads into its sixth — and possibly last — season, the focus is back on the Original Five, a point driven home in the ABC drama’s new key art.
Related Rookie Blue Season 6 Spoilers: Andy and Sam’s Baby Mama Drama, Nick’s Mysterious Love and More
Featuring the core group of Chris, Traci, Andy, Gail and Dov — sorry, Chloe and Nick fans, they’re Mia — the poster portrays the no-longer-naive cops in a confident, edgy light. After all, “they have all grown and are more resilient than ever,” per the official logline for Season 6 (debuting Stateside June...
Related Rookie Blue Season 6 Spoilers: Andy and Sam’s Baby Mama Drama, Nick’s Mysterious Love and More
Featuring the core group of Chris, Traci, Andy, Gail and Dov — sorry, Chloe and Nick fans, they’re Mia — the poster portrays the no-longer-naive cops in a confident, edgy light. After all, “they have all grown and are more resilient than ever,” per the official logline for Season 6 (debuting Stateside June...
- 5/29/2015
- TVLine.com
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