Bad, yes, but on the other hand, no one thought the industry could even partially recover from the first half of the year’s Furiosa: A Mad Max Story and The Fall Guy bombs, so things … might be looking up? - Los Angeles Times (MSN)
This is not the fake Colombia of Disney's Encanto: “Many on the set considered it an honor to be part of the project. Several people told me it would be the most important work they would ever do.” - The New York Times
“Until John Thorpe, rooms in the great houses of England used to lead on, one from another, all grouped around a central entrance hall, and while some buildings had monastery-style external covered cloisters bordering central courtyards, these were always too nippy for a northern climate.” - The Observer (UK)
At this task, Gladiator II utterly failed: “None of us could remember how the new movie ended, which was particularly hilarious because we’d all just seen the damn thing; this was a few days after it had screened for critics.” - Slate
Yes, of course, but physicists have reconsidered the idea - and the cool thing is that “quantum reference frames might help resolve some of the weird paradoxes that arise in quantum thought experiments.” - Wired
“Publishers are investing in colorful patterned edges, metallic foil covers, reversible jackets, elaborate artwork on the endpapers, ribbon bookmarks and bonus content.” - The New York Times
“TikTok faces a ban if its parent company, ByteDance, does not follow a new federal law that requires it to be sold to a non-Chinese company by Jan. 19, the day before” the presidential inauguration. - Salon
“Holocaust scholar Richard Plant said 'begins where Anne Frank’s diary ended.’ With its graphic account of privation, suffering and death in French and German concentration camps, Mr. Plant warned, it was ‘not meant for the squeamish.’” - The New York Times
And by that, the Nickel Boys actor means, “If I hadn’t been able to filter my insistence on justice, and the rage that I feel because of the lack of it, through , I would have had a more dangerous life.” - The Guardian (UK)
“As Bollywood struggled to find its footing, smaller films by Indian women that told nuanced stories made headlines in the country and across the world.” - BBC
“I watch every night before I go to bed. I love Godard and Fellini and Herzog and Cassavetes. And Gena Rowlands — she’s my favorite actress.” - The New York Times
“Hussey won the best new actress Golden Globe for her part as Juliet, but decades later she sued Paramount Pictures for sexual abuse as she was aged just 15 when she filmed the movie's nude scene.” - BBC
“There is less time for impulsiveness and joy, and the bar that Andrews sets as Maria or Mary Poppins can feel unattainable when you’re stuck checking your kid’s head for lice.” - HuffPost
Critics might never see them, and certainly never review them, but “these films are often huge successes for streaming services like Prime Video and Netflix — the Kissing Booth and Through My Window movies have been reliable staples of Netflix’s top ten. They’re popular in theaters, too.” - Vulture
