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Nerd movies, like geeks themselves, have come a long way over the last few decades. When films about nerds and geeks started becoming popular in the 1980s, they showed the characters as losers, misfits, and outsiders who had to face bullies, who were often the cool, popular kids. Since the 80s, the roles have stayed the same concerning their brains and status as misfits, but these characters have become more prestigious and important, as brains are more important than brawn in today's society.

When it comes to movies about nerds and geeks, they are no longer just about nerds being picked on by jocks and having to survive. They have become films about the smartest kids in the class doing things that no one ever imagined they could do. Geeks today are cool and often have more in common with regular people than the jocks that used to rule the class.

Stars: Bella Thorne, Gavin Rossdale, Libby Mintz, Andreja Pejic, Josie Ho, Jamie Hince | Written by Janell Shirtcliff, Libby Mintz | Directed by Janell Shirtcliff

Even before it was out of post production, Habit (not to be confused with the 2017 cannibal film of the same name), was stirring up controversy. According to Variety, it was the subject of a petition due to its casting. Specifically the casting of Paris, daughter of Michael, Jackson as a lesbian Jesus. Whether it was the product of legitimate outrage or a bit of marketing it certainly got Habit noticed. And since I’m reviewing it, it obviously didn’t stop its release. Although maybe it would have been better if it did rather than being responsible for it getting a distributor.

Mads is a party girl with a Jesus fixation. She moves to Los Angeles and picks up a gig selling drugs for Eric (Gavin Rossdale...

Heroin chic crime and punishment caper feels more like an oblique marketing exercise than the classic queer cinema it nods to

Writer-director Janell Shirtcliff’s debut feature plays like a throwback to trashy queer-minded cult films of old, like the early work of John Waters (Pink Flamingos or Female Trouble) or Gregg Araki (The Doom Generation). There’s maybe even just a soupçon of Kenneth Anger in the use of what look very much like excerpts from Anger’s cutup gay bikers-meet-Jesus film Scorpio Rising. Except this shonky tale of crime and punishment in Los Angeles lacks the incisive wit or heretical instincts of those antecedents. It’s more like a Gen-z fashion magazine homage to Gen-x heroin chic, with fractionally more of a plot.

Main protagonist Mads (Bella Thorne) loves Jesus in her own special way, even though she is a heroin user and possibly a sex and love addict.

“Habit” stirred controversy (and a petition to block its release) last year when conservatives caught wind that Paris Jackson was cast as a female Jesus Christ in it, with a purported lesbian coupling adding to the blasphemous offense. Well, it turns out that was much ado about almost nothing: There is no such sex scene in the film’s release cut, if indeed there ever was, and Jackson’s appearance is little more than a silent cameo.

On the other hand, fears that Janell Shirtcliff’s debut feature “ridicules people of faith” are closer to the mark. For those viewers curious enough to investigate, however, what may truly offend about “Habit” isn’t any sacrilegious content so much as the fact that it’s so infantile in that regard — and every other. This candy-colored dress-up excuse for a bunch of slumming models, rock musicians and miscellaneous scenesters might be termed a “Bratz” version of “Faster,...

Habit Trailer — Janell Shirtcliff‘s Habit (2021) movie trailer has been released by Lionsgate. The Habit trailer stars Bella Thorne, Gavin Rossdale, Libby Mintz, Andreja Pejic, Hana Mae Lee, Ione Skye, Aaron Diaz, Jamie Hince, Hayley Marie Norman, Alison Mosshart, Paris Jackson, and Josie Ho. Crew Libby Mintz and Janell Shirtcliff wrote the screenplay for Habit. [...]

Continue reading: Habit (2021) Movie Trailer: Bella Thorne Pretends to be a Nun as She Seeks to Pay Back Drug Lord Gavin Rossdale...

"Habit" is the new drama feature directed by Janell Shirtcliff from a screenplay by Shirtcliff and Libby Mintz, starring Bella Thorne, Gavin Rossdale, Libby Mintz, Andreja Pejić, Ione Skye, Jamie Hince, Alison Mosshart, Paris Jackson and Josie Ho, opening August 20, 2021:

"...an L.A. 'party girl' (Thorne) pisses off a dangerous drug lord and is forced to go on the run, hiding out with her friends by posing as a nun..."

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"Always did have a flavor for danger." Lionsgate has dropped a new trailer for a dark, edgy thriller comedy titled Habit, marking the feature directorial debut of filmmaker Janell Shirtcliff. This film has dropped out of nowhere, not hitting any festivals or anywhere else before opening in August this summer. It definitely looks like a very Los Angeles film made by Los Angeles people for Los Angeles people. A street smart party girl gets mixed up in a violent drug deal and finds a possible way out by masquerading as a Nun with her other BFFs to escape a L.A. drug lord. The Habit ensemble cast includes Bella Thorne, Gavin Rossdale, Libby Mintz, Andreja Pejic, Hana Mae Lee, Ione Skye, Aaron Diaz, Jamie Hince, Hayley Marie Norman, Alison Mosshart, with Paris Jackson and Josie Ho. This (obviously) looks all wild & crazy, and instantly forgettable, another of these mediocre crime...

Nearly 300,000 people have signed a petition aiming to block the release of the independent film “Habit,” starring Bella Thorne and Paris Jackson, in which Jackson plays a version of Jesus.

Thorne plays a street-smart, party girl who has a Jesus fetish and finds herself in a drug deal gone wrong. She’s able to escape danger by disguising herself as a nun. Multiple times in the film, Jackson appears as Jesus to her.

“A new blasphemous Hollywood film is predicted to come out soon depicting Jesus as a lesbian woman. The film ‘Habit’ stars Paris Jackson who plays the role of ‘lesbian Jesus.’ Distributors haven’t picked it up as of yet, so let’s please spread awareness and wake people up to the Christianophobic garbage that is spread nowadays, but is somehow accepted and praised by society,” reads the description of the petition.

However, there is no indication in...

Paris Jackson, the 22-year-old daughter of Michael Jackson, is set to star as Jesus Christ in a new film called “Habit” opposite Bella Thorne, the producers of the movie told TheWrap.

“Habit” is a thriller directed by Janell Shirtcliff that stars Thorne as a woman with a Jesus fetish who masquerades as a nun in order to escape a drug deal gone wrong. Jackson then appears several times throughout the film to Thorne’s character as Jesus.

Suki Kaiser wrote the screenplay based on a story by Shirtcliff and “Sydney White” actress Libby Mintz.

Bella Thorne, Gavin Rossdale and Josie Ho previously announced cast.

Model and actor Paris Jackson has joined Bella Thorne, Gavin Rossdale and Josie Ho on thriller Habit that counts Cassian Elwes’ Elevated Films among its producers and has Voltage Pictures on board to handle international sales.

Jackson (see first-look photograph) will play Jesus in the feature about a street-smart party girl with a Jesus fetish who gets mixed up in a violent drug deal and finds a possible way out by masquerading as a nun. Donovan Leitch, 852 Films, Martingale Pictures, Voltage Pictures, Cloudlight and Elevated Films are producing.

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The forthcoming indie film Habit starring Josie Ho and Bella Thorne has joined the extensive list of movies that have been put on hold due to the Covid-19 outbreak.

Habit, which is produced by Ho and her husband Conroy Chan under their 852 Films banner, is directed by Janell Shirtcliff and written by Suki Kaiser. It is based on a story by Shirtcliff and Libby Mintz that follows a street smart party girl with a Jesus fetish who gets mixed up in a violent drug deal and finds a possible way out — by masquerading as a nun. Ho and Chan recently returned to Hong Kong from Paris with speculation that they picked up the Covid-19, but recently tested negative.

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Bella Thorne is in the midst of filming Habit, an indie film that is being produced by Donovan Leitch, 852 Films, Martingale Pictures, Voltage Pictures, Cloudlight, and Elevated Films, the production company behind the Oscar-nominated film, Mudbound.

First-time feature director Janell Shirtcliff is at the helm, directing from a script by Suki Kaiser, based on a story by Libby Mintz and Shirtcliff. The pic is about a street smart party girl with a Jesus fetish who gets mixed up in a violent drug deal and finds a possible way out — by masquerading as a Nun.

Producers Leitch, Josie Ho, Michael Suppes, Chris Pak Yu Mung, Chan Pang Chun, and Libby Mintz. Cassian Elwes, David Unger, Will French, Adam Edelman, Suki Kaiser, Conroy Chan, Paul Miloknay, Thorne, and Nicolas Chartier serve as executive producers.

Thorne, best known for roles in The Duff, Blended, Midnight Sun, and Disney Channel’s Shake it Up,...

He kissed the bride! British actor Donovan Leitch has married his fiancee of a little over a year, Libby Mintz. A source confirms to Us Weekly that Leitch, who once dated Gwyneth Paltrow, and actress Mintz tied the knot in West Hollywood on Saturday, Oct. 3, and the pair also just changed their Facebook status to "Married." Girls Club star Leitch, 48, popped the question to Mintz in August 2014, just two months after his wife of 13 years, Kirsty Hume, filed for divorce. The couple shares a [...]...

Bun in the oven! Donovan Leitch’s fiancée Libby Mintz is pregnant, the couple's rep confirms exclusively to Us Weekly. The happy couple, who are expecting a boy, found out they were pregnant after getting engaged in August. Leitch popped the question to the actress just two months after his wife of 13 years, Kirsty Hume, filed for divorce this past summer. The Girls Club actor and Hume share a daughter, 10-year-old Violet. Leitch, 47, made headlines last year after being snapped locking lips with ex-girlfriend Gwyneth Paltrow at [...]...

Donovan Leitch is apparently just mad about Libby Mintz. The English actor and his adorable actress girlfriend are engaged, Leitch's manager confirmed Tuesday to E! News. Meanwhile, the betrothed couple have since gone Mia, sort of. Leitch performed in Denmark over the weekend and then informed his Twitter followers yesterday that he was "Away at the moment Lost in the Himalayas." Perhaps he and Mintz are "Lost" together. This will be the second marriage for Leitch. The 47-year-old thesp and son of singer-songwriter Donovan is still technically married to model wife Kirsty Hume, who just filed for divorce last month after 13 years of marriage. But the duo, who are parents to 10-year-old...

Think Gwyneth will be invited to the wedding? British actor Donovan Leitch, who once dated Gwyneth Paltrow, is engaged to marry girlfriend Libby Mintz, his rep confirm to Us Weekly. Leitch, 47, is currently going through a split from estranged wife Kirsty Hume, with whom he shares daughter Violet, 10. According to TMZ, Hume filed for divorce this summer after more than 13 years of marriage, but she and the Girls Club star have been separated for some time. Earlier this year, a photo surfaced from September 2013 [...]...