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Since the earliest days of cinema, the Western genre has produced some of the richest and most adventurous films in the cinema. These movies document the lives and journeys of characters of varying moral codes who try to survive the brutal Frontier, taking on rival gunslingers, Native American warriors, and the harsh environment. Despite the genre's reputation for gritty stories, plenty of Westerns are accessible to younger viewers.

While Westerns work best when they take a gritty approach to the Old West, there are plenty of movies from the genre perfect for kids that play up adventure instead of violence. From classic swashbuckler heroes of the Western Frontier to animated gunslinger stories, the list of kid-friendly Western movies is surprisingly long. The Wild West remains a place for childhood escapism; these movies are great examples.

Updated February 6, 2025, by Anthony Jeanetta. The Western movie genre includes plenty of family-friendly options. This...

Disney is renowned for its animation, but the company has still seen animated movies flop at the box office. Many of the early best Disney animated movies performed well enough at the box office, while the biggest flops came in the company's later years. This is likely due to a myriad of factors, including basic inflation meaning a greater loss. Disney also has more box office flops after the rise of 3D animation, possibly due to an increase in animated blockbusters in general, meaning more competition and higher standards.

Many box office flops become cult classics, animated Disney movies included. This reflects how the marketability and advertising strategy may not be the best representation of a movie's quality. The most underrated Disney movies are generally not the highest earners but still deserve the attention of the Disney fanbase. Unfortunately, Disney Animation is unlikely to take a chance on the same...

“Gladiator II” is set in Ancient Rome and North Africa, but where was the Ridley Scott epic actually filmed?

Like the first film, portions were shot in Morocco and Malta, while director Ridley Scott also filmed key scenes in his native England.

Here’s where Rome, the Colosseum and the African kingdom of Numidia were created, some on locations used by Scott in previous films.

Paul Mescal as Lucius in Gladiator II (Credit: Paramount Pictures) The Colosseum was rebuilt in Fort Ricasoli in Kalkara, Malta

The arena where Lucius (Paul Mescal) fights Marcus Acacius (Pedro Pascal) was rebuilt in Fort Ricasoli in Kalkara, Malta, the same location that was used in the first “Gladiator.” The fort, which was built in the 17th century by the Order of St John, was also used in “Troy” and “Napoleon.”

Production designer Arthur Max told Conde Nast Traveler that the crew had significantly less...

Quick Links Viggo Mortensen's Career in Westerns Spans Multiple Decades The Dead Don't Hurt Walks the Line Between Traditional and "Spaghetti" Western The Dead Don't Hurt Will Not Be Viggo Mortensen's First Time Writing and Directing

This article contains spoilers for The Dead Don't Hurt (2024).

Viggo Mortensen's latest movie, The Dead Don't Hurt, is the first time audiences have seen the actor in a Western since Appaloosa in 2008. Mortensen continues to be a versatile actor and Renaissance man, hopping easily from high fantasies like The Lord of the Rings to gritty and adventurous Westerns. Especially in the early 2000s. Still, Mortensen has kept away from the genre, favoring variety in his projects. From dramas based on true-life experiences like Green Book (2018) and Thirteen Lives (2022) to adaptations of well-known novels like The Road (2009) and On the Road (2012) -- he's never nailed himself down to one type of film.

Even with his wide range,...

Viggo Mortensen returns with The Dead Don't Hurt, a Western where he wears multiple hats, including director, writer, and star. The story focuses on Vivienne, played by Vicky Krieps, as she navigates love, independence, and challenges in the male-dominated Wild West. Mortensen's non-chronological storytelling adds depth, revealing character fates early on, leading to a nuanced exploration of love and forgiveness.

Viggo Mortensen is not only returning to the Western genre, but also to the director's chair, with the moving drama The Dead Don't Hurt. While best known to some for his turn as Aragorn in Peter Jackson's The Lord of the Rings trilogy, Mortensen has a well-regarded history in the Western genre, starring in the likes of 1990's Young Guns II, 2004's Hidalgo and 2008's Appaloosa. He has also been steadily making a name for himself as a writer, director and composer in the past few years following his...

Overall, the 2000s were a rough decade for Westerns. Along with the 1980s, the 2000s saw the Western genre at its lowest point, both in terms of critical acclaim and box office success. Many high-profile Westerns from this era, such as The Missing, The Alamo, and Hidalgo, received mixed to negative reviews from critics and account for some of the decade's biggest box office bombs.

Although the 2000s as a whole represent a lull in Western filmmaking, the decade still provided some fantastic Westerns. The best Westerns of the 2000s encompass a wide variety of Western sub-genres, from traditional and revisionist Westerns to neo-Westerns and comedy Westerns. No Country for Old Men, There Will Be Blood, and The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford are among the greatest Westerns of the 2000s.

Jackie Chan Lends His Slapstick Action Prowess To The Western Genre In Shanghai Noon (2000)

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Viggo Mortensen loves him a good Western. The actor has starred in several of them, 2008’s “Appaloosa,” 2004’s “Hidalgo,” and even more recent arthouse international films like “Jauja” and “Far from Men” employ elements of this genre. Mortensen has also moved into writing and directing features in recent years, following the critically-acclaimed “Falling,” and so his next directorial effort, “The Dead Don’t Hurt,” is also returning to the dangerous Western frontier.

Continue reading ‘The Dead Don’t Hurt’ Trailer: Viggo Mortensen’s Latest Western Stars Vicky Krieps & Arrives In May at The Playlist.

Survival expert Les Stroud finds numerous inaccuracies in the 2004 Western, Hidalgo, which stars The Lord of the Rings' Aragorn actor, Viggo Mortensen. Stroud analyzes a quicksand scene from the film, pointing out that quicksand is generally not present in the middle of the desert away from water, and that it's thicker than depicted. Hidalgo earned mixed reviews from critics and underwhelmed at the box office, but Mortensen's performance and some thrilling race sequences make it a worthwhile watch.

Hidalgo, a Western starring Lord of the Rings actor Viggo Mortensen, is found to feature a number of inaccuracies by a survival expert. Released in 2004, director Joe Johnston's Hidalgo features Mortensen, who is best known for playing Aragorn in Peter Jackson's epic fantasy trilogy, as an American cowboy who takes part in a grueling horse race across the Arabian Desert. The film was ultimately a disappointment both critically and commercially,...

In 2004, Viggo Mortensen starred in a major, big-budget production, fresh from his role as Aragorn in The Lord of the Rings film trilogy. In December, the third Lord of the Rings installment, The Return of the King, not only won Best Picture but swept the Academy Awards, winning all 11 of its Oscar nominations. Building off his newfound star power from The Lord of the Rings, Mortensen was cast in the epic adventure film, Hidalgo, as real-life cowboy Frank T. Hopkins. Disney asserted that the film was based on a "true story," and Hidalgo presented a dramatized account of Hopkins' participation in a deadly desert race called the "Ocean of Fire." The race required Hopkins and his loyal pinto mustang, Hidalgo, to race across a deadly streak of the desert, 3,000 miles in Saudi Arabia for a $100,000 prize. The film was directed by Joe Johnston, a former design and visual effects artist...

Dominic West is in the "very early stages" of making a movie about legendary horse Red Rum. The 'Crown' star is hoping to direct a film about the late equine, who won the Grand National three times in 1973, 1974, and 1977, and he is surprised a motion picture about the sporting legend hasn't been made before. He said: "I'm hoping to get a film of Red Rum organised."It's very, very early stages. I'm hopefully going to direct it."But West believes he is "too old" to portray Red Rum's trainer Ginger McCain, because he is keen to depict some of the late star's early life. He said: "I'd love to play Ginger, but I think I'm too old. We want to do some of his early life and his struggle and meeting Beryl [McCain's wife] and all that, and I think I'm too old for that really."The star...

Robert Dalva, the film editor who earned an Oscar nomination for his work on the touching family adventure The Black Stallion and collaborated with director Joe Johnston on five films, including Jumanji and Captain America: The First Avenger, has died. He was 80.

Dalva died Jan. 27 of lymphoma in Marin County, California, his son Matthew Dalva told The Hollywood Reporter.

Dalva attended USC film school in the same class with George Lucas, and he went to work with him and Francis Ford Coppola in 1969 as the pair launched their innovative American Zoetrope production company in San Francisco.

The relationship paid off when Lucas hired Dalva to handle second-unit photography — he shot the land speeder going across the desert — on the original Star Wars (1977).

On the Coppola-produced Black Stallion (1979), starring Mickey Rooney in an Oscar-nominated performance, Dalva partnered with director Carroll Ballard, who also did second-unit work on Star Wars.

“We had...

Square Enix started May off with a bang by announcing that the company sold Crystal Dynamics and Eidos Interactive, as well as those studios’ respective franchises, to Embracer Group. That umbrella organization already has its fingers in many game studios and franchises (such as Thq Nordic’s Darksiders and Deep Silver’s Saints Row), and this recent sale has only added more potentially valuable franchises to Embrace Group’s already sizable library.

Of course, this transaction raises obvious questions about what games Embracer Group actually gets out of the deal. As is often the case with these kinds of deals, the answers to those questions aren’t as straightforward as you might think.

Obviously, Square Enix franchises such as Final Fantasy were never on the table, and the announcement also states that Square Enix will retain ownership of Western-developed games such as Just Cause, Outriders, and Life is Strange. Of course,...

Sandra Bullock and Channing Tatum star in Paramount Pictures’ “The Lost City.”

Currently sitting at 100% on Rotten Tomatoes is the comedy The Lost City. The film, starring Sandra Bullock, Channing Tatum, and Daniel Radcliffe, has received rave reviews after its debut screening at SXSW.

Audiences Can Be The First To See The Lost City In Theatres This Weekend With Fandango Premiere Early Access Screenings On Saturday, March 19th

Fandango Premiere Early Access Screenings will be held at 225 theaters nationwide on March 19th, one week before its only-in-theaters wide release date on March 25th. Tickets for this limited big-screen event are now on sale, only at Fandango.

More Information Here

The Lost City is a film you can escape your troubles with for a couple of hours. Award-winning? Nope, but it is fun (and funny!) – Austin Chronicle Full Review…

Sandra Bullock and Channing Tatum create a rhythm of movement and sound...

In Adam and Aaron Nee’s “The Lost City,” a wild, careening screwball comedy set in the jungle, the stars are on full display — and they need to be. See, the directing duo are following a similar roadmap used by “Romancing the Stone,” the Indiana Jones franchise, and Tomb Raider: colossal big-budget adventures dependent upon the stars who lead them as much as the exotic locations they call home. Here, a quartet of marquee names carry a knowingly pastiche romp whose lightweight charm somehow impedes its path to rom-com success.

You can’t totally blame the Nees for leaning heavily on their ensemble. In a slapdash comedy filled with big punchlines — and even bigger explosions — they’ve assembled a couple of the best comedic personalities available in Sandra Bullock and Channing Tatum. The pair portray noted romance novelist Loretta Sage and her steamy cover model Alan as her franchise’s Fabio-inspired champion,...

It took G. Moore roughly 15 minutes to make the song that upended his life. Last July, he Googled a “SoFaygo type beat” (in honor of one of his favorite rappers) and picked an instrumental full of synths that waft upwards like bubbles blown by a light breeze. While recording a hook, Moore altered the tone of his voice to sound like a robot trying to hum the same progression as the synths. “That was me experimenting,” he recalls. He recorded and manipulated each word individually, then “pasted it all together...

When you’re a streaming service, there’s only one way to celebrate the New Year. And that’s by IP mining to bring back a franchise that had no business in coming back!

With its list of new releases for January 2022, Hulu is raiding CBS’s closet and premiering How I Met Your Father, a continuation of the sitcom How I Met Your Mother. Complaints about unnecessary rebooting aside, perhaps its worth giving the Hillary Duff starring series a chance. If nothing else, telling a story about 2022 from a future perspective might play well.

Aside from Himyf, there aren’t any other Hulu original series to speak of. Instead, Hulu is opting to once again beef up its film library. January 1 sees the arrival of Master and Commander, Seven, and a whole bunch of Star Treks. Hulu will also be the streaming home of some recently released film Indies,...

Exclusive: Universal Pictures has acquired the John Fusco spec script Phantom, a package that includes producers Harvey Mason Jr of Harvey Mason Media, and John Legend and his Get Lifted Film Co producing partner Mike Jackson. Pic will be an adaptation of the 1910 Gaston Leroux novel Phantom of the Opera, set in contemporary New Orleans.

Ty Stiklorius is the executive producer.

Fusco, whose script work includes Crossroads and Hidalgo, came up with the idea after becoming reacquainted with the French Quarter music scene where he began, while shooting the Bonnie and Clyde pic The Highwaymen.

“I was in New Orleans with Costner, Woody and John Lee Hancock and found myself reconnecting with my old musical haunts, and the next generation of my music cronies,” he told Deadline. “I began playing with them again, writing music and recorded two albums and during the pandemic I reflected on that journey and wanted...

Exclusive: Zuleikha Robinson (The Exorcist), Louis Ozawa (Hunters) and Okieriete Onaodowan (Station 19) have been tapped as series regulars opposite John Krasinski on the upcoming fourth season of Amazon Prime Video’s Tom Clancy’s Jack Ryan. Additionally, Derek Cecil (House of Cards) and Nancy Lenehan (People of the Earth) have been cast in recurring roles in the drama series. Production recently wrapped on Season 3, and a premiere date will be announced at a later date.

Season 3 finds Jack Ryan (Krasinski) on the run and in a race against time. Jack is wrongly implicated in a larger conspiracy and suddenly finds himself a fugitive out in the cold. Now, wanted by both the CIA and an international rogue faction that he has uncovered, Jack is forced underground, crisscrossing Europe, trying to stay alive and prevent a massive global conflict.

Also starring are Wendell Pierce as James Greer and Michael Kelly as Mike November.

In the wake of the spread of  'Covid-19', with viral variants now infecting both cast/crew working in live action and animation, TV studios including Netflix, Hulu, CBS, ABC, Fox, Starz, Paramount and a whole lot more, have quietly shut down numerous popular series, despite Season renewals, designating new episodes "on hiatus":

TV Series on Hiatus:

911 Lone Star 

A Discovery of Witches 

After Life 

All American 

Amazing Stories 

American Horror Stories 

Atlanta 

B Positive 

Better Call Saul  

Better Things 

Big Sky

Black Monday 

Black-ish 

Blindspotting 

Blood and Water 

Blue Bloods  

Bob Hearts Abishola 

Bob's Burgers 

Breeders

Bridgerton 

Bull  

Call Me Kat 

Carnival Row 

Charmed  

Chicago Fire 

Chicago Med 

Chicago Pd 

City on a Hill 

Clarice 

Claws 

Clickbait 

Coyote 

Creepshow  

Criminal Minds 

Cruel Summer 

Curb Your Enthusiasm

Dash and Lily 

Dead to Me 

Dear White People  

Dickinson 

Dirty John 

Dollface 

Doom Patrol 

Duncanville 

Elite 

Emily In Paris...

This review of “Cryptozoo” was first published after the film’s premiere at the 2021 Sundance Film Festival.

If you ever talk to an animator, they are likely to share two opinions very quickly: one, “Animation is not a genre.” And two, “Animation isn’t exclusively for children.” Dash Shaw is one of many contemporary artists expanding the idea of what animation can do, and who it can be for, and with his second feature, “Cryptozoo,” his well of imagination is matched only by his precision at executing his ideas.

“Cryptozoo” delivers on the promise of Shaw’s first feature, “My Entire High School Sinking Into the Sea.” This time out, the writer-director (in collaboration with animation director Jane Samborski) is even more assured as both a storyteller and as a crafter of images, be they outrageous or gorgeous, haunting or hilarious.

Underneath it all, Shaw seems to revel in genre,...

"Being free, to Dash, was everything." Utopia Media has debuted an official trailer for a documentary called Moments Like This Never Last, a profile of the New York artist Dash Snow. Directed by photographer Cheryl Dunn, this first premiered last year at Doc NYC and is getting a small theatrical release (in NY & LA) next month. Snow rejected a life of privilege to make his own way as an artist on the streets of downtown New York City in the late 1990s. Developing from a notorious graffiti tagger into an international art star, he documented his drug- and alcohol-fueled nights with the surrogate family he formed with friends and fellow artists Ryan McGinley and Dan Colen before his death by heroin overdose in 2009. Drawing from Snow's unforgettable body of work and involving archival footage, Cheryl Dunn's exceptional portrait captures his all-too-brief life of reckless excess and creativity. Also featuring artist Dan Colen,...

The Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences has announced the 395 artists and executives that have been invited to join this year — about half the number of last year’s class. The 2021 class is comprised of 46% women, 39% underrepresented ethnic/racial communities and 53% international from 49 countries outside the United States. Of the 395 invitees, 89 are former Oscar nominees, including 25 winners.

Eight individuals have been invited to join by multiple branches and must select one branch upon acceptance. They include Leslie Odom Jr, Kaouther Ben Hania, Craig Brewer, Lee Isaac Chung, Emerald Fennell, Shaka King, Alexander Nanau, Florian Zeller.

Other big names among the newly invited include Walt Disney CEO Bob Chapek, “Promising Young Woman” original screenplay winner Emerald Fennell and “Minari” stars Steven Yeun, Ye-ri Han and recently crowned supporting actress Yuh-Jung Youn.

In the directing category, new invitees include Janicza Bravo, Nia DaCosta, Cathy Yan, Darius Marder, Michael Almereyda, Lizzie Borden,...

Oscar winner Yuh-Jung Youn, who took Supporting Actress in April for Minari, along with a number of her recent fellow acting nominees including Maria Bakalova, Andra Day, Vanessa Kirby, Leslie Odom Jr., Paul Raci, and Steven Yeun, are among the new class of 395 artists and executives who have been invited to join the Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences. A number of other recent winners and nominees including both of the latest screenwriting victors, Emerald Fennell and Florian Zeller, Music Score winner Jon Batiste, and all three writers of Oscar winning song “Fight For You” including H.E.R. are also on the list from the 17 branches of the Academy. Overall, there are 89 Oscar nominees, including 25 winners, among the new class. 46% are women, 39% underrepresented ethnic/racial communities, and 53% coming from countries outside of the U.S. this time around.

Although receiving an Oscar and/or a nomination is a big plus,...

The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has extended invitations for 395 artists and executives working in film to join the ranks of a growing membership of more than 9,000 film industry figures. Per AMPAS, “membership selection decisions are based on professional qualifications, with representation, inclusion and equity remaining a priority of Academy Aperture 2025.”

Statistically, the 2021 class is comprised of 46 percent women, 39 percent underrepresented ethnic/racial communities, and 53 international members from 49 countries outside of the United States. Among the new class are 89 Oscar nominees and 25 winners, including “Minari” Best Supporting Actress winner Yuh-jung Youn, Best Actor nominee Steven Yeun, multi-nominated director/writer Lee Isaac Chung, and co-star Ye-ri Han, plus “The United States vs. Billie Holiday” Best Actress nominee Andra Day, “Borat Subsequent Moviefilm” Supporting Actress nominee Maria Bakalova, “Pieces of a Woman” Best Actress nominee Vanessa Kirby, and Supporting Actor nominees Leslie Odom Jr. (“One Night in Miami”) and Paul Raci...

Oscar-nominated actors Leslie Odom Jr., Maria Bakalova and Steven Yeun are among the 395 people who have been invited to join the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, the Academy announced on Thursday.

Also on the list of invites: actors Yahya Abdul-Mateen, Nicole Beharie, Kingsley Ben-Adir, Carrie Coon, Laverne Cox, Andra Day, Vanessa Kirby, Nathan Lane, Jonathan Majors, Robert Pattinson and Issa Rae; directors Lee Isaac Chung, Sean Durkin, Emerald Fennell, Jonathan Glazer, Shaka King, Darius Marder and Florian Zeller; and musicians Jon Batiste, H.E.R., Janet Jackson and Emile Mosseri.

Eight people were invited by two different branches: Chung, Fennell, King, Zeller, Kaouther Ben Hania and Craig Brewer were invited by both the directors and writers branches, while Alexander Nanau was invited by the directors and documentary branches, and Odom Jr. by both the actors and music branches. If they accept the invitations, double invitees must choose a single branch...

Recent winners of prestigious Critstal award include I Lost My Body and My Life As A Courgette.

The Annecy International Film Festival has unveiled its main feature competition selections for its upcoming hybrid edition which is due to take place from June 14 to 19 in its lakeside home at the foot of the French Alps.

Danish-French filmmaker Jonas Poher Rasmussen’s animated documentary Flee and Netflix-acquired adult rom-com You Animal! by Philippine director Avid Liongoren will be among 10 titles competing in the main feature competition for the Cristal award.

The tale of an Afghan man forced to escape his homeland and Mujahadeen as a child,...

Wait a minute. Are we somehow half way through the year already? That feels impossible but here comes month number five all the same. With its list of new releases for May 2021, Amazon Prime is highlighting some of its more intriguing original series in awhile.

The first original of note is The Underground Railroad. This series from Barry Jenkins tells the story of one woman’s desperate bid for freedom in the Antebellum South and arrives on May 14. After that comes Solos. This intriguing anthology has one hell of a cast including Anthony Mackie, Dan Stevens, Anne Hathaway, Morgan Freeman, Helen Mirren, Constance Wu, and more. The project will premiere on May 21 and each of its seven episodes promises to be quite different.

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A classic Star Wars character is getting ready to make his return to a galaxy far, far away. Dash Rendar, who fans will know from Shadows of the Empire, is the subject of an upcoming story in the Star Wars Insider: Fiction Collection Vol. 1. While this collection will feature tales about a number of characters, this particular inclusion is of note as it acknowledges one of the biggest stories that is no longer a part of the official canon in the franchise.

An excerpt from Michael Reaves and Maya Kaathryn Bohnoff's tale And Leebo Makes Three recently made its way online. The selection quickly name-dropped Dash Rendar, who is at the center of the tale. A piece of artwork depicting the character, who should look familiar to anyone who played the Shadows of the Empire video game for the Nintendo 64, was also revealed. The opening paragraph from the story reads as follows.

As the upcoming Resident Evil Village looks to terrify some with its classic monsters and excite others with its giant vampire ladies, fans everywhere find reasons to reflect on the greatest franchise in horror game history. Yet, I’m willing to bet that even some of the biggest Resident Evil fans haven’t heard about the “missing” game in the franchise: Resident Evil: Dash.

For over twenty years, rumors of a canceled project known simply as Resident Evil: Dash have divided the Resident Evil fanbase. For some, it’s the ultimate missing part of Resident Evil‘s legacy. To others, it’s one of the longest-lasting urban legends in video game history and a rumor that, much like a Resident Evil zombie, never seems to die.

What’s the true story of Resident Evil: Dash, though? That’s what we’ll try to uncover today as we dive into the...

Exclusive: Arthouse streamer and theatrical distributor Mubi has acquired all rights to Sundance documentary Faya Dayi in the UK and Ireland, Latin America, Italy, France, Germany, Turkey and India.

Jessica Beshir’s feature directorial debut goes on a journey into the highlands of Harar, Ethiopia, to observe the rituals of khat, a powerful plant that Sufi Muslims chewed for religious meditations – and which is Ethiopia’s most lucrative cash crop today. Through the prism of the khat trade, the film charts the stories of people caught between violent government repression, khat-induced fantasies and dangerous journeys beyond borders.

Faya Dayi will also screen at Visions du Réel, Hot Docs Film Festival, and the Seattle International Film Festival this month. Brooklyn-based Mexican-Ethiopian filmmaker Beshir also produces the feature.

Cinetic Media is handling sales for international rights, and the deal was negotiated by Cinetic Media on behalf of the filmmakers.

Beshir is a...

When most movie fans think of horses in motion pictures, they tend to gravitate naturally to Hollywood blockbusters like Hidalgo or The Horse Whisperer, or even European cinematic projects like The Mustang or The Turin Horse.

However, there are plenty of amazing Asian movies that cater for horse lovers everywhere.

Here we take a look at just some of them, and discover the ways in which Asian directors, producers, and actors go about incorporating long-nosed beasts into their movies.

Horses have long been mainstays of Asian cinema because they have been ever present in popular culture since the beginning of time Grand Prix – Yun-ho Yang

The most well-known horse racing movies tend to focus on horses and jockeys from places like the US and UK, where big races like the Grand National and Gold Cup take place.

But that is not to say that horse racing movies do not pop up in other far-flung places.

Get in touch to send in cinephile news and discoveries. For daily updates follow us @NotebookMUBI.NEWSAbove: Lee Isaac Chung's Minari. Nomadland, Minari, Soul, and Borat Subsequent Moviefilm are among this year's Golden Globe winners. Find our complete list of nominees and winners here. Canyon Cinema Foundation has announced a new curatorial fellowship, Canyon Cinema Discovered, that will offer four fellows the opportunity to curate programs from Canyon's collection of films. Applicants can be based in anywhere in the world. Spike Lee and HBO will be teaming up for the multi-part documentary NYC Epicenters 9/11-2021½, described as “an epic chronicle of life, loss and survival in the city of New York over the twenty years since the September 11th attacks.” The film will include first-hand stories told by over 200 New Yorkers. Recommended VIEWINGThe official teaser trailer for Barry Jenkins' series The Underground Railroad, an adaptation of Colson Whitehead's novel,...

With News of the World, composer James Newton Howard returned to the Western genre for the first time in many years. In concert with director Paul Greengrass, he’d craft a more somber, inward-looking score than is often heard in the genre—“broken” music for a broken nation.

The Universal Pictures title centers on Captain Kidd (Tom Hanks), a Civil War veteran who travels across the U.S. to share the day’s news with small-town folks. While in Texas, the lonesome character encounters a 10-year-old girl named Johanna (Helena Zengel), who had been abducted at a young age by the Kiowa tribe, and looks to return her to her family.

In conversation with Deadline, Howard breaks down the range of instruments in his score that coalesced into something “uniquely special-sounding.” The eight-time Oscar nominee also touches on the highlights of his first collaboration with Greengrass, and the exciting projects he has coming up,...

Den of Geek was recently invited to play Velan Studios’ Knockout City, a competitive, team-based, over-the-top take on dodgeball set to drop as a new EA Original. The game releases May 21 for $19.99 on PC, Xbox One, PS4, and Nintendo Switch, and is backwards compatible on Xbox Series X/S and PS5. In addition, there is cross-play and cross-progression functionality across all platforms, too. It’s clear, then, that Knockout City is EA‘s latest attempt to tap into a very competitive online multiplayer market after the success of Apex Legends.

The core gameplay mechanic of Knockout City is about as simple as can be: throw and catch. As in traditional dodgeball, two teams (either 3v3 or 4v4) collect balls and hurl them at each other to score points, and can catch balls to defend themselves. The big change to the actual game of dodgeball is that instead of the field...

Falling marks the directorial debut of celebrated actor Viggo Mortensen, who has been nominated for three Academy Awards and is an accomplished musician in his own right. He teams up with genre icon and Hollywood legend Lance Henriksen to play a father-son duo that is somewhat based on Mortensen's own upbringing. Though don't call Falling a biopic. Viggo expertly weaves moments from his childhood into a contemporary tale about dementia that is as equally heartbreaking as it is captivating.

Falling will land in theaters this Friday, February 5, while simultaneously debuting on digital and On Demand for areas that are still affected by movie theater closures across the country. The story is told with a lightening pace and enough dark humor to keep audiences on edgy and completely enthralled until the climactic confrontation between John (Viggo Mortensen) and his father Willis.

Paulington James Christensen III recently visited with both Viggo Mortensen...

George Gerdes, a prolific character actor whose many credits stretch from Miami Vice and Seinfeld to Bosch and Broadway’s A Few Good Men, died Jan. 1 of a brain aneurysm suffered the day before. He was 72.

“George Gerdes has departed,” tweeted Bosch star Titus Welliver. “An actors actor and deeply kind man. Rest easy brother, we are fewer… ” Gerdes had a recurring role on the Amazon Prime series as the operator of a halfway house for Vietnam War veterans.

A singer-songwriter whose two albums of the early 1970s, Obituary and Son of Obituary, drew a small but loyal following for their offbeat humor – his “Hey Packy,” a love letter to a dog, was covered by Loudon Wainwright III in 1976 – Gerdes would go on to build a long career as an actor in often small but memorable roles. On Seinfeld, he played “Man #1”, a vigilante outraged over George Costanza’s treatment of the Bubble Boy,...

“When I get a call saying, ‘Do you want to do a Western?,’ my answer is always yes,” says “News of the World” composer James Newton Howard. “I love Westerns.”

Previous horse dramas for the eight-time Oscar nominee have included “Wyatt Earp” and “Hidalgo.” His collaboration with director Paul Greengrass was his first, and he visited the New Mexico location during shooting more than a year ago.

“The New Mexico desert is always inspiring,” Howard says. “The vistas are limitless and magnificent, and the silence was fantastic. It was one of my few visits to a set that I really enjoyed.”

Yet, Howard admits, “It took a while to find the voice of the movie.” Greengrass sought a “broken sound,” he says, reflecting the feeling of post-Civil War America, and asked for authentic 19th-century instruments to convey the period and South Texas locale. Fiddles, guitars and banjos are heard, along with mandolin,...

“Greyhound” cinematographer Shelly Johnson vividly recalls those anxious days before filming began when he was still waiting on the arrival of the Sphero 65 lenses. Johnson was part of Gold Derby’s Meet the Btl Experts panel, conducted virtually by this writer (watch the exclusive video above). “I wanted the Sphero 65 because they are old and they are a marvelous pairing with this modern camera. The camera separates the colors and the lenses meld them back together. That combination is a lot of giving the movie the presence that it has.”

“Greyhound” is set against the backdrop of the Battle of the Atlantic, with American ships filled with troops and supplies, playing a game of cat and mouse to avoid the German U-boats. Tom Hanks adapted C.S. Forester’s novel “The Good Shepherd” and plays the captain of a fleet of three dozen ships.

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Stars: Austin Abrams, Midori Francis, Dante Brown, Troy Iwata, James Saito, Leah Kreitz, Keana Marie, Glenn McCuen, Ianne Fields Stewart, Diego Guevara, Patrick Vaill, Jodi Long | Directed by Fred Savage, Pamela Romanowsky, Brad Silberling

Does it get any more festive than snow in New York? I know many, many people have the lifelong dream of spending Christmas in the Big Apple and I have to admit that it is a dream that I also share! The closest I am probably ever going to get to this dream was the opening moments of the new Netflix original series Dash and Lily which involves a panning camera which showing the classic New York buildings complete with snow falling from the sky!

Dash and Lily follows all the conventions of your classic teenage ‘relatable’ series; for example the contrast between Dash who hates Christmas with a passion, against Lily who loves the festive period.

Warning: This article spoils the ending of Dash & Lily‘s first season. Haven’t watched? Grab a blanket and head over to Netflix. You’ll thank us later.

Between the iconic location (New York’s famed Strand Bookstore), the perfect time (New Year’s Eve at midnight) and the ludicrously romantic ambience (literal fireworks!), the final scene of Dash & Lily‘s first season finale is about as perfect as it could be. Is it any wonder why executive producer Joe Tracz says it’s his favorite page-to-screen moment in the Netflix series?

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The Christmas-themed romantic comedy, Dash & Lily, recently premiered on Netflix. Dash and Lily are polar opposites, who share completely different opinions of the wintry holiday. Nonetheless, the two connect through a red notebook and challenge one another with a series of dares, pushing one another out of their comfort zones and helping each other.

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It's a sweet story that includes plenty of holiday cheer, and even cameos from The Jonas Brothers, but the dares are part of what makes the series memorable. Some were real challenges, and some, not so much.

The Running Man has found a place to stay for a while: Netflix has handed a script-to-series commitment to a spy drama starring action movie icon Arnold Schwarzenegger, according to our sister site Deadline.

The untitled project, which was first announced back in August, is an hour-long international spy adventure that centers on Schwarzenegger’s character and his daughter, played by Monica Barbaro (Chicago Justice, UnREAL). Scorpion creator Nick Santora will serve as creator and executive producer.

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(Warning: This post contains spoilers through the finale of Netflix’s “Dash & Lily.”)

Netflix’s holiday rom-con “Dash & Lily” centers on two characters with very different hot takes on Christmas: Dash (played by Austin Abrams) hates it with a burning passion and Lily (Midori Francis) loves it with all of her warm heart.

Throughout the show’s 10-episode first season, which launched Tuesday, the two New Yorkers learn to see both sides more clearly after Dash finds a notebook left by Lily at her favorite bookstore, The Strand, and the teens begin to write back and forth to each other. Their romance blossoms as they challenge each other, both with literal tasks and emotional inquiries, in the days leading up to Christmas.

Along with offering a very uplifting and adorable love story, “Dash & Lily” — which is adapted from a book series written by Rachel Cohn and David Levithan...

Do not fall into Dash & Lily’s trap. Within the first few minutes of Netflix’s whimsical eight-episode Y.A. holiday rom-com, you may immediately come to despise its protagonists — a sneering, disaffected, floppy-haired rich kid and a peppy, idealistic, kiss-starved mousling — due to the cloying contrivances of their meet-cute alone. Just days before Christmas Eve, in the hallowed stacks of NYC bookstore The Strand, contrarian Dash (Austin Abrams) finds a notebook containing riddles and puzzles about clues hidden around the cavernous building. Lily (Midori Francis) flirtatiously narrates the quest as Dash plows through the game with heightening ...

Do not fall into Dash & Lily’s trap. Within the first few minutes of Netflix’s whimsical eight-episode Y.A. holiday rom-com, you may immediately come to despise its protagonists — a sneering, disaffected, floppy-haired rich kid and a peppy, idealistic, kiss-starved mousling — due to the cloying contrivances of their meet-cute alone. Just days before Christmas Eve, in the hallowed stacks of NYC bookstore The Strand, contrarian Dash (Austin Abrams) finds a notebook containing riddles and puzzles about clues hidden around the cavernous building. Lily (Midori Francis) flirtatiously narrates the quest as Dash plows through the game with heightening ...

Another week, and another solid collection of content for Netflix, who’ve enjoyed recent success with the likes of The Queen’s Gambit and The Haunting of Bly Manor. The highlights for November 9th to 15th include the addition of topical films such as Fruitvale Station, the most recent season of American Horror Story, and new episodes of The Crown. Aside from all that, there are plenty of other Netflix originals and licensed titles to enjoy as we head deeper into November, too.

In terms of exclusive series, The Crown is undoubtedly the biggest new release for the streamer, and will be available on Sunday, November 15th. The fourth instalment of the period piece promises the arrival of Princess Diana, and what’s sure to be a memorable performance by Gillian Anderson as Margaret Thatcher.

Elsewhere, we have the second season of Dutch crime thriller Undercover, the Christmas-themed romance Dash & Lily,...

From “The Fog of War” to “Tabloid“, to “Mr. Death,” and “American Dharma,” there are a few good reasons why many hail Errol Morris as the master of the one-on-one interview doc. Morris knows that the deepest stories can be found in human transgressions, these transgressions often being the outward manifestation of people’s darkest secrets and desires.

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We first encountered Austin Abrams a few years back at TIFF when he starred alongside Ben Stiller in Brad’s Status, and have been following his career ever since. He can now be seen in one of his biggest roles to date, taking on the lead role in romantic drama Chemical Hearts, alongside Lili Reinhart. Wo celebrate the launch of this title we spoke to Abrams via a Zoom call. Please forgive our old-fashioned back-drop, we were staying in a hotel in Kent.

Abrams tells us what attracted him to this project and whether he read the novel it’s based upon. He also spoke about working with Reinhart, and recounts his own high school experience. We also speak about what he learnt from his time collaborating with Stiller, and whether he too has any ambitions to step behind the lens one day and direct. Finally we discuss his role in the upcoming Netflix series,...

Exclusive: After We Collided, the upcoming sequel to Voltage Pictures’ indie Ya hit After, has locked down its final cast as it begins production with Charlie Weber, Louise Lombard, Candice King, Karimah Westbrook and Rob Estes joining.

After, which was released in April making close to $70M WW, is based on the bestselling Anna Todd book series. Todd co-wrote the screenplay for the sequel with Mario Celaya and is producing as well. The pic recently won Best Choice Drama, Choice Drama Movie Actor and Choice Drama Movie Actress at the 2019 Teen Choice Awards. Cruel Intentions’ Roger Kumble is directing After We Collided which stars returning leads Josephine Langford, Hero Fiennes Tiffin and new castmember Dylan Sprouse.

Shane Paul McGhie, Samuel Larsen, Khadijha Red Thunder and Dylan Arnold will also reprise their roles in the sequel that follows Hardin and Tessa as they struggle to come back together, facing obstacles that...

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Shrunk is the tentative title of Disney's developing reboot/sequel to 1989 classic Honey, I Shrunk the Kids.

Honey, I Shrunk the Kids is getting a reboot movie - titled Shrunk – over at Disney.

It's not exactly breaking news that the Mouse House has been planning to reboot or remake a whole bunch of its older live-action movies (in addition to its animated movies), many of which will hit streaming platform Disney+ but the reboot of the classic size-adjustable family classic is apparently heading to cinemas after it was initially planned as a direct-to-streaming project.

Josh Gad is set to play an older version of Nick Szalinski, Wayne Szalinski's spectacled son in the original 1989 film; a concept that, technically, classifies Shrunk as a sequel, but “reboot” seems to be the dominant taxonomy for this project at the moment.

In the latest news on Honey, I Shrunk the Kids reboot Shrunk,...