The film “Chicken for Linda”, by Chiara Malta and Sébastien Laudenbach, won the Grand Prix Monstra for Best Feature and the Audience Award, in the feature film competition, the organization announced on Saturday at Sala Manoel de Oliveira at Cinema São Jorge , at the Closing Ceremony of the 23rd edition of Monstra – Lisbon Animation Festival. The 23rd edition of the festival, which had Ireland as a guest country and “Freedom of Expression”, as part of the 50th anniversary of the 25th of April, as a theme, ends on Sunday, the day on which the main award-winning films in…
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“Profession: Danger” hits Portuguese cinemas on May 1st and with an official Guinness World Records title. At a special screening of the film in Los Angeles on Wednesday, Ryan Gosling and Emily Blunt presented car duo Logan Holladay with the certificate the record for the highest number of rollovers in a single car, revealed a statement from Universal Studios. The action involves a device under the car that is activated when it reaches a certain speed, propelling it into a series of rollovers. In the case of the new film, there were eight and a half, breaking a record that…
Beau DeMayo (“The Witcher”), who created and developed the animated series “X-Men '97”, was fired two weeks before its debut on Disney+.The Hollywood Reporter describes the situation as “unusual”: DeMayo completed the his work on the first two seasons of Marvel Studios Animation's big bet and had lined up meetings with the press and plans to attend the premiere this Wednesday, March 13th. He had also already spoken with team members about plans for the third season. But at the beginning of last week, there was a “sudden” break with Marvel. His professional email was deactivated and the cast and…
“It’s a very difficult career to pursue with the awards in mind”, considered the actress in the interview room, backstage at the 96th edition of the Oscars. Randolph achieved recognition at the age of 37. “The beautiful and difficult thing about being an actress is that it requires resilience and self-confidence and believing in ourselves when no one else does,” she said. “When we're constantly being told 'no' and we're saying 'I'm going to keep going.'” Randolph was the favorite to win the statuette for her role as Mary Lamb in Alexander Payne's film, in a category where she edged…
A “honey and blood” version of the cute teddy bear Winnie the Pooh was the big star of the 44th edition of the Golden Raspberry Awards, the awards that annually distinguish the worst in cinema. 'A big hit with Razzies voters', explained the organization in a statement sent to SAPO MAG, as “Winnie the Pooh: Blood and Honey” completed the categories in which it competed: Worst Film of 2023, Remake/Exploration/Sequel, Duo, Director and Screenplay were the distinctions in the popularly known awards like the Razzies or the worst “Oscars”, always announced the day before the big night in Hollywood. Interestingly,…
Ted, a failed writer, has to return to Earth to deal with his long-lost father, a Red Sox fanatic. At the barbershop, the friends come together to give one last bit of joy to the sick old man. On a journey of mutual discovery, father and son finally meet again in a story that reveals the past. And fiction ends up becoming reality.A film directed, written and starring by David Duchovny, celebrated by the series “Secret Files”.The screening is on Thursday, March 7th, at 9:15 pm, at Batalha Centro de Cinema, in as part of the 44th edition of Fantasporto.Fantasporto…
“Rebel Moon – Part One: Fire Girl” was released on December 22 on Netflix and a second film arrives in April. From the same director of “300” and “Man of Steel”, Zack Snyder's sci-fi epic follows Kora (Sofia Boutella), a mysterious stranger who crashes her spaceship at the edge of the universe and finds herself defending the peaceful villagers who welcomed her from the tyrannical Empire.The passion project was born out of Lucasfilm's rejection of his ideas for a new “Star Wars” about a decade ago, leading the filmmaker to move forward and create his own sprawling, mythology-filled universe, generously…
Actress Judith Godrèche on Thursday denounced France's “incestuous” film industry and called for the creation of a commission of inquiry into sexual violence in the film industry while speaking in the upper chamber of the Senate.The historic hearing at the Luxembourg Palace takes place in a at a time when French cinema is suffering from allegations that the arts world has ignored sexism and sexual abuse for decades. Godrèche, 51, became the first artist to speak to members of the upper house of the French parliament about the sexual and gender-based violence in the national film industry. She became an…
In October 2021, during interviews to promote the first “Dune”, Timothée Chalamet revealed that he had been given two important pieces of advice to have a long career in Hollywood. “One of my heroes — I can't say who or he gave me a beat me — he put his arm around me the first night we met and gave me some advice. 'No hard drugs — and no superhero movies,'” he explained to Time magazine. In September 2022, made the revelation that it was Leonardo DiCaprio: the two worked together on the Netflix film “Don't Look Up”. So far,…
“Bob Marley: One Love” topped the North American box office for the second weekend in a row, grossing an estimated $13.5 million, prevailing over films featuring superheroes, demons and angels. , also showing in Portugal, with Brit Kingsley Ben-Adir as the iconic reggae singer, has already surpassed 120 million, industry observer Exhibitor Relations reported on Sunday, showing the exceptional strength for a musical biopic.The latest manga Demon Slayer: Kimetsu No Yaiba – To The Hashira Training”, also in national cinemas, came in second place, grossing around 11.6 million in the period from Friday to Sunday. “The reviews are strong again”,…