“A Disturbance in the Force,” a comical behind-the-scenes documentary about the ill-fated 1978 “Star Wars Holiday Special,” will arrive from a galaxy far, far away in December.
After its premiere at this year’s SXSW Film Festival, “A Disturbance in the Force” will be released on digital and Blu-Ray on Dec. 5. This announcement comes on Life Day, a canonically Wookie holiday in the Star Wars universe.
The movie will also play in select theaters across the U.S., U.K. and Australia ahead of its home entertainment launch. September Club produced “A Disturbance in the Force” with Giant Pictures handling digital and Blu-ray distribution. Adam F. Goldberg served as executive producer.
“A Disturbance in the Force” chronicles the making of the bizarre “Star Wars Holiday Special” that aired 45 years ago and never surfaced again. For some context: “Star Wars” was released in theaters in 1977 and became a cultural phenomenon. A year later,...
After its premiere at this year’s SXSW Film Festival, “A Disturbance in the Force” will be released on digital and Blu-Ray on Dec. 5. This announcement comes on Life Day, a canonically Wookie holiday in the Star Wars universe.
The movie will also play in select theaters across the U.S., U.K. and Australia ahead of its home entertainment launch. September Club produced “A Disturbance in the Force” with Giant Pictures handling digital and Blu-ray distribution. Adam F. Goldberg served as executive producer.
“A Disturbance in the Force” chronicles the making of the bizarre “Star Wars Holiday Special” that aired 45 years ago and never surfaced again. For some context: “Star Wars” was released in theaters in 1977 and became a cultural phenomenon. A year later,...
- 11/17/2023
- by Rebecca Rubin
- Variety Film + TV
Outlaw Johnny Black is a western action-comedy film co-written and directed by Michael Jai White. The Western film follows the story of Johnny Black, a man who has sworn to gun down Brett Clayton in order to get revenge for his father’s death. In the process of getting his revenge, he becomes a wanted man while posing as a preacher in a small mining town that’s been taken over by a notorious Land Baron.
The film also stars Jai White in the lead role of Johnny Black. In the supporting cast, we see Anika Noni Rose as Jessie Lee, Erica Ash as Bessie Lee, Byron Minns as Reverend Percy, Chris Browning as Brett Clayton, Barry Bostwick as Tom Sheally, Kevin Chapman as U.S. Marshall Cove, Randy Couture as Bill Basset, Kim Whitley as Sister Betty, and Tommy Davidson as Clancy.
While the reviews are mixed for the film,...
The film also stars Jai White in the lead role of Johnny Black. In the supporting cast, we see Anika Noni Rose as Jessie Lee, Erica Ash as Bessie Lee, Byron Minns as Reverend Percy, Chris Browning as Brett Clayton, Barry Bostwick as Tom Sheally, Kevin Chapman as U.S. Marshall Cove, Randy Couture as Bill Basset, Kim Whitley as Sister Betty, and Tommy Davidson as Clancy.
While the reviews are mixed for the film,...
- 9/18/2023
- by Kulwant Singh
- Cinema Blind
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If Tom Cruises’s latest entry as Ethan Hunt in “Mission Impossible — Dead Reckoning Part One” has inspired you to re-binge the entire franchise, then you’re in luck. All seven “Mission Impossible” films are now available to stream on Paramount+.
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“Mission Impossible,” the second-longest running movie franchise (after “Star Trek”) ever spawned by a live-action television series, is one of the few franchises whose films are widely considered to have gotten better and more ambitious with each entry.
“Yes, it’s true — the ‘Mission: Impossible’ movies have come to constitute that rare (if not unprecedented) franchise in which each new episode seems bigger, bolder and better than its immediate predecessor,” wrote film critic Joe Leydon in his ranking of all the “Mission Impossible” movies for Variety.
If Tom Cruises’s latest entry as Ethan Hunt in “Mission Impossible — Dead Reckoning Part One” has inspired you to re-binge the entire franchise, then you’re in luck. All seven “Mission Impossible” films are now available to stream on Paramount+.
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“Mission Impossible,” the second-longest running movie franchise (after “Star Trek”) ever spawned by a live-action television series, is one of the few franchises whose films are widely considered to have gotten better and more ambitious with each entry.
“Yes, it’s true — the ‘Mission: Impossible’ movies have come to constitute that rare (if not unprecedented) franchise in which each new episode seems bigger, bolder and better than its immediate predecessor,” wrote film critic Joe Leydon in his ranking of all the “Mission Impossible” movies for Variety.
- 7/25/2023
- by Anna Tingley
- Variety Film + TV
“Evil Dead Rise” might not be able to vanquish the soon-to-three-peat box office champion “The Super Mario Bros. Movie,” but the horror entry is still chainsawing off its own solid opening on domestic charts.
The Warner Bros. release earned $10.3 million from 3,402 locations on Friday, a figure that includes $2.5 million in previews. It’s an effective start for the horror entry, which now has a strong chance of outperforming its projections, which had pegged the film with a $15 million to $20 million debut heading into the weekend. That’s not too shabby of a haul for a production originally slated to release directly on HBO Max. Even more impressively, “Rise” is contending with two horror releases from last week, “Renfield” and “The Pope’s Exorcist.”
“Evil Dead Rise” is the fifth installment in Warner Bros. and New Line’s outlandish horror franchise, as well as the first in 10 years. “Rise” is tracking slightly behind its predecessor,...
The Warner Bros. release earned $10.3 million from 3,402 locations on Friday, a figure that includes $2.5 million in previews. It’s an effective start for the horror entry, which now has a strong chance of outperforming its projections, which had pegged the film with a $15 million to $20 million debut heading into the weekend. That’s not too shabby of a haul for a production originally slated to release directly on HBO Max. Even more impressively, “Rise” is contending with two horror releases from last week, “Renfield” and “The Pope’s Exorcist.”
“Evil Dead Rise” is the fifth installment in Warner Bros. and New Line’s outlandish horror franchise, as well as the first in 10 years. “Rise” is tracking slightly behind its predecessor,...
- 4/22/2023
- by J. Kim Murphy
- Variety Film + TV
Box Office: ‘Super Mario Bros. Movie’ to Rule Over ‘Evil Dead Rise’ and ‘Guy Ritchie’s the Covenant’
“The Super Mario Bros. Movie” will rule again in its third weekend at the box office. In maintaining the No. 1 spot in North America, the family film is expected to take down two newcomers, the supernatural horror sequel “Evil Dead Rise” and action-war thriller “Guy Ritchie’s the Covenant,” as well as A24’s mind-bender “Beau Is Afraid,” which is expanding nationwide.
Universal and Illumination’s animated “Mario” adventure has grossed $366.3 million domestically to date. In the next few days, it will surpass “Minions: The Rise of Gru” ($369 million) as the highest-grossing animated film of the pandemic era. With $724 million globally, it already stands as the biggest movie of the year so far. Now in its third outing at the domestic box office, “Mario” is looking to bring in roughly $45 to $50 million, a massive result at this point in its theatrical run.
In terms of new releases, the blood-soaked “Evil Dead Rise...
Universal and Illumination’s animated “Mario” adventure has grossed $366.3 million domestically to date. In the next few days, it will surpass “Minions: The Rise of Gru” ($369 million) as the highest-grossing animated film of the pandemic era. With $724 million globally, it already stands as the biggest movie of the year so far. Now in its third outing at the domestic box office, “Mario” is looking to bring in roughly $45 to $50 million, a massive result at this point in its theatrical run.
In terms of new releases, the blood-soaked “Evil Dead Rise...
- 4/19/2023
- by Rebecca Rubin
- Variety Film + TV
MGM has picked up several global territories on well-regarded comedy-drama “Queen Bees,” starring Ellen Burstyn, Jane Curtin, Loretta Devine, Ann-Margret and James Caan.
The film is directed by Michael Lembeck and written by Donald Martin. Arclight Films has sold distribution rights to MGM for the territories of Germany, Italy, Switzerland, Scandinavia, Iceland, U.K., Middle East, Greece, Portugal/Portuguese-speaking Africa, Cis/Russia, India, South Africa, Pan Asia Pay TV, Caribbean Basin and Latin America. Additional international distribution deals have also been signed with Kismet for Australia and New Zealand, Cannonball Films for Spain and Monolith for Poland.
Arclight Films previously sold the North American rights to Gravitas Ventures, who released “Queen Bees” in theatres and on demand in June in the U.S. and Canada.
While her house undergoes repairs, fiercely independent senior Helen (Oscar winner Burstyn) moves into a nearby retirement community, where she encounters all sorts of characters.
The film is directed by Michael Lembeck and written by Donald Martin. Arclight Films has sold distribution rights to MGM for the territories of Germany, Italy, Switzerland, Scandinavia, Iceland, U.K., Middle East, Greece, Portugal/Portuguese-speaking Africa, Cis/Russia, India, South Africa, Pan Asia Pay TV, Caribbean Basin and Latin America. Additional international distribution deals have also been signed with Kismet for Australia and New Zealand, Cannonball Films for Spain and Monolith for Poland.
Arclight Films previously sold the North American rights to Gravitas Ventures, who released “Queen Bees” in theatres and on demand in June in the U.S. and Canada.
While her house undergoes repairs, fiercely independent senior Helen (Oscar winner Burstyn) moves into a nearby retirement community, where she encounters all sorts of characters.
- 9/10/2021
- by Naman Ramachandran
- Variety Film + TV
Another week, another step toward the world as we knew it before Covid-19, thanks to nationwide vaccination efforts and the gradual reopening of theaters. A week after New York cinemas cautiously reopened, Los Angeles plans to do the same, and distributors are serving up movies they’d kept on the sidelines to serve the venues that have suffered so greatly this past year — although after last week’s deluge, this one brings a pretty meager menu of new releases.
Perhaps most tantalizing is Pedro Almodóvar’s “The Human Voice,” starring Tilda Swinton. Sony Pictures Classics is releasing the 30-minute short film, which debuted at the Venice Film Festival (one of 2020’s few in-person events), in just a handful of theaters, along with a fresh restoration of the Spanish master’s “Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown.” That means audiences can come just for a short, social-distanced experience (ducking...
Perhaps most tantalizing is Pedro Almodóvar’s “The Human Voice,” starring Tilda Swinton. Sony Pictures Classics is releasing the 30-minute short film, which debuted at the Venice Film Festival (one of 2020’s few in-person events), in just a handful of theaters, along with a fresh restoration of the Spanish master’s “Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown.” That means audiences can come just for a short, social-distanced experience (ducking...
- 3/12/2021
- by Peter Debruge
- Variety Film + TV
With the Super Bowl behind us and the Oscars looming (and a pandemic-dampened Valentine’s Day as a marketing peg), American distributors are releasing their most robust slate of new releases in months this weekend.
Awards contenders “Judas and the Black Messiah” (about the FBI-sanctioned murder of Fred Hampton) and “Land” (starring and directed by Robin Wright) arrive in theaters, hot off their premieres at this year’s virtual Sundance Film Festival. Also on the awards-worthy indie front, A24 releases last year’s Sundance winner “Minari” on demand. Steven Yuen stars in this immigrant story with universal appeal. And if theaters are open (and safe) near you, consider catching Michelle Pfeiffer in the wickedly funny “French Exit.”
Targeting teens with Valentine’s offerings, Amazon delivers the “Groundhog Day”-esque romance “The Map of Tiny Perfect Things” to Prime subscribers, while Netflix completes its “To All the Boys I’ve Loved Before” trilogy with “Always and Forever.
Awards contenders “Judas and the Black Messiah” (about the FBI-sanctioned murder of Fred Hampton) and “Land” (starring and directed by Robin Wright) arrive in theaters, hot off their premieres at this year’s virtual Sundance Film Festival. Also on the awards-worthy indie front, A24 releases last year’s Sundance winner “Minari” on demand. Steven Yuen stars in this immigrant story with universal appeal. And if theaters are open (and safe) near you, consider catching Michelle Pfeiffer in the wickedly funny “French Exit.”
Targeting teens with Valentine’s offerings, Amazon delivers the “Groundhog Day”-esque romance “The Map of Tiny Perfect Things” to Prime subscribers, while Netflix completes its “To All the Boys I’ve Loved Before” trilogy with “Always and Forever.
- 2/13/2021
- by Peter Debruge
- Variety Film + TV
February is shaping up to be something special. In response to a pandemic-extended awards season, the sort of films that used to crowd the release calendar just before New Year’s in an effort to Oscar-qualify while also still maintaining some measure of last-minute/latest-thing freshness are now arranging to come out over the coming weeks.
Think of that as a teaser of such upcoming films as “Minari” and “Nomadland” more than a reflection of this week’s lineup, although a couple of this week’s releases feature elements the marketing departments would be happy to hear described as “Oscar worthy.”
The first is Viggo Mortensen’s directorial debut, in which he plays a gay man dealing with his father’s dementia (featuring a raging performance by Lance Henriksen). The second is Sam Levinson’s resourceful two-hander “Malcolm & Marie,” made during the pandemic and featuring two terrific, on-fire performances...
Think of that as a teaser of such upcoming films as “Minari” and “Nomadland” more than a reflection of this week’s lineup, although a couple of this week’s releases feature elements the marketing departments would be happy to hear described as “Oscar worthy.”
The first is Viggo Mortensen’s directorial debut, in which he plays a gay man dealing with his father’s dementia (featuring a raging performance by Lance Henriksen). The second is Sam Levinson’s resourceful two-hander “Malcolm & Marie,” made during the pandemic and featuring two terrific, on-fire performances...
- 2/5/2021
- by Peter Debruge
- Variety Film + TV
Early January is rarely a time for exciting new releases, although this year is slightly different, as the Oscar window has shifted and streaming services offer up their awards contenders. This week, “Herself” and “Pieces of a Woman” make their way from limited theatrical runs to Amazon and Netflix, respectively. And over at Film Movement, Latvian foreign language submission “Blizzard of Souls” kicks off a weekly series of movies competing for the international feature Oscar.
Otherwise, the release calendar reflects the usual January doldrums, made all the more tepid by the lack of schlock horror movies and YA romantic weepies. It won’t surprise many to learn that theatrical releases are slim, although those willing to risk it can watch “CSI” veteran Gary Dourdan play an American war hero tasked with rescuing his pregnant wife from terrorists. By all reports, you don’t need to see this one to guess how it goes.
Otherwise, the release calendar reflects the usual January doldrums, made all the more tepid by the lack of schlock horror movies and YA romantic weepies. It won’t surprise many to learn that theatrical releases are slim, although those willing to risk it can watch “CSI” veteran Gary Dourdan play an American war hero tasked with rescuing his pregnant wife from terrorists. By all reports, you don’t need to see this one to guess how it goes.
- 1/8/2021
- by Peter Debruge
- Variety Film + TV
Netflix users are lapping up a surprising movie today, as a forgotten action flick starring Jason Momoa is dominating on the platform. Yes, 2018’s Braven is sitting as the second most popular film on the streaming giant with subscribers in the United States, according to FlixPatrol. Despite coming out the same year as his smash hit blockbuster Aquaman, Braven slipped under the radar at the time but now fans of the Arthur Curry actor are giving it a go on the streamer and they seem to be digging it.
If you haven’t seen it, the pic sees Momoa play logger Joe Braven, who has to protect his wife and daughter from a group of dangerous drug runners when they attack his hunting cabin. Stephen Lang co-stars as Braven’s father with Garret Dillahunt and Zahn McClarnon as the main villains. Momoa also produced the movie through his Pride of Gypsies production label.
If you haven’t seen it, the pic sees Momoa play logger Joe Braven, who has to protect his wife and daughter from a group of dangerous drug runners when they attack his hunting cabin. Stephen Lang co-stars as Braven’s father with Garret Dillahunt and Zahn McClarnon as the main villains. Momoa also produced the movie through his Pride of Gypsies production label.
- 12/18/2020
- by Christian Bone
- We Got This Covered
This is the biggest weekend yet for new movies. Not only are more cinemas re-opening nationwide, but three relatively huge titles from big-name directors — Judd Apatow, Spike Lee and Kenneth Branagh — find their way straight to streaming as well, offering movie buffs myriad options to feed their appetite.
The largest of these new releases is “The King of Staten Island,” which was supposed to open the SXSW Film Festival back in March, until that event was canceled by the coronavirus outbreak. Universal has since decided to go the same “home premiere” route that it did with “Trolls World Tour,” pricing digital rentals at $19.99.
But the movie of the moment is Spike Lee’s “Da 5 Bloods,” which coincides with nationwide demonstrations over the death of George Floyd. The drama interweaves the largely untold story of Black servicemen in the Vietnam War with a modern-day adventure plot, as four veterans return...
The largest of these new releases is “The King of Staten Island,” which was supposed to open the SXSW Film Festival back in March, until that event was canceled by the coronavirus outbreak. Universal has since decided to go the same “home premiere” route that it did with “Trolls World Tour,” pricing digital rentals at $19.99.
But the movie of the moment is Spike Lee’s “Da 5 Bloods,” which coincides with nationwide demonstrations over the death of George Floyd. The drama interweaves the largely untold story of Black servicemen in the Vietnam War with a modern-day adventure plot, as four veterans return...
- 6/12/2020
- by Peter Debruge
- Variety Film + TV
Rewriting Hollywood’s fictionalized version of events, My Darling Vivian tells the true story of Vivian Liberto, Johnny Cash’s first wife and the mother of his four daughters. This acclaimed new documentary feature had its world premiere at the 2020 SXSW Film Festival and played other top festivals. Click Here for All Virtual Cinema Bookings
A story that was lost or misinterpreted to serve a myth comes to life in this revealing new film that is painful but compassionate, wrenching but true.
In 1951, Catholic schoolgirl Vivian Liberto meets handsome Air Force cadet Johnny Cash at her local San Antonio, Texas skating rink. Their whirlwind summer romance lays the foundation for a feverish three-year-long correspondence while Johnny is stationed in Germany. Thousands of letters later, the two marry upon his return in 1954. Within a year, a career blossoms and a family is started. By 1961, Johnny Cash is a household name, number one on the music charts,...
A story that was lost or misinterpreted to serve a myth comes to life in this revealing new film that is painful but compassionate, wrenching but true.
In 1951, Catholic schoolgirl Vivian Liberto meets handsome Air Force cadet Johnny Cash at her local San Antonio, Texas skating rink. Their whirlwind summer romance lays the foundation for a feverish three-year-long correspondence while Johnny is stationed in Germany. Thousands of letters later, the two marry upon his return in 1954. Within a year, a career blossoms and a family is started. By 1961, Johnny Cash is a household name, number one on the music charts,...
- 6/5/2020
- by Tom Stockman
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
The story of former Toronto Mayor Rob Ford is getting its time in theaters with the new film Run This Town.
Damian Lewis stars as the eccentric Ford, who died from cancer at the age of 46 in 2016, in the Ricky Tollman-directed film. Ben Platt plays Bram Shriver, a journalist who exposes Ford’s drug use.
The movie follows Platt’s Shriver as he aims to make a name for himself at a Toronto publication when he meets a source who wants to sell him a video of Ford smoking crack cocaine.
The film premiered at South by Southwest in...
Damian Lewis stars as the eccentric Ford, who died from cancer at the age of 46 in 2016, in the Ricky Tollman-directed film. Ben Platt plays Bram Shriver, a journalist who exposes Ford’s drug use.
The movie follows Platt’s Shriver as he aims to make a name for himself at a Toronto publication when he meets a source who wants to sell him a video of Ford smoking crack cocaine.
The film premiered at South by Southwest in...
- 3/5/2020
- by Alexia Fernandez
- PEOPLE.com
Much of the buzz at this year’s SXSW Film Festival originated with the starry, studio-driven Headliners category, where Jordan Peele’s “Us” and work-in-progress action-comedy “Stuber” played to enthusiastic audiences. Night after night for nearly the entire nine-day festival, SXSW unveiled such high-profile titles to enthusiastic audiences at Paramount Theater — a major coup for an event that’s proven to Hollywood marketing strategists that it can serve as an ideal launchpad for horror (“A Quiet Place”), action (“Atomic Blonde”), and comedies (“Sausage Party”).
SXSW had a record nine Headliners this year, plus a handful of high-impact political docs, including “Running With Beto” and “Knock Down the House” (the latter one of a dozen films selected to play Austin so soon after Sundance). But such movies make up less than 10% of a festival that’s still first and foremost about discovering and sharing outside-the-box new independent films: SXSW boasts more...
SXSW had a record nine Headliners this year, plus a handful of high-impact political docs, including “Running With Beto” and “Knock Down the House” (the latter one of a dozen films selected to play Austin so soon after Sundance). But such movies make up less than 10% of a festival that’s still first and foremost about discovering and sharing outside-the-box new independent films: SXSW boasts more...
- 3/17/2019
- by Peter Debruge, Joe Leydon and Dennis Harvey
- Variety Film + TV
In today’s film news roundup, “Screwball” is getting a domestic release in the spring, Brian Goldsmith re-ups at Lionsgate, horror novel “Snowblind” is in the works as a film, and “Room 13” has been cast.
Acquisition
Greenwich Entertainment has acquired U.S. rights to baseball doping documentary “Screwball” and plans a theatrical release to coincide with the start of the Major League Baseball season in April.
The film, directed by Billy Corben (“Cocaine Cowboys”), centers on the Alex Rodriguez/Biogenesis doping scandal, which broke in 2013 when several Mlb players were accused of obtaining performance-enhancing drugs such as human growth hormone from the now-defunct rejuvenation clinic Biogenesis of America.
“Screwball” premiered in September at the Toronto International Film Festival and recently played at DocNYC. Corben and Alfred Spellman produced under their Rakontur banner.
“Billy Corben’s wildly entertaining doc is his latest look at a perverse pursuit of the American Dream,...
Acquisition
Greenwich Entertainment has acquired U.S. rights to baseball doping documentary “Screwball” and plans a theatrical release to coincide with the start of the Major League Baseball season in April.
The film, directed by Billy Corben (“Cocaine Cowboys”), centers on the Alex Rodriguez/Biogenesis doping scandal, which broke in 2013 when several Mlb players were accused of obtaining performance-enhancing drugs such as human growth hormone from the now-defunct rejuvenation clinic Biogenesis of America.
“Screwball” premiered in September at the Toronto International Film Festival and recently played at DocNYC. Corben and Alfred Spellman produced under their Rakontur banner.
“Billy Corben’s wildly entertaining doc is his latest look at a perverse pursuit of the American Dream,...
- 11/17/2018
- by Dave McNary
- Variety Film + TV
Orion Classics has acquired North American and Latin American rights for Suzi Yoonessi’s dramedy “Unlovable,” which won the SXSW’s Gamechanger Special Jury Recognition Award.
“Unlovable” is based on co-writer and lead actress Charlene deGuzman’s real-life experiences with sex and love addiction. Yoonessi directed from a script penned by deGuzman, Sarah Adina Smith, and Mark Duplass.
Orion Classics will release the film in U.S. theaters on Nov. 1 and on VOD and Digital HD on Nov. 2.
DeGuzman portrays a recovering sex and love addict who discovers the true nature of intimacy when she forms a garage band with her sponsor’s quirky and reclusive brother, played by John Hawkes. All of the original songs in the film were produced by Hawkes which he wrote alongside Smith and performed with deGuzman. Melissa Leo co-stars as the sponsor of deGuzman’s character.
Yoonessi said, “I remember as a child gazing into the Orion logo,...
“Unlovable” is based on co-writer and lead actress Charlene deGuzman’s real-life experiences with sex and love addiction. Yoonessi directed from a script penned by deGuzman, Sarah Adina Smith, and Mark Duplass.
Orion Classics will release the film in U.S. theaters on Nov. 1 and on VOD and Digital HD on Nov. 2.
DeGuzman portrays a recovering sex and love addict who discovers the true nature of intimacy when she forms a garage band with her sponsor’s quirky and reclusive brother, played by John Hawkes. All of the original songs in the film were produced by Hawkes which he wrote alongside Smith and performed with deGuzman. Melissa Leo co-stars as the sponsor of deGuzman’s character.
Yoonessi said, “I remember as a child gazing into the Orion logo,...
- 9/5/2018
- by Dave McNary
- Variety Film + TV
In today’s film news roundup, teen drama “Sadie” gets a release, “Younger” star Molly Bernard and a comedy about Chuck Taylor sneakers is in the works.
Release Date
Filmmaker Megan Griffiths and producers Lacey Leavitt and Jennessa West will independently release their drama “Sadie” starting with openings on Oct. 12 in Los Angeles and New York.
“Sadie,” which debuted at SXSW and won the Gryphon Jury Award at the 2018 Giffoni Film Festival, centers on a 13-year-old girl, played by Sophia Mitri Schloss, whose behavior worsens due to a fierce affection for her faraway father, a solider she hasn’t seen during the several years he has pulled multiple tours of duty in Afghanistan.
Joe Leydon said in his SXSW review for Variety, “Equal parts coming-of-age story and slow-burn thriller, writer-director Megan Griffiths’ quietly absorbing and methodically disquieting drama is a genuine rarity.”
Melanie Lynskey stars as the mother along with John Gallagher Jr.,...
Release Date
Filmmaker Megan Griffiths and producers Lacey Leavitt and Jennessa West will independently release their drama “Sadie” starting with openings on Oct. 12 in Los Angeles and New York.
“Sadie,” which debuted at SXSW and won the Gryphon Jury Award at the 2018 Giffoni Film Festival, centers on a 13-year-old girl, played by Sophia Mitri Schloss, whose behavior worsens due to a fierce affection for her faraway father, a solider she hasn’t seen during the several years he has pulled multiple tours of duty in Afghanistan.
Joe Leydon said in his SXSW review for Variety, “Equal parts coming-of-age story and slow-burn thriller, writer-director Megan Griffiths’ quietly absorbing and methodically disquieting drama is a genuine rarity.”
Melanie Lynskey stars as the mother along with John Gallagher Jr.,...
- 8/28/2018
- by Dave McNary
- Variety Film + TV
After making beaucoup bucks in its native Japan, where it’s the highest-grossing film of 2016, “Shin Godzilla” (Aka “Godzilla Resurgence”) has made its way across the Pacific and is now making landfall in America. The reviews so far are mostly favorable: Joe Leydon, writing for Variety, says that the king of monsters “gets a largely satisfying reboot in ‘Shin Godzilla,’ a surprisingly clever monster mash best described as the ‘Batman Begins’ of Zilla Thrillers.”
Read More: ‘Godzilla: Resurgence’ Trailer: The Beloved Monster Returns In Toho’s First Godzilla Movie In A Decade
Over at The Wrap, Alonso Duralde is similarly favorable in his review:
“‘Shin Godzilla’ feels very much like a post-9/11 movie that ventures into nearly ‘Veep’-ian levels of political satire…And when Godzilla does his thing, it’s always terrifying — the destruction here is chillingly realistic and far removed from the crumbling cardboard skyscrapers of yore.
Read More: ‘Godzilla: Resurgence’ Trailer: The Beloved Monster Returns In Toho’s First Godzilla Movie In A Decade
Over at The Wrap, Alonso Duralde is similarly favorable in his review:
“‘Shin Godzilla’ feels very much like a post-9/11 movie that ventures into nearly ‘Veep’-ian levels of political satire…And when Godzilla does his thing, it’s always terrifying — the destruction here is chillingly realistic and far removed from the crumbling cardboard skyscrapers of yore.
- 10/12/2016
- by Michael Nordine
- Indiewire
From Nowhere.
Matthew Newton's latest film as a director, his first since Three Blind Mice in 2008, has won an audience award at Austin's annual SXSW festival.
Three Blind Mice starred Ewen Leslie, Toby Schmitz and Newton himself as buddies on a night out in Sydney..
By contrast From Nowhere.takes place in a Bronx high school and stars relatively unknown actors..
Julianne Nicholson, J. Mallory McCree and Octavia Chavez-Richmond play students about to graduate who are also undocumented immigrants.
A clip from the film can be watched here.
The hot-button feature was praised by Variety's Joe Leydon as a "compelling indie drama".
"Arriving in the middle of an election season when debates over U.S. immigration policy have devolved into sloganeering and shouting matches, .From Nowhere. feels all the more urgent and relevant as it applies human faces to abstract statistics and arguments", Leydon said.
"Writer-director Matthew Newton neatly...
Matthew Newton's latest film as a director, his first since Three Blind Mice in 2008, has won an audience award at Austin's annual SXSW festival.
Three Blind Mice starred Ewen Leslie, Toby Schmitz and Newton himself as buddies on a night out in Sydney..
By contrast From Nowhere.takes place in a Bronx high school and stars relatively unknown actors..
Julianne Nicholson, J. Mallory McCree and Octavia Chavez-Richmond play students about to graduate who are also undocumented immigrants.
A clip from the film can be watched here.
The hot-button feature was praised by Variety's Joe Leydon as a "compelling indie drama".
"Arriving in the middle of an election season when debates over U.S. immigration policy have devolved into sloganeering and shouting matches, .From Nowhere. feels all the more urgent and relevant as it applies human faces to abstract statistics and arguments", Leydon said.
"Writer-director Matthew Newton neatly...
- 3/21/2016
- by Harry Windsor
- IF.com.au
From Nowhere.
Matthew Newton's latest film as a director, his first since Three Blind Mice in 2008, has won an audience award at Austin's annual SXSW festival.
Three Blind Mice starred Ewen Leslie, Toby Schmitz and Newton himself as buddies on a night out in Sydney..
By contrast From Nowhere.takes place in a Bronx high school and stars relatively unknown actors..
Julianne Nicholson, J. Mallory McCree and Octavia Chavez-Richmond play students about to graduate who are also undocumented immigrants.
A clip from the film can be watched here.
The hot-button feature was praised by Variety's Joe Leydon as a "compelling indie drama".
"Arriving in the middle of an election season when debates over U.S. immigration policy have devolved into sloganeering and shouting matches, .From Nowhere. feels all the more urgent and relevant as it applies human faces to abstract statistics and arguments", Leydon said.
"Writer-director Matthew Newton neatly...
Matthew Newton's latest film as a director, his first since Three Blind Mice in 2008, has won an audience award at Austin's annual SXSW festival.
Three Blind Mice starred Ewen Leslie, Toby Schmitz and Newton himself as buddies on a night out in Sydney..
By contrast From Nowhere.takes place in a Bronx high school and stars relatively unknown actors..
Julianne Nicholson, J. Mallory McCree and Octavia Chavez-Richmond play students about to graduate who are also undocumented immigrants.
A clip from the film can be watched here.
The hot-button feature was praised by Variety's Joe Leydon as a "compelling indie drama".
"Arriving in the middle of an election season when debates over U.S. immigration policy have devolved into sloganeering and shouting matches, .From Nowhere. feels all the more urgent and relevant as it applies human faces to abstract statistics and arguments", Leydon said.
"Writer-director Matthew Newton neatly...
- 3/21/2016
- by Harry Windsor
- IF.com.au
On Monday, SXSW audiences had a first look at the upcoming animated film Sausage Party. It’s a scream!
Variety’s Joe Leydon writes in his review of the “work-in-progress” movie, “Sony could have a mid-sized late-summer hit on its hands.”
The screenplay is by Seth Rogen, Evan Goldberg, Kyle Hunter, and Ariel Shaffir and directed by Conrad Vernon & Greg Tiernan.
Check out the Nsfw (or little kids) red-band trailer below.
Sausage Party, the first R-rated CG animated movie, is about one sausage (Seth Rogen) leading a group of supermarket products on a quest to discover the truth about their existence and what really happens when they become chosen to leave the grocery store.
The film features the vocal talents of a who’s who of today’s comedy stars – as well as those who starred alongside Rogen in the hilarious This Is The End – Kristen Wiig, Jonah Hill, Bill Hader,...
Variety’s Joe Leydon writes in his review of the “work-in-progress” movie, “Sony could have a mid-sized late-summer hit on its hands.”
The screenplay is by Seth Rogen, Evan Goldberg, Kyle Hunter, and Ariel Shaffir and directed by Conrad Vernon & Greg Tiernan.
Check out the Nsfw (or little kids) red-band trailer below.
Sausage Party, the first R-rated CG animated movie, is about one sausage (Seth Rogen) leading a group of supermarket products on a quest to discover the truth about their existence and what really happens when they become chosen to leave the grocery store.
The film features the vocal talents of a who’s who of today’s comedy stars – as well as those who starred alongside Rogen in the hilarious This Is The End – Kristen Wiig, Jonah Hill, Bill Hader,...
- 3/15/2016
- by Michelle McCue
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
Stx Entertainment served up their new horror/thriller movie, "The Boy," into theaters today, January 22nd, 2016, and we've got some reviews in from a couple of the major,top movie critics in the biz, and it's not such great news. Although, I have seen worse. They gave it some 40 and 50 grades out of a possible 100 at the Metacritic.com site. The film stars: Ben Robson, Diana Hardcastle, James Russell, Jim Norton, Lauren Cohan and Rupert Evans. We've added statements from the scarce, 2 critics that managed to give it a look-see. Katie Rife over at The A.V. Club, gave it a just average 50 grade, claiming: "At least, maybe The Boy can lead some novices to better, more original horror movies." Then Joe Leydon over at Variety, gave it a 40 grade. He stated: "Despite the assiduous grinding of plot mechanics by William Brent Bell (“The Devil Inside”) and scripter Stacey Menear,...
- 1/22/2016
- by Andre Braddox
- OnTheFlix
Here we go again. Anytime a new film by Quentin Tarantino surfaces, the hunt begins to find the various influences and elements he's borrowed from other movies and television shows to put together his work. The filmmaker has always been candid about his influences, and is voluble on his inspirations. That said, Cowboys & Indians does point out some striking similarities between "The Hateful Eight" and a vintage TV series probably only your grandpa remembers watching. **Spoilers Ahead** To start off with, the article's author, Joe Leydon, wants to make it clear: "Please don’t misunderstand: We’re not accusing Quentin Tarantino of plagiarism." He cites the long tradition of stories being "borrowed" and recycled, particularly during the days of '50s and '60s television. However, with that caveat out of the way, he points out the very, very close similarities between an episode of the short-lived, two season series "The Rebel,...
- 9/1/2015
- by Kevin Jagernauth
- The Playlist
Sony Pictures Classics has released the brand new poster for the upcoming drama Labyrinth Of Lies.
Directed by Giulio Ricciarelli, Labyrinth Of Lies opens in NY & La September 25th, followed by a national roll-out in more theaters. On writing the dialogue, Ricciarelli says, “We don’t want to give viewers a history lesson, but an emotional cinematic experience.”
Germany 1958. Reconstruction, economic miracle. Johann Radmann (Alexander Fehling) has just recently been appointed Public Prosecutor and, like all beginners, he has to content himself with boring traffic offenses. When the journalist Thomas Gnielka (André Szymanski) causes a ruckus in the courthouse, Radmann pricks up his ears: a friend of Gnielka’s identified a teacher as a former Auschwitz guard, but no one is interested in prosecuting him.
Against the will of his immediate superior, Radmann begins to examine the case – and lands in a web of repression and denial, but also of idealization.
Directed by Giulio Ricciarelli, Labyrinth Of Lies opens in NY & La September 25th, followed by a national roll-out in more theaters. On writing the dialogue, Ricciarelli says, “We don’t want to give viewers a history lesson, but an emotional cinematic experience.”
Germany 1958. Reconstruction, economic miracle. Johann Radmann (Alexander Fehling) has just recently been appointed Public Prosecutor and, like all beginners, he has to content himself with boring traffic offenses. When the journalist Thomas Gnielka (André Szymanski) causes a ruckus in the courthouse, Radmann pricks up his ears: a friend of Gnielka’s identified a teacher as a former Auschwitz guard, but no one is interested in prosecuting him.
Against the will of his immediate superior, Radmann begins to examine the case – and lands in a web of repression and denial, but also of idealization.
- 8/17/2015
- by Michelle McCue
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
"Patrick Macnee, the British-born actor best known as dapper secret agent John Steed in the long-running 1960s TV series The Avengers, has died," reports Lynn Elber for the AP. "He was 93." Joe Leydon's posted an interview with Macnee he conducted in 1987 on the occasion of the release of Shadey. "The film, I must admit, was instantly forgettable. But the conversation was an unadulterated delight." And little wonder. The man led the sort of life for which the word "colorful" is a mere inkling. We're collecting remembrances. » - David Hudson...
- 6/26/2015
- Fandor: Keyframe
"Patrick Macnee, the British-born actor best known as dapper secret agent John Steed in the long-running 1960s TV series The Avengers, has died," reports Lynn Elber for the AP. "He was 93." Joe Leydon's posted an interview with Macnee he conducted in 1987 on the occasion of the release of Shadey. "The film, I must admit, was instantly forgettable. But the conversation was an unadulterated delight." And little wonder. The man led the sort of life for which the word "colorful" is a mere inkling. We're collecting remembrances. » - David Hudson...
- 6/26/2015
- Keyframe
Evan falls hard for Louise after arriving in Italy. He doesn't know that much about her, but he's in love with her just the same. The more he discovers about her, though, the more he realizes just how different Louise is from anyone he's known before. Lovecraftian love abounds in Justin Benson and Aaron Moorhead's Spring, coming out on Blu-ray and DVD as a Best Buy exclusive on June 2nd before hitting other stores on August 11th, and we have the film's home media release details and cover art:
Press Release -- "A young American in a personal tailspin heads to Europe to escape his past and falls for a beautiful woman with a dark and deadly secret in the unique and unforgettable Spring. From Drafthouse Films, FilmBuff and Anchor Bay, the genre-bending horror romance that's been described as a brilliant cross between Before Sunrise and An American Werewolf in London...
Press Release -- "A young American in a personal tailspin heads to Europe to escape his past and falls for a beautiful woman with a dark and deadly secret in the unique and unforgettable Spring. From Drafthouse Films, FilmBuff and Anchor Bay, the genre-bending horror romance that's been described as a brilliant cross between Before Sunrise and An American Werewolf in London...
- 4/16/2015
- by Derek Anderson
- DailyDead
After over 40 years, Leonard Maltin's Movie Guide is to come to an end...
Most movie enthusiasts have had a good, meaty book of film reviews for Christmas at least once in their lives, and it's a fair bet that many of us have enjoyed a copy of Leonard Maltin's Movie Guide. Since its first publication back in 1969, the guide soon became an annual fixture. But no longer.
It's been confirmed that the 2015 edition of the Leonard Maltin Movie Guide, which is set to be published next month, will be the last. You can probably guess the reason why.
One of the contributors to the book, Joe Leydon, wrote that "with ready access to information on the internet, our readership has diminished at an alarming rate". He went on to add that "when a growing number of people believe that everything should be free, it's impossible to support a...
Most movie enthusiasts have had a good, meaty book of film reviews for Christmas at least once in their lives, and it's a fair bet that many of us have enjoyed a copy of Leonard Maltin's Movie Guide. Since its first publication back in 1969, the guide soon became an annual fixture. But no longer.
It's been confirmed that the 2015 edition of the Leonard Maltin Movie Guide, which is set to be published next month, will be the last. You can probably guess the reason why.
One of the contributors to the book, Joe Leydon, wrote that "with ready access to information on the internet, our readership has diminished at an alarming rate". He went on to add that "when a growing number of people believe that everything should be free, it's impossible to support a...
- 8/20/2014
- by simonbrew
- Den of Geek
- 7/15/2014
- by Sasha Stone
- AwardsDaily.com
Fictionalized from actual events, the South Korean blockbuster hit The Attorney (original title Byeon-ho-in) debuts on DVD and digital June 17th from Well Go USA Entertainment. The Attorney is directed by Woo-seok Yang.
International superstar Song Kang-ho (Joint Security Area, Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance, Snowpiercer) stars in this courtroom drama as a shady lawyer who takes on an important case involving government brutality. The film was nominated for Best Actor (Song Kang-ho), Best Newcomer (Yim Si-wan) and Best Supporting Actress (Kim Yeong-ae) at the 2014 Asian Film Awards.
Synopsis
Song Woo-seok has no clients, connections, or a college degree, but his eye for business and appetite for money make him the most successful lawyer in town. But at the peak of his success, a local teenager is falsely accused of a crime, then beaten and tortured while waiting in jail. Shocked by these conditions, Song takes the case no one else will,...
International superstar Song Kang-ho (Joint Security Area, Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance, Snowpiercer) stars in this courtroom drama as a shady lawyer who takes on an important case involving government brutality. The film was nominated for Best Actor (Song Kang-ho), Best Newcomer (Yim Si-wan) and Best Supporting Actress (Kim Yeong-ae) at the 2014 Asian Film Awards.
Synopsis
Song Woo-seok has no clients, connections, or a college degree, but his eye for business and appetite for money make him the most successful lawyer in town. But at the peak of his success, a local teenager is falsely accused of a crime, then beaten and tortured while waiting in jail. Shocked by these conditions, Song takes the case no one else will,...
- 5/10/2014
- by Nermina Kulovic
- AsianMoviePulse
John Turturro Talks 'Fading Gigolo,' Women, Sex, Woody Allen and That Elephant in the Room (Trailer)
Director John Turturro arguably is the only filmmaker who’d ever think of casting actor John Turturro as an attentive escort who's handsomely paid for his sexual favors by exceptionally attractive -- and extremely grateful -- women. "Fading Gigolo" is the newest addition to his list of directorial credits, an inventory that also includes "Mac" (1992), his affectionate portrait of a workaholic building contractor not unlike Turturro's own dad, and "Passione," which was screened with Turturro in attendance at the 2010 Houston Cinema Arts Festival. Turturro called a few days ago to discuss his work on both sides of the camera for "Fading Gigolo." The 57-year-old multihyphenate sounded justly proud of the movie's early success during bookings in New York and Los Angeles -- and seemed optimistic that audiences elsewhere also would embrace the film, offbeat casting and all. Highlights from Joe Leydon's interview with Turturro for Culture Map below. Read...
- 5/5/2014
- by Joe Leydon
- Thompson on Hollywood
Legendary English character actor Bob Hoskins has died at age 71, nearly two years after Parkinson's Disease forced him to retire from acting. According to Hoskins' publicist, Clair Dobbs, he died from pneumonia, and is survived by his wife and four children. Known for playing gangsters, lowlives and working-class men, this very fine actor was perhaps best known for "The Long Good Friday" (1980), "Mona Lisa" (1986) and "Who Framed Roger Rabbit" (1988). "Mona Lisa" nabbed him a BAFTA and a Golden Globe, as well as an Oscar-nomination. He got his start in theater in the late 1960s, and his final performance was in 2012's "Snow White and the Huntsman." (Read Variety's touching obit here.) Though effaced by Hoskins himself, his almost-forgotten performance in the infamous 1993 "Super Mario Bros." movie is due for reconsideration, writes Joe Leydon on his Moving Picture Blog: Even some of the most respectful obits for the late, great Bob Hoskins -- who passed.
- 4/30/2014
- by Ryan Lattanzio
- Thompson on Hollywood
Writer-director Sarah Spillane.s debut film Around the Block will test the viability of a short window between theatrical and home entertainment release.
The drama starring Christina Ricci, Hunter Page-Lochard and Jack Thompson will begin a limited cinema roll-out at the Cremorne Orpheum on June 16 - one month before it.s released on DVD, Blu-ray and digital platforms.
Producers Brian Rosen and Su Armstrong are hoping the accelerated release, with Screen Australia contributing to the $200,000 P&A spend, will provide a bigger upside than a conventional cinema season and then waiting 120 days for ancillary revenues.
The film is booked at the Randwick Ritz on June 23 and dates in Melbourne and Canberra are to be confirmed. There will be Q&A screenings with the director and key cast, excluding Ricci.
Pinnacle Films will release the title on DVD, Blu-ray and all major digital platforms including iTunes, Big Pond Movies, Foxtel, Google Play,...
The drama starring Christina Ricci, Hunter Page-Lochard and Jack Thompson will begin a limited cinema roll-out at the Cremorne Orpheum on June 16 - one month before it.s released on DVD, Blu-ray and digital platforms.
Producers Brian Rosen and Su Armstrong are hoping the accelerated release, with Screen Australia contributing to the $200,000 P&A spend, will provide a bigger upside than a conventional cinema season and then waiting 120 days for ancillary revenues.
The film is booked at the Randwick Ritz on June 23 and dates in Melbourne and Canberra are to be confirmed. There will be Q&A screenings with the director and key cast, excluding Ricci.
Pinnacle Films will release the title on DVD, Blu-ray and all major digital platforms including iTunes, Big Pond Movies, Foxtel, Google Play,...
- 4/16/2014
- by Don Groves
- IF.com.au
Thanks to the miracle of modern technology, I have just now been able to view a downstream of Life Itself – Steve James’ extraordinary documentary about the late, great Roger Ebert – at the same time the film had its world premiere at the Sundance Film Festival. I promise to write about the movie in greater details further down the road, after I have had a chance to think about it more and, in all likelihood, view it again. But please indulge me as I share a few first impressions. For openers: Roger and I were not bowling buddies, and I would be grossly overestimating the intimacy of our relationship if I said we were extremely close confidants. But our friendship was a long and mutually respectful one. (“I first met my old friend Joe Leydon when he was the film critic of the Houston Post,” he wrote in 2009. “When we see...
- 1/20/2014
- by Joe Leydon
- Thompson on Hollywood
Before the world premiere of Sarah Spillane.s Around the Block at the Toronto International Film Festival, producer Brian Rosen predicted its young lead, Hunter Page-Lochard,. will become Australia.s premier indigenous filmmaker in the next 10 years.
That was a bold call but the initial reviews have heaped praise on Page-Lochard.s performance as Liam, a troubled high school student who is mentored by his American drama teacher (Christina Ricci).
.An attention-grabbing, potentially profile-elevating performance by up-and-comer Hunter Page-Lochard is the major selling point of Around the Block, an Aussie variation of the oft-spun scenario about an at-risk high-schooler who gets a shot at redemption through a transformative extracurricular activity,. opined Variety.s Joe Leydon.
.Christina Ricci claims top billing . and provides some modest marquee allure..But Page-Lochard is the one more likely to earn the critical plaudits that this well-intended yet cliché-ridden pic will need to have any chance...
That was a bold call but the initial reviews have heaped praise on Page-Lochard.s performance as Liam, a troubled high school student who is mentored by his American drama teacher (Christina Ricci).
.An attention-grabbing, potentially profile-elevating performance by up-and-comer Hunter Page-Lochard is the major selling point of Around the Block, an Aussie variation of the oft-spun scenario about an at-risk high-schooler who gets a shot at redemption through a transformative extracurricular activity,. opined Variety.s Joe Leydon.
.Christina Ricci claims top billing . and provides some modest marquee allure..But Page-Lochard is the one more likely to earn the critical plaudits that this well-intended yet cliché-ridden pic will need to have any chance...
- 9/20/2013
- by Don Groves
- IF.com.au
Watch: Werner Herzog Talks Ebert as More Than a Critic and Soldier of Cinema on Charlie Rose (Video)
Director Werner Herzog has had a sad last couple of weeks, with the loss of his friends film critic Roger Ebert and documentarian Les Blank. Below, Herzog's thoughts on Ebert on Charlie Rose (he joins critics A.O. Scott and Dana Stevens), with quote highlights. Here is a recent remembrance of Blank in the New Yorker (Toh! contributor Joe Leydon's interview with Blank in 1982 on "Burden of Dreams," his documentary on Herzog's chaotic Fitzcarraldo shoot, is here). Herzog, now 70, is one of those rare directors who possesses a brilliant talent for narrative and documentary filmmaking alike, and remains both prolific and an adventurous world-traveler in his older age. His most recent big-screen entry, "Happy People: A Year in the Taiga," which he co-directed with Dmitry Vasyukov, is an absorbing, season-by-season chronicle of hunters and trappers in the Siberian Taiga; alas, it had a run so brief, most cinephiles probably blinked and missed it.
- 4/15/2013
- by Beth Hanna
- Thompson on Hollywood
This year's South by Southwest (SXSW or, if you're really cool, "South by") has been over for a couple of weeks now, and I'm finally sort of catching my breath, which is kind of incredible considering I participated in only the film fest section of Austin's renowned media festival.
Running March 8 to March 17, the 2013 iteration of SXSW consisted of an overwhelming schedule of over 5,000 events divided into film, music and interactive (i.e., technology) categories. Hell, the film portion alone comprised hundreds of screenings. The adage "you can't see it all" applies to most festivals, but with SXSW that adage becomes a tremendously disheartening law. Out of the dozens of movies I'd planned on seeing, I was forced to pare my viewing list down to about 15 films, and even a few of those were missed due to last-minute screening changes.
This was my first SXSW and it was definitely a learning experience.
Running March 8 to March 17, the 2013 iteration of SXSW consisted of an overwhelming schedule of over 5,000 events divided into film, music and interactive (i.e., technology) categories. Hell, the film portion alone comprised hundreds of screenings. The adage "you can't see it all" applies to most festivals, but with SXSW that adage becomes a tremendously disheartening law. Out of the dozens of movies I'd planned on seeing, I was forced to pare my viewing list down to about 15 films, and even a few of those were missed due to last-minute screening changes.
This was my first SXSW and it was definitely a learning experience.
- 4/1/2013
- by Theron
- Planet Fury
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