Zendaya Led Challengers Receive Positive Reviews Ahead Of Its Theatrical Release. (Photo Credit – IMDb)
Zendaya-led Challengers has received positive reviews from critics, and it will have an amazing impact on its theatrical release, which is still a few days away. The actress recently received much praise for her performance in Denis Villeneuve’s Dune: Part Two and now in this Luca Guadagnino directorial. Scroll below to find out what the critics are saying about it.
Cast of Challengers-
Emmy winners Zendaya and Josh O’Connor are featured in the sports drama as Tashi and Patrick. The Spider-Man: Homecoming actress is one of the rising stars in Hollywood, and West Side Story fame Mike Faist will also support her.
About Challengers-
It is a sports romance drama featuring Zendaya as the lead, and the story revolves around her character, Tashi. She is a former tennis player who took her husband Art,...
Zendaya-led Challengers has received positive reviews from critics, and it will have an amazing impact on its theatrical release, which is still a few days away. The actress recently received much praise for her performance in Denis Villeneuve’s Dune: Part Two and now in this Luca Guadagnino directorial. Scroll below to find out what the critics are saying about it.
Cast of Challengers-
Emmy winners Zendaya and Josh O’Connor are featured in the sports drama as Tashi and Patrick. The Spider-Man: Homecoming actress is one of the rising stars in Hollywood, and West Side Story fame Mike Faist will also support her.
About Challengers-
It is a sports romance drama featuring Zendaya as the lead, and the story revolves around her character, Tashi. She is a former tennis player who took her husband Art,...
- 4/13/2024
- by Esita Mallik
- KoiMoi
We live in a golden era of sci-fi on TV, where "Star Trek" and "Star Wars" come in multiple flavors, "Stranger Things" is an event every season, and the CW recently wrapped up an entire universe of DC Comics superheroes on the small screen. Fortunately for all sci-fi fans, this is a time where the people who make such shows grew up loving them, and critics who review them were raised on the concepts and get it. This is all a relatively new phenomenon.
As recently as the '90s, TV critics weren't necessarily big on high-concept sci-fi, and the people making these shows didn't always know what they were doing either. Even if they did, producers over their heads weren't necessarily making the best decisions either. Superheroes on TV were entirely different three decades ago, and the weekly format was just discovering the notion of season-long arcs. There were growing pains to be sure,...
As recently as the '90s, TV critics weren't necessarily big on high-concept sci-fi, and the people making these shows didn't always know what they were doing either. Even if they did, producers over their heads weren't necessarily making the best decisions either. Superheroes on TV were entirely different three decades ago, and the weekly format was just discovering the notion of season-long arcs. There were growing pains to be sure,...
- 4/7/2024
- by Luke Y. Thompson
- Slash Film
“True Detective” season four, officially titled “True Detective: Night Country,” has returned the HBO crime series to its former glories after seasons two and three disappointed. This entry follows Jodie Foster as a police chief investigating the vanishing of eight men in the spooky, fictional town of Ennis, Alaska.
One of many things, along with the eerie town and Lovecraftian seasoning, that makes this series so excellent is its cast. Two-time Oscar-winner Foster is joined by a trio of other veterans — Christopher Eccleston, Fiona Shaw, and John Hawkes — plus a pair of newcomers: former boxer Kali Reis and rising star Finn Bennett. Bennett plays police Officer Peter Prior, the son of Hawkes’ Captain Prior, and he turns in a nuanced, memorable performance. Critics have agreed, too, he makes the strongest impression amongst the series’ supporting cast.
Caryn James (BBC) opined: ‘Bennett is vivid and convincing as Peter Prior, a smart...
One of many things, along with the eerie town and Lovecraftian seasoning, that makes this series so excellent is its cast. Two-time Oscar-winner Foster is joined by a trio of other veterans — Christopher Eccleston, Fiona Shaw, and John Hawkes — plus a pair of newcomers: former boxer Kali Reis and rising star Finn Bennett. Bennett plays police Officer Peter Prior, the son of Hawkes’ Captain Prior, and he turns in a nuanced, memorable performance. Critics have agreed, too, he makes the strongest impression amongst the series’ supporting cast.
Caryn James (BBC) opined: ‘Bennett is vivid and convincing as Peter Prior, a smart...
- 3/28/2024
- by Jacob Sarkisian
- Gold Derby
Barbenheimer — the same-day release of two polar opposite movies, Christopher Nolan‘s bleak “Oppenheimer” and Greta Gerwig‘s dazzling “Barbie” — will go down in history. Both movies have been very well received and the phenomenon that is Barbenheimer has led to packed theatres the likes of which these days are usually seen for superhero movies. Whether you prefer “Oppenheimer” or “Barbie,” cinema is the winner here.
But one of the biggest takeaways from both movies is two wildly different performances from supporting actors that threaten to steal their entire, respective movies: Robert Downey Jr. as Lewis Strauss in “Oppenheimer” and Ryan Gosling as Ken in “Barbie.” Downey Jr produces another layered performance as the political player Strauss, who at first appears to be an ally of Cillian Murphy‘s Oppenheimer but is later revealed to be playing a game the whole time with the intention of bringing down the father of the atomic bomb.
But one of the biggest takeaways from both movies is two wildly different performances from supporting actors that threaten to steal their entire, respective movies: Robert Downey Jr. as Lewis Strauss in “Oppenheimer” and Ryan Gosling as Ken in “Barbie.” Downey Jr produces another layered performance as the political player Strauss, who at first appears to be an ally of Cillian Murphy‘s Oppenheimer but is later revealed to be playing a game the whole time with the intention of bringing down the father of the atomic bomb.
- 7/26/2023
- by Jacob Sarkisian
- Gold Derby
An aspiring writer recently graduated from Oxford descends upon the gloomy countryside estate of revered author J.M. Sinclair for a summer gig tutoring his son. Naturally, the young man, Liam, arrives bearing an unfinished manuscript with which he plans to impress his hero, but if there’s anything to be taken away from this “exquisitely made chamber piece”, it’s that meeting your idols isn’t all it’s cracked up to be.
Though the house overflows with contemporary art curated by Sinclair’s wife, Hélène, and light that pours in through floor-to-ceiling windows, sorrow echoes between its hallways and behind its locked doors. Two years earlier, we learn, the Sinclairs’ eldest drowned himself on the property, a trauma that sent J.M. into professional hiatus. Albeit for very different reasons, Liam’s arrival is just what the family has been waiting for, and he soon finds himself tangled...
Though the house overflows with contemporary art curated by Sinclair’s wife, Hélène, and light that pours in through floor-to-ceiling windows, sorrow echoes between its hallways and behind its locked doors. Two years earlier, we learn, the Sinclairs’ eldest drowned himself on the property, a trauma that sent J.M. into professional hiatus. Albeit for very different reasons, Liam’s arrival is just what the family has been waiting for, and he soon finds himself tangled...
- 7/10/2023
- by Ronald Meyer
- Gold Derby
All Dirt Roads Taste of Salt
Poet-turned-filmmaker Raven Jackson uses elegantly composed vignettes, minimal dialogue and an immersive style to explore the life of a Black woman in the rural South in her eloquent feature, produced by Barry Jenkins. The story follows Mack (Charleen McClure) across several decades, the fragments of her life coming together in a risky, beautifully realized film. — Caryn James
Cassandro
Gael García Bernal nails his best role in years as groundbreaking lucha libre wrestler Saúl Armendáriz, his performance steeped in cheeky humor, resilience and radical self-belief — not to mention some amazingly nimble moves. Roger Ross Williams’ assured narrative is an exhilarating exploration of fearless queer identity in a macho environment. — David Rooney
The Deepest Breath
Filled with eye-popping visuals, thrilling competitions and a deftly presented love story, Laura McGann’s documentary feature tells of a record-breaking free diver and a heroic safety diver whose lives intersect.
Poet-turned-filmmaker Raven Jackson uses elegantly composed vignettes, minimal dialogue and an immersive style to explore the life of a Black woman in the rural South in her eloquent feature, produced by Barry Jenkins. The story follows Mack (Charleen McClure) across several decades, the fragments of her life coming together in a risky, beautifully realized film. — Caryn James
Cassandro
Gael García Bernal nails his best role in years as groundbreaking lucha libre wrestler Saúl Armendáriz, his performance steeped in cheeky humor, resilience and radical self-belief — not to mention some amazingly nimble moves. Roger Ross Williams’ assured narrative is an exhilarating exploration of fearless queer identity in a macho environment. — David Rooney
The Deepest Breath
Filled with eye-popping visuals, thrilling competitions and a deftly presented love story, Laura McGann’s documentary feature tells of a record-breaking free diver and a heroic safety diver whose lives intersect.
- 1/28/2023
- by David Rooney, Sheri Linden, Lovia Gyarkye, Jon Frosch, Daniel Fienberg, Robyn Bahr and Justin Lowe
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Park Chan-wook has one of the most illustrious careers as a filmmaker in South Korea, with movies like “Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance,” “Oldboy” and “The Handmaiden” winning multiple prestigious Korean film awards. He returns this awards season with the unique Cj Entertainment film “Decision to Leave,” a thriller turned tragic romance that one would say goes against his usual style of filmmaking. However, his command of direction remains impeccable, winning him the Best Director prize at the 2022 Cannes Film Festival. It may come as a shock to many that he has never received an Oscar nomination; will this be the year he could break into the Best Director category?
“Decision to Leave” stars Park Hae-il as a skilled detective investigating the murder of a mountain climber and begins to have intense romantic feelings for his main suspect wife, played by Tang Wei. While the film does not have a lot...
“Decision to Leave” stars Park Hae-il as a skilled detective investigating the murder of a mountain climber and begins to have intense romantic feelings for his main suspect wife, played by Tang Wei. While the film does not have a lot...
- 1/18/2023
- by Christopher Tsang
- Gold Derby
Seven years after Julian Fellowes’ Emmy-winning “Downton Abbey” wrapped its original series run, the masterful writer of period dramas returns to the small screen with another lavish series, HBO’s “The Gilded Age.” The sprawling tale of 1882 New York City centers on the brewing conflict between Christine Baranski’s Agnes van Rhijn, a descendent of moneyed, old New York, and Carrie Coon’s Bertha Russell, the wife of a robber baron and the face of the nouveau riche. The first season of “The Gilded Age” premieres on Jan. 24.
By most accounts, the Oscar- and Emmy-winning Fellowes has penned another smashing period piece. As of this writing, the series has a 72 score on Metacritic, indicating “generally favorable reviews.” The first season is also certified fresh on Rotten Tomatoes with a 84% rating, with their critical consensus reading, “Julian Fellowes’ brand of upstairs, downstairs intrigue makes a seamless transatlantic transition in ‘The Gilded Age,...
By most accounts, the Oscar- and Emmy-winning Fellowes has penned another smashing period piece. As of this writing, the series has a 72 score on Metacritic, indicating “generally favorable reviews.” The first season is also certified fresh on Rotten Tomatoes with a 84% rating, with their critical consensus reading, “Julian Fellowes’ brand of upstairs, downstairs intrigue makes a seamless transatlantic transition in ‘The Gilded Age,...
- 1/24/2022
- by David Buchanan
- Gold Derby
While the golden age of television gave us many gems that we continue to enjoy today, one of the most innovative and artistic was The Twilight Zone. In fact, according to Caryn James from BBC, “Few TV programs have had the enduring cultural impact of The Twilight Zone, whose very name is now shorthand for being in a bizarre, irrational situation.” In addition, Entertainment Weekly’s James Hibberd states that “For Twilight Zone fans, that phrase is all you need to hear. The sci-fi anthology classic is not only one of the most loved, groundbreaking, and acclaimed TV shows of all
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- 7/26/2021
- by Allen Lee
- TVovermind.com
While the Oscars and other awards bodies have all pushed events back on their calendar and expanded eligibility for what movies can be considered, the New York Film Critics Circle will only consider movies released in the 2020 calendar year for its annual awards.
The Nyfcc announced Friday it will vote for its 2020 awards on Dec. 18 and that only movies released in theaters or on digital platforms between Jan. 1 and Dec. 31, 2020, will be considered.
Further, the date for the group’s annual Gala Awards dinner is still to be announced, and membership for 2020 members will be frozen this year, with all current members still eligible to vote, even as many critics’ jobs have been affected by Covid-19. No new members will be voted in this year.
“This is a year unlike any other in our lifetimes. But the world of movies hasn’t stopped, and already, even in this very strange year,...
The Nyfcc announced Friday it will vote for its 2020 awards on Dec. 18 and that only movies released in theaters or on digital platforms between Jan. 1 and Dec. 31, 2020, will be considered.
Further, the date for the group’s annual Gala Awards dinner is still to be announced, and membership for 2020 members will be frozen this year, with all current members still eligible to vote, even as many critics’ jobs have been affected by Covid-19. No new members will be voted in this year.
“This is a year unlike any other in our lifetimes. But the world of movies hasn’t stopped, and already, even in this very strange year,...
- 9/11/2020
- by Brian Welk
- The Wrap
Spike Lee finally won a competitive Oscar when he took home Best Adapted Screenplay for “BlacKkKlansman” (2018), and he follows that up with his first film for Netflix, “Da 5 Bloods,” which premiered on the streaming service on June 12. Netflix has been fertile ground for other auteurs who have made critically hailed films with the streaming service in recent years. So how does “Bloods” compare to those and to Lee’s past work?
SEESpike Lee movies: 15 greatest films ranked from worst to best
As of this writing the film has a MetaCritic score of 82 based on 36 reviews counted thus far: 32 positive, three somewhat mixed and only one outright negative. On Rotten Tomatoes, the film is currently rated 91% fresh based on 97 reviews; Rt only classifies reviews as positive or negative, as opposed to Mc’s sliding scale from 0 to 100, so that means 88 critics generally liked the film while 9 generally disliked it. The...
SEESpike Lee movies: 15 greatest films ranked from worst to best
As of this writing the film has a MetaCritic score of 82 based on 36 reviews counted thus far: 32 positive, three somewhat mixed and only one outright negative. On Rotten Tomatoes, the film is currently rated 91% fresh based on 97 reviews; Rt only classifies reviews as positive or negative, as opposed to Mc’s sliding scale from 0 to 100, so that means 88 critics generally liked the film while 9 generally disliked it. The...
- 6/12/2020
- by Daniel Montgomery
- Gold Derby
It was a little surprising when Greta Gerwig chose to adapt Louisa May Alcott‘s classic novel “Little Women” as her followup to her contemporary breakthrough film “Lady Bird.” That story of four sisters living during the Civil War era has been adapted multiple times before, after all, and Gerwig probably could have written her own check after her Oscar-nominated effort. But here it is, opening on Christmas Day, and the gamble seems to have paid off, at least where critics are concerned.
As of this writing the film has MetaCritic score of 90, which makes it one of the top 10 highest rated films of 2019 on the review aggregator. That’s based on 42 reviews counted thus far: 39 positive, 3 somewhat mixed, none outright negative. And of those positive reviews, 14 of them are scored a perfect 100, indicating not just admiration for the film, but adoration.
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As of this writing the film has MetaCritic score of 90, which makes it one of the top 10 highest rated films of 2019 on the review aggregator. That’s based on 42 reviews counted thus far: 39 positive, 3 somewhat mixed, none outright negative. And of those positive reviews, 14 of them are scored a perfect 100, indicating not just admiration for the film, but adoration.
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- 12/25/2019
- by Daniel Montgomery
- Gold Derby
Agnes Varda is deservedly eulogized in newspapers and on social media all over America today, but critics, programmers and audiences in the U.S. took time in recognizing her accomplishments. It took several decades for her work gain appreciation in the U.S., and during that time, I witnessed Varda’s ability to continue evolving as an artist every step of the way.
While Varda’s debut feature, “La Pointe Courte” (1955) has yet to have a theatrical release in America, her early short, “L’Opera Mouffe” (1958), was distributed by Cinema 16, an important film club run by Amos and Marcia Vogel in the 50’s and early 60’s dedicated to the showing and release of experimental and avant-garde cinema. The film won some notoriety because of its casual nudity — then still rare on American screens — and it was booked in film societies around the country seeding the bed for later Varda appreciation.
While Varda’s debut feature, “La Pointe Courte” (1955) has yet to have a theatrical release in America, her early short, “L’Opera Mouffe” (1958), was distributed by Cinema 16, an important film club run by Amos and Marcia Vogel in the 50’s and early 60’s dedicated to the showing and release of experimental and avant-garde cinema. The film won some notoriety because of its casual nudity — then still rare on American screens — and it was booked in film societies around the country seeding the bed for later Varda appreciation.
- 3/31/2019
- by Laurence Kardish
- Indiewire
Get in touch to send in cinephile news and discoveries. For daily updates follow us @NotebookMUBI.NEWSWanuri Kahiu on the set of RafikiRafiki director Wanuri Kahiu has announced her latest project, an adaptation of Octavia Butler's 1980 Wild Seed, produced by Viola Davis and written by novelist Nnedi Okorafor. Butler's novel follows two immortal African beings whose tumultuous rivalry takes them across pre-colonial West Africa to a plantation in the American South. Recommended VIEWINGFrom March 20–April 2, Vdrome is screening Adam Khalil and Zack Khalil's documentary Inaate/Se/ [it shines a certain way. to a certain place/it flies. falls./]. The film "imagines new indigenous futures, looking simultaneously backward and forward." The new trailer for Hong Sang-soo's Grass is at once simple and cryptic, conveying one of many mysteries encountered by a young writer observing intimate interactions in a bustling cafe. The dreamy, video game-inspired images of Caroline Poggi and Jonathan Vinel's Jessica Forever come to life in a new trailer.
- 3/27/2019
- MUBI
At the 2019 Sundance Film Festival, India also made its presence with films like Photograph, Ghode Ko Jalebi Khilane Le Ja Riya Hoon and the seven-part series Delhi Crime Story.
Photograph, written and directed by The Lunchbox helmer Ritesh Batra, had its world premiere at the festival.?
International publications have hailed the movie as a quiet and effective romance. The Hollywood Reporter called it ?a quiet charmer.?
The film has received positive reviews mostly, with The Hollywood Reporter's Caryn James writing, "No one should head into a Batra film expecting fireworks, but for anyone who appreciates his understated style, Photograph is a satisfying, unswoony romance." According to Fionnuala Hallugan of Screen Daily, "Photograph will find its following with hopeless romantics, whether that be on the big screen or small."
On the other hand, Variety called Photograph a ?nice? film and wrote, ?Six years after the international crossover success of The Lunchbox,...
Photograph, written and directed by The Lunchbox helmer Ritesh Batra, had its world premiere at the festival.?
International publications have hailed the movie as a quiet and effective romance. The Hollywood Reporter called it ?a quiet charmer.?
The film has received positive reviews mostly, with The Hollywood Reporter's Caryn James writing, "No one should head into a Batra film expecting fireworks, but for anyone who appreciates his understated style, Photograph is a satisfying, unswoony romance." According to Fionnuala Hallugan of Screen Daily, "Photograph will find its following with hopeless romantics, whether that be on the big screen or small."
On the other hand, Variety called Photograph a ?nice? film and wrote, ?Six years after the international crossover success of The Lunchbox,...
- 2/2/2019
- GlamSham
Will “Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald” contend for Oscars? It’s the second film in a proposed five-film series, and the 10th film overall set in the wizarding world of “Harry Potter.” The first eight “Potter” films came away from the Academy Awards empty handed despite a total of 12 nominations in craft categories, but the first prequel, “Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them” (2016), unexpectedly struck gold.
“Fantastic Beasts” swooped in with a pair of Oscar nominations for Best Costume Design and Best Production Design, and though it was up against “La La Land” and period favorites “Florence Foster Jenkins” and “Jackie,” it managed to win the costumes race in an upset. Maybe we should have seen that coming, though, since its costumes were designed by Colleen Atwood, who had won three other times.
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“Fantastic Beasts” swooped in with a pair of Oscar nominations for Best Costume Design and Best Production Design, and though it was up against “La La Land” and period favorites “Florence Foster Jenkins” and “Jackie,” it managed to win the costumes race in an upset. Maybe we should have seen that coming, though, since its costumes were designed by Colleen Atwood, who had won three other times.
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- 11/16/2018
- by Daniel Montgomery
- Gold Derby
Two years after the release of Fantastic Beasts And Where To Find Them, the wizarding world of J.K. Rowling has returned with Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindlewald, the second of five — count ‘em — prequels to the original Harry Potter franchise. But does the new movie, once again directed by franchise stalwart David Yates, have the magical touch fans are hoping for?
“Unlike the first installment, which felt like a strained effort to extend Rowling’s brand, this engaging film has a busy, kinetic style of its own,” writes Caryn James in The Hollywood Reporter’s review. “One ...
“Unlike the first installment, which felt like a strained effort to extend Rowling’s brand, this engaging film has a busy, kinetic style of its own,” writes Caryn James in The Hollywood Reporter’s review. “One ...
- 11/8/2018
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Two years after the release of Fantastic Beasts And Where To Find Them, the wizarding world of J.K. Rowling has returned with Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindlewald, the second of five — count ‘em — prequels to the original Harry Potter franchise. But does the new movie, once again directed by franchise stalwart David Yates, have the magical touch fans are hoping for?
“Unlike the first installment, which felt like a strained effort to extend Rowling’s brand, this engaging film has a busy, kinetic style of its own,” writes Caryn James in The Hollywood Reporter’s review. “One ...
“Unlike the first installment, which felt like a strained effort to extend Rowling’s brand, this engaging film has a busy, kinetic style of its own,” writes Caryn James in The Hollywood Reporter’s review. “One ...
- 11/8/2018
- The Hollywood Reporter - Film + TV
The New York Film Critics has announced that they’ve invited 8 new members to their roster. For a total count of 42. The new members are The Ringer’s Kameron Austin Collins,...
- 10/27/2017
- by Sasha Stone
- AwardsDaily.com
The New York Film Critics Circle announced today that 8 new members will join the group, bringing the total number of members to 42, the largest membership since the group was founded in 1935. The new members include The Ringer’s Kameron Austin Collins, IndieWire’s own David Ehrlich, The National Catholic Register’s Steven Greydanus, BBC’s Caryn James, Film Comment’s Violet Lucca, RogerEbert.com’s Sheila O’Malley, The Atlantic’s David Sims and Vox’s Alissa Wilkinson. Additionally, the group formally voted in Alison Willmore from Buzzfeed as their Vice Chair.
“We are thrilled to welcome so many strong voices from a variety of publications into the group this year,” said Nyfcc Chair Eric Kohn of IndieWire. “Our group is now at its largest number in history, illustrating the ongoing vitality of film criticism in New York and the range of voices keeping it relevant. While we plan to...
“We are thrilled to welcome so many strong voices from a variety of publications into the group this year,” said Nyfcc Chair Eric Kohn of IndieWire. “Our group is now at its largest number in history, illustrating the ongoing vitality of film criticism in New York and the range of voices keeping it relevant. While we plan to...
- 10/27/2017
- by Kate Erbland
- Indiewire
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