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Indie Film Release Guide: December 28th [An ONTD Original]

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Here it is, the last indie film round-up of 2018! This marks another light week of releases on the indie front, but there are some big, highly anticipated ones in here (and yes, technically many of these films came out on Christmas Day, but I was busy). This week, Annapurna and John C. Reilly go head to head with themselves, and sandstorm's most anticipated release of 2018 makes its debut on the big screen.

The films listed are from studios other than the “Big Six” - Paramount, Warner Brothers, 20th Century Fox, Universal, Columbia and Disney. Note that some of the movies listed are in their first week or two of limited release in the USA, so it may take them a few more weeks (or months) to show up in your local arthouse theater or on VOD. Check out the posts from the past few weeks for more movies that may have just opened near you: December 21st, December 14th, December 7th.

Destroyer



Stars: Nicole Kidman, Sebastian Stan, Toby Kebbell, Tatiana Maslany
Writer: Phil Hay and Matt Manfredi
Director: Karyn Kusama
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama
Plot: A police detective reconnects with people from an undercover assignment in her distant past in order to make peace.
What you should know: Director Karyn Kusama incorporates the sounds and sights of locations all over Los Angeles in this film. She and writer/husband Phil Hay say they actively seek to write and direct films set in LA.
Opens in: NYC & LA



Vice



Stars: Christian Bale, Amy Adams, Steve Carell, Sam Rockwell
Written and directed by: Adam McKay
Genre: Biography, Comedy, Drama
Plot: The story of Dick Cheney, an unassuming bureaucratic Washington insider, who quietly wielded immense power as Vice President to George W. Bush, reshaping the country and the globe in ways that we still feel today.
What you should know: To portray Lynne Cheney, Amy Adams stayed in character throughout the duration of the shoot for the first time ever.
Opens in: Wide


On The Basis of Sex



Stars: Felicity Jones, Armie Hammer, Justin Theroux, Sam Waterston
Writer: Daniel Stiepleton
Director: Mimi Leder
Genre: Biography, Drama
Plot: The story of Ruth Bader Ginsburg, her struggles for equal rights, and what she had to overcome in order to become a U.S. Supreme Court Justice.
What you should know: As you may already know, Natalie Portman was originally attached to play RBG, but the project was stuck in development for years.
Opens in: Select cities


Stan & Ollie



Stars: John C. Reilly, Steve Coogan, Shirley Henderson, Danny Huston
Writer: Jeff Pope
Director: Jon S. Baird
Genre: Biography, Comedy, Drama
Plot: Laurel and Hardy, the world's most famous comedy duo, attempt to reignite their film careers as they embark on what becomes their swan song - a grueling theatre tour of post-war Britain.
What you should know: Reilly and Coogan were the first choices for playing Laurel and Hardy, who writer Jeff Pope idolized.
Opens in: NYC & LA


Take Point



Stars: Jung-Woo Ha, Sun-kyun Lee, Jennifer Ehle, Kevin Durand
Writer: Myung Chan Kang, Byung-woo Kim
Director: Byung-woo Kim
Genre: Action
Plot: On the day of the U.S. presidential election in 2024, Ahab and his team of elite mercenaries embark on a secret CIA mission to abduct North Korea's Armed Forces Minister in an underground bunker below the Korean Demilitarized Zone (DMZ). However, they get caught in the crossfire which causes tensions to escalate to the brink of World War III.
What you should know: Based on the novel by Sang-yeon Park
Opens in: LA


Kill Mobile



Stars: Dawei Tong, Li Ma, Siyan Huo, Shan Qiao
Writer: Xiao Li, Huan Wang, Si Wang
Director: Miao Yu
Genre: Drama, Comedy
Plot: Seven friends get together for dinner, and decided to play a game where they must share all messages and calls from their cell phones. Hilarity and drama ensue together as everyone's secrets are unveiled and the seven friends find themselves more like strangers to each other.
What you should know: It’s in Mandarin
Opens in: Select cities


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What have you seen lately, ONTD? What films are you planning to see soon?

ONTD Original: Monthly Movie Challenge - January

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I’m starting this whole thing out with 10 tasks. For each task you can pick whatever movie fits within the guidelines, I've added suggestions. I tried to add tasks that would allow you to get movies on Netflix, Amazon Prime, and/or Hulu – but there’s also Kanopy and Hoopla (both of which you can get free access through your library or university). Some movies you choose can be rewatches for you but try to have at least half be movies you’ve never watched before. Have a different movie for each task – that is, don’t have the same movie for task 2 and task 10. You don't have to do all 10 tasks (also, how the fuck would I know how many you do?!), but here's a list that maybe will get you to watch a variety of movies.


Tasks:
1. Watch a documentary - any subject
2. Watch a musical (Umbrellas of Cherbourg, Mary Poppins, La La Land, An American in Paris, etc.) OR, if you're a Debbie Downer who doesn't like fun, watch a movie about a musician (can be a documentary or fictional - so something like Amy or Vox Lux)
3. Watch a movie that was written and directed by a woman (Raw, Set It Up, Miseducation of Cameron Post, Lady Bird, Saving Face, etc.)
4. Watch a movie filmed partially or completely where you live (I live in Orlando so I can choose a movie filmed in Orlando or in Florida - so The Florida Project or Spring Breaker, etc.)
5. Watch a movie featured on AFI's 100 Greatest Movies of all time
6. Watch a movie with a score of 90 or higher on Metacritic (you can go here and then filter by streaming site – under the “all movies” tab you can pick Netflix, Prime, or Hulu).
7. Watch a movie that was released in 2018.
8. Watch a movie that was originally released during your birth month (mine is October, so I could watch any movie that was originally released in October, no matter what year – so I can watch Whip It which came out in October 2009) – use this to come up with some ideas
9. Watch a movie with a location in the title (Gangs of New York, Nashville, Paris is Burning, Orlando, American Graffiti, Mr. Smith Goes to Washington, etc.)
10. Watch a movie in a different language from the one you mainly speak (I mainly speak English, so I could watch a movie in Spanish, French, German, Korean, etc.)

Bonus Task:
- January 15th is National Hat Day, watch a movie where someone is wearing a hat in the poster (Mudbound, Paddington 1 & 2, Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory, Rushmore, The Rider, etc.)


If anyone actually cares about this I'll try to continue and have a new list of tasks for each month.

ONTD, what do you plan on watching this month?



SOURCES: Tasks by me, links in this post are: 1, 2, 3, 4.

Barack Obama shares his bops, movies and books of 2018

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  • Former U.S. president Barack Obama shared a list on his Instagram of his favorite songs, films and books of this year.

  • For music, it includes The Carters, Janelle Monáe & Nancy Wilson, who passed away this year.

  • Movies include Annihilation, Black Panther, Roma, etc.

  • And lastly for books: Becoming by Michelle Obama, American Prison by Shaun Bauer, There There by Tommy Orange, etc.
  • Check out his post on Insta here to see it all.

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    favorites of the year, ontd? what have you enjoyed in 2018?

The Hollywood Reporter's Last Oscar Predictions for 2018

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Best Director
Alfonso Cuaron (Roma)
Bradley Cooper (A Star Is Born)
Ryan Coogler (Black Panther)
Spike Lee (BlacKkKlansman)
Pawel Pawlikowski (Cold War)



Best Actor
Christian Bale (Vice)
Bradley Cooper (A Star Is Born)
Viggo Mortensen (Green Book)
Rami Malek (Bohemian Rhapsody)
John David Washington (BlacKkKlansman)

Best Actress
Lady Gaga (A Star Is Born)
Olivia Colman (The Favourite)
Glenn Close (The Wife)
Melissa McCarthy (Can You Ever Forgive Me?)
Yalitza Aparicio (Roma)

Best Supporting Actor
Richard E. Grant (Can You Ever Forgive Me?)
Sam Elliott (A Star Is Born)
Mahershala Ali (Green Book)
Timothee Chalamet (Beautiful Boy)
Sam Rockwell (Vice)

Best Supporting Actress
Amy Adams (Vice)
Emma Stone (The Favourite)
Rachel Weisz (The Favourite)
Regina King (If Beale Street Could Talk)
Nicole Kidman (Boy Erased)

Best Picture
Green Book
A Star Is Born
Roma
Black Panther
The Favourite
Vice
BlacKkKlansman
Bohemian Rhapsody
A Quiet Place
First Man

Zoe Kazan Responds to Twitter User Who Criticized ‘Buster Scruggs’ and Tagged Her

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Zoe Kazan decided to respond to one Twitter user who criticized her performance in “The Ballad of Buster Scruggs” and tagged her account.





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'Mary Poppins Returns' cast to receive Ensemble Performance Award at 2019 Palm Springs Film Festival

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Inexplicably, the cast of 'Mary Poppins Returns' will be receiving the Palm Springs International Film Festival's Ensemble Performance Award during the festival's gala on January 3rd. It's a bit odd given all the meh to trash reviews the film's been getting for everything and everyone outside of star Emily Blunt.

Others receiving accolades at this year's PSIFF include:

-- Spike Lee (BlacKkKlansman) - Career Achievement Award
-- Regina King (If Beale Street Could Talk) - Chairman's Award
-- Bradley Cooper (A Star Is Born) - Director of the Year Award
-- Glenn Close (The Wife) - Icon Award
-- Rami Malek (Bohemian Rhapsody) - Breakthrough Performance Award
-- Olivia Colman (The Favourite) - Desert Palm Achievement Award, Actress
-- Alfonso Cuaron (Roma) - Sonny Bono Visionary Award
-- Peter Farrelly and 'Green Book' stars Viggo Mortensen and Mahershala Ali - Vanguard Award
-- Timothée Chalamet (Beautiful Boy) - Spotlight Award, Actor
-- Melissa McCarthy (Can You Ever Forgive Me?) - Spotlight Award, Actress

Source: https://twitter.com/THR/status/1078697153193803781

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Kevin Spacey's accuser: I have the receipts

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On Christmas Eve, Nantucket District Court filed felony charges against Kevin Spacey for indecent assault and battery after sexually assaulting an 18-year old in 2016.

According to court documents, the 18-year old send a video of his assault to his then-girlfriend, along with texts stating that Spacey was hitting on him. Both the girlfriend and the kid's sister corroborated his story. Workers at the restaurant/bar where the incident took place also say they saw the two of them together (but not the assault).

Spacey's lawyers argued the video was insufficient evidence, claiming it doesn't show anyone being groped. Spacey is scheduled for arraignment on January 7.

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Animal lover Meghan Markle joins her husband Harry for Boxing Day shoot

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- Harry, William and Charles went shooting together with Andrew and Jack Brooksbank,

- Kate, Meghan and Eugenie accompanied them for lunch,

- Meghan's rumored to be strongly against bloodsports.

source: twitter

ontd, have you ever tried shooting an animal?

2018 best announced by Nevada Film Critics Society, Black Film Critics & Florida Film Critics Circle

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A few more critics circles announced their best of 2018 the past few days, including the Nevada Film Critics Society ('Green Book' as BP), Black Film Critics Circle ('Black Panther' as BP), and Florida Film Critics Circle ('The Favourite' as BP).

Nevada Film Critics Society (NFCS) winners:

Best Film – Green Book
Best Actor – Christian Bale – Vice
Best Actress – Tie: Nicole Kidman for Destroyer and Toni Collette for Hereditary
Best Supporting Actor – Richard E. Grant – Can You Ever Forgive Me?
Best Supporting Actress – Rachel Weisz – The Favorite
Best Director – Spike Lee- BlacKkKlansman

Best Original Screenplay – Deborah Davis and Tony McNamara -The Favourite
Best Adapted Screenplay – Ryan Coogler and Joe Robert Cole – Black Panther
Best Documentary – Won’t You Be My Neighbor?
Best Animated Movie – Isle of Dogs
Best Production Design – Fiona Crombie – The Fauvorite
Best Cinematography – Alfonso Cuaron – Roma
Best Visual Effects – Avengers – Infinity War





The Black Film Critics Circle winners:

Best Picture - Black Panther
Best Director - Ryan Coogler
Best Actor - Bradley Cooper – A Star Is Born
Best Actress - Viola Davis – Widows
Best Supporting Actor - Mahershala Ali – Green Book
Best Supporting Actress - Regina King – If Beale Street Could Talk

Best Original Screenplay - Sorry To Bother You – Boots Riley
Best Adapted Screenplay - If Beale Street Could Talk – Barry Jenkins
Best Cinematography - Roma
Best Foreign Film - Roma
Best Documentary - Quincy
Best Animated Film - Spider-Man: Into The Spider-Verse
Best Ensemble - Black Panther




Florida Film Critics Circle winners:

BEST PICTURE - The Favourite (no runner-up)
BEST DIRECTOR - Alfonso Cuarón – Roma (Runner-up: Lynne Ramsay – You Were Never Really Here)
BEST ACTOR - Joaquin Phoenix – You Were Never Really Here (no runner-up)
BEST ACTRESS - Melissa McCarthy – Can You Ever Forgive Me? (Runner-up: Toni Collette – Hereditary)
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR - Steven Yeun – Burning (Runner-up: Richard E. Grant – Can You Ever Forgive Me?)
BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS - Sakura Ando – Shoplifters (Runner-up: Claire Foy – First Man)

BEST ENSEMBLE
The Favourite
Runner-up: Support the Girls

BEST DIRECTOR
Alfonso Cuarón – Roma
Runner-up: Lynne Ramsay – You Were Never Really Here

BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
Boots Riley – Sorry to Bother You
Runner-up: Bo Burnham – Eighth Grade

BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
Nicole Holofcener and Jeff Whitty – Can You Ever Forgive Me?
Runner-up: Barry Jenkins – If Beale Street Could Talk

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
Łukasz Żal – Cold War
Runner-up: Alfonso Cuarón – Roma

BEST VISUAL EFFECTS
Annihilation
Runner-up: Avengers: Infinity War

BEST ART DIRECTION/PRODUCTION DESIGN
The Favourite
Runner-up: Paddington 2

BEST SCORE
Justin Hurwitz – First Man
Runner-up: Nicholas Britell – If Beale Street Could Talk

BEST DOCUMENTARY
Shirkers

BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM
Shoplifters
Runner-up: Roma

BEST ANIMATED FILM
Mirai
Runner-up: Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse

BEST FIRST FILM
Bo Burnham – Eighth Grade

PAULINE KAEL BREAKOUT AWARD
Elsie Fisher – Eighth Grade
Runner-up: Thomasin Mckenzie – Leave No Trace


Sources: https://twitter.com/awards_watch/status/1075815310584799232
https://twitter.com/awards_watch/status/1075550366832373761
https://twitter.com/awards_watch/status/1076534150163685376

Mark Hamill says Darth Vader better than Trump: 'He saw the error of his ways'

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Star Wars actor Mark Hamill says he's bothered by comparisons between Darth Vader and Donald Trump.

"Listen, I really get upset then when people compare [Trump] or even Dick Cheney to Darth Vader because Darth Vader repented,” Hamill said on a podcast hosted by The Washington Post. “He saw the error of his ways. I don’t see either one of them doing that."

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"The Simpsons" Celebrates Its 30-Year Anniversary

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Beloved TV show "The Simpsons" is 30. The series began as animated shorts on "The Tracy Ullman Show," and Fox gave it its own thirty-minute slot because of its popularity. The show's debut Christmas episode-- "Simpsons Roasting On An Open Fire-- premiered three decades ago. FXX aired a marathon in its honor.

It paved the road for adult-oriented animated comedies. It has had many plagiarizers imitators like "Family Guy." Ratings have dropped, but it is still on the air.

Fav episode? Fav quote?

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Barack Obama shares his bops, movies and books of 2018

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  • Former U.S. president Barack Obama shared a list on his Instagram of his favorite songs, films and books of this year.

  • For music, it includes The Carters, Janelle Monáe & Nancy Wilson, who passed away this year.

  • Movies include Annihilation, Black Panther, Roma, etc.

  • And lastly for books: Becoming by Michelle Obama, American Prison by Shaun Bauer, There There by Tommy Orange, etc.
  • Check out his post on Insta here to see it all.

    source:1

    favorites of the year, ontd? what have you enjoyed in 2018?

The Hollywood Reporter's Last Oscar Predictions for 2018

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Best Director
Alfonso Cuaron (Roma)
Bradley Cooper (A Star Is Born)
Ryan Coogler (Black Panther)
Spike Lee (BlacKkKlansman)
Pawel Pawlikowski (Cold War)



Best Actor
Christian Bale (Vice)
Bradley Cooper (A Star Is Born)
Viggo Mortensen (Green Book)
Rami Malek (Bohemian Rhapsody)
John David Washington (BlacKkKlansman)

Best Actress
Lady Gaga (A Star Is Born)
Olivia Colman (The Favourite)
Glenn Close (The Wife)
Melissa McCarthy (Can You Ever Forgive Me?)
Yalitza Aparicio (Roma)

Best Supporting Actor
Richard E. Grant (Can You Ever Forgive Me?)
Sam Elliott (A Star Is Born)
Mahershala Ali (Green Book)
Timothee Chalamet (Beautiful Boy)
Sam Rockwell (Vice)

Best Supporting Actress
Amy Adams (Vice)
Emma Stone (The Favourite)
Rachel Weisz (The Favourite)
Regina King (If Beale Street Could Talk)
Nicole Kidman (Boy Erased)

Best Picture
Green Book
A Star Is Born
Roma
Black Panther
The Favourite
Vice
BlacKkKlansman
Bohemian Rhapsody
A Quiet Place
First Man

Zoe Kazan Responds to Twitter User Who Criticized ‘Buster Scruggs’ and Tagged Her

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Zoe Kazan decided to respond to one Twitter user who criticized her performance in “The Ballad of Buster Scruggs” and tagged her account.





source, 2, 3

'Mary Poppins Returns' cast to receive Ensemble Performance Award at 2019 Palm Springs Film Festival

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Inexplicably, the cast of 'Mary Poppins Returns' will be receiving the Palm Springs International Film Festival's Ensemble Performance Award during the festival's gala on January 3rd. It's a bit odd given all the meh to trash reviews the film's been getting for everything and everyone outside of star Emily Blunt.

Others receiving accolades at this year's PSIFF include:

-- Spike Lee (BlacKkKlansman) - Career Achievement Award
-- Regina King (If Beale Street Could Talk) - Chairman's Award
-- Bradley Cooper (A Star Is Born) - Director of the Year Award
-- Glenn Close (The Wife) - Icon Award
-- Rami Malek (Bohemian Rhapsody) - Breakthrough Performance Award
-- Olivia Colman (The Favourite) - Desert Palm Achievement Award, Actress
-- Alfonso Cuaron (Roma) - Sonny Bono Visionary Award
-- Peter Farrelly and 'Green Book' stars Viggo Mortensen and Mahershala Ali - Vanguard Award
-- Timothée Chalamet (Beautiful Boy) - Spotlight Award, Actor
-- Melissa McCarthy (Can You Ever Forgive Me?) - Spotlight Award, Actress

Source: https://twitter.com/THR/status/1078697153193803781

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Brad Pitt Spent a ‘Low-Key’ Christmas With Some of His Children

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According to the source “Maddox refused to go, and Pax didn’t go either.”

The source adds that the visit was supervised, with a monitor sleeping in a guest room.

The source says that they exchanged gifts, but “[He] has never spoiled the kids for their birthdays or holidays."

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Jake Gyllenhaal and Girlfriend Jeanne Cadieu Enjoy a Cozy Stroll in Paris

2018, in 5 minutes

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A look back at the turbulence and triumphs of 2018, in five minutes.

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