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“The Rider” Chosen As Best Picture Of 2018 By The National Society of Film Critics

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The National Society of Film Critics has chosen Chloe Zhao’s contemporary western drama “The Rider,” as best picture of 2018, the film critic organization announced on Saturday.

“The Rider” has received near universal acclaim since its premiere at the Cannes Film Festival on May 20, 2017, where it won Art Cinema Award. The film had since had a successful run at Telluride and at Sundance last January, and received nominations at Independent Spirit Awards including best feature, director, editing and cinematography.

Drawing inspiration from its actors’ real life experiences, the docu-fiction tells the story of a young, Native-American cowboy and professional horse trainer Brady Blackburn (played by a real-life rider Brady Jandreau), his physical and emotional struggles after a near-fatal rodeo competition accident left him with steel plate in his head.

Academy Award winner Alfonso Cuaron’s black-and-white “Roma” was the best picture runner-up, and also won for best cinematography, best foreign-language film and best director for Cuaron.

Roma’s win is considered a big boost for its path to the Academy Awards where the film is considered to be one of top contenders to win the big prize.

[ Film Spotlight: Chloé Zhao’s “The Rider” >> ]

On the acting front, Olivia Colman won best actress in “The Favourite,” while Ethan Hawke as best actor for “First Reformed.”

See below for the full list of winners:

Best Picture: The Rider, dir. Chloé Zhao
Runners-up: Roma (dir. Alfonso Cuarón), Burning (dir. Lee Chang-dong)

Best Director: Alfonso Cuarón, Roma
Runners-up: Lee Chang-dong (Burning), Chloé Zhao (The Rider)

Best Actress: Olivia Colman, The Favourite
Runners-up: Regina Hall (Support the Girls), Melissa McCarthy (Can You Ever Forgive Me?)

Best Actor: Ethan Hawke, First Reformed
Runners-up: Willem Dafoe (At Eternity’s Gate), Ben Foster (Leave No Trace), John C. Reilly (The Sisters Brothers and Stan & Ollie)

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“The Prodigy” Creepy New Trailer Released

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“What’s wrong with Miles?”

That’s a question which the upcoming horror thriller will try to answer Orion Pictures releases a new trailer.

In the film, Miles (played by Jackson Robert Scott) is a very intelligent child who’s genius might be the work of more sinister, possibly supernatural, forces.

“Mummy, will you always love me? No matter what I do?,” the boy creepily asks his mom.

Directed by Nicholas McCarthy (The Pact, At the Devil’s Door), the film is written by Jeff Buhler, who also wrote the screenplay for Pet Sematary, Grudge, and Jacob’s Ladder, all horror films set to be released this year.

“The Prodigy” also stars Taylor Schilling as Miles’ mom investigating her song’s troubling behavior. Also in the film are Colm Feore, Brittany Allen, Peter Mooney and Oluniké Adeliyi.

“The Prodigy” is set to be released by Orion Pictures on February 8, 2019.

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Producers Guild Announces Nominees

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The Producers Guild awards, which honors the year’s best in motion pictures, television and short-form categories, has announced its nominees Friday morning,

Among the nominees for The Darryl F. Zanuck Award for Outstanding Producer of Theatrical Motion Pictures includes a diverse range of films including “A Quiet Place,” “A Star Is Born,” “BlacKkKlansman,” “Black Panther,” “Bohemian Rhapsody,” “Crazy Rich Asians,” “Green Book,” “The Favourite,” “Roma,” and “Vice”.

There’s a few conspicuous snubs that have been part of the awards circuit conversation during the past few weeks, including “Widows”, “If Beale Street Could Talk,” and “First Man”.

The PGA is a strong harbinger of the Academy Award Best Picture. In its 29 years, 20 of its winners went on to win the oscar top prize, including last year’s “The Shape of Water”.

The awards is set to be presented at the Beverly Hilton Hotel in Beverly Hills, California on January 19.

See the full list of nominees below.

The Darryl F. Zanuck Award for Outstanding Producer of Theatrical Motion Pictures:

Black Panther
Producer: Kevin Feige

BlacKkKlansman
Producers: Sean McKittrick, Jason Blum, Raymond Mansfield, Jordan Peele, Spike Lee

Bohemian Rhapsody
Producer: Graham King

Crazy Rich Asians
Producers: Nina Jacobson & Brad Simpson, John Penotti

The Favourite
Producers: Ceci Dempsey, Ed Guiney, Lee Magiday, Yorgos Lanthimos

Green Book
Producers: Jim Burke, Charles B. Wessler, Brian Currie, Peter Farrelly, Nick Vallelonga

A Quiet Place
Producers: Michael Bay, Andrew Form, Brad Fuller

Roma
Producers: Gabriela Rodríguez, Alfonso Cuarón

A Star Is Born
Producers: Bill Gerber, Bradley Cooper, Lynette Howell Taylor

Vice
Producers: Dede Gardner, Jeremy Kleiner, Kevin Messick, Adam McKay

The Award for Outstanding Producer of Documentary Motion Pictures:

The Dawn Wall
Producers: Josh Lowell, Peter Mortimer, Philipp Manderla

Free Solo
Producers: Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi, Jimmy Chin, Evan Hayes, Shannon Dill

Hal
Producers: Christine Beebe, Jonathan Lynch, Brian Morrow

Into the Okavango
Producer: Neil Gelinas

RBG
Producers: Betsy West, Julie Cohen

Three Identical Strangers
Producers: Becky Read, Grace Hughes-Hallett

Won’t You Be My Neighbor?
Producers: Morgan Neville, Nicholas Ma, Caryn Capotosto
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The Museum Of Modern Art Showcases Preserved And Restored Films

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Ők Ketten (The Two of Them). 1977. Hungary. Directed by Márta Mészáros.

The Museum of Modern Art’s “To Save and Project” the 16th edition of it’s annual international film festival with a diverse set of cinematic treasures.

The film festival, which runs from Friday January 4 until the end of the month, “celebrates newly preserved and restored films from archives, studios, distributors, foundations, and independent filmmakers”

Barbet Schroeder is set to kick things off with a retrospective of all his documentary films which he described as the “trilogy of evil”. This includes “General Idi Amin Dada: A Self Portrait” (1974), “Terror’s Advocate” (2007), and the weeklong New York theatrical run of “The Venerable W.”

Nominated for the Academy Award for Best Director for 1990’s “Reversal of Fortune”, a film which won Jeremy Irons an Oscar Best Actor in a Leading Role, Schroeder is known for directing boxoffice hit thrillers “Single White Female” and the Sandra Bullock starrer “Murder by Numbers.”

There’s plenty of surprise highlights in this year’s lineup, which features 50 features and shorts from around the globe, some receiving their first US screening since their original release. To get a full list of events, go to moma.org.

The 16th MoMA International Festival of Film Preservation is organized by Joshua Siegel, Curator, Department of Film, The Museum of Modern Art.

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Eminem And Kanye West Top Spotify’s Workout Songs Ever

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In case you’re looking to get fit in 2019, you might want to check out Eminem And Kanye West’s discography to get you motivated. That seems to be what many tune in to.

According Spotify, Eminem’s 2002 track “Till I Collapse” is the most played workout song of all time. This is the third year in the row that the song has led the list.

Eminem also took the second spot with “Lose Yourself,” the hit song from the soundtrack of 2002 film 8 Mile which the rapper also starred in. The song is also the first hip-hop song to receive an academy award for best original song (2003).

Following the Eminem tracks are Kanye West’s “Stronger” and “Power” which placed third and fourth respetively, while Macklemore & Ryan Lewis track “Can’t Hold Us” completes the top 5.

Its not really a surprise that the three rappers topped the list, as hip-hop continues to dominate 2018’s music landscape.

The figures were taken from the 43.5 million workout-themed Spotify playlists which also calculated the top workout songs by gender (“Uptown Funk” for females, “Till I Collapse” for males), most active countries, and months in 2018 when listeners are most active.

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“Happy Death Day 2U” Trailer Loops Back Around Again

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Blumhouse and Universal has dropped a brand new trailer for “Happy Death Day 2U,” the sequel to the surprise 2017 slasher film “Happy Death Day.”

The anonymous killer in a hoodie and babyface mask is back, once again tormenting college student Tree Gelbman (Jessica Rothe) who ends up reliving the circumstances around her death over and over.

The trailer picks up where the original ended, which means it basically spoils part of the ending of the first film where Tree supposedly defeated the killer.

“Happy Death Day” was a commercial hit back in 2017, earning $122.6 million on a $4.8 million budget, and also earned praise from critics for its clever spin on comedy slasher genre.

Christopher Landon is writing and directing once again and Jason Blum producing. Returning cast include Israel Broussard, Ruby Modine, Charles Aitken and Laura Clifton.

“Happy Death Day 2U” is set to open on Valentine’s Day, February 14, 2019.

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“Stranger Things” Season 3 New Details

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Netflix is starting the year announcing the return everyone’s favorite sci-fi/horror hit “Stranger Things.”

“One Summer Can Change Everything”, says season 3’s one sheet which was also posted by the streaming service on Twitter, announcing the season’s return on July 4th.

There’s also a brief teaser which accompanied the announcement, featuring a throwback footage of Dick Clark’s 1985 New Year’s count down. The video broadcast slowly turns upside down as the fireworks explode and gets interrupted by choppy tv intermissions with creepy computer messages such as “when blue and yellow meet in the west” and “SilverCatFeeds.”

Recently in early December, Netflix release the season’s episode titles, though not a lot about the plot has been revealed so far.

The series is a huge breakout success for the streaming giant. Set in fictitious Hawkins, Indiana, with season 3 set one year after the events of season two and, according to David Harbour, is said to be influenced by the 1985 action-comedy Fletch.

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Top 10 Films Of 2018 Worldwide

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With the massive success of “Avengers: Infinity Wars” and “Black Panther,” its really not a surprise that Disney has emerged as the top studio at the global boxoffice.

According to Variety, Disney raked in $7.33 billion at the global boxoffice in 2018, nearly matching the $7.61 billion record it achieved in 2016.

“Thanks to the support of fans of Disney, Pixar, Marvel Studios, and Lucasfilm around the world, it’s been a monumental year for The Walt Disney Studios. I want to especially acknowledge Marvel Studios’ pivotal year during which Black Panther and Avengers: Infinity War sparked conversation and broke records and expectations to cap an unprecedented first decade for this exceptional studio,” studio chairman Alan Horn said in a statement.

Coming in second is Universal with $1.96 billion, driven mostly by its dinosaur adventure “Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom.” This narrowly beats the $1.93 billion earned by Warner Bros as the studio’s own film “Aquaman” is ringing in the New Year as the top film worldwide.

Overall, global boxoffice achieved another record-breaking performance with $41 billion. Here are the top 10 films at the global boxoffice in 2018.

  1 Avengers: Infinity Wars $2,048 Buena Vista
  2 Black Panther $1,346 Buena Vista
  3 Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom $1,304 Universal
  4 Incredibles 2 $1,242 Buena Vista
  5 Venom $855 Sony
  6 Aquaman $822 WB
  7 Mission: Impossible – Fallout $791 Paramount
  8 Deadpool 2 $735 Fox
  9 Bohemian Rhapsody $703 Fox
  10 Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald $629 WB
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Netflix Releases “The Punisher” Season 2 Teaser And Info

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Frank Castle is back to work, as Marvel Entertainment has now released the official trailer for “The Punisher” season 2.

Fans should recall that season 1 was mostly about Frank Castle’s background and the origin of his identity which led him to killing criminals. Season 2 will see Castle fully embody that character as a vigilante hero.

The teaser below does not specify the release date, although The Punisher is part of the January “New to Netflix US” slate recently released by Netflix.

The Punisher season 2 is brings back Jon Bernthal as Frank Castle, who after receiving a pardon for his crimes in season 1 is back in action. Though the trailer didn’t reveal a lot, he is most likely doing a rematch with villain Billy Russo, known as Jigsaw in the comics.

Also in the series are Ben Barnes as Billy Russo, Jason R. Moore as Curtis Hoyle, Amber Rose Revah as Dinah Madani, Josh Stewart as John Pilgrim. Floriana Lima as Krista Dumont, Annette O’Toole as Eliza Schultz, Giogia Whigham as Amy Bendix, and Corbin Bernsen as Anderson Schultz.

Although Netflix has cancelled some of Marvel’s series, including Iron Fist, Luke Cage and Daredevil, the action packed series of The Punisher has been generally received positively by critics. Along with Jessica Jones, they are the last of the remaining Marvel series in the streaming platform.

It should be noted of course that Disney, which owns Marvel Entertainment, is set to launch its own streaming service.

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“The Amityville Murders” Trailer Explores Origin Of The Horror Story

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One of the most enduring american horror stories is going back to its roots, as Skyline Films releases the trailer for “The Amityville Murders.”

The film is based on the story of Ronald DeFeo, Jr., who on the night of November 13, 1974, took a rifle and murdered his entire family in their sleep. In real life, DeFeo was convicted of the murders though he had claimed to have heard voices that plotted against him which eventually led him to carry out the murders.

The trailer seem to follow this story-line as well as some paranormal activity in the house that has been part of the story including “The Amityville Horror,” a book by Jay Anson which was published in 1977.

The upcoming film is directed by Daniel Farrands, who has another horror thriller coming up on the horizon called “The Haunting of Sharon Tate”, one of the few upcoming films based around the tragic story of Sharon Tate and cult leader Charles Manson.

“The Amityville Murders,” which stars John Robinson, Diane Franklin, Chelsea Ricketts, and Paul Ben-Victor is set to have simultaneous theatrical, VOD and Digital HD releases on Feb. 8, 2019.

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