The new Natalie Portman movie is in theaters today, and it makes Portman a triple threat. Back in classic Hollywood, all actors had to be able to sing, dance and act. Now Portman is bringing it back. In Vox Lux, she plays pop star Celeste, who had a hit with […]
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Thoroughbreds was a hit at the Sundance Film Festival so Focus Features nabbed the distribution rights. It played again at AFI Fest where writer/director Cory Finley spoke in a Q&A following the screening. Olivia Cooke stars as Amanda, a social outcast who goes to Lily (Anya Taylor-Joy)’s house for studying. […]
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Creating a follow-up to one of the most acclaimed sci-fi films of all time must be daunting. Good thing screenwriter Michael Green had help on Blade Runner 2049. Hampton Fancher, screenwriter of the original Blade Runner, wrote a draft before Green began. Green sat down with Nerd Report to discuss […]
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It takes a village to make these LEGO movies and that village is called Hollywood, or Warner Bros. more specifically. Dan Lin and Chris McKay are two of the producers overseeing the larger LEGO franchise. McKay directed The LEGO Batman so they were two execs I definitely wanted to talk […]
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Fred Armisen made a dramatic entrance in his room at the LEGOLand Hotel. He came out from behind the corner of his adventure themed room, but then rethought it. ““Should I act more LEGOy?” Armisen asked, moving his arms more stiffly like LEGO mini-figures. Armisen is a voice in The […]
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Abbi Jacobson is one of the freshest voices in comedy with Broad City, and now she lends her voice to The LEGO Ninjago Movie. Jacobson plays Nya, the only female ninja in the film. Nerd Report met Jacobson at LEGOland for the LEGO Ninjago Movie press junket. We were both […]
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The LEGO Movie briefly touched on all the different LEGO worlds that are available for kids to build. The LEGO Ninjago Movie is a whole world set on the island of Ninjago, with Master Wu (Jackie Chan) leading the six ninjas to defeat Garmadon (Justin Theroux). Charlie Bean makes his […]
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I went to LEGOland for the first time to cover the press junket for The LEGO Ninjago Movie. I stayed in a pirate room and got to see other Egyptian adventure themed rooms going from room to room interviewing the stars of the film. First up was Dave Franco who […]
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A lot can happen in an abandoned warehouse. Maybe that’s why so many action movies have scenes set in one. Free Fire sets the entire movie in one, with Sharlto Copley and Sam Riley as two players in the gunfight melee. Copley plays Vernon, an arms dealer trying to make […]
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Brie Larson won an Academy Award for her portrayal of a kidnapping and rape survivor in Room, a reward that came after many other harrowing dramatic roles like Short Term 12, Don Jon, The Spectacular Now and Rampart. This time, the conflict is external in Free Fire, an action movie […]
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