Pearl is a candy-coated piece of rotten fruit. The film, which is director Ti West’s prequel to this year’s X, trades in the desaturated look and 1970s seediness of its parent film for a lurid, Douglas Sirk-inspired aesthetic that seems, at first, to exist incongruently with its story of intense violence and horror. But much […]
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The Right Stuff’s James Lafferty Talks Flight Order Reveal and Why He Was ‘Born to Play’ Scott Carpenter
RELATED STORIES The Right Stuff has selected its first three astronauts to take flight, and unfortunately for Mercury Seven hopeful Scott Carpenter, he wasn’t among the chosen trio in this past Friday’s episode of the Disney+ drama. With Alan Shepard, Gus Grissom and John Glenn picked to head into space, in that order, it “absolutely” […]
The 5 Best Movies to Buy or Stream This Week: ‘A Star is Born,’ ‘Behind the Curve’
That increasingly rare creature — the worldwide blockbuster that also nets great reviews and awards recognition — hits disc and VOD this week, alongside a trio of wildly different (but equally invigorating) catalogue titles. And your Netflix pick for the week is a deep-dive into an inexplicable fringe group. ON NETFLIX Behind the Curve: It’s the […]
Detainment backlash: 'Children are not born evil' movie about James Bulger murder examined
Before dissecting whether Detainment is morally detestable or a necessary piece of film, it is important to understand how Vincent Lambe made the movie. Almost all of the 30-minute film is made by recreating police interviews from the case verbatim. Only some scenes that took place outside the interview-room, based on CCTV footage, were dramatised, […]
30 Russian children born to ISIS parents & kept in Iraqi jail at last get to return home
A plane carrying 30 Russian children, some as young as three years old, who had been kept in a Baghdad prison together with their Islamic State-linked mothers, has landed in Moscow. Flying from Baghdad to Moscow were 16 girls and 14 boys, who are now undergoing medical checks at Moscow’s Center for Children’s Health. Twenty-four […]
Healthy baby born to woman following uterus transplant from deceased donor
Brazilian doctors are reporting the world’s first baby born to a woman with a uterus transplanted from a deceased donor.
Molineux born for the big stage
From Bairnsdale to Antigua and Barbuda, Sophie Molineux looks at home wherever she plays. Dubbed a future star as a teenage Melbourne Renegade, when it was her batting that was attracting attention, 20-year-old Molineux is proving the seers correct. The left-arm orthodox bowler has been hailed for her ability to mix up her pace, her […]
Space Photos of the Week: A Star Is Born After Gases Crash
Stellar nurseries seem cute, but they’re actually mini-Big Bangs. https://media.wired.com/photos/5bef05cd86ef9a0ff73f0151/master/pass/SPoW_111718_03.jpg
Daily Podcast: John Lasseter, Paramount Ranch, A Star is Born, Roma, Star Wars, Toy Story 4, Detective Pikachu.
On the November 13, 2018 episode of /Film Daily, /Film editor-in-chief Peter Sciretta is joined by /Film weekend editor Brad Oman and senior writer Ben Pearson to talk about the latest film and tv news, including John Lasseter, Paramount Ranch, A Star is Born, Interrogation, Roma, The Mandalorian, Toy Story 4 and Detective Pikachu. You […]
Theresa May’s Brexit deal is being declared dead before it has even been born
Getty There is growing concern that Theresa May’s Brexit deal will be voted down by MPs in December, even if it is approved by her Cabinet this week. At the centre of concerns remains proposals on how to keep open the border between Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland. Parliamentary defeat would be disastrous […]