Turns out, Chewbacca is pretty hot underneath all that fur.
The role of the beloved Wookie has long belonged to 7ft 3in actor Peter Mayhew. But now, Finnish actor Joonas Suotamo has stepped into the Star Wars galaxy to wear the iconic costume.
Suotamo, who stands at 7ft tall, has stood in as a body double to Mayhew in both Star Wars: The Force Awakens and The Last Jedi. He will officially take over the role in the upcoming standalone Star Wars film, Solo: A Star Wars Story.
“Whenever Chewie is active, that was me,” Suotamo says in People’s...
The role of the beloved Wookie has long belonged to 7ft 3in actor Peter Mayhew. But now, Finnish actor Joonas Suotamo has stepped into the Star Wars galaxy to wear the iconic costume.
Suotamo, who stands at 7ft tall, has stood in as a body double to Mayhew in both Star Wars: The Force Awakens and The Last Jedi. He will officially take over the role in the upcoming standalone Star Wars film, Solo: A Star Wars Story.
“Whenever Chewie is active, that was me,” Suotamo says in People’s...
- 12/13/2017
- by Jodi Guglielmi
- PEOPLE.com
“Star Wars: The Last Jedi” had its long-awaited premiere last night in Los Angeles, and early word is highly positive for Rian Johnson’s contribution to the space-opera franchise. Formal reviews won’t be published for another few days, but praise like “so beautifully human, populist, funny, and surprising,” “spectacular and unpredictable,” and especially “Space Dern” indicate that they’ll be similarly enthusiastic.
Here’s what people are saying:
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Luke was right: “This is not going to go the way you think.” #TheLastJedi will shatter you – and then make you whole again. pic.twitter.com/PJyYpH5loP
— Anthony Breznican (@Breznican) December 10, 2017
#StarWars: The Last Jedi is so beautifully human, populist, funny, and surprising. I cried when one Poc heroine got her moment because films like these leave their mark on entire generations...
Here’s what people are saying:
Read More:Mark Hamill Seems to Think There Are Too Many ‘Star Wars’ Movies: ‘Great Marketing There, Disney’
Luke was right: “This is not going to go the way you think.” #TheLastJedi will shatter you – and then make you whole again. pic.twitter.com/PJyYpH5loP
— Anthony Breznican (@Breznican) December 10, 2017
#StarWars: The Last Jedi is so beautifully human, populist, funny, and surprising. I cried when one Poc heroine got her moment because films like these leave their mark on entire generations...
- 12/10/2017
- by Michael Nordine
- Indiewire
“Darkness rises, and light to meet it.”
That eternal struggle between good and evil – between the dark side and the light – has been a cornerstone of Lucasfilm’s Star Wars franchise ever since Luke Skywalker walked out into Tatooine’s twin sunset. And when it comes to The Last Jedi, that feud will essentially boil down to two very powerful individuals who may have more in common than we’ve been led to believe: Rey and Kylo Ren.
Played by Daisy Ridley and Adam Driver, respectively, the Force-sensitive duo will be a big, big part of Rian Johnson’s sci-fi sequel, and we’ve even heard rumors that Luke Skywalker will be the one who pushes Rey toward Kylo Ren in the first place. Remember, Mark Hamill’s jaded Jedi has seen better days, so we can only assume that Rey and Luke’s relationship will get off to a...
That eternal struggle between good and evil – between the dark side and the light – has been a cornerstone of Lucasfilm’s Star Wars franchise ever since Luke Skywalker walked out into Tatooine’s twin sunset. And when it comes to The Last Jedi, that feud will essentially boil down to two very powerful individuals who may have more in common than we’ve been led to believe: Rey and Kylo Ren.
Played by Daisy Ridley and Adam Driver, respectively, the Force-sensitive duo will be a big, big part of Rian Johnson’s sci-fi sequel, and we’ve even heard rumors that Luke Skywalker will be the one who pushes Rey toward Kylo Ren in the first place. Remember, Mark Hamill’s jaded Jedi has seen better days, so we can only assume that Rey and Luke’s relationship will get off to a...
- 12/10/2017
- by Matt Joseph
- We Got This Covered
Yeah, yeah, Vulture got the exclusive. Whatever! Here is the trailer and read Kyle Buchanan on the trailer and film here. There’s a lot to swoon over here, from...
- 8/1/2017
- by Sasha Stone
- AwardsDaily.com
A formidable actress, Laura Dern has been working in Hollywood since age 5. At 13 years old, the daughter of icons Diane Ladd and Bruce Dern became the youngest Miss Golden Globe and soon thereafter earned critical acclaim with her breakout role in Blue Velvet. The 1986 film also marked the first time Dern and director David Lynch would work together throughout her career, a pairing that continues with Twin Peaks’ celebrated return on Showtime.
Known for her highly emotive face,...
Known for her highly emotive face,...
- 6/23/2017
- Entertainment Tonight
It may have all begun with an error in Netflix’s algorithm, but the Babadook is now entrenched in gay iconography. The once-fearsome storybook monster now haunts every corner of the Twittersphere, where he lends his huge, gaping grin to all manner of memes.
Image: @imxandrad
As in the (excellent) movie that birthed the Babadook, he has leapt from the 2-D realm into our corporeal one. Kyle Buchanan, a senior editor at Vulture, took it upon himself to chronicle the many Babadooks he saw adorning signs and roaming the streets at the Los Angeles gay pride parade this past weekend.
There were a lot.
La Gay pride. And the first Babadook sighting. pic.twitter.com/lXUm9UkUKY
— Kyle Buchanan (@kylebuchanan) June 11, 2017
Babadook #2 at La gay pride pic.twitter.com/QWdge1gv9B
— Kyle Buchanan (@kylebuchanan) June 11, 2017
This Babalewk transitions from day to night fairly well Imho pic.twitter ...
Image: @imxandrad
As in the (excellent) movie that birthed the Babadook, he has leapt from the 2-D realm into our corporeal one. Kyle Buchanan, a senior editor at Vulture, took it upon himself to chronicle the many Babadooks he saw adorning signs and roaming the streets at the Los Angeles gay pride parade this past weekend.
There were a lot.
La Gay pride. And the first Babadook sighting. pic.twitter.com/lXUm9UkUKY
— Kyle Buchanan (@kylebuchanan) June 11, 2017
Babadook #2 at La gay pride pic.twitter.com/QWdge1gv9B
— Kyle Buchanan (@kylebuchanan) June 11, 2017
This Babalewk transitions from day to night fairly well Imho pic.twitter ...
- 6/12/2017
- by Randall Colburn
- avclub.com
The internet can be a terrible place, but it’s also the only place where the Babadook, the terrifying bogeyman at the center of Jennifer Kent’s horror film of the same name, could become what he was always born to be: A gay icon.
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While the origins of the Babadook being outed date back to 2016, it’s only been in recent weeks that he has largely been recognized as a major Lgbtq figure. A never-ending cycle of tweets, Tumblr posts, gifs, and videos have turned gay Babadook into the best meme on the internet, and it was only a matter of time before he took Lgbtq Pride Month by storm.
Vulture Senior Editor Kyle Buchanan attended Los Angeles’ Gay Pride Parade yesterday and experienced firsthand just how prolific the Babadook has become as a gay icon. He documented the...
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While the origins of the Babadook being outed date back to 2016, it’s only been in recent weeks that he has largely been recognized as a major Lgbtq figure. A never-ending cycle of tweets, Tumblr posts, gifs, and videos have turned gay Babadook into the best meme on the internet, and it was only a matter of time before he took Lgbtq Pride Month by storm.
Vulture Senior Editor Kyle Buchanan attended Los Angeles’ Gay Pride Parade yesterday and experienced firsthand just how prolific the Babadook has become as a gay icon. He documented the...
- 6/12/2017
- by Zack Sharf
- Indiewire
In the statuesque shadow of the Cannes Film Festival stands its dumpier younger sibling, the Marche du Film. That’s where independent producers try to raise money for their movies by securing international distribution deals, frequently using splashy marketing materials to advertise movies that don’t yet exist. It’s essentially a cinema trade show, one that attracts hustlers from all over the world peddling all sorts of crap. Like this, for example:
This Chloe Moretz cartoon also seems, uh, questionable pic.twitter.com/93ieRc9JnQ
— Kyle Buchanan (@kylebuchanan) May 25, 2017
Before erecting that ad at Cannes, Red Shoes & The 7 Dwarfs, a bit of South Korean-produced anti-body positive foot fetishism starring a presumably pre-hiatus Chloë Grace Moretz, was relatively low profile, the sort of thing that comes to theaters for a week before disappearing with as little fanfare as it came. That’s changed, to put it mildly ...
This Chloe Moretz cartoon also seems, uh, questionable pic.twitter.com/93ieRc9JnQ
— Kyle Buchanan (@kylebuchanan) May 25, 2017
Before erecting that ad at Cannes, Red Shoes & The 7 Dwarfs, a bit of South Korean-produced anti-body positive foot fetishism starring a presumably pre-hiatus Chloë Grace Moretz, was relatively low profile, the sort of thing that comes to theaters for a week before disappearing with as little fanfare as it came. That’s changed, to put it mildly ...
- 6/2/2017
- by Katie Rife
- avclub.com
Promotions for a new Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs parody are leaving people with a bad taste worse than a poisonous apple.
Red Shoes & the 7 Dwarfs, the newest retelling of the animated classic, is being criticized for its marketing campaign. Many say the movie poster — depicting the tall, thin heroine next to a shorter, heavier version of herself — is derogatory and fat shaming.
“What if Snow White was no longer beautiful and the 7 Dwarfs not so short?” the tagline reads.
Tess Holliday posted a photo of the poster on Tuesday, slamming the film for suggesting that the heavier Snow White is “no longer beautiful.
Red Shoes & the 7 Dwarfs, the newest retelling of the animated classic, is being criticized for its marketing campaign. Many say the movie poster — depicting the tall, thin heroine next to a shorter, heavier version of herself — is derogatory and fat shaming.
“What if Snow White was no longer beautiful and the 7 Dwarfs not so short?” the tagline reads.
Tess Holliday posted a photo of the poster on Tuesday, slamming the film for suggesting that the heavier Snow White is “no longer beautiful.
- 5/31/2017
- by Jodi Guglielmi
- PEOPLE.com
A catered luncheon at the Sundance Film Festival, celebrating women in film, turned into a tense discussion of race and privilege Saturday, with former “Daily Show” correspondent and rising star Jessica Williams both caught in the crosshairs and boldly stepping up to educate her elders on the prevailing beliefs of the contemporary feminist and anti-racist movements.
As reported in the L.A. Times, it all started when the conversation turned to the current political climate, and Salma Hayek, at the festival with Miguel Arteta’s “Beatriz at Dinner,” advised her fellow female Hollywood elite to “be careful that we don’t fall into victimization.” Shirley MacLaine chimed in, urging women to “find the democracy inside” and to explore their “core identity.”
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That’s when Williams stepped in, who turned to MacLaine and asked,...
As reported in the L.A. Times, it all started when the conversation turned to the current political climate, and Salma Hayek, at the festival with Miguel Arteta’s “Beatriz at Dinner,” advised her fellow female Hollywood elite to “be careful that we don’t fall into victimization.” Shirley MacLaine chimed in, urging women to “find the democracy inside” and to explore their “core identity.”
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That’s when Williams stepped in, who turned to MacLaine and asked,...
- 1/30/2017
- by Jude Dry
- Indiewire
(Reader beware: “Rogue One” spoilers within.) Pixar quietly included its first gay couple in a blink-and-you’ll-miss-it scene in “Finding Dory” earlier this year, and now speculation has begun that another Disney-owned property has followed suit. Chirrut Îmwe (Donnie Yen) and Baze Malbus (Jiang Wen) of “Rogue One” are receiving the are-they-or-aren’t-they treatment online, namely from Vulture’s Kyle Buchanan.
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Among the evidence put forth: the duo’s “old-married-couple vibe,” a moment in which “Baze tells Chirrut that he doesn’t need the Force if he’s got him” and the two characters’ deaths, which occur just moments apart from one another.
“As Chirrut expires,” notes Buchanan in his assessment of the latest “Star Wars” story, “it’s clear that Baze does not want to live in a world without this man.
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Among the evidence put forth: the duo’s “old-married-couple vibe,” a moment in which “Baze tells Chirrut that he doesn’t need the Force if he’s got him” and the two characters’ deaths, which occur just moments apart from one another.
“As Chirrut expires,” notes Buchanan in his assessment of the latest “Star Wars” story, “it’s clear that Baze does not want to live in a world without this man.
- 12/18/2016
- by Michael Nordine
- Indiewire
Last night saw the long-awaited world premiere of “Rogue One,” the first standalone entry in the “Star Wars” canon since Disney acquired the sci-fi franchise for more than $4 billion in 2012. Hollywood’s Pantages Theater hosted the screening, which by all accounts was extremely well received by those in attendance — a crowd that included critics, celebrities and ordinary citizens of the Republic. Avail yourself of photos below.
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Gareth Edwards (“Monsters, “Godzilla”) directed the spinoff, which takes place just before 1977’s “Episode IV: A New Hope” (originally known as just “Star Wars”) and concerns the Rebel Alliance’s efforts to steal the blueprints for the Death Star. Felicity Jones, Diego Luna, Ben Mendelsohn, Riz Ahmed, Forest Whitaker and Mads Mikkelsen star in the film.
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“Rogue One,...
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Gareth Edwards (“Monsters, “Godzilla”) directed the spinoff, which takes place just before 1977’s “Episode IV: A New Hope” (originally known as just “Star Wars”) and concerns the Rebel Alliance’s efforts to steal the blueprints for the Death Star. Felicity Jones, Diego Luna, Ben Mendelsohn, Riz Ahmed, Forest Whitaker and Mads Mikkelsen star in the film.
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“Rogue One,...
- 12/11/2016
- by Michael Nordine
- Indiewire
The Four Quadrant podcast is always going to be a mix of talent (such as Andrea Arnold) and some industry voices that you really need to pay attention to. This week is an example of the latter as my good friend and New York Magazine and Vulture Sr. Editor Kyle Buchanan joins the program. If you haven’t read any of Kyle’s long form commentary or interviews you’re truly missing out.
Continue reading 4 Quadrant Podcast Ep 4: Best Picture, ‘20th Century Women’ with Kyle Buchanan at The Playlist.
Continue reading 4 Quadrant Podcast Ep 4: Best Picture, ‘20th Century Women’ with Kyle Buchanan at The Playlist.
- 10/13/2016
- by Gregory Ellwood
- The Playlist
When the phone rang, I answered immediately. I knew Bebe Lerner, Zack Snyder’s personal publicist, was supposed to be calling me, but I wasn’t sure why. “Hi, Bebe,” I said. “Am I in trouble?” It’s a fair question. After all, my relationship to Batman v Superman: Dawn Of Justice has been a difficult one, and my reportage this spring set off way more controversy than I would have guessed possible. At this point, anytime I start to write about any DC film, I have a moment of hesitation. “Is this worth the hassle it will inevitably become?” One of my least favorite things about all of this has been the way all communication with Zack and Deb Snyder ceased the moment my reporting set off a ripple of bad publicity. I’ve been talking to the Snyders about their work since they were in post-production on 300, and...
- 6/21/2016
- by Drew McWeeny
- Hitfix
Guide to Giallo, Speculating the Basis For PTA’s Next Film, Blockbuster Earnings Breakdown, and More
Dailies is a round-up of essential film writing, news bits, videos, and other highlights from across the Internet. If you’d like to submit a piece for consideration, get in touch with us in the comments below or on Twitter at @TheFilmStage.
Roger Corman will get a tribute at this year’s Locarno Film Festival.
Vulture‘s Kyle Buchanan posits what Paul Thomas Anderson and Daniel Day-Lewis‘ next movie might be about:
While New York came into its own as a style capital after World War II, the 1950s were mostly dominated by designers who lived and worked in Europe, like Christian Dior, Pierre Balmain, and Cristóbal Balenciaga, so if you presume that Day-Lewis’s character is a notable fashion designer — and given that the actor is in his late 50s, it’s not likely he’d be playing some mere lackey — then there are only a few notable, New...
Roger Corman will get a tribute at this year’s Locarno Film Festival.
Vulture‘s Kyle Buchanan posits what Paul Thomas Anderson and Daniel Day-Lewis‘ next movie might be about:
While New York came into its own as a style capital after World War II, the 1950s were mostly dominated by designers who lived and worked in Europe, like Christian Dior, Pierre Balmain, and Cristóbal Balenciaga, so if you presume that Day-Lewis’s character is a notable fashion designer — and given that the actor is in his late 50s, it’s not likely he’d be playing some mere lackey — then there are only a few notable, New...
- 6/7/2016
- by The Film Stage
- The Film Stage
The list of films that have been booed at the Cannes Film Festival is long and illustrious: Inglourious Basterds, Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me, Antichrist, The Brown Bunny, The Tree of Life and even Martin Scorsese's Taxi Driver, which was jeered when it won the festival's Palme d'Or in 1976. Now you can add Nicholas Winding Refn's The Neon Demon to that list, which premiered to a chorus of "resounding boos" following its premiere at the festival on Thursday. Now I want to see it more. One thing the above-listed films have in common is their utter audaciousness, from Antichrist's arthouse torture porn climax to Brown Bunny's infamous unsimulated fellatio scene between Chloe Sevigny and director/star Vincent Gallo. While I don't love all of them (Fire Walk with Me being a notable exception), they're certainly not boring -- and there are elements in each that offer something wildly different from the norm.
- 5/19/2016
- by Chris Eggertsen
- Hitfix
It's fair to say that Kristen Stewart has been straining mightily to turn over a new leaf in her career, and in some sense, she already has: in the years since she finished her run as the star of the critically-reviled but wildly-popular Twilight series, she's managed to transform into one the critical community's favorite stars. Look no further than the reviews out of Cannes for Stewart's performance in Olivier Assayas's uncategorizable Personal Shopper, in which the actress stars as Maureen, an American living in Paris who pays the bills by working as an assistant to a demanding French model/actress (Nora von Waldstätten). She also happens to be a psychic medium who is literally and figuratively haunted by the spirit of her late twin brother, who died in the French capital shortly before the events of the movie begin to unfurl. While several members of the notoriously volatile...
- 5/19/2016
- by Chris Eggertsen
- Hitfix
The bad news from my week is that my X-Men: Apocalypse screening was at a time I couldn’t make. Then, to rub it in my face, the screening got moved the week before to an earlier that I still couldn’t make. The result is that we’re all in the same boat when it comes to X-Men 8. It doesn’t come out until May 27th, but already the word is “meh.”
I took an informal survey of people who had seen it and were willing to get in contact with me and the results were mixed. What does sound like a plus for the movie is that Simon Kinberg and Bryan Singer have - by all accounts - leaned into the fan service so what we’re left with at the end of this movie is an X-Team that is populated by characters comic book readers and X-Film fans will recognize.
I took an informal survey of people who had seen it and were willing to get in contact with me and the results were mixed. What does sound like a plus for the movie is that Simon Kinberg and Bryan Singer have - by all accounts - leaned into the fan service so what we’re left with at the end of this movie is an X-Team that is populated by characters comic book readers and X-Film fans will recognize.
- 5/11/2016
- by Da7e
- LRMonline.com
It’s such an interesting year to test the Oscar stats. Even Vulture’s Kyle Buchanan is not 100% on board on with The Revenant being a surefire winner as most others are.
- 2/16/2016
- by Sasha Stone
- AwardsDaily.com
Two comedy giants may be joining forces: Goldie Hawn is reportedly in talks to play Amy Schumer's mom in an upcoming mother-daughter vacation comedy.
Vulture reporter Kyle Buchanan was the first to break the news that Hawn was circling the role, which would be her first since way back in 2002, when she co-starred with Susan Sarandon in "The Banger Sisters." Since then, Hawn has been in semi-retirement, so landing her for the Schumer project would be a major coup.
According to TheWrap, the flick in question is an untitled project from director Jonathan Levine ("50/50," "Warm Bodies," "The Night Before"), produced by hitmaker Paul Feig and written by frequent Feig collaborator Katie Dippold ("The Heat," "Spy," this summer's "Ghostbusters"). It's based on Dippold's relationship with her own mother, per TheWrap, and centers around "a family vacation gone wrong."
So far Hawn's involvement has not been confirmed by studio 20th Century Fox,...
Vulture reporter Kyle Buchanan was the first to break the news that Hawn was circling the role, which would be her first since way back in 2002, when she co-starred with Susan Sarandon in "The Banger Sisters." Since then, Hawn has been in semi-retirement, so landing her for the Schumer project would be a major coup.
According to TheWrap, the flick in question is an untitled project from director Jonathan Levine ("50/50," "Warm Bodies," "The Night Before"), produced by hitmaker Paul Feig and written by frequent Feig collaborator Katie Dippold ("The Heat," "Spy," this summer's "Ghostbusters"). It's based on Dippold's relationship with her own mother, per TheWrap, and centers around "a family vacation gone wrong."
So far Hawn's involvement has not been confirmed by studio 20th Century Fox,...
- 2/9/2016
- by Katie Roberts
- Moviefone
There are few celebrity stories as fascinating as Jt Leroy's. The author behind the beloved "non-fiction" bestseller “The Heart is Deceitful Above All Things” (which was turned into a 2004 film by Asia Argento) earned the kind of status the writer's don't often receive, rubbing shoulders with folks like Marilyn Manson, Shirley Manson, Courtney Love, and Billy Corgan. But all of that changed when, in 2006, Jt Leroy was revealed to be the creation of Laura Albert, who furthered the duplicity by having Savannah Knoop play LeRoy in public. And now, that wild story is coming to the big screen. THR reports that Kristen Stewart, James Franco, and Helena Bonham Carter will star in "Jt LeRoy." Justin Kelly, who previously directed Franco in "I Am Michael," will be behind the camera and pen the script for this one, which is based on Knoop's memoir. Kyle Buchanan at Vulture adds that Stewart would play Knoop,...
- 2/9/2016
- by Kevin Jagernauth
- The Playlist
Although Goldie Hawn has been attached to a couple of different projects and lent her voice for an episode of Phineas and Ferb, the Oscar-winning actress hasn't appeared on the big or small screen since 2002's The Banger Sisters. But the word from Vulture's Kyle Buchanan (which was later confirmed by The Wrap) is that Hawn is in talks to star opposite Amy Schumer in an untitled comedy... Read More...
- 2/9/2016
- by Jesse Giroux
- JoBlo.com
When news emerged last summer that Amy Schumer's first post-Trainwreck project would be a mother-daughter kidnapping comedy, one question loomed above all others: Who in the world should play Amy Schumer's mom? Now we've got our answer: It might be Goldie Hawn! The news was originally reported by Vulture's Kyle Buchanan, and then confirmed by the Wrap. The untitled comedy would mark Hawn's return to the screen after a 14-year absence. (Her last film was 2002's The Banger Sisters, which now won't even have the pleasure of being a trivia answer.) Of course, this news means that, in the Amy Schumer Cinematic Universe, Goldie Hawn once hooked up with Colin Quinn. Congratulations, Colin Quinn!
- 2/8/2016
- by Nate Jones
- Vulture
A comedy superstar in the '80s who slowed down her output but no was no less a presence in the 1990s, Goldie Hawn was last seen on the big screen in 2002's "The Banger Sisters." Since then, the actress has quietly stepped away from the limelight, and her time away from movies has only grown. However, Hawn isn't some kind of Malick-like recluse. A few years ago, she had a pilot brewing at HBO called "The Viagra Diaries" in which she would've starred, but she exited the developing series; and she was attached to an early cast of Adam Shankman's "This Is Where I Leave You," but again, she didn't stick around. And now there's another project which may mark her return. Read More: Watch: Super Bowl Ads Featuring Seth Rogen, Amy Schumer, Helen Mirren, Liam Neeson, Christopher Walken, And More First reported by Kyle Buchanan at Vulture,...
- 2/8/2016
- by Kevin Jagernauth
- The Playlist
This week on The Awards Show Show, Vulture's Kyle Buchanan and Kpcc's John Horn sit down with Adam McKay, the director of one of this awards season's biggest movies, The Big Short. What does Adam make of the movie's recent PGA win? Why was this dense economic dramedy easier to get green-lit than Anchorman 2? And what gets Adam so revved up about the editorials taking issue with his film? This wide-ranging conversation covers all these things and more, including a close read of the recent SAG awards. Listen above, and then subscribe to The Awards Show Show.
- 2/5/2016
- by Kyle Buchanan
- Vulture
This week on The Awards Show Show, Vulture's Kyle Buchanan and Kpcc's John Horn are on the ground at the Sundance Film Festival, and they'll discuss a clutch of major movies they've seen that could factor into next year's awards race. In the meantime, there's still plenty to say about this year's competition, and John and Kyle debate the Academy's sweeping new changes and mull over the notion of The Big Short as the new Best Picture front-runner. Listen above, and then subscribe on iTunes.
- 1/29/2016
- by Kyle Buchanan
- Vulture
Nate Parker's long-gestating Nat Turner biopic The Birth of a Nation is headed for Sundance history: Deadline reports that Fox Searchlight has purchased the film for a record-setting $17.5 million, the highest any film has ever gone for at Sundance. The previous record was held by Little Miss Sunshine, which sold for $10.5 million in 2006. Reports say the deal for Birth of a Nation — a film about Turner's 1831 slave rebellion, which Parker wrote, produced, directed, and stars in — will give it a widescreen release during awards season. The biggest deal in festival history happened in 2014, at Cannes, when Focus Features paid $20 million for Tom Ford's Nocturnal Animals. The Weinstein Company, Netflix, and Sony were reportedly all locked in a bidding war for Birth of a Nation overnight, with figures close to that all-time festival-record mark. As Vulture's Kyle Buchanan has noted, Birth of a Nation...
- 1/26/2016
- by Dee Lockett
- Vulture
"It hasn’t even been 24 hours since Swiss Army Man debuted, and I’ve already been asked by several different people, virtually verbatim, 'Have you seen the movie where Daniel Radcliffe plays a farting corpse?'" Vulture's Kyle Buchanan: "Yes, I did, dear reader. I did indeed watch a movie where Daniel Radcliffe plays a farting corpse that Paul Dano rides across the ocean like a jet-ski, propelled by the power of Radcliffe’s post-mortem flatulence…. Needless to say, this isn’t your usual Sundance indie… or your usual movie of any stripe." We're collecting reviews of the new film by Daniel Scheinert and Daniel Kwan that's competing at Sundance. » - David Hudson...
- 1/23/2016
- Keyframe
"It hasn’t even been 24 hours since Swiss Army Man debuted, and I’ve already been asked by several different people, virtually verbatim, 'Have you seen the movie where Daniel Radcliffe plays a farting corpse?'" Vulture's Kyle Buchanan: "Yes, I did, dear reader. I did indeed watch a movie where Daniel Radcliffe plays a farting corpse that Paul Dano rides across the ocean like a jet-ski, propelled by the power of Radcliffe’s post-mortem flatulence…. Needless to say, this isn’t your usual Sundance indie… or your usual movie of any stripe." We're collecting reviews of the new film by Daniel Scheinert and Daniel Kwan that's competing at Sundance. » - David Hudson...
- 1/23/2016
- Fandor: Keyframe
On this week's episode of The Awards Show Show, Vulture's Kyle Buchanan and Kpcc's John Horn sink their teeth into this week's Oscar nominations. The Revenant and Mad Max: Fury Road led the nominations, but Kyle thinks the ultimate Best Picture battle will come down to two very different movies. Later in the show, Kyle and John rant about the Academy's 20 white acting nominees and discuss why this happened, while sifting through some of the smaller categories to discuss their favorite inclusions (and most frustrating exclusions). Listen above, and then subscribe to The Awards Show Show.
- 1/15/2016
- by Kyle Buchanan
- Vulture
Here we go: Golden Globes 2016, with its hour-plus of red-carpet fawning and three-hours-plus of Ricky Gervais divisiveness. Tonight's entertainment potential is more than just a single screen can contain, which is why our Margaret Lyons and Kyle Buchanan will be live-tweeting all night — discussing the show, assessing the winners, and responding to your questions. That is, if you have questions. Maybe everything that happens tonight will make complete sense.
- 1/11/2016
- by Vulture Editors
- Vulture
Guess who's coming back for this Sunday's Golden Globes? Well, yes, Ricky Gervais, but also Vulture! Starting Sunday at 6:30 p.m. Est, our staff will be diligently covering Hollywood's most foreign-press-ish awards ceremony, both at Vulture.com and also at @Vulture. Margaret Lyons and Kyle Buchanan will be handling live-tweeting duties, while the rest of us mouth-breathers will be giving you all the GIFs, galleries, and video clips you can handle, and none that you can't. We swear. You trust us, right? The Vulture Golden Globes party: Where no one will care if you get broccoli stuck in your teeth!
- 1/8/2016
- Vulture
Quentin Tarantino can't help himself. In early December, after spending the second half of 2015 supplying the thinkpiece industry with one piping-hot take after another, the filmmaker confessed to The Guardian that sitting down for a bunch of long-form interview features may not have been such a great idea. "If I keep giving them fish," he said, "and they're giving me back chum in 450 different outlets, I don't know why I'm doing it." Then less than two weeks later, Tarantino appeared on The Howard Stern Show, where he accused Disney of...
- 12/23/2015
- Rollingstone.com
This week on “The Awards Show Show,” we've got a special guest: The Martian screenwriter Drew Goddard, who chats with hosts Kyle Buchanan and John Horn about his weird and wonderful awards-season experience, whether or not The Martian is a comedy, and what makes director Ridley Scott so deserving. Later, John and Kyle discuss this week's glut of Christmas releases, including The Revenant and The Hateful Eight, and Drew recommends one surprising overlooked film from 2015 while dishing on The Force Awakens. Listen above, and afterward, be sure to subscribe to the podcast.
- 12/23/2015
- by Kyle Buchanan
- Vulture
Earlier today, my colleague Kyle Buchanan posted a great roundup of The Force Awakens talking points. Let's take a minute now — lots of spoilers ahead — and really drill down into one of the most tantalizing questions coming out of the movie: the nature of Daisy Ridley’s character, Rey. Obviously, she’s already been established as the pseudo–Luke Skywalker of this new series of films: the young nobody who turns out to be strong in the Force. (And not just kind of strong in the Force; she’s really strong in the Force. As in, beat-the-crap-out-of-powerful-bad-guy–Kylo Ren–the-first-time-you-wield-a-lightsaber strong.) Though she is ostensibly an orphaned scavenger stuck on the desert of Jakku, there are more than a few questions as to where, exactly, she comes from.For starters, if you watch closely, it appears that Han Solo knows who Rey is. Right after she tells him her name,...
- 12/18/2015
- by Bilge Ebiri
- Vulture
On this week’s installment of "The Awards Show Show," Vulture's Kyle Buchanan and Kpcc / "The Frame" host John Horn break down the surprises, omissions, and the resettled field now that the Screen Actors Guild and Golden Globes have weighed in. Spotlight’s locked and loaded, but what happened to former favorite The Martian? And does anybody understand what’s going on with the up-for-grabs Best Supporting Actor race? Plus, a look at the Best Adapted Screenplay category, with cameos from writers like Aaron Sorkin. Listen above, or subscribe to "The Awards Show Show" on iTunes.
- 12/11/2015
- by Kyle Buchanan
- Vulture
Spotlight was first declared the frontrunner by our favorite person to declare such things, Kyle Buchanan over at Vulture as far back as Sept 14, the day it screened at Tiff.
- 12/11/2015
- by Sasha Stone
- AwardsDaily.com
On this week’s installment of "The Awards Show Show," Vulture's Kyle Buchanan and Kpcc/"The Frame" host John Horn discuss the wackiest awards-season rumor yet — and it involves a carnal, bestial encounter with Leonardo DiCaprio — before moving on to the question of whether a blockbuster like The Martian or Mad Max has a shot at Best Picture. (If either won, it would be the first time such a big hit has triumphed since … well, we’ll tell you.) After that, Kyle and John predict who’ll get nominated for Best Actress, and it’s an awfully young crowd. Who do you think will be in the final five? Listen above, and be sure to subscribe to "The Awards Show Show" on iTunes.
- 12/4/2015
- by Kyle Buchanan
- Vulture
This week on "The Awards Show Show," Vulture's Kyle Buchanan and Kpcc / The Frame host John Horn have a lot to dig into, thanks to the Indie Spirit nominations and the first screenings of Leonardo DiCaprio in The Revenant. Could this be the year that Leo wins an Oscar? Also up for debate are the awards prospects of this week's releases Creed and The Danish Girl, the latter of which prompts a discussion about this year's crop of Oscar contenders based on true stories. Listen above, and afterward be sure to subscribe to the podcast.
- 11/26/2015
- by Kyle Buchanan
- Vulture
AMC's new martial-arts drama Into the Badlands premiered last week, but is it worth getting into all the mythology? Or is the show just another swords-and-armor drop in the bucket? On this episode of “The Vulture TV Podcast,” Margaret and Matt talk about AMC's future, take a listener call, and talk to director and activist Lexi Alexander about the state of the industry for female directors. Further reading: "Into the Badlands Feels Like a Rough Draft of a TV Show" by Matt Zoller Seitz; "Lexi Alexander on Why More Women Aren’t Directing Superhero Franchises" by ReBecca Theodore, "100 Women Directors Hollywood Should Be Hiring" by Kyle Buchanan. Tune in to "The Vulture TV Podcast," produced by the Slate Group’s Panoply, every Tuesday, on iTunes or SoundCloud. And please send us your burning TV questions! Tweet us @Vulture, email tvquestions@vulture.com, or leave us a voice mail at 646-...
- 11/18/2015
- by Matt Zoller Seitz,Margaret Lyons
- Vulture
Female Directors to Hire, John Hillcoat’s Bob Dylan Video, Matthew Weiner’s Top Criterions, and More
Dailies is a round-up of essential film writing, news bits, videos, and other highlights from across the Internet. If you’d like to submit a piece for consideration, get in touch with us in the comments below or on Twitter at @TheFilmStage.
Elaine May is directing a Mike Nichols documentary for PBS, THR reports:
Roughly six decades after she teamed with Mike Nichols to form one of comedy’s most influential duos, Elaine May has again signed on for a Nichols project. Ms. May will direct an “American Masters” documentary about the acclaimed director, who died in November 2014 at 83. The film will debut on PBS on Jan. 29 to kick off the 30th season of “American Masters.”
Watch a discussion with Frederick Wiseman at Nyff for his fantastic In Jackson Heights:
Vulture‘s Kyle Buchanan on the 100 women directors Hollywood should be hiring:
We’ve compiled a list of the...
Elaine May is directing a Mike Nichols documentary for PBS, THR reports:
Roughly six decades after she teamed with Mike Nichols to form one of comedy’s most influential duos, Elaine May has again signed on for a Nichols project. Ms. May will direct an “American Masters” documentary about the acclaimed director, who died in November 2014 at 83. The film will debut on PBS on Jan. 29 to kick off the 30th season of “American Masters.”
Watch a discussion with Frederick Wiseman at Nyff for his fantastic In Jackson Heights:
Vulture‘s Kyle Buchanan on the 100 women directors Hollywood should be hiring:
We’ve compiled a list of the...
- 11/2/2015
- by TFS Staff
- The Film Stage
It’s one thing to scream “hire more women.” It’s another thing to see it laid out as cleanly and plainly as Kyle Buchanan and the team at Vulture has done here.
- 11/2/2015
- by Sasha Stone
- AwardsDaily.com
99 Problems and questions. Andrew Garfield unleashed his many thoughts about celebrity culture, his career, and his personal life in a loaded new interview with New York Magazine's Vulture. According to the writer, Kyle Buchanan, Garfield -- who was promoting his new movie, 99 Homes, a thriller that highlights America's mortgage crisis -- was already agitated when they met in one of the rooms of a plush Beverly Hills hotel. "Why the f--k am I doing this?" Garfield, 32, questioned. "Coming in today to do interviews, I’m like, [...]...
- 10/2/2015
- Us Weekly
Now that your Vulture staffers have put the Toronto Film Festival to bed, which films are sitting pretty, and which sunk under waves of misplaced hype? Jada Yuan and Kyle Buchanan recapped the most notable movies they watched; here is a list of their superlatives.The Comparisons King: SpotlightIs there any movie that this Best Picture front-runner can’t be held up to? In Toronto, it was often measured against Black Mass (another movie about a Boston community keeping crime under wraps) and Truth (which also follows a team of crack operatives laboring to report a controversial story); Oscar-wise, we compared it to the whiz-bang procedural Argo. The great thing about Spotlight, though, is that when you compare it to any of those movies, it typically comes out ahead. —K.B.Most Hypocritical: StonewallGood on disaster maven Roland Emmerich to fund a tiny drama dedicated to a pivotal gay-rights moment,...
- 9/22/2015
- by Kyle Buchanan,Jada Yuan
- Vulture
Two years ago, Kyle Buchanan saw 12 Years a Slave and declared it the Oscar frontrunner. From that point on, the film mostly had a target on its back but more...
- 9/15/2015
- by Sasha Stone
- AwardsDaily.com
Kate Mara is in the midst of a Toronto Film Festival press blitz for her big-budget space movie, Ridley Scott’s The Martian, but as she curled up in an oversize chair for our interview, I couldn’t help but notice her adorable, deep-red pixie cut. It's a bold look that suits her, though it meant that she had to wear an incredibly obvious (yet oddly enjoyable) wig to play the blonde, long-haired Sue Storm when called back for Fantastic Four reshoots earlier this year. My colleague Kyle Buchanan wrote a loving homage to that blonde, shellacked hairpiece, in which he argued that spotting the wig during the film at least injected some fun into the otherwise dour proceedings. "I haven’t read that one, shockingly," Mara told me. "Hilarious. Did he do, like, drinking games? Like, 'There’s a reshoots wig! There’s not! There’s her real hair!
- 9/15/2015
- by Jada Yuan
- Vulture
Kyle Buchanan in his must-not-miss Oscar column asks whether Fury Road has the stuff it takes to go all the way, or at least to warrant nominations in the big...
- 8/24/2015
- by Sasha Stone
- AwardsDaily.com
Well, Digital Spy has made it to San Diego for Comic-Con and, more importantly, we've won a place in Hall H in time for the panel for The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 2. Hooray!
We're expecting the cast and crew to give us sneaky hints about the franchise's big finale - plus you can always expect a good fan Q&A - so join us from 12pm Pt / 3pm Et / 8pm UK time as we bring you all the action...
21:01But that's it! The Hunger Games panel is a wrap - are you excited for the final movie? Thanks for joining us, and stick with DS for more Comic-Con action!
21:00The trailer still looks amazing on a second viewing. This movie looks like it's going to be truly massive. But before they say goodbye, Josh interrupts Conan to thank all the fans for their "energy and support...
We're expecting the cast and crew to give us sneaky hints about the franchise's big finale - plus you can always expect a good fan Q&A - so join us from 12pm Pt / 3pm Et / 8pm UK time as we bring you all the action...
21:01But that's it! The Hunger Games panel is a wrap - are you excited for the final movie? Thanks for joining us, and stick with DS for more Comic-Con action!
21:00The trailer still looks amazing on a second viewing. This movie looks like it's going to be truly massive. But before they say goodbye, Josh interrupts Conan to thank all the fans for their "energy and support...
- 7/9/2015
- Digital Spy
Not everyone is adept at whistling, and that apparently goes for the entire cast of "The Hunger Games: Mockingjay -- Part 2" -- even when they're trying to whistle a tune from their own movie.
During the "Mockingjay" panel at San Diego Comic-Con on Thursday, castmates Jennifer Lawrence, Josh Hutcherson, and Liam Hemsworth all tried -- and adorably, hilariously failed -- to replicate the series's iconic Mockingjay whistle tone. But the trio, and the rest of their castmates on the panel, just could not nail the four-note melody, which was memorably used by Rue and Katniss in the first film, and brought back throughout the rest of the series as a Mockingjay rallying cry of sorts.
In video of the incident uploaded by Screen Crush, the actors all try numerous times to get the whistle down right, but to no avail. At one point, Hutcherson imitates crickets, which panel moderator Conan O'Brien...
During the "Mockingjay" panel at San Diego Comic-Con on Thursday, castmates Jennifer Lawrence, Josh Hutcherson, and Liam Hemsworth all tried -- and adorably, hilariously failed -- to replicate the series's iconic Mockingjay whistle tone. But the trio, and the rest of their castmates on the panel, just could not nail the four-note melody, which was memorably used by Rue and Katniss in the first film, and brought back throughout the rest of the series as a Mockingjay rallying cry of sorts.
In video of the incident uploaded by Screen Crush, the actors all try numerous times to get the whistle down right, but to no avail. At one point, Hutcherson imitates crickets, which panel moderator Conan O'Brien...
- 7/9/2015
- by Katie Roberts
- Moviefone
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There was a time when everyone thought that Ant-Man was destined to be Marvel’s first turkey, derailed by Edgar Wright’s unceremonious exit from the pic and a diminished scale in the wake of Avengers: Age of Ultron. Now, however, the first reaction are seeping out onto the web (along with a few new pics, as seen above), and the general consensus seems to be that, while the Peyton Reed-directed superhero flick is by no means a classic of the genre, it’s also not half-bad. Of course, there are already some nay-sayers in the mix.
As per usual, Twitter is the medium of choice for in-the-moment reactions, and all manner of press folk have opened up there about what they saw during Ant-Man‘s unveiling on the press circuit. Though full reviews are embargoed a while longer, check out some of the chatter below:
Ant-man is good.
There was a time when everyone thought that Ant-Man was destined to be Marvel’s first turkey, derailed by Edgar Wright’s unceremonious exit from the pic and a diminished scale in the wake of Avengers: Age of Ultron. Now, however, the first reaction are seeping out onto the web (along with a few new pics, as seen above), and the general consensus seems to be that, while the Peyton Reed-directed superhero flick is by no means a classic of the genre, it’s also not half-bad. Of course, there are already some nay-sayers in the mix.
As per usual, Twitter is the medium of choice for in-the-moment reactions, and all manner of press folk have opened up there about what they saw during Ant-Man‘s unveiling on the press circuit. Though full reviews are embargoed a while longer, check out some of the chatter below:
Ant-man is good.
- 6/26/2015
- by Isaac Feldberg
- We Got This Covered
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