Right on time, this week brings a companion documentary to one of summer’s biggest movies, directed by an acclaimed filmmaker whose pedigree makes him an immediate Oscar candidate — especially in a year that isn’t overflowing with breakout docs.
The contender to watch this week: “A Compassionate Spy”
On the heels of “Oppenheimer” comes a documentary about Ted Hall, an American physicist who gave the Soviet Union classified intelligence about the construction of the atomic bomb. “A Compassionate Spy” has deep pedigree in two-time Oscar-nominated director Steve James, who made “Hoop Dreams,” “Life Itself,” and “City So Real.” If the campaign gods are smart, they’ll put James and Christopher Nolan in a room together at some point, even though Hall isn’t depicted in “Oppenheimer.” “Spy” is now in theaters and on VOD.
Other contenders:
“Black Ice”: Hockey is Canada’s most popular sport, which of course...
The contender to watch this week: “A Compassionate Spy”
On the heels of “Oppenheimer” comes a documentary about Ted Hall, an American physicist who gave the Soviet Union classified intelligence about the construction of the atomic bomb. “A Compassionate Spy” has deep pedigree in two-time Oscar-nominated director Steve James, who made “Hoop Dreams,” “Life Itself,” and “City So Real.” If the campaign gods are smart, they’ll put James and Christopher Nolan in a room together at some point, even though Hall isn’t depicted in “Oppenheimer.” “Spy” is now in theaters and on VOD.
Other contenders:
“Black Ice”: Hockey is Canada’s most popular sport, which of course...
- 8/5/2023
- by Matthew Jacobs
- Gold Derby
Bollywood actress Alia Bhatt will be joining filmmaker Aditya Chopra’s Yrf Spy Universe, which has brought forward films such as ‘Ek Tha Tiger’, ‘Tiger Zinda Hai’, ‘War’ and ‘Pathaan’.
He is now planning a new big-budget action spectacle with superstar Alia Bhatt, where she will be seen playing a spy. This yet-untitled tentpole film from Yash Raj Films will go on floors in 2024.
A source said: Alia is one of the biggest superstars of our country today and she will play a super-agent in the Yrf Spy Universe like Shah Rukh Khan, Salman Khan and Hrithik Roshan.
“This will be another epic action spectacle that will leave people at the edge of their seats. Alia will take on a mission that will push her to the edge and this gritty action film will expand the Yrf Spy Universe further.”
The source added that Alia will be seen in a whole new avatar.
He is now planning a new big-budget action spectacle with superstar Alia Bhatt, where she will be seen playing a spy. This yet-untitled tentpole film from Yash Raj Films will go on floors in 2024.
A source said: Alia is one of the biggest superstars of our country today and she will play a super-agent in the Yrf Spy Universe like Shah Rukh Khan, Salman Khan and Hrithik Roshan.
“This will be another epic action spectacle that will leave people at the edge of their seats. Alia will take on a mission that will push her to the edge and this gritty action film will expand the Yrf Spy Universe further.”
The source added that Alia will be seen in a whole new avatar.
- 7/14/2023
- by Agency News Desk
- GlamSham
Melissa McCarthy started her career doing improvisational comedy at The Groundlings Theater in Los Angeles, which is also where she met her husband Ben Falcone. She then went on to a successful run on the TV series “Gilmore Girls” for seven seasons. She followed that up with other TV shows and small movie roles but it would be a return to The Groundlings crew that would launch her into super-stardom. Her former castmates Kristen Wiig and Annie Mumolo wrote a female gross-out comedy called “Bridesmaids” and cast McCarthy along with other Groundlings veterans Maya Rudolph and Wendi McLendon-Covey. The film would become a surprise hit in the genre which was usually dominated by men and even earn McCarthy an Oscar nomination as Best Supporting Actress.
McCarthy found herself in a unique position in show business as just as “Bridesmaids” made her a movie star she had also just begun a...
McCarthy found herself in a unique position in show business as just as “Bridesmaids” made her a movie star she had also just begun a...
- 7/13/2023
- by Misty Holland, Robert Pius and Chris Beachum
- Gold Derby
Tollywood Nikhil Siddhartha, a small-time Telugu actor, has earned the tag of a ‘pan-India’ star mainly by indulging Hindutva sentiments. But does this signal a larger political, ideological shift for Telugu cinema? The overt right-wing slide of Telugu cinema became a topic of political debate when Telangana Minister KT Rama Rao said that Prabhas’s Adipurush, a retelling of Ramayana, was one of many films being made to peddle the Bharatiya Janata Party (Bjp)’s propaganda. “The Bjp has come up with a strategy to combine nationalism and communalism … They won't directly fund those movies. Many times we don't even understand those movies. Uri, The Kashmir Files, Adipurush, etc. How come their timing is so convenient? It’s because Bjp is working in a multi-faceted way to make this happen,” Ktr had said in April, in an interview to a TV channel. Speculation about their funding aside, there has indeed...
- 7/12/2023
- by Balakrishna
- The News Minute
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