Posts by Nathan Pine
‘Little Amelie’ Review: Awards Buzz Awaits This Delightfully Dark Meditation On Life And Death From A Child’s Perspective – Annecy Festival
You could be forgiven for thinking Little Amélie is some sort of prequel to Jean-Pierre Jeunet’s delightfully French 2001 fantasy Amélie. Instead, this animated feature from Maïlys Vallade and Liane-Cho Han is delightfully French in a different kind of way, perfect for sensitive adults and sophisticated children who dream of wearing rollnecks, shades and berets…
Read MoreAnnecy Winners: Natalie Portman-Produced & Neon-Acquired Fantasy ‘Arco’ & Japan’s ‘ChaO’ Scoop Top Prizes
Natalie Portman-produced animated feature Arco, by the first feature of French director Ugo Bienvenu, has won the top Cristal Award at the Annecy International Animation Film Festival. The movie revolves around 10-year-old time-traveling, rainbow-child Arco. He lives in the distant future of 2932 but gets trapped in 2075 when his maiden flight does not go…
Read MoreRed Sox Trade Idea Deals $22 Million Closer For Top Catching Prospect
The reigning World Series champion Los Angeles Dodgers have not looked like a championship contender recently. In fact, the club with the highest payroll in baseball — nearly $337 million — has been less than a .500 team in June, winning just five of its 12 games, ahead of Saturday’s action. Injuries have played a…
Read MoreChace Crawford Had To Break Out Of “CW Pretty Boy Jail” After ‘Gossip Girl’
Although many fans will always love him as Nate Archibald, Chace Crawford has come a long way to shed his teen heartthrob image. The Gossip Girl alum recently opened up about feeling trapped “in this box” following his breakout role on the CW teen soap, which ran for six seasons from 2007 to 2012, before…
Read More‘Black Mirror’ Star Rashida Jones On Love, Dying And The Dangers Of Technology: “We Should Maybe Be More Suspicious”
Rashida Jones is trading laughs for tears in Black Mirror’s Season 7 opener. The bleak episode follows a lower-middle-class couple, elementary school teacher Amanda (Jones), and construction worker Mike (Chris O’Dowd), whose lives come crashing down when Amanda is diagnosed with a brain tumor. When she falls into a coma, Mike has to decide whether…
Read More‘How To Train Your Dragon’ Flying In With $200M+ Worldwide Bow – International Box Office
Universal’s How to Train Your Dragon is on track to fly in with a global debut of just over $200M, landing higher than pre-weekend projections. The live-action take on the beloved animated franchise through yesterday had grossed $54.9M from the international box office, including $29.1M in previews. When factoring in domestic estimates, the opening start…
Read MoreAdam Scott’s U.S. Open Survival Guide is ‘Old-Man-Par Golf’ at Oakmont
Adam Scott has found his match at the Oakmont Country Club, making him the most consistent player in the field over the first two rounds. After 36 holes, the Australian is tied for fourth place with an even-par score. He is the only player in the field to score par or better in both initial…
Read MoreNow Playing In Los Angeles: ‘A Photographic Memory,’ About A Daughter Discovering The Mother She Never Really Knew
The voice on the recordings is gentle, inquisitive, wise. “Soothing,” one person describes it. It is the voice of photographer and writer Sheila Turner-Seed, interviewing some of the greatest photographers of the 20th century — Henri Cartier-Bresson, Lisette Model, Gordon Parks, Bruce Davidson, Cornell Capa, W. Eugene Smith, and Roman Vishniac. The conversations were recorded…
Read More‘Chad Powers’ Teaser: Glen Powell Goes Incognito For Football Comeback In Hulu’s Sneak Peek
Glen Powell is taking on what might be his most challenging performance yet in Chad Powers: playing an “extremely ugly” person. In Hulu‘s first teaser for the upcoming comedy series, the first two episodes premiering Sept. 30 on the streaming platform, the Golden Globe nominee plays hotshot quarterback Russ Holliday, who disguises himself as the…
Read MoreBrad Pitt and Ines de Ramon Enjoy Double Date With Bradley Cooper and Gigi Hadid
Pitt’s the one who lost his head for Paltrow on the set of 1995’s Se7en. They were the mid-90s couple, from the top of her slip dress to the ends of his frosted tips. Accepting the Best Supporting Actor Golden Globe for 12 Monkeys in 1996, Brad thanked Gwyneth, his “angel, the love of my life,” and he proposed…
Read MoreCinespia Creative Director Talks Providing “Escapism” & More For Angelenos With “The City At Its Most Intense”
As another summer in Los Angeles starts heating up, tensions remain high with protests and the aftermath of this year’s wildfires, but at least one constant remains. Celebrating his 10th year with Cinespia, creative director Navid Sinaki recently spoke to Deadline about providing a “transformative experience” for audiences of their summer screenings at Hollywood Forever…
Read MoreTaormina Film Festival 2025 Winners: Axel Monsú’s ‘For Your Sake’ Takes Top Honor
The Taormina Film Festival has named its 2025 winners. Wrapping up the 71st edition of the Sicilian-based festival, Saturday’s awards ceremony culminated in the big honor, Premio Migliore Film (Best Film Award), going to Argentinian director Axel Monsú’s For Your Sake. Premio Migliore Regia (Best Director Award) was awarded to Alex Garland and Ray Mendoza…
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