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Monday, June 6, 2016 at 10:00PM The Ringer "X-Men Apocalypse Self-Loathing Index" funny stuff on which actors want to be there and which are embarassed by it
Variety Peter Shaffer the man behind the classic plays turned classic movies Amadeus and Equus has died at 90 because 2016 is the worst (The Grim Reaper must want to make his bonus this year or something)
The Playlist Splash is getting a remake (with an unnamed twist). Good luck trying to beat Daryl Hannah as Madison. They'll need it.
Seventh Row "Matthias Schoenaerts and the art of not speaking"
The Economist Why does The Shining have such cross media cultural staying power?
Variety wonders if its time for Emmys to bring back blue ribbon panels and divvy up the voting with so much acclaimed television coming from such unlikely places. Why not do it like Oscar's foreign film committees to narrow things down before final nomination voting?
Comics Alliance investigates what's going on with the movie rights to Namor, the Sub-Mariner since even Marvel executives have often been wrong about it in quotes. The basic gist is "we don't know" but the punchline of the article is wonderful
Pajiba on Mystique's shape-shifting and the X-Men's Queer metaphors. I like this piece but I still hate the idea of a Mystique movie with Jennifer Lawrence which the internet keeps wishing for. It's the only performance she's ever given that seemed to have zero interest in its own existence. Dear actors, please never take roles you're not interested in if you already have enough money. It only hurts the movie and the audiences.
The Film Stage new trailer to Phantom Boy from the directors of the Oscar-nominated A Cat in Paris. Oh, and here's the new poster:
If you'll recall I loved this movie when I saw it at TIFF last September and urge you to go see it when it hits theaters on July 15th. We already have two animated contenders, the other being Zootopia, to really get behind this year for Oscar nominations for Best Animated Feature.
OffScreen
New York Times great essay by Wesley Morris on how Muhammad Ali evolved from sports idol to the public's conscience
Reader Comments (6)
None of those X-Men loathing index can be compared to the Divergent franchise cast out-loud hatred.
I love Splash, it's Howard's best movie.
You shouldn't put beefcake pictures of Matthias Schoenaerts in water with a links round-up. All I'm thinking about is Matthias Schoenaerts in Splash (that's the twist, it's a merman), Matthias Schoenaerts as Namor, Matthias Schoenaerts as Mystique...
Lawrence never seemed very engaged and in the knew film she seems to be speaking phonetically,yet in Joy she's so in that woman's head.
Nat: Really? The Internet is really so starved for the idea of a female led one of these that they want Jennifer Lawrence's Mystique to lead one? Um...no. All of the no. A big ol' sloppy Darth Vader sized Nooooooooooooooooooooooooooo!
They should just give the solo movie to Alexandra Shipp, who really wants the Storm movie To be fair to Lawrence, she was cast in XMen before Hunger Games. Katniss always meant more to her and by now she might just be burned out by 2 big franchises.