Synopsis : A reclusive English teacher suffering from severe obesity attempts to reconnect with his estranged teenage daughter for one last chance at redemption. Rating: R (Language|Some Drug Use|Sexual Content) Genre: Drama Original Language: English Director: Darren Aronofsky Writer: Samuel D. Hunter Release Date (Theaters): Dec 21, 2022 Wide Runtime: 1h 57m Distributor: A24 Q&A with Actor Brendan Fraser Q: You’re baring…
Photo by Luke Varley/Luke Varley – © Amazon Studios/Dignity Productions Ltd “The Whale,” Darren Aronofsky’s adaptation of Samuel D. Hunter’s play of the same name has earned mixed reviews, but Brendan Fraser’s performance as a 600-pound man has received overwhelming praise. A few days ago, the late-night talk show host James Corden revealed that he was…
Playwright Samuel D. Hunter has an impressive resumé. He was a recipient of a 2014 MacArthur Genius Grant Fellowship, among many other awards, and he has written over a dozen plays. Among the most successful was The Whale, which also turned into the first play he rewrote as a screenplay, for a film directed by…
Synopsis : A reclusive English teacher suffering from severe obesity attempts to reconnect with his estranged teenage daughter for one last chance at redemption. Rating: R (Language|Some Drug Use|Sexual Content) Genre: Drama Original Language: English Director: Darren Aronofsky Writer: Samuel D. Hunter Release Date (Theaters): Dec 9, 2022 Limited Runtime: 1h 57m Distributor: A24 Q&A…
Director Darren Aronofsky’s latest outing, “The Whale,” premiered in competition at the 2022 Venice Film Festival. The film challenged audiences — leading them through an emotional journey in a most unexpected way — to recognize that someone outside of our usual mode of thinking exists. The story tells of Charlie (Brendan Fraser), a morbidly obese…
Children and teenagers are capable of an unfortunate cruelty to each other that is in most cases learned from watching other people, be it adults in their lives or characters on television or in film. The need to ostracize those who feel different can have immeasurably detrimental effects and lead to tragic consequences. Even in…
A24 has dropped a new trailer for Brendan Fraser’s highly-anticipated comeback film, “The Whale” directed by Darren Aronofsky (“Requiem for a Dream,” “Black Swan”). The film is based on Aronofsky’s adaptation of the 2012 stage play, “The Whale” follows Charlie (Fraser), an English teacher living with obesity who has decided to eat himself to death….
After laying dormant for over a decade, Jason Voorhees is being revived once again. Peacock has given a straight-to-series order to a Friday the 13th prequel television project that’s currently titled Crystal Lake, Variety is reporting. Exact plot details for the series haven’t yet been revealed by the streaming service, although the project is being…
Lily James will be included in the cast of The Iron Claw, an upcoming film by A24 about the Von Erichs, a family who made their mark in the professional wrestling arena over the past half century. As first reported by Deadline, it has not yet been revealed what role she will be playing, but…
The United States military has historically been a hostile environment for LGBT individuals. The “don’t ask, don’t tell” policy forced those who wished to serve to conceal their identities or face expulsion, and its repeal a decade ago has hopefully improved the situation, though there is surely much work still to be done. But despite…
Aftersun Synopsis : At a fading vacation resort, 11-year-old Sophie treasures rare time together with her loving and idealistic father, Calum (Paul Mescal). As a world of adolescence creeps into view, beyond her eye Calum struggles under the weight of life outside of fatherhood. Twenty years later, Sophie’s tender recollections of their last holiday become…
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