Movies

I recently had a conversation with renowned director Marc Forster (known for movies like ‘Finding Neverland’, ‘Quantum of Solace’, and ‘Monster’s Ball’) during the premiere of his latest film, ‘White Bird’. This World War II-based drama acts as both a sequel and prequel to the 2017 hit movie ‘Wonder’, starring Jacob Tremblay. In this continuation, Oscar-winning actress Helen Mirren portrays a Holocaust survivor who shares her experiences of escaping Nazis at a young age with her grandson Julian (played by Bryce Gheisar, who previously appeared in ‘Wonder’). Reports about Mirren being delightful to work with are indeed accurate, and Forster attested to this during our chat — even sharing that Mirren’s real-life humor greatly enhanced her performance as the grandmotherly figure in ‘White Bird’. Forster shared with MovieWeb that:

Last month, it was Beetlejuice taking on the Hot Ones challenge in the name of movie promotion, and now it is Venom’s turn to step up to the table and, in his own words, gobble down something that is “like licking Satan’s nut sack.” Yes…even Venom has issues with that top-level hot sauce in a hilarious bit of marketing for the upcoming .

Right now, Ananya Panday is delighted by the favorable reception her latest OTT film, CTRL, has been getting. This movie, directed by Vikramaditya Motwane, is a screenlife thriller that underscores the potential harm social media can inflict on one’s mental health and even lead to fatal consequences. In an interview during promotions, Ananya shared that she wishes platforms like Reddit and Photoshop wouldn’t exist.

A gripping blend of “Lost” and “Lord of the Flies,” Showtime’s suspenseful drama series, titled “Yellowjackets,” tells the harrowing tale that unfolds following a tragic plane crash in 1996, leaving a band of high school girls from a soccer team stranded in the merciless Canadian wilderness for 19 months. Twenty-five years later, these now-grown survivors grapple with the lasting effects and psychological trauma caused by this life-changing event, as they confront the repercussions of decisions made during their harrowing ordeal in the desolate landscape.

In the movie titled “Megalopolis,” directed by Francis Ford Coppola and infamous for its underperformance at the box office, we find a futuristic setting that is the ambitious, somewhat contentious vision of protagonist Cesar Catilina, played by Adam Driver. A modern urbanist, Cesar has developed an innovative construction material called Megalon. To create the film’s unique biomorphic cityscape, Coppola collaborated with Neri Oxman, a renowned 48-year-old Israeli-American designer specializing in the field of “material ecology.