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5 days ago |
thefilmstage.com | Jared Mobarak
The Matron (Rima Te Wiata) of Te Motu School for Incorrigible and Delinquent Girls truly believes she’s doing the work of God through her three education principles: “Christianize, civilize, and assimilate.” Why? Because they saved her as a young Māori teenager adrift and in search of purpose.
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1 week ago |
thefilmstage.com | Jared Mobarak
Another month means another IP deluge. MCU. Karate Kid. Mission: Impossible. Final Destination. Even A Simple Favor. It just goes to show how many films get released every year that I can now pretty much ignore all the Hollywood Photoshop jobs and still be able to populate the below article without any trouble.
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3 weeks ago |
thefilmstage.com | Jared Mobarak
Remaking a film on the Library of Congress’s National Film Registry is hardly a task that one should take lightly. Ang Lee’s The Wedding Banquet dials up the pressure by placing a Golden Bear victory and Oscar nomination on its mantle too. That much acclaim puts a ton of expectation upon the shoulders of whoever would choose to take the leap and bring its romantic comedy thirty years forward into the present.
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1 month ago |
thefilmstage.com | Jared Mobarak
It’s a month full of “operatives” (see Freaky Tales on April 4, The Amateur on April 11, Warfare on April 11, and The Accountant 2 on April 25) and each received an effective if familiar campaign. The same goes for April’s videogame adaptations too (Minecraft on April 4 and Until Dawn on April 25). Glossy, plastic, and muddy. Once again, Hollywood plays it safe. Get the job done, don’t alienate audiences, and never truly inspire them either.
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2 months ago |
thefilmstage.com | Jared Mobarak
The Oscars have ended, and the nominees and winners should garner some interest both in theaters and at home––viewership was marginally up from last year and we can assume many hadn’t heard of the films until now. That means less time for getting eyeballs on new releases, and it seems the studios are aware considering Snow White (March 21) and Novocaine (March 14) are the only big mainstream titles opening (unless Warner Bros. surprises with their offerings).
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