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Jeffrey Wells

Los Angeles

Hollywood/Oscar Columnist

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  • 2 days ago | hollywood-elsewhere.com | Jeffrey Wells

    Snapped last night inside the big Danbury AMC, prior to catching Ballerina. Obviously the people behind Fantastic Four: First Steps (Disney, 7.25) have no shame. Has Pedro Pascal ever said no to anything or anyone? And the gingered Joseph Quinn, who will play the physically dissimilar George Harrison for Sam Mendes later this year…this, ladies and germs, is whoredom personified.

  • 2 weeks ago | hollywood-elsewhere.com | Jeffrey Wells

    “Not happening…way too laid back…zero narrative urgency,” I was muttering from the get-go. Basically the sixth episode of White Lotus Thai SERIOUSLY disappoints. Puttering around, way too slow. Things inch along but it’s all “woozy guilty lying aftermath to the big party night” stuff. Glacial pace…waiting, waiting. I was told... One Aspect of “I’m Still Here” Rankles I finally saw Walter Salles' I'm Still Here two days ago in Ojai.

  • 3 weeks ago | hollywood-elsewhere.com | Jeffrey Wells

    Late last night I was toasting some pita bread in “le pad” (8 Blvd. Montfleury), and the heat caused the pita to crack apart, so it had to be retrieved. I used a kitchen knife to scoop it out….zotz! The entire place went black, no power, nothing. No breaker box in the place itself, but there are several boxes in the hallway. Off, on…nothing. I texted with exclamation points and called the landlord….flatline, silencio. No wifi, no computers. Smart phone or nothing.

  • 3 weeks ago | hollywood-elsewhere.com | Jeffrey Wells

    And Cannes is swamped with ugly super-yachts around this time of year. If the guy who designed the Tesla cybertruck had designed a yacht.,,,p>

  • 1 month ago | hollywood-elsewhere.com | Jeffrey Wells

    What are the likely consequences? I’m asking.

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Hollywood Elsewhere
Hollywood Elsewhere @wellshwood
26 Nov 24

Sketchy thoughts about “A Complete Unknown” https://t.co/RCietFRBfj

Hollywood Elsewhere
Hollywood Elsewhere @wellshwood
26 Nov 24

5. “No Direction Home” (208 mins.). Such a running time would’ve allowed for more breathing space & a generally fuller feeling. And yet historical canvas-wise so much of “Unknown” is a spot-on, the real thing, a bell-ringer.

Hollywood Elsewhere
Hollywood Elsewhere @wellshwood
26 Nov 24

4. and (in the ‘65 section) surly insolence to generate compelling personal drama. And Jay Cocks’ fast-moving narrative is forced to cram in so many story points that it feels at times like a stone skipping across a pond. It should’ve been the length of Scorsese’s sprawling…