Radheyan Simonpillai

1 month ago | theguardian.com | Radheyan Simonpillai

Sadie Sink needs to be freed from whatever nostalgia curse has condemned her to a career full of pop synth soundtracks. If Sink seemed the obvious choice to lead O’Dessa – a dystopian rock opera that feels like an 80s retro futurist screensaver lurching to life – it’s because of her impact in Fear Street: Part 2 and Stranger Things. Both situate the seemingly wise-beyond-her years star in the reimagined past of 40 to 50 years ago.

1 month ago | everythingzoomer.com | Radheyan Simonpillai

| March 3rd, 2025(L-R) Adrien Brody, Mikey Madison, Zoe Saldaña and Kieran Culkin, pose in the press room during the 97th Annual Oscars at Ovation Hollywood on March 2, 2025 in Hollywood, California. Photo: Arturo Holmes/WireImage/Getty ImagesThose of us rooting for the Demi Moore comeback story to be complete with a best actress win at the Oscars were left disappointed Sunday night. That prize instead went to Mikey Madison for her tour de force performance in Anora, which conquered the night.

1 month ago | msn.com | Radheyan Simonpillai |Andrew Pulver |Charles Bramesco |Andrew Lawrence |Pamela Hutchinson |Scott Tobias | +1 more

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1 month ago | theguardian.com | Radheyan Simonpillai |Andrew Pulver |Benjamin Lee |Charles Bramesco |Andrew Lawrence |Pamela Hutchinson | +2 more

The French ConnectionAlmost five minutes go by in The French Connection before we get a good look at Gene Hackman. Various other operators come and go in William Friedkin’s gritty and unsettling procedural – based on a real heroin sting – before Hackman’s Detective Jimmy “Popeye” Doyle emerges from behind an ill-fitting undercover Santa Claus outfit, like a background player busting into his first lead role.

2 months ago | theglobeandmail.com | Radheyan Simonpillai