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This article discusses Jennifer Tilly's experience in accepting the role of Tiffany in the movie Bride of Chucky. Tilly initially hesitated to take on the role, as horror films were typically seen as career choices for actors at the beginning or end of their careers. However, after reading the script and recognizing the intelligence and humor in it, she decided to accept the role. Tilly's friend, Gina Gershon, encouraged her to take the role, emphasizing the potential for a franchise. Tilly later discovered that Chucky always comes back, leading to sequels and an extended trajectory for her character. Despite initial doubts, Tilly's decision to take the role has provided her with career longevity. [Extracted from the article]

The article discusses the emergence of a new generation of A-list celebrities in Hollywood who are redefining stardom. It highlights the previous belief that Hollywood had lost the ability to create new movie stars, but now there is a surge of charismatic young actors who are capturing the public's attention. These actors have gained popularity through streaming TV and social media, and they are known for their adventurous choices in roles, progressive politics, and ability to generate attention online. The article provides a guide on how to become a star in 2024, based on insights from industry professionals. [Extracted from the article]

Because,really, the movies we hate say more about us aspeople than about the movies themselves. YEAR IN CULTURE Let's Discuss Film critics Angelica Jade Bastien,Bilge Ebiri, and Alison Willmore just wantto see movies that knock them out. The film seems to extend no empathy orunderstanding to this character--director DarrenAronofsky shoots him lumbering down the hall tobed like a movie monster. When I interviewed the director James Gray andthe actor Jeremy Strong about the film ArmageddonTime, Strong said, "In an age where we think we canexplicate everything and reduce everything to itsatomic particles, I think creativity remains, andacting remains, something that is profoundlymysterious.". [Extracted from the article]

Jusu stayed in the city after Tisch, eventuallyteaching at an arts high school in Bed-Stuy.She left four years ago after takingan assistant-professor position in GeorgeMason University's film department. The CULTURE PAGES THE BLACK INTELLECTUAL, that star-crossed figure on theAmerican scene forever charged with explaining Black folks to whitefolks and with explaining Black people to themselves--often from theperspectives of a distance refracted by double alienation", writes the latecritic Greg Tate in his seminal essay about Jean-Michel Basquiat, "Flyboyin the Buttermilk.". [Extracted from the article]

The article presents the discussion on Isabella Rossellini representing beauty's ideal displaying an astonishing range of creativity throughout the career as a model, actor, and filmmaker.

This article highlights several highly anticipated movies set to be released in 2024. Some notable films include "Drive-Away Dolls," directed by Joel Coen, which follows two friends who become involved with criminals during a road trip in Tallahassee. "Dune: Part Two" continues the story of Paul Atreides and features Florence Pugh and Zendaya. Bong Joon Ho's science-fiction film "Mickey 17" explores the concept of cloning, while "Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga" serves as a prequel to "Mad Max: Fury Road" and stars Anya Taylor-Joy. Other films mentioned include "Janet Planet," "Joker: Folie à Deux," "Wicked: Part One," "Nosferatu," and "Hit Man." [Extracted from the article]

TV / ANGELICA JADE BASTIÉN ONE PIECE--THE LONG-RUNNING manga and ongoing animefrom the mind of Eiichiro Oda--is a joyfully weird, ecstaticallysingular masterpiece bent toward a politics of liberation and care, and it'sexactly the kind of thing that seems impossible to translate into the hardedgedlive-action storytelling that dominates mainstream American filmand TV. His request inspiresthe sweet-natured Monkey D. Luffy (playedas an adult by Iñaki Godoy) to eventuallybecome the king of the pirates and capturethe One Piece himself. [Extracted from the article]

Beyoncé Master Class What the artist tells us without saying a word GLO:nyo/03aug20:62n3.jpg PHOTO (COLOR): "FORMATION"Music video. gl 2017: Matriarch Over the years,Beyoncé hasincreasingly centeredher family in herwork. GLO:nyo/03aug20:63n2.jpg PHOTO (COLOR): "LOVE DROUGHT" AND "SANDCASTLES"Grammy Awards performance. gl 2020: Royalty "You can't wear a crownwith your head down,"a voice intones in thetrailer for Black IsKing, which furthersBeyoncé's partnershipwith Disney after herrole in the 2019 TheLion King remake. [Extracted from the article]

Barry is disgruntled, overworked,and underappreciated; the janitorfor the Justice League left to clean up themess Batman (Ben Affleck) leaves behind. Barry and his alternative self realizethe gravity of their situation and seek help.They track down Bruce Wayne, in this universeplayed by Michael Keaton, who ispicking up the cape for the first time sinceworking with Tim Burton on the gothicfantasias Batman and Batman Returns.He's reluctant at first but eventually leansinto his old role and agrees to help trackdown Superman, though he and theBarrys eventually settle for Clark Kent'scousin Kara (Sasha Calle). The CULTURE PAGES CRITICS MOVIES THE ALLURE OF THE MULTIVERSE is in its wild possibilities. [Extracted from the article]

Itsbiggest misstep is the decision to make theonce animated animals creepily photorealistic,exiling the movie to an uncomfortableuncanny valley where Ariel's dead-eyedaquatic friends attempt to ferry the storyalong. The CULTURE PAGES Critics MOVIES THE CRIES of anti-feminism still swirling around theoriginal Little Mermaid, released in 1989, seem tomisunderstand that Ariel (voiced marvelously by JodiBenson) is a young woman fueled by boundless curiosity. In a March profile, Bailey argued for theworth of her iteration of Ariel: "I'm reallyexcited for my version of the film becausewe've definitely changed that perspective ofjust her wanting to leave the ocean for a boy.It's way bigger than that. [Extracted from the article]

The CULTURE PAGES MOVIES THERE'S NO CINEMATIC terrain as potent as an actor's face. Freddie carriesa picture of herself as a baby withthe woman she believes to be her birthmother, yet when Tena asks if she'strying to find her parents, she swiftlyresponds, "No." More details emerge. [Extracted from the article]

Its director, RyanCoogler, must grapple with the challenges and expectations born of andinfluenced by the tragic loss of star Chadwick Boseman while craftingan entertaining sequel to a billion-dollar blockbuster in the constrictingMarvel Cinematic Universe. The CULTURE PAGES CRITICS MOVIES GLO:nyo/21nov22:84n1.jpg PHOTO (COLOR): . gl BLACK PANTHER:WAKANDA FOREVERDIRECTED BY RYANCOOGLER.WALT DISNEYPICTURES/MARVELSTUDIOS.PG-13. The film is called to respectfully introduce a new BlackPanther and push the MCU forward with the introduction of Namor(Tenoch Huerta), an Indigenous Mesoamerican god-king of the isolationistundersea kingdom Talokan--which has its own cache ofvibranium and a superhuman strength that makes Wakanda buckle. [Extracted from the article]

For allher training, she can adopt only a threadbareapproximation of Monroe that missesthe vivacity and complications of the actress,which isn't to say de Armas hasn't shownpromise elsewhere. "Actress must have no mouth", Monroe once wrote about theindustry in a diaristic poem collected in the bookFragments: Poems, Intimate Notes, Letters. The Many Lives of Marilyn Monroe authorSarah Church well argues that storytellerstoo easily evade the ethical questionabout Monroe's representation. [Extracted from the article]

Men is a pared-down film focusing on Harper (Jessie Buckley),a widow reeling from the tangled emotions that come with thedeath of her husband, James (Paapa Essiedu). In his small role, Essiedu is asked to play asingle note of emotional manipulation:James warns Harper that he will kill himselfif she divorces him, and once his violenceturns physical, Harper grows only moreresolute in her intention to do so. [Extracted from the article]

The article presents an excerpt from the book "Black Star: A BFI Compendium" which features film noir film "Out of the Past."

An hour into the film, Julie--at a turningpoint in her relationship with Aksel--turnson a light switch and the world is frozen. The CULTURE PAGES CRITICS MOVIES JOACHIM TRIER'S The Worst Person in the World, the final film in his OsloTrilogy, is stitched throughout with the color of longing. [Extracted from the article]

Although characterslike Kimberly and a hardrightdemagogue named ReginaOliver (a slimy Jennifer Wigmore)are damning portrayals of whitefemininity, Y: The Last Man trips up bymaking them arch in a way that is entertainingbut not always as revealing as itshould be. The CULTURE PAGES CRITICS TV /ANGELICA JADE BASTIEN EVERYONE IN THE NEW series Y: The Last Man is experiencingthe worst day of their lives in perpetuity. [Extracted from the article]

Cruella limns how Hollywood haslearned all the wrong lessons from the 1950powerhouse All About Eve: In that film, thefocus is on an older woman being manipulatedby an ambitious younger fan. GLO:nyo/07jun21:103n1.jpg PHOTO (COLOR): Emma Stone gl The film begins with Cruella's birthunder the name Estella, painting her mopof half-black, half-white hair as natural,rather than an aesthetic choice. POP / MOVIES / PODCASTS The CULTURE PAGES CRITICS MOVIES CRUELLADIRECTED BY CRAIGGILLESPIE.DISNEY. [Extracted from the article]

During his franticquest to survive, Connor crosses pathswith a Montana smoke jumper, Hannah(Jolie), living in a fire tower. The CULTURE PAGES CRITICS MOVIES GLO:nyo/24may21:86n1.jpg PHOTO (COLOR): Angelina Jolieand Finn Little. gl THOSE WHO WISH ME DEADDIRECTED BYTAYLOR SHERIDAN. [Extracted from the article]

The directors of the show (only one of whom is Black) often rely on displaying the white gaze in literal fashion; white characters glaring at the Emory family is one of the show's central visual tropes. 98 new york | april 26-may 9, 2021 tv / books / mo vies freshly school-age Gracie (Melody Hurd) - as they move from North Carolina to the lily-white suburban enclave of Compton, Los Angeles. [Extracted from the article]

To watch footage of Fred Hampton--theIllinois Black Panther Party chairman slain by the twinforces of the FBI and the Chicago Police Department in1969 at a mere 21 years of age--is to be pulled in by amagnetism as expansive as his politics. O'Neal is our window into the worldand history Judas is aching to inhabit, andthe film splits its focus between his life andHampton's--while never wholly developingthe concerns or interiority of either. [Extracted from the article]

WONDER WOMAN, also known as Diana Prince, is one of the most dynamic ofDC's mainstay superhero characters, but you'd never know it watching WonderWoman 1984. But, sadly, all that glittered in the first outing isgone in Wonder Woman 1984, highlighting the dire state of both thelive-action superhero genre and Hollywood as a whole. Superhero films too often rely on mysticalitems to fuel their narratives, but a magicrock?. [Extracted from the article]

The CULTURE PAGES CRITICS MOVIES Bad Hair is a love letter writtenwith a poison pen SOMETIMES, A TERRIBLE MOVIE reminds me to cherishthe films that accomplish what they set out to do--or, atleast, the ones that seem to be having fun in the process of attemptingto. I have reviewed my share of cinematicfailures this year, but Bad Hair is the most stunningfloundering of filmmaking in 2020--afailure of empathy, intellect, and morality thatI haven't been able to shake. Writer, director, and producer JustinSimien made a bold proclamationin a pretaped segment that aired beforeHulu's drive-in Bad Hair premiere inOctober. [Extracted from the article]

Juano Hernández should have been the first Afro-Puerto Rican screen legend I WAS FIRST introduced to Afro-Puerto Rican actor Juano Hernández in the uneven, treacly 1950 drama Young Man With a Horn. But Hernández is more than an emblem of the painful limitations that have prevented black actors across the diaspora from realizing the full breadth of their gifts in film. [Extracted from the article]