IMDb : : Top News. Prev Next »2 June 2. PM, PDT. Variety - Film News. See recent Variety - Film News news. Much like classic car customization, effective cinematic storytelling is often all about the detailing, and Ricardo de Montreuil’s “Lowriders,” which sets a tale of inter- generational rivalry and artistic awakening amidst East La’s Latino car culture, has style and local color to spare.

A peek under the hood reveals a rather shopworn story that doesn’t completely sell its more melodramatic narrative strands, but thanks to a trio of finely calibrated performances, an authentic sense of place and one gorgeously designed red ’3. Chevy, the film could get a decent degree of mileage with the proper handling. If nothing else, “Lowriders” offers an insightful contemporary snapshot of some of Los Angeles’ easternmost neighborhoods, from Boyle Heights to Elysian Park and Echo Park.

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Long home to working class Latino communities, these areas have recently become hotspots for gentrification, and most attempts to put them on film have tended to focus exclusively. Andrew Barker. Permalink Report a problem. June 2. 01. 6 9: 2. PM, PDT. See recent The Wrap news. What happens when you pair a larger- than- life basketball icon with a smart, sassy comedian? You get a “Lip Sync Battle” with as much drama and cutthroat competition as Game 1 of the NBA Finals, which was also being played on Thursday night, over on ABC.

Four- time NBA champion and 1. NBA All- Star Shaquille O’Neal kicked off the Spike show performing a song that could have been named after him — the B- 5. Love Shack.”. Also Read: Stephen Curry, Magic Johnson Get Ripped by Jimmy Kimmel's 'Mean Tweets - NBA Edition' (Video). Needless to say, the 7- foot- 1- inch former Los. Debbie Emery. Permalink Report a problem. June 2. 01. 6 9: 0. PM, PDT. See recent The Wrap news.

With the departure of two top executives in 2. Sony Entertainment CEO Michael Lynton is asserting control in a way he hasn’t before or since the 2. The news on Wednesday that Sony Pictures Television Chairman Steve Mosko was out of the studio sent shock waves around Hollywood, followed quickly by the exit of Sony Motion Picture Group President Doug Belgrad on Thursday. The moves signaled a power play uncharacteristic of the mild- mannered CEO and indicated a desire to pull his profitable TV division closer and remove the hard- charging Mosko, who many see as an architect of. Matt Donnelly and Sharon Waxman.

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PM, PDT. See recent The Wrap news. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out of the Shadows” is poised to be another one of this summer’s sequel slumps, tracking to open this weekend with $3. But analysts say it’s still a great investment for Paramount. The studio’s 2. 01. Rotten Tomatoes. And this Friday’s sequel is looking to make around mid- $3. But projected box office is only one factor for the studio to continue. Beatrice Verhoeven.

Permalink Report a problem. June 2. 01. 6 8: 1. PM, PDT. Variety - Film News. See recent Variety - Film News news. The Closer,” a Brooklyn- set tale of betrayal and greed among friends, won the best feature prize at the Big Island Film Festival, which wrapped earlier this week in Hawaii.

Eli Hershko wrote, produced and directed the picture.“Catfish Blues,” the tale of a reclusive young boy who begins to open up when he joins a 9. Junior Bonner directed. Writer/director James Raue’s mockumentary “Psychoanalysis” received the prize for best foreign feature.

The pic, which follows Australia’s top suicide prevention specialist as he attempts to discover why five of his patients killed themselves in a single week, was made for $1. Raue. The best Hawaii feature award went to “Throuple,” a tale of love and madness that spins around a conflicted young couple as they interact with a polyamorous trio and a mysterious loner. Peter Caranicas. Permalink Report a problem. Watch Online Watch Eye In The Sky Full Movie Online Film more. June 2. 01. 6 7: 5.

PM, PDT. See recent The Wrap news. One day after exiting as Sony TV chief, Steve Mosko said his seemingly abrupt departure was a long time coming.

It’s been brewing for awhile,” Mosko said Thursday evening during a sit- down interview at the Paley Center for Media in Beverly Hills, when he was asked to explain the end of his 2. Breaking Bad,” “Better Call Saul” and “Outlander.”. It’s time to do something different,” Mosko told interviewer Michael Schneider of Indiewire. The executive said he just turned 6. In life, if you’re not.

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PM, PDT. See recent The Wrap news. While the Marvel Cinematic Universe has produced consistently strong films, Fox’s “X- Men” series has had a far weaker hitting average. For every “X2” and “First Class,” there’s a “Last Stand” or an “Origins: Wolverine”.

With “X- Men: Apocalypse” getting a decidedly mixed reception, it’s time to look closer at Marvel’s team of mutants and examine what isn’t working. Here’s our suggestions for what’s wrong with “X- Men”. Timeline Jumps: Let’s start with a continuity problem. There are decade- long gaps between the events of “First Class,” “Days of Future Past,” and “Apocalypse.” There’s no. Jeremy Fuster. Permalink Report a problem. June 2. 01. 6 7: 5.

PM, PDT. See recent The Wrap news. Sumner Redstone “retains the legal mental capacity to make the decisions” regarding the future of his business operations, according to a geriatric psychiatrist who examined the 9. May 2. 0 and May 2. In a statement released by Redstone family representatives, Dr. James Spar of the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA said that Redstone affirmed his recent decision to oust Viacom CEO Phillippe Dauman and Director George Abrams from his trust and the Board of Directors of National Amusements, Inc., the privately held firm that holds a controlling stake in both CBS and Viacom. Lawrence Yee. Permalink Report a problem. June 2. 01. 6 7: 3.

PM, PDT. See recent The Wrap news. Jimmy Kimmel’s “Mean Tweets” have become a time- honored staple on his late- night show, and there’s no better time to revise the tradition than during the NBA Finals. On Thursday night ahead of Game 1 of the Cleveland Cavaliers- Golden State Warriors rematch, Kimmel’s “Mean Tweets – NBA Edition #4” had some of the biggest names in basketball reading out some of the nastiest — and funniest — messages on social media. Despite being the reigning Mvp and heading into his second consecutive NBA Finals, Stephen Curry still looks like a kid, according to some social media critics. Also Read: Jimmy Kimmel Renews ABC Deal. Debbie Emery. Permalink Report a problem.

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See recent Variety - Film News news. Sierra/Affinity has sold out international territories for “Molly’s Game,” less than a month after the project came together with Idris Elba and Jessica Chastain in Aaron Sorkin’s directorial debut. Chastain is playing the lead role, based on the memoir by Molly Bloom, who wound up running the most exclusive high- stakes poker game in the world for eight years. Sorkin is also penning the script. Mark Gordon will produce with Amy Pascal. Entertainment One and The Mark Gordon Company are financing.

Sales, which launched at the Cannes Film Festival, included e. One for Canada, UK, Australia/New Zealand, Benelux and Spain; Kino Films for Japan; Main Title for South Korea; Rai Cinemas for Italy, Scanbox for Scandinavia; Snd Groupe M6 for France and Square One for Germany. Stx Entertainment acquired Us rights to “Molly’s Game” for $9 million during Cannes.

Sierra/Affinity said the sales success reinforces its growth. Dave Mc. Nary. Permalink Report a problem. June 2. 01. 6 7: 2.

PM, PDT. Variety - TV News. See recent Variety - TV News news. Steve Mosko didn’t wait long to start talking about his exit from Sony Pictures Television.“It’s been brewing for a while,” Mosko said Thursday. The great thing is I’ve been at Sony for 2.

Pompeii: Film Review Hollywood Reporter. The lava flows by the ton, as does the cheese, in Pompeii, a kitschy apocalyptic peplum whose visual epiphanies - - of which there are definitely a few - - cannot outdo a B- (or C- or D- ) grade scenario that will have lots of eyes rolling by the time the big stack finally blows. Not that one would expect less from Resident Evil mastermind Paul W. S. Anderson, who clearly seems to be getting off on the massive destruction that this $1.

But with a central love story that feels contrived from the very first note, the major pleasure here is seeing it all blown to smithereens as quickly as possible, resulting in a movie that will have far less staying power than Pompeii's infamous ash- covered victims. With Sony's Tri. Star rolling out the film in the U. S. this Friday and facing little new competition, the Germany- Canada co- production could make a fast killing in its first frame, though it won’t stick around for long. Pompeii's overall theatrical gross could outperform Anderson’s The Three Musketeers but probably won’t reach Evil levels, while steady ancillary returns are a given. VIDEO: 'Pompeii' Super Bowl Ad Hints of '3. During Volcanic Eruption. Roman Polanski was originally slated to adapt novelist Robert Harris’ take on the ancient natural disaster, which took place in 7.

A. D. when Mount Vesuvius violently erupted, spewing out enough lava and ash to decimate the nearby Roman city of Pompeii and kill off most of its population (estimated at around 1. One can only imagine how the Polanski- Harris version would have fared up against this explosive but awfully generic offering from Anderson and writers Michael Robert Johnson (Sherlock Holmes), Janet Scott Batchler and Lee Batchler (the duo behind Batman Forever, one of the worst Batman movies), who borrow lavishly from Gladiator, Spartacus and even The Horse Whisperer to concoct a storyline that’s merely an elaborate pretext for all the fire and brimstone. A flashback features a young Celtic boy watching his parents slaughtered at the hands of the ruthless Corvus (Kiefer Sutherland) and his top soldier Proculus (Sasha Roiz). Seventeen years later, that boy has grown up to become a strapping gladiator known as “The Celt” but named Milo (Game of Thrones’Kit Harington, sporting way too much hair gel for a Roman slave), and is soon shipped off to the southern city of Pompeii to serve as violent entertainment for the blood- hungry plebeians. On the way, he makes a major impression on Cassia (Emily Browning), the waifish daughter of town chief Severus (Jared Harris, Mad Men) and wife Aurelia (Carrie- Anne Moss), who’s heading back home after spending a rather turbulent year in Rome, which her parents make sound like some sort of decadent party school. Also arriving is Corvus, now a senator for Emperor Titus and in charge of deciding whether the capital will invest in Pompeii’s much- needed urban improvements. PHOTOS: 2. 5 of the Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2.

With all the characters - - including a fellow slave fighter, Atticus (Adewale Akkinnuoye- Agbaje), whom Milo befriends in gladiator prison - - converging on the coastal burb just as Vesuvius starts making its first rumbles, it’s clear by the second reel where things are headed, and the script never once deters from a routine plot that plays like it’s literally been written in stone. This especially holds true for the burgeoning romance between Milo and Cassia, whom the former woos by taming, or breaking the neck of, a horse, when he’s not stripping down to show off his killer pecs and abs.

Since the backstory plays out as mere filler, one can only wait for the volcano to erupt, but Anderson delays the big moment for at least an hour. Just beforehand, he delivers one of his better set pieces, with Milo and Atticus fending off an entire Roman battalion as the city cheers on at the local arena, the two muscle- bound warriors cutting their way through many a throat in the most PG- 1.

Once Vesuvius blows, it’s off to the races (well, chariot races), with slaves and citizens alike dashing for the seas as megabombs of fire, rock and lava tear the town to pieces, leaving little hope for escape and wasting more marble than a Beverly Hills bathtub. These moments are clearly where Anderson thrives, cutting between distantbirds- eye views of the devastation below and action- packed snippets where DP Glen Mac. Pherson and VFX supervisor Dennis Berardi shoot tons of smoke and ash right into our faces. PHOTOS: 'Game of Thrones'' Most Gruesome Deaths. As if that weren’t enough, there are also several deadly sword fights, horse chases and one killer tsunami that sends all the corpses and rubble back in the other direction. It’s apocalypse overdose for sure, but like most CG mass destructions, sometimes beautiful to behold, even if the pounding sound design (by Stephen Barden) and score (by Clinton Shorter, 2 Guns) hardly give us space to sit back and admire the scenery. Unfortunately, the love story soon comes back around to spoil all the fun, and while Anderson excels in the film’s many moments of digital doom- and- gloom, he can’t deliver a single authentic emotion between the two star- crossed leads, leaving us with a sooty aftertaste of having sat through one very loud rendition of Titanic in togas.

Tech credits are top- notch, with sets by production designer Paul Denham Austerberry doing a great job laying out Pompeii's elaborate urban plan. D is actually a plus here, especially when the mayhem begins. Production companies: Constantin Film International, Impact Pictures (Pompeii)Cast: Kit Harington, Emily Browning, Jared Harris, Carrie- Anne Moss, Adewale Akkinnuoye- Agbaje, Jessica Lucas, Kiefer Sutherland. Director: Paul W. S. Anderson. Screenwriters: Janet Scott Batchler, Lee Batchler, Michael Robert Johnson.

Producers: Jeremy Bolt, Paul W. S. Anderson, Robert Kulzer, Don Carmody. Executive producers: Martin Moszkowicz, Peter Schlessel, Jon Brown.

Director of photography: Glen Mac. Pherson. Production designer: Paul Denham Austerberry. Costume designer: Wendy Partridge.

Editor: Michele Conroy. Music: Clinton Shorter. Visual effects supervisor: Dennis Berardi. Sales: Summit Entertainment.

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