Despite a series of disappointing ticket sales, the summer box office did offer some positive reinforcement for original movies:
Richard Linklater’s recently declared plan to shoot a movie version of “Merrily We Roll Along” over a 20-year period, much like he shot “Boyhood” over 12 years, is being rightly hailed for its chutzpah. But he’s still got nothing on Michael Apted, who has essentially been directing the same movie since 1964, a record for [...
is moving ahead with its “Tomb Raider” sequel, hiring Ben Wheatley to direct and setting a release date [...]“I want to know why all the girl singers crack up. They crack up!” That’s Tony Bennett, in voiceover, musing aloud about the fate of the subject of “Billie,” an absorbing new documentary about master jazz singer Billie Holiday that had its world premiere at the Telluride Film Festival. Maybe Bennett was also thinking of [...
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Olivia Wilde on 'Booksmart' Box Office Battle, Directing 'Female Friendship''I was really overwhelmed with gratitude for all the people who stood up and started ringing the bell on their own, saying this movie's great,' Wilde said of 'Booksmart' social media campaigns amidst an underperforming opening weekend.
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