‘Arthur The King’ Review: Mark Wahlberg And A Scrappy New Dog Star Make This Remarkable True Story Come To Cinematic Life

Don’t mess with Carol. AMC Networks has released the first teaser for The Walking Dead: Daryl Dixon — The Book of Carol. The clip, unveiled during last night’s Parish season premiere, features Melissa McBride‘s Carol determined to find answers to her friend Daryl’s (Norman Reedus) whereabouts, no matter what it takes.

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Barbenheimer. Barbie, listed in our 2023 spring movie preview, and Oppenheimer, which was not, had yet to assert their primacy over the year’s box office and pop culture conversation.Few conceived those two films would spark a phenomenon that rippled through media, fashion, merchandising, music, and awards show after awards show after awards show.After all the hype and hot takes, red carpet looks, historic victories and milestones, the Barbenheimer convo only really finally abated with the Oscar wins that shuffled Barbie, Ken, and Oppy off the stage in March, ushering cinema into the spring/summer season.Now, new cinematic fascinations await, new soundtracks of the summer, your next new favorite character or performance, some star-making smash that’ll keep the world talking until 2025.

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Murtada Elfadl In “The Black Garden,” Armenian French first time filmmaker Alexis Pazoumian manages to portray his ancestral homeland with such sensitivity you’d think incorrectly that he lived there most of his life. Using the framework of three years in the life of three generations of Armenian men, Pazoumian sensitively captures the political conflicts, the social milieu and the geographical terrain of a small village on the border of Armenia and Azerbaijan. The village is Talish, located in the Armenian region of Nagorno-Karabakh and over the years its inhabitants have seen a lot of strife.

Freed serial killer Charles Sobhraj, who allegedly murdered 20 backpackers in Asia, has been spotted amongst tourists in London.The 79-year-old French man was released from a Nepalese prison in 2022 after spending nearly two decades behind bars. Sobhraj, who inspired the hit BBC drama The Serpent in 2021, is suspected of killing at least 20 Western tourists who were travelling through Asia's "hippy trail" in the 1970s and 1980s. Now pictures show him visiting the UK wearing a false beard and wig, while he his being filmed for a documentary.

Meghan Markle's candid admission about 'unladylike habit' months before she met Harry Meghan has re-entered the lifestyle space, and she looks set to dominate. The Duchess of Sussex's new venture - America Riviera Orchard - amassed hundreds of thousands of followers on its new Instagram page in only a few hours, and fans were treated to a short video of Meghan arranging cut flowers, baking, and posing in a doorway whilst wearing a stunning black evening gown. But this isn't Meghan's first foray into lifestyle - for years she ran a highly successful blog called The Tig, which covered everything from wellness and travel to the books that had captured her imagination.

Mark Wahlberg‘s new movie Arthur the King, based on the true story of a stray dog who joined a team on their 435 mile race in the Dominican Republic, is now in theaters.

In a frame that will see Universal/DreamWorks Animation’s Kung Fu Panda 4 rally with a second weekend take of around $30M (-48%), three wide entries hit cinemas, the biggest being Lionsgate’s Mark Wahlberg canine sports movie Arthur the King with an eye on $8M-$10M at 3,003 locations. The movie directed by Simon Cellan Jones made $825K in previews last night, which bests the $550K previews made by Wahlberg’s 2018 movie, Instant Family, that movie opening in a very pre-pandemic, pre Thanksgiving period to $14.5M.

recent photo-editing scandal.The Dutch monarch, 56, spoke to members of the public at a royal engagement in Zutphen, Netherlands Thursday where a little girl asked him about his family portrait.After exchanging a few pleasantries with the schoolgirl, the King reportedly quipped, “At least I didn’t photoshop it,” referencing Middleton’s recent digital mishap.The joke seemingly landed with royalists, who burst into laughter at the cheeky jibe.The Princess of Wales, 42, was forced to issue an apology this week after she released a doctored family photo for UK Mother’s Day on March 10.Just seconds after the image was unveiled on social media, eagle-eyed followers noticed a myriad of editing mishaps in the photo of the royal with her three children.The widespread speculation prompted conspiracy theorists to come out of the woodwork, with claims being made not only about Middleton’s health, but also her whereabouts.Middleton returned to social media to set the record straight on what had happened with the snap.“Like many amateur photographers, I do occasionally experiment with editing,” she wrote on X in the wake of the controversy.

Mark Wahlberg, renowned actor, and cultural enthusiast, recently embarked on a cinematic journey in the heart of the Caribbean, delving into the rich tapestry of Dominican expressions, cuisine, and hospitality while filming scenes for his latest project, “Arthur the King,” under the direction of Simon Cellan Jones.As reported by local newspapers, Mark Wahlberg spent several days in Santo Domingo, Las Terrenas, and Samaná, where he developed a strong cultural connection with the island. His experience went beyond the movie sets, and he ultimately announced that he had acquired a home in Cabrera, establishing his ties with this charming place.During a recent interview on Despierta América, Wahlberg showcased his newfound familiarity with Dominican expressions, eliciting laughter and admiration from both the audience and his hosts.

French actress Juliette Binoche has been announced as the new president of the European Film Academy, replacing Polish director Agnieszka Holland.

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the 2024 Oscars. The border collie captured hearts during the promotional lead up to the Academy Awards, which took place Sunday, March 10 on ABC (at the new time of 7 p.m.), hosted by Jimmy Kimmel. Kimmel gave the pooch a shout-out during his opening monologue.

Justine Triet and Arthur Harari recalled how very different their lives were a few years ago, stuck at home in the midst of Covid, when they first started to write.

They say that conflict is the essence of drama, and in this handsome but impossibly somber biopic there is almost nothing but conflict. Following up last year’s surprise hit Sound of Freedom, director Alejandro Monteverde neatly sidesteps a repeat of that film’s controversy with a story that cannot remotely be interpreted as a QAnon allegory. Based on the true story of Frances Xavier Cabrini — literally the first American saint — this takes a most un-MAGA viewpoint on immigration, painting an unvarnished portrait of racism in a country that is supposed to embrace the tired and the poor.

Carlos Aguilar Embraced by Q-Anon conspiracy theorists, last year’s “Sound of Freedom” racked up over $250 million worldwide and brought Mexican-born director Alejandro Monteverde back in the spotlight almost two decades after his awfully saccharine 2006 debut “Bella” won the People’s Choice Award at TIFF. A filmmaker with an unabashedly Christian conservative agenda, Monteverde’s latest is a frustratingly sluggish biopic of Mother Frances Xavier Cabrini (Cristiana Dell’Anna), an Italian nun who defied the Catholic Church, as well as American institutions, to aide her countrymen in New York City during the late 1800s.

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