Strictly Come Dancing judge Craig Revel Horwood has let slip who he wants to see claim the glitterball trophy tonight just hours ahead of this series' highly-anticipated final.
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Peter Debruge Chief Film Critic If John Woo had permitted the characters in “Silent Night” to speak, chances are that audiences would laugh them off the screen. Instead, the director gets right down to business, opening with a wordless chase sequence in which a sad dad (Joel Kinnaman) in a corny Christmas sweater sprints after a pair of speeding cars.
Inside the vehicles, bad men blast machine guns, while our nameless hero is armed with … just his wits and the jingle bell around his neck. By the time this guy — identified as Brian Godlock in the end credits — catches up to the gang members who murdered his son, “Silent Night” has already demonstrated that Woo has no intention of letting logic get in his way.
And why should we expect any different from the director of “Face/Off,” whose title-says-it-all gimmick had two rivals swapping identities via plastic surgery? The movie dedicates a lot of time to watching Brian mourn and his marriage dissolve (Catalina Sandino Moreno plays the wife who leaves without a word), but the child’s death is just the trigger. The movie needs an excuse to send his angry father on a rampage.
Back in the late ’80s and early ’90s, Woo almost single-handedly rewrote the codes of action cinema. Then “The Matrix” stole his tricks, and Woo’s own movies started to feel less impressive than his imitators (for all its showmanship, “Mission: Impossible II” already felt like a parody of a John Woo movie).
Silly as it might be, “Silent Night” gives audiences reason to get excited about the Hong Kong innovator once again, ranking as one of the few bloody Christmas counter-programmers since “Die Hard” that feels worthy of repeat viewing down the road. “Silent Night” is not, as its title might suggest, a
.Strictly Come Dancing judge Craig Revel Horwood has let slip who he wants to see claim the glitterball trophy tonight just hours ahead of this series' highly-anticipated final.
John Hopewell Chief International Correspondent Big-budget disaster series “Estonia,” Canneseries winner “Power Play” and “Painkiller,” the TV drama debut of Göteborg victor Gabriela Pilcher (“Amateur”) feature in the five contenders for next year’s Nordisk Film & TV Fond Prize which serves to underscore the robust breadth of current Nordic scripted series. Also in the running is “Prisoner,” a second admired Cannes series main competition contender featuring “The Killing” star Sofie Gråbøl, and “Descendants,” the showrunning debut of famed Icelandic thesp Tinna Hrafnsdóttir.
Just hours after Liz Magill resigned as president of the University of Pennsylvania over the evasive answers she and two other academic leaders gave at a House hearing this week, they were being mocked on the Saturday Night Live cold open.
“George Harrison: The Reluctant Beatle” (Scribner), Harrison’s reaction wasn’t out of character — if anything, it displayed his “tactless gene” at its worst.Critically, argues Norman, it was the also culmination of years spent in the shadow of Lennon and McCartney, The Beatles’ principal songwriters.Soon after Harrison finally woke up, he issued a more reasoned statement about Lennon’s passing. “I am shocked and stunned.
Baghead which comes to the screen from the producers of IT and Barbarian, and stars Freya Allen (The Witcher) and Jeremy Irvine (War Horse).This one comes to screens in 2024 through STUDIOCANAL in the UK.
Silent Night UK release. This has been on my mind for a little while as the latest film from Hong Kong action supermodel John Woo has been out in the US since last weekend but there has been little to no hint about when the movie will hit British territory.
WSJ Magazine in a cover story, which published Tuesday. “We’re seven very different people, which is our strength.”She added: “We had to heal. There are things we needed to heal from.”“I don’t really have … a social life,” Jolie went on.
Perhaps you just saw the new Peacock comedy from the Please Don’t Destroy guys and it got you thinking—what happened to the other ‘SNL’ digital shorts people, The Lonely Island? Well, wouldn’t you know it? They’re still making films, and their latest is “Self Reliance,” a new comedy coming to Hulu next month. READ MORE: ‘Self Reliance’ Review: Jake Johnson’s Directorial Debut Is A Suitable Vehicle For His Shaggy Comic Energy [SXSW] As seen in the trailer for “Self Reliance,” the comedy follows the story of a middle-aged guy who signs up to star in a “dark web reality TV show” that puts him in the position of being hunted by random assassins over the course of 30 days.
When it comes to shopping for Christmas gifts, there’s nothing better than finding something that’s not only pretty and chic, but also super personal too. This year we’ve seen things like nameplate necklaces and star sign jewellery become one of the must-have accessories, and now it seems there’s another personal piece of jewellery making its way to the top of everyone’s wishlists – initial bracelets.
Rafa Sales Ross Guest Contributor While introducing the Middle East and North Africa premiere of John Woo’s “Silent Night” at the Red Sea Film Festival, actor Joel Kinnaman emphasized the rare opportunity to have “everyone in the world watching the same film.” The actor is referring to the fact that Woo’s first U.S. film in 20 years features no language — no spoken language, that is — and so needs no subtitles. The characters in the revenge thriller have not a single line of dialogue throughout the film, with the only snippets of speech coming from diegetic music, a few brief radio broadcasts and phone messages.
Strictly Come Dancing fans were left double checking they weren't seeing things as they spotted a very famous face in the audience. The BBC One dance contest returned to screens on Saturday night (December 2) for the all-important quarter-finals.
Christopher Reeve’s caped flight to stardom in 1978’s “Superman” movie, a NYC auction house is listing rare documents revealing the other leading men the studio cleared to be cast in the iconic role, including Clint Eastwood, Jack Nicholson, Robert Wagner and then-closeted Richard Chamberlain.Auction house Metropolis Collectibles revealed the names of 24 leading men and 23 actresses DC Comics officially approved to be Superman/Clark Kent and Lois Lane, characters ultimately played by the relatively unknown 26-year-old Juilliard alum Reeve, and established 30-year-old Margot Kidder. “This has been a well-loved topic over the years and for the first time we have confirmation” about the approved list of actors “DC was comfortable with, as far as their public image,” said J.R.
Jordan Moreau If a picture is worth a thousand words, then John Woo‘s wordless action movie “Silent Night” is worth at least a thousand gunshots. Woo returns to Hollywood for the first time since 2003 to quietly deliver “Silent Night,” a blood-soaked, Christmas-themed revenge tale with zero spoken dialogue. It employs the same style of fast-paced, R-rated gun-toting that has become all the rage with action movies nowadays a la the “John Wick,” “Kingsman” and “Extraction” series.
Five Nights At Freddy’s has been rumoured to be in development, with Emma Tammi returning to direct.According to The Hollywood Handle, Five Nights At Freddy’s 2 will begin production in 2024. The first movie, which was an adaptation of the popular video game franchise of the same name, starred Josh Hutcherson (The Hunger Games) as Mike, a pizzeria security guard who encounters animatronic spirits that haunt the restaurant.The horror it has grossed almost $300 million against a $20 million budget, and is production house, Blumhouse’s highest grossing film ever, overtaking M.
The NSFW trailer for the upcoming Ted prequel series was just released on Wednesday (November 29)!
Drivers could be slapped with a fine and three points on their licence if they break a rule while de-icing their car windows this week.
La Liga side Getafe are reportedly interested in signing Manchester United loanee Mason Greenwood permanently, if his current form continues.
EXCLUSIVE: Bob Yari, producer of Oscar winner Crash and exec producer on TV series including Yellowstone and The Mayor Of Kingstown, and his WonderHill Studios partner Marvin Peart (The War With Grandpa), are teaming up with the Georgian government and Eastern European and Central Asian investment firm Silk Road Group in a bid to grow the number of Hollywood film and TV productions filming in Georgia.
Emma Roberts and Cody John are stepping out for a rare date night in the public eye!
Naman Ramachandran Radhika Apte (“Andhadhun”) and Keerthy Suresh (“Maamannan”) will lead leading Indian studio Yash Raj Films’ streaming production arm YRF Entertainment’s new series “Akka,” Variety has learned. The period thriller will be directed by Dharmaraj Shetty. “Keerthy Suresh and Radhika Apte are considered two of the most gifted female actors in India today.