In a year lacking VFX-heavy films, Warner Bros. Tenet, one of the few tentpoles to bow in 2021 stood alone in the end by taking home the Oscar for best Visual Effects. Christopher Nolan’s sci-fi action pic beat out Netflix’s Midnight Sky, which seemed like the favorite as it took home the honor at the VES…
Tenetwill launch "on HBO via HBO Max" on May 1, the streamers announced today.
The news reflects yet another chapter for the sci-fi thriller, which was originally scheduled for theatrical release in July of 2020, prior to the outbreak of the Covid-19 pandemic. Seeing its release date shift repeatedly, after theaters…
When composer Ludwig Göransson was approached for Tenet, he jumped at the chance to experiment with "nerdy” ideas and techniques, in concert with a director he'd long admired.
"Reading the script, I was just so excited to be in that room, and to be able to possibly work with Christopher Nolan," he says, in the latest…
The 46th annual Saturn Awards unveiled nominations Thursday by the Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Films, the nonprofit that honors the year’s best in genre films, TV, home entertainment and theater.
The wide-ranging list of nominees were led by Disney/Lucasfilm’s Star Wars Episode IX – The Rise of Skywalk…
EXCLUSIVE: Christopher Nolan’s Tenet, the movie which reopened movie theaters during the pandemic in late August, will finally see the light of day in New York City as that market allows cinemas to come back.
This Friday, Tenet will play in AMC Lincoln Square, AMC Empire, AMC Kips Bay, Village East by Angelika (70mm)…
The Motion Picture Sound Editors are out with nominations for the 68th annual Golden Reel Awards, which recognize sound artists in 22 categories spanning film, TV, toons, computer entertainment and student productions.
Eight films will vie in the marquee Outstanding Achievement in Sound Editing – Feature Underscore…
It’s that time again. Time, that is, for my annual best list of my 10 favorite films this year — at least those I thought shone through for one reason or another in at a very tough time for us all.
Considering the devastation caused by the coronavirus pandemic, I suppose we should be happy to have enough movies at all…
MONDAY UPDATE, writethru after Sunday 12:26PM post: The international box office continues to provide welcome surprises during the pandemic era. Where movie theaters are open and people feel safe, they turn up for new or enduringly exciting product that’s on offer.
To wit: Japan's Demon Slayer The Movie: Mugen Train…
Christopher Nolan, who was doing consumer press interviews today for the DVD release of Tenet, was asked about that movie’s film studio, Warner Bros., and their recent radical windows plan to drop their entire 2021 slate both in theaters and on their struggling frosh streaming service HBO Max at the same time. It was…
With movies, as with marriages, it's always best to dwell on the best moments: Cringing at Get Out, convulsing at Borat, wiping tears at A Dog's Journey. As a confirmed ticket buyer, I'll never forget seeing Parasite with a mostly Korean audience, hearing their laughs at jokes I'd missed.
But with 2020 almost behind…
Hollywood Legion Theater is set to screen Christopher Nolan's action-thriller Tenetat the Drive-In at Post 43 starting December 5.
The Legion Drive-In screenings give L.A. audiences another opportunity to watch Tenet was one of the first tentpole films released in September during the pandemic when theaters were…
MONDAY UPDATE, writethru after 8:47AM Sunday post: DreamWorks Animation/Universal's The Croods: A New Age led the weekend in China with a $19.2M debut, outpacing local titles One Second and Caught In Time as it got a huge Saturday boost. This is the third best bow for a studio movie in the Middle Kingdom during the…
