Tom Jolliffe pays tribute to Michelle Yeoh, who is finally getting center stage with Everything Everywhere All At Once… Good things come to those who wait, but sometimes it takes way too long for things that should be, to come to pass. Much like a good sourdough, sometimes a bit of patience is required, although […]
10 Delightful Films to Brighten Your Day
Tom Jolliffe with a selection of 10 delightful films that can’t fail to brighten your day… Well ladies and gents, it looks like we’re still in the midst of some kind of biblical meltdown. Between a virus that’s spread the world, to political discord, societal discord, things are bad and all the while every app […]
It’s the season of Awkwafina
Tom Jolliffe looks at the rise of Awkwafina… Born Nora Lum, New Yorker Awkwafina has had something of a meteoric rise of late. She first come to attention as an internet hip-hop sensation with the comedy rap My Vag (Her vag is Godfather 1, and your vag is Godfather 3). At that juncture in time […]
Oscars 2019: Predicting the nominations in the main categories
Tom Beasley has a shot at predicting which films will make their way on to the Academy’s shortlists in the main Oscars 2019 categories… Last year, I tried to predict the nominees in all of the main Oscar categories. There were some shortlists I got almost bang on, but others for which I was way […]
Crazy Rich Asians sequels to shoot back-to-back in 2020
With Crazy Rich Asians proving a smash hit at the box office this year, Warner Bros. has decided to move ahead with two sequels, adapting author Kevin Kwan’s follow-up books China Rich Girlfriend and Rich People Problems. However, given that director John M. Chu is set to spend much of 2019 working on his new film, the musical adaptation In […]
Blu-ray Review – Crazy Rich Asians (2018)
Crazy Rich Asians. 2018 Directed by Jon M. Chu Starring Constance Wu, Henry Golding, Gemma Chan, Lisa Lu, Awkwafina, Sonoya Mizuno, Chris Pang, Jimmy O. Yang, Ronny Chieng, Remi Hii, Nico Santos, Ken Jeong, and Michelle Yeoh SYNOPSIS: This contemporary romantic comedy, based on a global bestseller, follows native New Yorker Rachel Chu to Singapore […]
Crazy Rich Asians 2 still some time away, says Constance Wu
It only took a few days from the film’s opening for Warner Bros. to announce that it would be moving forward on a sequel to this year’s smash hit romantic comedy Crazy Rich Asians, but according to leading lady Constance Wu, we may have a wait on our hands before we actually see it. Speaking […]
Exclusive Interview – Composer Brian Tyler on scoring Crazy Rich Asians, Assassin’s Creed IV, and conducting
Red Stewart chats with Brian Tyler about Crazy Rich Asians…. Brian Tyler is an American composer who has been working in the film, television, and video game industries since the late-1990s. He is best known for his compositions for projects like Law Abiding Citizen, Assassin’s Creed IV: Black Flag, The Fast and the Furious franchise, and Crazy Rich Asians. Flickering […]
Hollywood Diversity: Hopefully Not a Flash in the Pan
Tom Jolliffe looks at the recent growing numbers in ethnically diverse projects coming out of Hollywood… In recent years we’ve had a lot of anger aimed at Hollywood for a variety of reasons. Of those, diversity has been a key point of discourse. Whether stemming from ‘white-washing’ or a lack of diverse representation at the […]
Crazy Rich Asians has impressive second weekend box-office drop of just 6%
With a phenomenal film and some great word-of-mouth, Crazy Rich Asians did something unheard of this weekend! The film, directed by Jon M. Chu, dropped only 6% at the box office; drawing in a second-weekend haul of $25M. This achievement brings the worldwide total up to an estimated $83M. It seems the characters in the film aren’t […]
