Review: '1883'
►"Genre cliches, mumbling and banal voiceover obscure potential." THR's chief TV critic
Dan Fienberg reviews Paramount+'s
1883. After flirting with the Western genre in modern settings, Taylor Sheridan's new
Yellowstone prequel puts stars Sam Elliott, Faith Hill and Tim McGraw on a 19th-century wagon trail across the wide-open prairie.
The review. —
"We’ve all been changed forever." In the brutal documentary
The First Wave, filmmaker Matthew Heineman captured the battle against COVID-19 from the front lines of a New York City hospital inundated with patients in the chaotic early days of the pandemic. Heineman spoke to
THR's
Tyler Coates about the difficulties he faced making the doc and how he hopes it serves as more than a historical document of COVID’s early days.
The interview. —
"Movie theaters have sustained me." THR's nicest man
Chris Gardner was at
The Matrix Resurrections world premiere in San Francisco, where stars Keanu Reeves, Carrie-Anne Moss and director Lana Wachowski walked the green carpet. Wachowski delivered a heartfelt speech about the power of cinema and self-reflection tied to her trans identity.
The story. In other news... —Omicron:
Netherlands shuts cinemas for one month, Ireland imposes curfew —
Carlos Marin, singer in British quartet Il Divo, dies at 53
—Denis Villeneuve
to be honored by Advanced Imaging Society —
Michele Burke, Joy Zapata to receive Make-Up Artists and Hair Stylists Guild honor
—
Steven Soderbergh shares his favorite places to enjoy a drink in Los Angeles
—Why stars like Steve Carell and Dakota Fanning
are picking up tennis racquets —
Tennis courts are in demand again among Los Angeles home buyers
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Hollywood flashback: 20 years ago,
The Lord of the Rings ruled them all
What else we're reading... —Ryan Seacrest Is Ready to Relax. A Little. The Smallest Possible Amount. [
Wall Street Journal]
—Spotify Has a Gen Z Problem. Or Is It an Opportunity? [
Bloomberg]
—How Jonny Greenwood Wrote the Year’s Best Film Score [
New Yorker]
—Need A Warped, Tortured Or Evil Character For A Hollywood Film? Cast A British Actor [
The Guardian]
—The Real-Life Diet of Guy Fieri, Who Balances Comfort Food With CrossFit [
GQ]
Today... ...in 1991, Oliver Stone and Warner Bros. unveiled the 188-minute conspiratorial thriller
JFK. The all-star cast included Kevin Costner, Kevin Bacon, Tommy Lee Jones, Gary Oldman, Laurie Metcalf and Sissy Spacek and the film was nominated for eight Oscars at the 64th Academy Awards.
The original review. Today's birthdays: Dick Wolf (75), Jonah Hill (38), Todd Phillips (51),
Jenny Agutter (69), Nicole de Boer (51), Azie Tesfai (29), Jillian Rose Reed (30), Alison Luff (33), Melanie Scrofano (40), Brian O'Halloran (52), Joe Cornish (53), Iqbal Theba (58)
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