I got invited to a screening of Birth of Nation this week and there's a Q&A with Nat Parker and the cast, so if anyone has any questions they would like to ask, let me know.
It's such a weird feeling tho. Had I not being invited, I would never watch that movie because of the scandal.
At the same time, I'm kinda intrigued by how he's gonna handle the questions.
I honestly feel confused and disgusted, but let's see how everything plays out.
I plan of watching the Academy screener when it leaks late November/December because I liked to be informed on all the potential nominees. And I'm curious to see if it lives up to the hype.
Definitely not paying to see it after the scandal though.
EDIT: That interview is something else. Not him not apologizing and then quickly flipping it to be about him and being black and facing injustice to change the subject. His PR team coached him well.
Anyway, can't wait for MBTS, LLL, NA, and Fences to completely eclipse this film.
Just saw the video and I'm absolutely disgusted by his POS attitude. The interviewer did a great job and respectfully brought up the subject and he replies with so much disrespect and disdain. Vile person.
You can tell he is trying so hard to keep his PR cool by the way he fidgets into a "how are you?" without even saying hello.
@mavericksmovies: Birth of a Nation is tracking for only $8 million in over 2,000 theaters. Not sure why they went the immediate wide release route here
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^ that's how Jackie sounded like watch one of her interviews
The trailer looks amazing!!! do movies that are released at the beginning of the year ever get a chance? it seems like its always the movies at the end of the year/festival season that get nominations.
^ that's how Jackie sounded like watch one of her interviews
The trailer looks amazing!!! do movies that are released at the beginning of the year ever get a chance? it seems like its always the movies at the end of the year/festival season that get nominations.
Yes I know! There's no doubt she found a way to replicate her voice, but it's still weird to me
I wonder if Anne Hathaway's monster movie would give her any chances of getting a nomination the film has 79% so far on RT from the festival screenings and they all praise her acting in the movie calling it one of her best. Not released yet, no trailer out and it seems like it'll be released in 2017. Some of the reviews so far:
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It has two career best performances in Anne Hathaway (also a producer, and no wonder, I imagine once Hathaway read this script she knew she had to be a part of it) and Jason Sudeikis.
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Anne Hathaway turns in an awesome performance as a slowly evolving character; she’s goofy, pathetic, and a bit of a jerk sometimes but it all rings true. Her shame and guilt over her actions which she may or may not remember, is palpable and instantly relatable.
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Anne Hathaway is completely enthralling as the self-destructive alcoholic unwilling to change her ways until a force greater than herself implores her to demolish her bad habits in order to save the world.
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Hathaway approaches Gloria with a mix of vulnerability and bullheaded recklessness, delivering one of her strongest and most nuanced performances to date.
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I want to take a moment to apologize to Anne Hathaway. Ms. Hathaway, as you’ve grown from precocious princess (The Princess Diaries) and embattled intern (The Devil Wears Prada) to destitute prostitute (Les Misérables) and back again to Disney royalty (Alice Through the Looking Glass), I’ve sometimes judged you unfairly, often attributing your characters’ calculated naiveté to you as an actor, forgetting that perhaps you’re only playing the slim, often stereotypical female roles you’ve been granted. I even mistakenly took your boisterous, affecting turn as a toxic sister in Rachel Getting Married for a fluke. (You know how the broken clock is right twice a day?) But I want to tell you something you likely already know: It was me; it was never you. Because in Nacho Vigalondo’s touching sci-fi dramedy Colossal, Anne Hathaway, you are magnetic — and more importantly, you are flawed and thoroughly human.
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Hathaway is predictably fantastic here, handling issues of denial and alcoholism with tact, while also avoiding the pitfalls of making Gloria unlikable.
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Arguably not since 2008's Rachel Getting Married has Hathaway so vividly embraced offbeat filmmaking like she does in Colossal, a wacky monster movie which made its debut to surprise raves.
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Vanity Fair's Richard Larson called Colossal "my favorite performance of hers since, gosh, I don’t know when."
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The oddball sci-fi film is the riskiest move Anne Hathaway has made since winning her Oscar for Les Misérables in 2013.
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The main reason to see this movie, beyond the novelty of its ingenious premise, is Hathaway’s performance, which grows in surprising directions as Gloria embarks on her journey of self-discovery and Asian metropolis smashing.
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COLOSSAL also marks a return to form for Hathaway, who's mostly cast in big studio films but often does her best work in indie fare.. This is really Hathaway at her best.
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the movie provides a terrific showcase for Hathaway, who gives her fiercest performance since “Rachel Getting Married.”
watch one of her interviews 
the film has 79% so far on RT from the festival screenings and they all praise her acting in the movie calling it one of her best. Not released yet, no trailer out and it seems like it'll be released in 2017. Some of the reviews so far: