French Documentarian Investigates the Real-life Fallout of the Attacks on Ukraine
DIRECTED BY BERNARD-HENRY LÉVY/FRENCH/2023
DVD STREET DATE: MARCH ...
It’s a minor miracle that the film exists at all, given its troubled path to completion. Originally a Fox Animation / Blue Sky Studios project, Nimona was thrown into limbo when Disney bought Fox and dissolved Blue Sky Studios. Much of the film had already been animated, and some of the voice actors (including Chloë Grace Moretz and Riz Ahmed) were already cast, but the new executives in charge had issues with the LGBTQIA+ content of the film and were leaning toward cancelling the whole thing. Both Riz Ahmed and Chloë Grace Moretz spoke about the film in interviews, hoping that a studio would come along to finish and release the film.
An International Batch of Oscar Nominated Documentary Shorts
Once again, ShortsTV is bringing this year’s batch of Oscar nominated Live Action, Document...
his film is in great hands considering that writer and director J.A. Bayona is no stranger to fantastic tales of survival having also directed The Impossible (2012), which documents the events of the 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake. Though he handles the material with a considerable amount of sensitivity for real-life counterparts of his characters, Bayona also does not shy away from the brutality and horrific reality of what these individuals underwent.
Paul Giamatti Stars in the New Miller High-Life of Christmas Films
DIRECTED BY ALEXANDER PAYNE/2023
Cozy. Comforting. Familiar. From the opening cred...
