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Oppenheimer couldn’t be more of an Oscars lockA three-hour epic about the development of the A-bomb might not have been an automatic awards-season pick (especially after spending the summer as the afterthought in the Barbenheimer hashtag) but … well, it’s become the bulldozer of 2024. Despite the billions of dollars his films have made, the stars have never quite lined up for Christopher Nolan at awards time, but now they are with a vengeance. Nolan strode to the stage with well-earned authority to pick up his best…

Image: Rochlin/FilmMagic (Getty Images)Once upon a time, Gore Verbinski was releasing movies at a reliable cadence, from Mouse Hunt and The Ring to the Pirates of the Carribean trilogy. Things took a turn in the 2010s with a pair of box office bombs: 2013's The Lone Ranger and 2016's A Cure for Wellness. He’s been in director purgatory since then, but a potential comeback may be on the horizon with his next film.Director Francis Lawrence on Making Netflix's BioShock FilmPer Deadline, Verbinski has rounded up a cast for…

As this year’s Super Bowl dies down, the hype for new titles from the 2024 movie schedule is starting to heat up. Though they may not be as prolific as they once were, trailers for films like Deadpool & Wolverine and Twisters were still on hand to get the hype engines revved up. In the case of the latter Universal legacy-quel, that hype sees a long awaited sequel finally taking shape; but it also could mean a renaissance for the works of best-selling author Michael Crichton. The upcoming Jurassic World follow-up…

Indian entrepreneurs will use artificial intelligence to solve diverse problems and create impact in diverse fields, not just increase productivity, said Nobel Laureate economist Michael Spence on Thursday. He was speaking at a discussion on “Artificial Intelligence in the age of uncertainty” during the Azim Premji University public lecture series in Bengaluru.With big changes emerging on the global front, India, he said, is likely to be one of the bright lights in the global economy in the years to come. Elevate Your…

Get our free weekly email for all the latest cinematic news from our film critic Clarisse LoughreyGet our The Life Cinematic email for freeBarbie star Michael Cera has claimed that he “almost died” on the set of Greta Gerwig’s Oscar-nominated movie after a last-minute change to a fight scene. The Canadian actor, 35, stars as Allan opposite Margot Robbie and Ryan Gosling in the live-action 2023 film about the popular Mattel children’s dolls.Barbie received rave reviews from critics and was a box office smash, breaking a…

Christopher Nolan has a habit of working with the same actors over and over again: the acclaimed director has worked with Anne Hathaway and Matt Damon twice, Christian Bale and Gary Oldman four times apiece. And, he's notably collaborated a whopping six times with Cillian Murphy, the star of not only his blockbuster biopic Oppenheimer but also Dunkirk, Inception and The Dark Knight trilogy. While Chris and Cill's professional "bromance" is undeniably impressive, it's actually the filmmaker's second longest-running…

How do you face the challenge of being this year’s Bafta host? practicalpanicI don’t currently feel particularly challenged because everything’s written down for me and I don’t have to worry about winning – or not winning – an award. If it was the first night of a play, I’d be curled up in a corner in the foetal position. But the fact that it’s not my day job certainly feels liberating. Who knows why they asked me; I must have been pretty far down the list. Expectations are pretty much zero. I don’t have anything to…

Get our free weekly email for all the latest cinematic news from our film critic Clarisse LoughreyGet our The Life Cinematic email for freeChristopher Nolan has explained why his longtime collaborator Sir Michael Caine did not appear in his Oscar-nominated historical epic, Oppenheimer. The film, about the nuclear arms race, swept the Academy Award nominations this year, earning 13 nods in total. Irish actor Cillian Murphy, who played the “father of the atomic bomb“, J Robert Oppenheimer, is up for Best Actor, while Nolan…

The first look of the upcoming Michael Jackson biopic has been revealed, and it depicts one of the singer`s most memorable outfits, Variety reported. In the biopic titled `Michael` the late singer`s nephew, Jaafar Jackson portrays the King of Pop. Set to hit theatres on April 18, 2025, the film is currently under production. The journey has begun….#MichaelMovie pic.twitter.com/7HB7G0sJ09 — Michael Jackson (@michaeljackson) February 13, 2024 In the first look photo, Jaafar Jackson recreated his…

Donald Trump’s first criminal trial is rapidly approaching in New York — and both his attorneys and Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg’s office are girding themselves for the man who could be standing between Trump and the first-ever criminal conviction of an American president: Michael Cohen.  The hush money case, which revolves around Trump’s alleged payments to porn star Stormy Daniels, represents the culmination of a years-long saga of scandal, secrets, and betrayal between Trump and Cohen, his former…