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Photo by Lisa Maree Williams/Getty Images Taika Waititi’s previous MCU outing, Thor: Ragnarok, was one of the MCU’s most daring films, practically reinventing the character from scratch. And it seems that Waititi is going to keep pushing against expectations in his follow-up, Thor: Love and Thunder, set to debut this week. The director said he approached the film with the intent of shaking up his own fans. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=smfEF8xeBu4 “I was thinking, what would freak the fans out — and not in a…

There’s a restless, bustling nervous energy to this Georgian movie from 1978; it’s a romantic comedy of manners from director and co-writer Lana Gogoberidze with a freewheeling kind of New Wave feel, set in a city for which the term Swinging Tbilisi isn’t quite right, but certainly a busy, modern place for busy, modern people.Georgian actor Sofiko Chiaureli, known for her collaborations with Sergei Parajanov and an icon for her appearance in his The Colour of Pomegranates, plays Sofiko, a high-powered newspaper…

It could go either way with Cooper Raiff, the American writer, director and star of Sundance Audience award-winner Cha Cha Real Smooth. There’s an undeniable charm to this wry tale of a directionless college leaver (Raiff) who gets a job as a bar mitzvah host and strikes up a friendship with an older woman (Dakota Johnson) and her autistic daughter. Still only 25 and already on his second feature, Raiff knows exactly what he’s doing – Cha Cha is funny, honest and shamelessly manipulative. He’s a talent to watch. He also,…

Credit: Jasin Boland Director Taika Waititi is bringing Thor: Love and Thunder to the world next month and, ahead of the third outing for the Avenger and Norse god he is clarifying the romantic comedy influences on the next adventure Thor Odinson will go on across the galaxy. “How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days is a great one, 10 Things I Hate About You, Clueless is my favorite… Officer and a Gentleman. Like particularly the end scene where he comes in and sweeps her off her feet. You remember that?” Click…

Dir: Andrew Ahn. Starring: Joel Kim Booster, Bowen Yang, Matt Rogers, Margaret Cho, Conrad Ricamora, James Scully, Zane Phillips. 105 minutes.What’s more radical: reimagining the canon or getting rid of it altogether? That’s the lingering question of Fire Island, a queer, modern-day update of Pride and Prejudice – one which, in its very first scene, dismisses Jane Austen’s marriage plot as “hetero nonsense”. The romcom, written by and starring comedian Joel Kim Booster, doesn’t quite make the most of its conceit. On a…

Julia Roberts was considered one of the queens of romantic comedies. Her infectious personality would stand out in classics like Pretty Woman, Runaway Bride, My Best Friend’s Wedding, and Notting Hill. Next, we’ll see her back in her rom-com glory as she re-teams with George Clooney in the upcoming film Ticket to Paradise. But does Julia Roberts have faith in her new project? The Ocean’s Eleven actress shares a publicist comment after she jokes that her new movie with George Clooney could be “terrible.”Julia Roberts and…

In late 2017, Netflix released A Christmas Prince, a romantic comedy so popular it spawned two sequels, memes and a jokey, if ominous, tweet from the company: “To the 53 people who’ve watched A Christmas Prince every day for the past 18 days: Who hurt you?” The appetite for sappy, seasonal content appears endless. The platform’s 2018 festive film, The Christmas Chronicles, attracted 20 million streams in its opening week. For 2019, Netflix has planned accordingly. As well as A Christmas Prince: The Royal Baby, productions…