The Movie Report #970, May 25, 2018

#970, May 25, 2018

MOVIES:

• Boom for Real: The Late Teenage Years of Jean-Michel Basquiat
  
• Let the Sunshine In (Un Beau Soleil Intérieur)
  
• Mary Shelley
  
• Solo: A Star Wars Story
  
• That Summer
  

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Haifaa al-Mansour & Amy Baer tell the true tale of Mary Shelley

Mary Shelley director Haifaa al-Mansour and producer Amy Baer marked opening night of their biographical drama about the life of the titular author of the horror classic Frankenstein (played by Elle Fanning) by discussing the film with an audience at the Laemmle Monica Film Center in Santa Monica tonight, Friday, May 25, 2018.

Mary Shelley is currently in limited release with gradual expansion to cinemas nationwide in the coming weeks, from IFC Films.

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Buy the Mary Shelley DVD here.
Buy the Mary Shelley Blu-ray here.
Buy the Mary Shelley soundtrack here.
Buy the Frankenstein novel by Mary Shelley here.
Buy the Frankenstein audiobook by Mary Shelley here.

Amy Baer, Haifaa al-Mansour
(photo by Michael Dequina)

(Special thanks to Shelter PR)

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Joss Whedon & Kevin Feige revisit The Avengers for 10 Years of Marvel

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The Movie Report #969, May 18, 2018

#969, May 18, 2018

MOVIES:

• Beast
  
• Book Club
  
• Deadpool 2
  
• First Reformed
  
• Mahanati (A Great Actress)
  
• On Chesil Beach
  
• Pope Francis: A Man of His Word
  
• Raazi (Agreement)
  
• RBG
  
• Revenge
  
• Show Dogs
  
• Terminal
  

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Jon Favreau & Kevin Feige celebrate 10 Years of Marvel & Iron Man

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Press Junket Potluck: The Solo cast & crew members fly together to tell this Star Wars Story

The hotly anticipated Star Wars universe spin-off/prequel Solo: A Star Wars Story had its most splashy debut on the world cinema stage earlier today with a gala screening at the Cannes Film Festival, but director Ron Howard and cast members Alden Ehrenreich (Han Solo), Donald Glover (Lando Calrissian), Emilia Clarke (Qi'ra), Woody Harrelson (Tobias Beckett), Thandie Newton (Val), Joonas Suotamo (Chewbacca), Paul Bettany (Dryden Vos), and Phoebe Waller-Bridge (L3-37); and screenwriters Lawrence Kasdan and Jonathan Kasdan first faced the international media this past weekend at the Pasadena Convention Center, site of the film's global press conference. Below is complete video of the entire spirited event, as cast and crew candidly shared their reflections on the film's production and their thoughts on the ageless and ever-expanding long ago galaxy far, far away.

Solo: A Star Wars Story opens on Friday, May 25, with special preview showings the evening of Thursday, May 24, in cinemas nationwide from Walt Disney Studios.

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Buy the Solo: A Star Wars Story soundtrack CD here.
Buy the Solo: A Star Wars Story official guide book here.
Buy the Solo: A Star Wars Story official art book here.

Donald Glover and Alden Ehrenreich
(photo by Michael Dequina)

Jonathan Kasdan, Lawrence Kasdan,
Thandie Newton, Phoebe Waller-Bridge, Woody Harrelson,
Donald Glover, Alden Ehrenreich
(photo by Michael Dequina)

(Special thanks to One35 Agency and Walt Disney Studios)

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Press Junket Potluck: Kids ask the darndest things to the Show Dogs cast

In a typically crowded summer movie season that has already seen a big-budget blockbuster shatter global box office records, those behind more underdog (bad pun intended) wide releases such as the talking dog comedy Show Dogs cannot be blamed for trying some more offbeat promotional tactics to help get a leg up from the rest of the pack. And so on the morning of Saturday, May 5, Global Road Entertainment made the atypical move of holding the film's traditional press conference right before its big red carpet world premiere screening event, right at cinema itself, the TCL Chinese 6 Theatres in Hollywood. But even more unusual was the angle of the press conference, which encouraged the accompanying children of attending journalists to ask stars Will Arnett, Natasha Lyonne, and Gabriel Iglesias the questions themselves--and kids being their honest, innocently unfiltered selves, paired with a game, good-humored trio such as these three actors, resulted in a press conference that was indeed far more entertaining and memorable than its promotional ritual ilk. Words fail to do justice to the experience, so watch below as Arnett, Lyonne, Iglesias, and director Raja Gosnell brave the comic unpredictability of the inquisitive youth.

Show Dogs opens this Friday, May 14, in cinemas nationwide, from Global Road Entertainment.

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director Raja Gosnell, producer Deepak Nayar,
Natasha Lyonne, Will Arnett, Gabriel Iglesias
with the press conference moderators
(photo by Michael Dequina)

(Special thanks to Brigade Marketing, Boutique PR, and Global Road Entertainment)

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The Movie Report #968, May 11, 2018

#968, May 11, 2018

MOVIES:

• Breaking In
  
• Class Rank
  
• Jeannette: The Childhood of Joan of Arc (Jeannette: L'enfance de Jeanne d'Arc)
  
• Life of the Party
  
• 102 Not Out
  
• The Seagull
  

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