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Post by Admin on May 28, 2017 18:51:37 GMT
and our own Madeleine Davies reported how surprised she was at how much she enjoyed it. Though I personally think the Beast looks like a dead-eyed tree, these videos of Beast actor Dan Stevens in a giant, padded, grey rig are much more endearing. It’s astounding that Emma Watson made it through a single scene without breaking.
The Beast’s face is what put me off this movie, to a far greater degree than the Stockholm Syndrome love story that’s aged so poorly. But if there’s a version of the film with just Stevens lurching around looking like a rollie pollie bug larva, it’d be perfect. Look at Emma Watson selling it:
Watson did have plenty of practice with similar effects on the set of Harry Potter. Maybe, at this point, seeing a man not dressed like a fiber Golem or rabid mist is what she finds weird. Anyway, my respect for her has skyrocketed. Give this girl an Oscar.
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Post by Admin on Jul 21, 2017 19:22:21 GMT
:format(webp)/cdn0.vox-cdn.com/uploads/chorus_image/image/54521819/M_104_Circle_10478R.0.jpg) The Circle is one of those films that seems likely to be dead on arrival. Now in theaters, it bypassed pre-release press screenings — always a warning sign to the savvy moviegoer of an impending critical disaster — and instead premiered to a packed crowd of cast, crew and select others at this year’s Tribeca Film Festival. We happened to be in the opening night audience, and here is our review: The Circle is terrible. But we’re not here to add our voice to the vast majority of those ragging on this instantly forgettable film. Instead, we’re going to exalt its singular moment of entertainment and intelligence.  |
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Post by Admin on Jun 3, 2020 21:12:36 GMT
http://instagram.com/p/CA8TTnmqli6 Emma Watson has landed in hot water among activists for her participation in #BlackoutTuesday. The social media initiative, aimed at muting self-promotional and commercial content in favor of amplifying black voices, involves supporters of Black Lives Matter posting a black square on their Instagram account, followed by information concerning police brutality, community updates, and the like. The “Little Women” actress, 30, opted to post three black squares, each with hashtags — Blackout Tuesday, The Show Must Be Paused, Amplify Melanated Voices, and Amplify Black voices — attached. But Watson was soon accused of performative activism, with users pointing out that the black squares she posted were edited to match the aesthetic of her Instagram account. Others noted that the “Harry Potter” star hadn’t said a word about the death of George Floyd or racial tensions in general until #BlackoutTuesday. “The way emma watson touts herself as an activist and has said nothing but three blank squares on instagram tells you how much of a white feminist she is,” wrote one critic, while another added, “did emma watson rly put a damn border on her blackout tuesday post so it would fit her aesthetic… f–k that… and f–k the fact that this is the only time she’s spoken up and it literally contributes NOTHING… miss me with that white feminist bs.” http://instagram.com/p/CA81CigphAR Watson has since addressed the controversy, choosing to wait until midnight in the UK to follow up the posts with a note of support. “I stand with you,” she captioned the post. “There is so much racism both in our past and present that is not acknowledged or accounted for. White supremacy one of the systems of hierarchy and dominance, of exploitation and oppression, that is tightly stitched into society. As a white person, I have benefited from this.” |
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