‘Greenland’: A Disaster Film That Prioritizes Emotions Over Explosions [Review]

Kelly Ripa shared some beautiful new shots of her family spending quality time at their pool to ring in 2021- but things didn't go quite as planned!The Live with Kelly and Ryan host took to Instagram to post the stunning snaps.

Naman Ramachandran Film Bazaar, South Asia’s largest co-production market, has revealed 21 eclectic projects from several countries and in a welter of languages, for its 2021 online edition.The selected filmmakers will pitch their projects virtually to a curated audience of Indian and international producers, distributors, festival programmers, financiers and sales agents at an open pitch session.

Naman Ramachandran Dutch production house Revolver Amsterdam has acquired the film rights to A.F.Th. van der Heijden’s novel “Mooi doodliggen” (Play Dead), inspired by the 2014 Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 disaster, and is developing it as a feature.MH17 was a scheduled passenger flight from Amsterdam to Kuala Lumpur that was shot down on July 17, 2014, while flying over Eastern Ukraine.

The Locarno Film Festival has named Markus Duffner as the new head of its industry program Locarno Pro. He will be joined by Sophie Bourdon as deputy head.

Oprah Winfrey is celebrating a milestone and looking back at a pivotal moment in her career.

Jazz Tangcay Artisans EditorDirector Ric Roman Waugh’s “Greenland” was originally scheduled to be released in June, but the pandemic changed that — it’s now available on premium VOD. Waugh, who reunites with “Angel has Fallen” actor Gerard Butler, had not yet finished his post-production when the lockdown happened.Although he had locked picture, there was still a lot to be done — from score to visual effects and coloring.

Peter Debruge Chief Film CriticStuck at home while COVID-19 infections spike? The good news is that the best new movies to watch this week are heading straight to streaming services.Amazon Prime subscribers can close out Steve McQueen’s masterful “Small Axe” anthology (five social dramas set in London’s West Indian immigrant community, made in the vein of BBC’s classic “Play for Today” program), while August Wilson adaptation “Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom” — featuring the final role of Chadwick

Leading the charge this week in streaming and specialty titles is Netflix with two films that have been garnering awards season buzz with their star wattage and prestige storytelling.

As far as Butler’s films go, “Greenland” could have been so much worse. “The Bounty Hunter” was so awful, after watching it I felt like … a comet had just hit Earth!

Watch Video: Gerard Butler Outruns a Comet Destroying the Earth in First 'Greenland' TrailerAs their friends begin to panic, John and Allison get notifications on their phones and TV screens that they and Nathan have been selected by the Department of Homeland Security to be taken to an undisclosed secure site, and that they must report to an Air Force base for relocation.

Owen Gleiberman Chief Film CriticMost disaster movies are about going big. But “Greenland,” in which Gerard Butler runs around trying to save his family as a comet gets ready to hit the earth, is a movie that takes pains to make the end of life as we know it look like something that could actually happen.

In a tight Oscar race in the International Film category, Thomas Vinterberg‘s celebrated “Another Round” is increasingly looking like an easy bet for a nomination. The Venice Film Festival drama swept the major honors at the 2020 European Film Awards including European Film, Director (Vinterberg), Actor (Mads Mikkelsen) and Screenplay.

Kaleem Aftab The Cairo International Film Festival scrapped the red carpet and press conference for Egyptian filmmaker Islam El Azzazi’s debut feature and competition film “About Her” after a number of sexual misconduct allegations were made against the director and surfaced in the hours before the film’s world premiere this week.The first of the allegations against the director was submitted anonymously to Daftar Hekayat, an Arabic blog that shares stories of sexual violence survivors in their

Walt Disney executive chairman Bob Iger promised the company will always prioritize “quality not volume” as he introduced executives and content that he’s been overseeing as a kind of creative content czar around the world since he left the CEO post earlier this year.

Kaleem Aftab British film “Limbo,” a wry refugee drama, directed by Edinburgh-born director Ben Sharrock and produced by Spain’s Irune Gurtubai, won the Golden Pyramid for best film at the Cairo Film Festival on Thursday.Told in a pleasing deadpan style, “Limbo” recounts the story of a Syrian musician, played by the BIFA nominated rising star Amir El-Masry, who is placed on a Scottish island when awaiting his request for asylum to be processed.

Ann-Marie Corvin With the success of Netflix’s Egyptian horror series “Paranormal” and a slew of streamers such as Viu and OSN seeking locally produced originals, the TV market in Egypt is set to undergo rapid change.In response, Cairo International Film Festival’s TV Pitch Market, part of the festival’s Industry Days program and now in its second year, joined forces with Middle East Media Initiative (MEMI) to shape 11 TV projects into a “pitchable” form this week.MEMI, a University of Southern