Disobedience is Chilean director Sebastián Lelio’s first English language film. He’s the 2017 winner of Best Forieng Language Film (for A Fantastic Woman) so the film itself is really well done, visually and stylistically. The film (based on the book by Naomi Alderman) begins with the death of a London Orthodox Jewish community’s Rav (Anton Lesser)–a super respected Rabbi–as he is preaching. His sole living family member is his estranged daughter Ronit (Rachel Weisz). Ronit left the community years ago and has been living in New York as a photographer. Feeling
Some juicy tidbits from CinemaCon came out today for John Wick: Chapter 3. Chad Stahelski directed the first two films and he’s confirmed to be back at the helm for Chapter 3. Keanu Reeves also returns (obviously) to reprise his role as John Wick, the badass ex-hitman forced out of retirement. Collider reports that the film will pick up right after the cliffhanger of an ending of Chapter 2: “John Wick (Keanu Reeves) is on the run for two reasons… he’s being hunted for a global $14 million dollar open
Nick E. Tarabay is one of the most underrated actors currently working in the business. Charismatic, charming, and funny, he’s best known for his role as Ashur in Spartacus: War of the Damned. Since then, he’s been in a plethora of television shows including Person of Interest, Burn Notice, and Arrow, and blockbuster films including Star Trek: Into Darkness and Pacific Rim: Uprising. Currently, he’s starring as the spy-turned-bodyguard Cotyar in The Expanse. Pop Culturalist chatted with Nick about his career, how he dives into character, The Expanse, and an exciting project he’s been working on. The Expanse
Premiering at Tribeca Film Festival this year, Zoe is Drake Doremus’ latest movie in the sci-fi romance genre. Relationships are hard, which is why Cole’s (Ewan McGregor) company, Relationist, matches people based on an AI algorithm from some personal questions. It’s rated by percentage points and if you are completely incompatible or for some reason don’t want human companionship, Relationist also can create synthetic humans to help. Zoe (Léa Seydoux) is one such creation, though she is unaware at first. The film explores the relationship between Cole and Zoe and whether or not