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WEEK IN WOMEN: Zendaya to receive CinemaCon Star of the Year Award – Brandy McDonnell reports

April 10, 2023April 15, 2023 Brandy McDonnell CinemaCon, dune, National Association of Theatre Owners, the week in women, twiw, zendaya

Movie star and two-time Primetime Emmy Award winner Zendaya will receive this year’s CinemaCon Star of the Year Award. CinemaCon, the official convention of the National Association of Theatre Owners, will take place April 24-27, at Caesars Palace in Las Vegas. Zendaya will be presented the special honor at the Big Screen Achievement Awards ceremony taking place on April 27 at The Colosseum at Caesars Palace.

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SPIDERMAN: NO WAY HOME – Review by Susan Granger

January 3, 2022January 9, 2022 Susan Granger amy pascal, Benedict Cumberbatch, jk simmons, marisa tomei, mcu, spiderman no way home, Tom Holland, zendaya

Spidey swings again! The new sequel Spiderman: No Way Home topped $600 million, becoming the biggest hit in Sony Pictures history and ranking as one of the 10 top-grossing domestic hits of all time. In this third go-round as the teenage web-slinger, Tom Holland’s likable Peter Parker loses his anonymity when malevolent muckraker J. Jonah Jameson (J.K. Simmons) reveals his identity as a Queens, New York, high school student.

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SPIDER-MAN: NO WAY HOME – Review by Lauren Anderson

December 22, 2021December 23, 2021 Lauren Anderson (Archived Contributor) john watts, marvel universe, mcu, Spider-Man: No Way Home, Tom Holland, zendaya

In No Way Home, Tom Holland’s Peter Parker finds himself in a world where everyone knows his name and believes he murdered Jake Gyllenhaal’s Mysterio. To try and right his wrongs and give the people he loves a second go at life, Peter connects with Doctor Strange (Benedict Cumberbatch) in the hopes of turning back time. In doing so, everyone Peter knows and loves will lose memory of who he is, but Peter’s willing to make that sacrifice. After a botched time-turning spell, there’s a glitch in the multiverse, setting us up for one of the most engaging Spider-Man movies to date.

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DUNE – Review by Lonita Cook

October 24, 2021December 21, 2021 Lonita Cook Denis Villenueve, dune, hbo max, javier bardem, Oscar Isaac, rebecca ferguson, timothee chalamet, zendaya

Ooh Lord, what they got going on over on that desert planet this time? Denis Villeneuve makes his version of Dune. Now, is it a remake of the classic David Lynch film or is it a new interpretation and adaptation of the Frank Herbert book?

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DUNE – Review by Diane Carson

October 24, 2021October 26, 2021 Diane Carson Denis Villenueve, dune, Hans Zimmer, hbo max, javier bardem, Oscar Isaac, rebecca ferguson, timothee chalamet, zendaya

We’ve waited a long time for director Denis Villeneuve’s Dune, and, yes, it has been worth the wait in terms of its overpowering visuals and sound design. The technical elements do all but smother the ecological, sociopolitical critique, but it’s there in battles for the rare commodity spice, imperialist incursions affecting the native Fremin culture, and the imperial family skirmishes.

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DUNE – Review by Susan Granger

October 24, 2021October 26, 2021 Susan Granger Denis Villenueve, dune, hbo max, javier bardem, Oscar Isaac, rebecca ferguson, timothee chalamet, zendaya

Since its publication in 1965, Frank Herbert’s epic tale has become one of the most popular sci-fi novels of all time. No wonder that filmmakers have grappled with interpreting its vast, complex story. French Canadian writer/director Denis Villenueve begins his $165 million extravaganza with “Part I.”

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MALCOLM & MARIE – Review by Susan Granger

February 24, 2021February 24, 2021 Susan Granger John David Washington, malcolm & marie, sam levinson, zendaya

After winning an Emmy as a stressed-out teenage addict on HBO’s Euphoria, Zendaya was ready to go to work on the second season – but then COVID-19 sent everyone home. So she decided to make a movie. Actually, she was approached by Sam Levinson, creator of Euphoria. He was working on a script about a rising director named Malcolm and his much-younger girl-friend Marie, who get into a long argument late at night after the Los Angeles premiere of his new movie.

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MALCOLM AND MARIE – Review by Martha K Baker

January 29, 2021January 29, 2021 Martha K. Baker John David Washington, malcolm and marie, netflix, sam levinson, zendaya

The titular pugilists have retired to their glass house after the premiere of Malcolm’s movie. Wifelike Marie prepares mac ‘n’ cheese for her hungry man while he teases apart the evening.. Malcolm and Marie is Friday Night Fights without ring, gloves, or bloody blows. Love and hate pound a tattoo throughout and as terraced dynamics in Liberation over the credits.