

Anyway, this one stars Halle Bailey and Melissa McCarthy, who I hope had fun on set.
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Movie has reminded us, the days get very long when you’re the parent of a small child, and the hours need to be filled somehow. However, as the success of The Super Mario Bros. Recently, it has become accepted wisdom among critics that Disney live-action remakes represent the nadir of contemporary cinema - exercises in shameless corporate cynicism that replace the bright, colorful, engaging animation of the originals with soulless CGI and the ugliest cinematography known to man, then copy the scripts word for word while somehow making everything twice as long. ( In theaters May 19.) - Bilge Ebiri The Little Mermaid Schrader’s staid, economical, and human treatment of a loaded subject will surely set off some discourse alarm bells, but it further establishes him, at age 76, as one of our most vital filmmakers. Needless to say, the past returns in unexpected ways.

Here, it’s Joel Edgerton playing a former neo-Nazi turned informant who has found peace and a new identity while tending the gardens of a lovely estate owned by wealthy, domineering heiress Sigourney Weaver. Paul Schrader’s latest returns to the central image of a loner with a past (and a diary) who’s looking for absolution.

And of course, there’ll blockbusters galore, from Mission: Impossible Dead Reckoning - Part One to Fast X and Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny. Established auteurs like Wes Anderson ( Asteroid City) and Paul Schrader ( Master Gardener) will share marquee space with emerging ones like Celine Song, whose stunning debut Past Lives left Sundance swooning in January. We’ll see the long-awaited return of R-rated studio comedies, with openings like Strays (think Homeward Bound with more F-bombs), the Jennifer Lawrence-starring No Hard Feelings, and Joy Ride, the directorial debut of Crazy Rich Asians writer Adele Lim. There’ll be blood on the streets and butts in theater seats as Greta girlies throw hands against Nolan bros, but that’s not the only coming attraction this summer. It’s T-minus two months until the cinematic smackdown of the year: Barbie vs. Photo-Illustration: Vulture Photos: A24, Lionsgate, Paramount Pictures, Warner Bros Pictures
