Jacki Weaver
The Ladies of ‘Clipped’ on Playing V. Stiviano, Shelly Sterling and Re-Creating the Iconic Barbara Walters Interviews
FX on Hulu’s limited series Clipped is certainly a surprise watch of the summer. Based on the viral Los Angeles Clippers scandal a decade ago, Clipped, the screen adaptation of the hit ESPN 30 for 30 podcast The Sterling Affairs, takes a fly-on-the-wall approach (similar to HBO’s now-canceled Lakers series Winning Time, but with a lot more fireworks) to dive into […]
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‘Memoir of a Snail’ Review: Sarah Snook, Kodi Smit-McPhee and Jacki Weaver Give Voice to Gleefully Oddball Australian Animation
Oscar-winning stop-motion maverick Adam Elliot’s second feature tells the life story of a gastropod-obsessed misfit touched by grief, loneliness and longing for her lost twin brother.
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Adam Elliot Talks ‘Memoir of a Snail,’ Claymation as “A Form of Therapy”
You could call Adam Elliot the Australian Nick Park. But while the British Wallace and Gromit creator and his Aardman studio have gone from award-winning claymation shorts to big-budget animation features made with the likes of Dreamworks (Chicken Run, Flushed Away) and Netflix (Chicken Run: The Dawn of the Nugget, the upcoming Wallace and Gromit […]
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‘Clipped’ Review: Laurence Fishburne and Ed O’Neill Lead FX/Hulu’s Unwieldy Depiction of the Clippers/Donald Sterling Scandal
Get ready for fictionalized versions of Doc Rivers, V. Stiviano, Blake Griffin, Chris Paul and more in the six-part limited series.
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‘Wildflower’ Review: Kiernan Shipka Plays the Daughter of Neurodivergent Parents in an Endearing Coming-of-Age Film
The actress stars alongside Jean Smart, Jacki Weaver, Alexandra Daddario and Reid Scott in Matt Smukler's feature debut.
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Mark Wahlberg’s ‘Father Stu’ Lands at Sony Pictures
Sony Pictures has nabbed the worldwide rights to Rosalind Ross’ feature directorial debut, Father Stu, starring and produced by Mark Wahlberg. Mel Gibson, Jacki Weaver and Teresa Ruiz also star in the redemptive biopic about boxer-turned-priest Father Stuart Long now set to hit U.S. theaters on Good Friday, April 15. “Father’s Stu’s journey from troublemaker […]
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Chris Hemsworth, Jacki Weaver, Alia Shawkat to Judge Heath Ledger Scholarship
Chris Hemsworth, Jacki Weaver, Alia Shawkat, Total Control director Rachel Perkins and casting director Nina Gold (Solo: A Star Wars Story) are set to judge the Heath Ledger Scholarship, Australians in Film revealed Wednesday. Gregor Jordan, who directed Ledger in Two Hands and Ned Kelly and was a longtime friend of the late actor, will […]
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Awards Analysis: Naomi Watts Strong in ‘Penguin Bloom,’ Wild Card Sales Title in Strange Year
Glendyn Ivin's Penguin Bloom, an acquisition title that stars Oscar nominee Naomi Watts, had its world premiere at the virtual Toronto International Film Festival on Saturday, with aspirations of not only finding a distributor but also becoming a part of a most unusual awards season.
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‘Penguin Bloom’: Film Review | TIFF 2020
Naomi Watts plays an active mother who becomes paralyzed in Glendyn Ivin's family drama 'Penguin Bloom.'
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‘Stage Mother’: Film Review | Palm Springs 2020
Jacki Weaver plays a Texan who inherits her estranged son's San Francisco drag club in 'Stage Mother,' a comic drama that also stars Lucy Liu, Adrian Grenier and Mya Taylor, of 'Tangerine.'
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‘Zeroville’: Film Review
James Franco directs and stars in an adaptation of Steve Erickson's novel 'Zeroville,' which views the New Hollywood of the late '60s and '70s through the eyes of a movie-obsessed, "cine-autistic" seminary student who becomes an in-demand film editor.
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‘Perpetual Grace, LTD’: TV Review
Epix drama 'Perpetual Grace, LTD' from Steven Conrad (Amazon's 'Patriot') is a thriller about magicians, pastors and swindlers, with an ensemble cast led by Ben Kingsley and Jacki Weaver.
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