Antebellum is an infuriating film that contorts itself in order to pull off an excruciatingly banal twist. It is ambitious, attempting to peel back just what Making America Great Again would involve, but stops short of having any insight into racism, nostalgia or indeed its own main character.Â
Janelle Monáe is wasted on the part of Eden, a slave on a plantation run by Confederate soldiers during the American Civil War. The slaves are gleefully tortured, branded, raped and murdered by the Confederates, who donât allow them to speak unless spoken to. Having rendered most of the cast mute, the first act relies on stylised scenes of empty brutality, never giving any interiority to either the slaves or the slave-masters. Presenting the Confederates as moustache-twirling pantomime villains with no motivations beyond an overwhelming hatred of Black people is increasingly tedious as the film goes on.
The Brooklyn-born 37-year-old and her 36-year-old soulmate both shared romantic tributes declaring they d be together forever.
Gabourey - who boasts 2.3M Instagram/Twitter followers - gushed: Here s to many more years and many more terrifying adventures with my Boo! Here s to many more years and many more terrifying adventures with my Boo! Oscar nominee Gabourey Sidibe (R) celebrated what s believed to be her second anniversary of dating fiancé Brandon R. Frankel (L) with an ATV adventure in the mountains on Monday Can t believe we have another trip around the sun together, Brandon gushed on his page.
Is Antebellum based on a true story? Now on Sky Cinema – SPOILERS
Is Antebellum based on a true story? Let’s consider the inspiration behind the 2020 movie starring Janelle Monáe, now available on Sky Cinema.
Back when the trailers dropped for Antebellum, many audiences were anticipating a horror film dealing with themes of race and slavery.
However, the film audiences received when it initially released in September 2020 arguably wasn’t a horror movie at all. It certainly incorporates elements which horrify, but the genre elements teased in the trailer came across rather differently in the final film.
Written and directed by Gerard Bush and Christopher Renz, the project serves as the pair’s directorial feature debut and stars Janelle Monáe in the central role of Veronica Henley/Eden. She finds herself trapped by Confederate soldiers at a Southern slave plantation, but nothing is as it seems.
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Bruce Dern will be 85 in June but rather than slow down, he is popping up more frequently than ever. In writer Greg Lingo’s semi-autobiographical film, Dern plays one of the colourful characters in an Irish working-class neighbourhood of Philadelphia.
Described as a “slice-of-life comedy”, the story is a familiar one of a character struggling to come to terms with roots they have worked hard to forget. There are some laughs, but even more stereotypes.
Real estate agent Seamus (Jeremy Piven) returns to his family’s bar for his mother’s wake. His father (Jack McGee) is bankrupt but proud, his brother (Zach McGowan) is a charming rogue so far so begorrah. There is the girl Seamus left behind (Taryn Manning) and a moral dilemma with a real estate deal that could make or break the old neighbourhood.