Meg Ryan and Billy Crystal in When Harry Met Sally.
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Synopsis: Years after a post-college road trip, Harry (Billy Crystal) and Sally (Meg Ryan) reunite in New York City as they ask themselves an age-old question: can a man and a woman be just friends?
Why it s so good: From proclamations of love on New Year s Eve to the endlessly quotable diner scene, When Harry Met Sally has remained a classic due to Nora Ephron s unparalleled writing.
Modern romantic comedies owe a lot to When Harry Met Sally (1989).
Synopsis: Years after a post-college road trip, Harry (Billy Crystal) and Sally (Meg Ryan) reunite in New York City as they ask themselves an age-old question: can a man and a woman be just friends?
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Walt Disney Co. has decided to shutter Blue Sky Studios, the computer animation company behind the “Ice Age” films, roughly two years after acquiring it as part of the larger purchase of 21st Century Fox assets.
The decision will result in about 450 layoffs after the closure takes effect in April. Besides the five “Ice Age” features, Blue Sky was also known for such films as “Rio” and “Ferdinand,” which was nominated for the 2018 Oscar for best animated feature.
Ferdinand in a scene from the animated movie “Ferdinand.”
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Blue Sky’s demise, first reported by Deadline, comes as the COVID-19 pandemic continues to buffet Disney’s film business by keeping most U.S. theaters closed. Disney has delayed its big films or, in some cases, sent them straight to streaming on Disney+. Disney’s business has been challenged by restrictions on theme parks, retail stores and cruise lines. The Disneyland theme park in Anah
Nomadland Tops Winners List of 2021 London Critics Circle Film Awards
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The road movie directed by Chloe Zhao dominates the 41st annual London Critics Circle Film Awards by picking up a total of three top honors including Film of the Year. Feb 8, 2021
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Nomadland has cemented its place as Oscars Best Film frontrunner after picking up three top honours at the 41st London Critics Circle Film Awards on Sunday (07Feb21).
The movie claimed the Film of the Year while Zhao took home the Screenwriter of the Year prize and her leading lady,
Frances McDormand, was named Actress of the Year.
Frances McDormand Nomadland once again paints the Academy Award-winning McDormand in a leading light so unconventional, that these offbeat roles are becoming the norm for the esteemed actress. Also producing the film, McDormand essays the life of a woman who adapts to living like a nomad in the great American West. This standout role comes after she starred and won the Best Actress in a Leading Role Oscar for her work in Three Billboards outside Ebbing, Missouri . Also the winner of another Academy Award, McDormand has two Primetime Emmy Awards, and a Tony Award, to make her one of the few performers to have achieved the Triple Crown of Acting . McDormand plays the role of Fern, who loses her job after the US Gypsum plant in Empire, Nevada shut down in 2011 and resorts to life as a nomad in the American west.
How CODA, an instant classic crowd-pleaser about a hearing child in a deaf family, stole Sundance and broke sales record
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Emilia Jones in
CODA. (Photo: Sundance Film Festival)
Even in a year like no other, with a Sundance Film Festival forced to go virtual and carry a leaner slate following months of production shut-downs that curbed its top-tier indie offerings, there have still been a handful of movies to make a major splash on the movie industry.
But no splash has ever been bigger than the one made this year by
CODA, writer-director Sian Heder’s joyous, crowd-pleasing comedic drama (or dramatic comedy, take your pick) about the musically-inclined hearing teenage daughter (Emilia Jones) of deaf parents (Marlee Matlin and Troy Kotsur) in a New England fishing community. On Sunday, the film sold to Apple Studios for a Sundance record $25 million after a bidding war that also reportedly included Netflix and Amazon.