![]() ![]() Talent: Meryl Streep, Leonardo DiCaprio, Mark Rylance, Jennifer Lawrence, Timothee Chalamet, Ariana Grande, Melanie Lynskey, Cate Blanchett It's a darkly parodic film with a somewhat eerie message about humanity - that when the end of the world does come, we may be too busy to even notice. "This movie came from my terror about the climate crisis and the fact that we live in a society that tends to place it as the fourth or fifth news story, or even deny that it's happening, and how horrifying that is, but at the same time preposterously funny," McKay tells EW. While it may initially seem to be an over-the-top, fairly easy-going comedy, the film packs an emotional, intellectual punch. In Adam McKay's dark comedy, we see a depiction of how the modern world - or in this film's case, a cavalcade of ineffectual politicians, livestreamers, and interfering billionaires - reacts to the most dire of situations. What will the end of the world look like? Don't Look Up has an answer to that question - and unfortunately, it doesn't look good. Related reading: Dolemite Is My Name premiere hails triumphant comeback for Eddie Murphy Talent: Eddie Murphy, Wesley Snipes, Keegan-Michael Key, Da'Vine Joy Randolph, Mike Epps, Craig Robinson, Tituss Burgess Where to stream Dolemite is My Name: Netflix Based on the true story of Rudy Ray Moore, a comedian, filmmaker, and godfather of rap, Dolemite is My Name is a period biopic that perfectly balances jokes and heart. Determined to turn Dolemite into a blaxploitation karate film starring himself, Rudy cobbles together a screenwriter ( Keegan-Michael Key), a celebrated character actor ( Wesley Snipes), and a comedian (Da'Vine Joy Randolph), and decides to do it himself. Armed with a new name, new vocabulary, and new wardrobe, Rudy as Dolemite starts taking over the comedy scene - but he's not content to stop there. After years of working a dead-end job as a record store manager and grinding for stage time, Rudy creates a character inspired (or stolen, depending on how literal you want to get) by a homeless man who wanders into his store. Los Angeles in the 1970s is a terrible place to live if you're struggling, and aspiring show business professional Rudy Ray Moore ( Eddie Murphy) can't seem to break in. ![]() Related reading: Beasts of No Nation: Idris Elba and Cary Fukunaga on humanizing tragedy Talent: Idris Elba, Kurt Egyiawan, Jude Akuwudike, Emmanuel "King King" Nii Adom Quaye, Abraham Attah Where to stream Beasts of No Nation: Netflix As EW's Leah Greenblatt notes, "It's a credit to Fukunaga as a filmmaker - and his outstanding cast, nearly all of them first-timers aside from Elba - that Beasts is both audaciously styled and heartbreakingly human in scale." - I.G. Beasts of No Nation may not be filled with A-lister Hollywood stars, but it is one of Netflix's greatest films to date. However, despite its critical and relative commercial success, the movie didn't receive any Oscar nominations. After its release on Netflix, it was a huge success on the platform, receiving over 3 million views in North American in just 10 days. Directed by Cary Joji Fukunaga and starring Abraham Attah and Idris Elba, the film is a harrowing, confronting look at humanity in the face of the devastation of war. Related reading: British Academy snubs Michelle Williams, All Quiet on the Western Front storms 2023 BAFTA nominationsĪnother war film, the powerful drama Beasts of No Nation follows a brutal civil dispute in Africa as told through the eyes of a child soldier. Talent: Felix Kammerer, Albrecht Schuch, Daniel Brühl Where to stream All Quiet on the Western Front: Netflix An aesthetic experience, EW critic Leah Greenblatt writes that "the spectral score by composer Volker Bertelmann is gorgeously unsettling, and the cinematography achieves a kind of painterly, panoramic grandeur." - Ilana Gordon Director Edward Berger's film focuses on Paul's transformation the longer the conflict rages on, the further the young man drifts from youthful, patriotic enlistee, to battle-hardened soldier, traumatized by what he's seen and those he's lost. All Quiet follows Paul Bäumer (Felix Kammerer) a young German recruit over the course of the 18 months he spends serving in Northern France on the frontlines of the war's Western Front. Based on the 1929 literary novel - which was later adapted into an Oscar-winning movie in 1930, a made-for-TV movie in 1979, and finally, a film released theatrically and on Netflix in 2022 - this German language World War I movie remains one of the starkest examples of anti-war sentiment in cinematic history. ![]()
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