BABYGIRL - The Popcorn Junkies Movie Review (SPOILERS)
Babygirl is a 2024 American erotic thriller film written, directed, and produced by Halina Reijn. The film stars Nicole Kidman as a high-powered CEO who puts her career and family on the line when she begins an affair with a much younger intern (Harris Dickinson). Sophie Wilde and Antonio Banderas also star.
Babygirl premiered at the 81st Venice International Film Festival on August 30, 2024, where Kidman won the Volpi Cup for Best Actress, followed by a premiere at the 2024 Toronto International Film Festival on September 10, 2024, with a wide theatrical release by A24 on December 25, 2024. It was named one of the top ten films of 2024 by the National Board of Review, where Kidman was also awarded the Best Actress prize.
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BETTER MAN - The Popcorn Junkies Movie Review (SPOILERS)
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etter Man is a 2024 biographical musical film co-written, produced and directed by Michael Gracey about the life of British pop singer Robbie Williams. Williams is portrayed as an anthropomorphic chimpanzee with CGI, performed by Jonno Davies using motion capture, and voiced by both Williams and Davies. Steve Pemberton, Kate Mulvany, Alison Steadman, and Damon Herriman also star.
Better Man premiered at the 51st Telluride Film Festival on 30 August 2024. It was released in the United States on 25 December 2024, and in Australia and the United Kingdom on 26 December. The film received positive reviews from critics but was a box office bomb.
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WE LIVE IN TIME - The Popcorn Junkies Movie Review (SPOILERS)
We Live in Time is a 2024 romantic comedy-drama film directed by John Crowley and written by Nick Payne. It follows the relationship of a couple (Andrew Garfield and Florence Pugh) over the course of a decade. The film uses nonlinear narrative.
The film premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival on 6 September 2024. It was released in the United States on 11 October 2024 by A24 and on 1 January 2025 by StudioCanal in the United Kingdom. It has grossed $32 million worldwide.
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NOSFERATU (2024) The Popcorn Junkies Movie Review (SPOILERS)
Nosferatu is a 2024 American gothic horror film written and directed by Robert Eggers. It is a remake of the 1922 silent film Nosferatu, which was inspired by Bram Stoker's 1897 novel Dracula. The film stars Bill Skarsgård as the titular character and Nicholas Hoult and Lily-Rose Depp as the married Hutter couple, with Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Emma Corrin, Ralph Ineson, Simon McBurney and Willem Dafoe in the supporting roles.
Development on Nosferatu began in 2015 when Eggers planned to make it his second film, describing it as a passion project, but he eventually opted to delay its production. Skarsgård and Depp were cast as leads in September 2022. Filming took place primarily at Barrandov Studios in Prague, Czech Republic between February and May 2023.
Nosferatu had its world premiere in Berlin, Germany on December 2, 2024, and was theatrically released in the United States by Focus Features on December 25, 2024, and internationally by Universal Pictures on January 1, 2025. It received positive reviews from critics and has grossed $59.3 million worldwide.
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