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"The high bar was set on the first day of casting.” ⭐️See Director Steven Spielberg explain why Rachel Zegler is perfect for the role of Maria in West Side Story.

Wow !

I saw this movie for the first time yesterday!

WOW.

So - fyi - I made the Oscars 2020 Contender #EveNGodThisFemaleIsNotYetRated

“Eve N’ God

This Female Is Not Yet Rated “ ™️

in which I costarred with movie icon #WingsHauser

and what’s amazing to me and my team -

is,

that my movie seems to be a natural “response” movie to Carnal Knowledge!

Without ever seeing Mike Nichols’ movie, mine seems like an “answer” movie as my protagonist, named “Eve” seems to be speaking on behalf of all the women in “Carnal Knowledge!”

Without living through that time period- or seeing the film - just being a GIRL in this culture & this world ,

now in the “MeToo” era

with Roe Vs Wade , women’s rights, lgbtq , voting rights , black lives and environmental justice for our precious Mother Earth, wildlife and sealife in the balance ,

threatened by conservatives who so fear progress-

they are attempting to foment authoritarianism in America.

There is so much possibility for true healing in America and all over the world and my movie suggests we begin by recovering from all forms of supremacy & domination,

beginning with misogyny-

“ the ultimate WMD.”

Hope movie lovers check out both my film and this fascinating film by the amazing #MikeNichols side by side - we were really amazed at the parallels!

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MOVIE REVIEW : August 2022

Times Square Chronicles

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A Universal Pictures liberou o trailer completo e oficial de Velozes e Furiosos 10, e dessa vez, Dom Toretto parece que tem muito a mais a perder.

Confira a sinopse oficial do filme:

“Ao longo de muitas missões e contra probabilidades impossíveis, Dom Toretto (Vin Diesel) e sua família foram mais espertos, mais nervosos e mais rápidos do que todos os inimigos em seu caminho. Agora, eles enfrentam o oponente mais letal que já enfrentaram: uma ameaça terrível emergindo das sombras do passado, alimentada por uma vingança de sangue e determinada a destruir esta família e destruir tudo – e todos – que Dom ama, para sempre.

Em Velozes e Furiosos 5: Operação Rio de 2011, Dom e sua equipe derrotaram o nefasto traficante brasileiro Hernan Reyes e decapitaram seu império em uma ponte no Rio de Janeiro. O que eles não sabiam era que o filho de Reyes, Dante (Jason Momoa), testemunhou tudo e passou os últimos 12 anos arquitetando um plano para fazer Dom pagar o preço final.

A trama de Dante espalhará a família de Dom de Los Angeles às catacumbas de Roma, do Brasil à Londres e de Portugal à Antártida. Novos aliados serão forjados e velhos inimigos ressurgirão. Mas tudo muda quando Dom descobre que seu próprio filho de 8 anos (Leo Abelo Perry) é o alvo final da vingança de Dante.“

O elenco conta com a volta de Vin Diesel, Jason Statham, Michelle Rodriguez, Tyrese Gibson, John Cena, Scott Eastwood, Jordana Brewster e Sung Kang. Os novos nomes contam com Brie Larson, Jason Momoa, Daniela Melchior, Michael Rooker, Alan Ritchson e Rita Moreno.

It’s Oscar week, bebe! I am really trying to see ALL the nominated movies (that involve wigs) before Sunday. I should have probably seen West Side Story in the theater but didn’t because of looming omnicron (and because I’m a garbage person) but it’s finally on HBO Max and Disney Plus. There is absolutely no reason why this movie should have been remade but I will say: this remake is good! But what about the wigs? Let’s discuss. 

I guess if you’re going to remake a movie that won 10 Oscars and really did not need remaking at all - at least do it with a huge budget and make everything really pretty? THIS MOVIE FEELS PRETTY (see what I did there?) The art direction, cinematography, costumes and, yes, wigs clearly got some cash thrown at them. AS IT ALWAYS SHOULD BE!!! The main wigs on display are on Anita and her gals and they are all 50s perfection.  The seamwork, texture, and quality of these wigs are impeccable and I love that the wigs on all the background dancers are just as high quality. TAKE NOTE: GIVE WIGS SOME MONEY, HUNNY!

Ariana DeBose will probably win an Oscar as Anita and I hope her wig does too! Look at this coif!

Maria and Tony were honestly kind of boring and their hair was meh but like whatever - it’s all about Anita anyway!!!!

The dudes just grew their hair out and greased it back - as it should be! Grow those manes for your craft!!

The one exception was the normally bald-headed Corey Stoll. This man wig actually wurqs!!! And has a back taper! That never happens!!! I am shook!

And then there’s Rita. SHE IS 90s YEARS OLD! Let us all be blessed with her longevity and style and wig budget. I think this wig might honestly be one she has for everyday use but YOU DO YOU RITA! YOU HAVE AN EGOT AND HAVE EARNED THE RIGHT!!!

Throw a scarf on this wig and call it a day. All nice old lady wigs should be this good! I’m really rooting for the wig department on this movie to win on Sunday because these wigs wurq down to their roots! (As does this movie!)

VERDICT: WURQS

Romeo and Juliet is a story everybody knows, is tremendously influential, and unfortunately often misunderstood. Is it a love story? Sure, but that’s a secondary point. It’s first and foremost a tragedy about lovers caught up in a pointless rivalry between their families. I’ve seen it done wrong more times than right. That brings us to West Side Story which changes some of the details but gets it. It’s an excellent re-imagining/re-interpretation/adaptation of William Shakespeare's play. It’s also strong on its own with marvelous dance choreography and superb musical numbers.

It’s 1957, Manhattan. In the West Side’s Lincoln Square neighborhood, two gangs are vying for the same territory. The Jets, led by Riff (Russ Tamblyn), and the Puerto Rican Sharks, led by Bernardo (George Chakiris). With the police (Simon Oakland as Lieutenant Schrank and Simon Oakland as Officer Krupke) cracking down on the violence, someone's got to go. When Bernardo’s younger sister Maria (Natalie Wood) falls head over heels for Tony (Richard Beymer), the two attempt to keep the peace, but it all seems doomed.

Let's begin by addressing the two elephants in the room. Firstly, this is a musical. If that isn't your thing... you should still at least give it a shot. This movie really is that good. The second eyebrow raised concerns the casting. Actress Rita Moreno is the only true Puerto Rican in the film. Everyone else? Makeup. It wasn't ok back then or now but you can't change the past and despite this, the movie is still amazing.

Where this film truly succeeds is in its characters. Yes, Maria and Tony fall madly in love with each other after just one encounter, but there’s great chemistry between the leads so you buy it. They're charismatic. They're earnest. You like them. You want this relationship to work. The songs clench it. You feel their plight; how they’re all poor and have few prospects ahead of them despite living in "the land of opportunity". Like so many uneducated and unsupervised young men, the gang members resort to violence. Time is dedicated to the main players to help you firmly establish who is who and when things go bad, it's upsetting.

You might've heard some of the songs in compilations or elsewhere. What I'd like to highlight are the dance numbers. If I can pick only one, it'd be The Rumble - the big confrontation between the Sharks and the Jets as Tony rushes to intervene.

Just about every aspect of the filmmaking is impressive. The art direction, special effects, character development, script, performances, even the end credits are great. Most of all, this is a strong adaptation of “Romeo and Juliet”. It lures you in with the romance and then hits hard with the tragedy. The way classic figures are adapted to this setting, how they're amplified by the addition and subtraction of others cannot be praised enough. This is all based on a Broadway show so a lot of credit goes to playwrights Jerome Robbins (who co-directs), Leonard Bernstein, Stephen Sondheim, Arthur Laurents but the screenplay by Ernest Lehman puts in a lot of work too. All the choices made were the right ones.

Even if you’re iffy about the film at first because you see these thugs dancing in the street, by the intermission, you can’t wait to see where it’s going. At first, I was uncertain about West Side Story. The songs took a while to get used to and when you see something labeled with this many awards (10 Oscars), you expect to be blown away from frame one. If you aren't, you're quickly disheartened. It won me over. Boy did it ever. This is a must-see. (On Blu-ray, January 22, 2016)