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Boston Globe
2 days ago
- Entertainment
- Boston Globe
‘Barbie,' ‘Malcolm X,' and other exciting movies to see this week around Boston
Ryan Gosling and Margot Robbie in "Barbie." Courtesy Warner Bros. Pictures Get Starting Point A guide through the most important stories of the morning, delivered Monday through Friday. Enter Email Sign Up Barbie (2023) Revisit the movie that packed multiplexes with pink-clad fans in 2023 with 'Barbie,' Greta Gerwig's blockbuster comedy that became a Aug. 13, 9 p.m. 114 minutes. Free. The Anchor, 1 Shipyard Park, Charlestown. Advertisement A New Leaf (1971) Elaine May's box office flop turned cult classic 'A New Leaf' will be screened for the first time at the Brattle Theatre. The comedy follows Henry (Walter Matthau), a trust funder who squanders all his money, and hopes to recover his fortune by marrying the good-natured, slow-witted, and extraordinarily wealthy Henrietta (May)...then poisoning her. According to Ned Hinkle, creative director of the Brattle Theatre, the film has been difficult to screen since its release due to mistreatment of film prints — now, catch a new 4k restoration of the cult favorite black comedy. Aug. 15, 6 p.m. 102 minutes. $16.50. Brattle Theatre, 40 Brattle St., Cambridge. Elaine May and Walther Matthau in "A New Leaf." Brattle Theatre Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit (2005) The classic British claymation characters Wallace, an inventor with a knack for making machines, and Gromit, his dog and best friend, take on a new whimsical adventure in 'The Curse of the Were-Rabbit.' While helping the town fend off rabbits eating crops, they encounter a giant, crop-hungry 'Were-Rabbit' who threatens to destroy the city's agriculture sector. Aug. 15, 8 p.m. 85 minutes. Free. Kendall/MIT Open Space, 292 Main St., Cambridge. Malcolm X (1992) Catch Spike Lee's Oscar-nominated biopic based on the life of Malcolm X on the big screen. Denzel Washington stars as the titular Malcolm X, and the three-hour epic is an all-encompassing portrait of the revolutionary's life, from his upbringing in Nebraska to his eventual assassination in the '60s. Aug. 16, 3 p.m. 202 minutes. $19.48. Alamo Drafthouse Cinema Boston, 60 Seaport Blvd. Advertisement Ryan Yau can be reached at
The Independent
03-03-2025
- Entertainment
- The Independent
Wallace and Gromit fans call out ‘absolute disrespect' for film at Oscars 2025
Fans have been left disappointed after Wallace and Gromit missed out on an Oscar during the 97th Academy Awards on Sunday (2 March). Vengeance Most Fowl was the franchise's first film to be released in ten years. T he stop-motion animated comedy stars Wallace, a cheese-loving inventor, and Gromit, his loyal beagle. The film was nominated for Best Animated Feature Film, but lost out to Flow, a fantasy adventure starring a cat and featuring no dialogue. The claymation duo donned a fancy outfit for the ceremony, with Gromit wearing a sparkly red bow tie and Wallace sporting a sparkly green suit in the same shade and style as his recognisable sweater vest. However, the team have won Oscars in the past. The Curse of the Were-Rabbit won in the same category in 2006, while The Wrong Trousers picked up a trophy for Best Short Film in 1994. But fans were left furious. 'Wallace and Gromit was robbed,' one person hit out on X/Twitter. 'The absolute f**king disrespect that Wallace and Gromit didn't win Best Animated Feature,' said another supporter. 'Wallace and Gromit were more deserving,' explained another. 'More effort goes into stop-go animation and it was funny.' In a four-star review, The Independent 's film critic Clarisse Loughrey, wrote: ' Vengeance Most Fowl is proof the traditional can still thrive – not only in how a film looks, but even in the barrage of puns (one magazine reads: 'Gardens of the Galaxy') and corny dad jokes. 'There are some timely updates, including a pitch-perfect gag about online Captcha verification tests. But I'm not sure any other studio could get away quite so cleanly with dropping a Shawshank Redemption prison gag in the year 2024. That's how you know Aardman has earned a privileged place in British culture.' The Academy Award winning films originally starred Peter Sallis, who first agreed to do the role in exchange for a £50 donation to a children's charity. Once the franchise took off, he became the regular lead in the popular films, also acting as the eccentric creator in adverts and video games on occasion. Sallis died in 2017, aged 96. Creator Nick Park said that it had been difficult to work on it without its veteran star, Sallis. He was replaced by Ben Whitehead, 47, who worked with Sallis on The Curse of the Were-Rabbit.
