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Car and Driver
21 hours ago
- Entertainment
- Car and Driver
'F1: The Movie' Brings Formula One Thrills to the Big Screen
From 2014 through 2020, Lewis Hamilton won six out of seven Formula 1 championships and 73 races. But even though racing fans were pretty sure they knew the ending at the start of each race and each season, they still signed on for the twists, the turns and the thrills along the way. F1: The Movie, which we've been following through teasers and buzzing iPhone trailers for more than a year now, is much the same. It's a quintessential crowd pleaser and if there aren't many surprises at the finish line, there's still plenty of excitement as the film careens around the track. The movie premiered in IMAX at a star-studded event in Radio City Music Hall in New York on Monday night. On stage were director Joseph Kosinski (Top Gun: Maverick), legendary action producer Jerry Bruckheimer, the films leads—Kerry Condon, Damson Idris, Javier Bardem, and Brad Pitt—and even Hamilton, who serves as a producer. The audience included Formula One drivers like Charles LeClerc and George Russell as well as movie celebs such as Uma Thurman and John Turturro. Jamie McCarthy Brad Pitt, Lewis Hamilton, Tim Cook, Damson Idris Jamie McCarthy Kym Illman Dan Mullan
Daily Mail
a day ago
- Entertainment
- Daily Mail
Angela Bishop shows off her trim pins following major weight loss as she poses with Hollywood heartthrobs Brad Pitt and Javier Bardem
Angela Bishop looked terrifically trim as she gleamed for a picture with Brad Pitt and Javier Bardem on Wednesday. The 10 News First presenter brushed shoulders with the Hollywood heavyweights in an Instagram picture that highlighted her dramatic weight loss. The Aussie TV personality showed off her endless pins in a tight pair of leggings, while donning a $870 oversized Tommy Hilfiger bomber jacket. She wore a bold red lip for the occasion, while wearing her hair in loose waves across her shoulders. The 57-year-old had a big smile on her face as she posed next to the A-listers, who are currently on a press tour to promote their upcoming movie F1, which comes out on June 27. From A-list scandals and red carpet mishaps to exclusive pictures and viral moments, subscribe to the DailyMail's new showbiz newsletter to stay in the loop. Brad wore an all-navy ensemble while showing off his new shaved head look, while Javier opted for a blue zip-up jacket over a casual grey tee. 'Coming up on @10newsfirst meet the 11th team on the grid: APX GP,' she captioned the post, which name-dropped the fictional racing team in the flick. 'Paul Newman, Steve McQueen, James Garner, Tom Cruise and Chris Hemsworth are just some of the movie stars who have taken car racing to the big screen. Now it's Brad Pitt's turn in,' she went on. 'Will his star power, plus the success of Drive to Survive, take this movie to the top of the box office?' Angela first showed off her shock weight loss as she stepped out for the 2025 Golden Globes in January. She posted to Instagram to share a very glamorous snap of herself before she took to the red carpet for Channel 10 on the glitzy evening. She showed off her slimmed-down frame in a $1,599 off-the-shoulder black gown with a corset bodice from Rebecca Vallance as she posed in her hotel room. Angela has spoken openly about her weight loss and previously described the key changes she made in her lifestyle to drop the kilos. Back in 2020, Angela told how she made one simple change in her diet rather than hitting the gym regularly. 'I recently gave up my sugar-free energy drink addiction,' she revealed on her morning TV show at the time. 'I was drinking between 2-3 cans a day and changing absolutely nothing else about my diet, I've lost two kilos in three and a half weeks.' She admitted she had a 'painful' withdrawal from the energy drinks but felt 'great' after kicking the habit. 'I had very very bad headaches and didn't feel good at all,' she added. After dropping further kilos, she has been showing off her slender frame in recent months with a string of glamorous red carpet appearances.
Yahoo
a day ago
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
‘F1: The Movie' reviews: Brad Pitt burns rubber with ‘macho panache' in a high-octane thrill ride
"This is what blockbusters used to look like." Warner Bros. will release Joseph Kosinski's F1: The Movie on June 27 and critics are urging fans to race out and see Brad Pitt's charisma "consume the screen" in a "technical marvel of a movie" that gives audiences "a hell of a ride," according to IGN's Clint Gage. More from GoldDerby Could '28 Years Later' contend for Oscars? Here's the complete awards history of the '28' franchise. 'The Pitt' heads back into production, DC finds its Clayface, and more of today's top stories Debbie Allen, Tom Cruise, Dolly Parton, and Wynn Thomas to receive honorary Oscars Filmed for Imax, F1: The Movie follows Sonny Hayes (Pitt), a former Formula 1 prodigy whose career was derailed by a track accident in the 1990s. Thirty years later, his ex-teammate Ruben Cervantes (Javier Bardem) convinces him to join Ruben's struggling F1 team for one last shot at glory. Sonny teams up with rookie sensation Joshua Pearce (Damson Idris), but as the race for redemption heats up, Sonny must confront his past and navigate the intense rivalry where teammates often become fierce competitors. "This is what blockbusters used to look like," writes David Fear (Rolling Stone). "Come for the most impressive, lustrous car that a gajillion-dollar budget can buy. The reason to stay, however, is the driver. Tim Grierson (Screen International) says, "Top Gun: Maverick director Joseph Kosinski does for cars what he previously did for fighter jets, transforming them into balletic machines that fly through the frame with unstoppable propulsion." Linda Marric (HeyUGuys) calls the movie "the very definition of a crowd pleaser," and adds, "F1: The Movie is a high-octane spectacle with heart, humour, and heroism. It'll dominate the summer blockbuster track with the same adrenaline, charisma, and pulse-pounding action that defines Formula One itself." Pitt is earning raves for his performance as well, as Brian Truitt (USA Today) writes, "Watching Pitt burn this much rubber, and with macho panache, puts F1 in the winner's circle." Michael Ordoña (San Francisco Chronicle) says, "Pitt's screen presence has aged like a leather jacket, scuffed in all the right places and cooler than ever." With a current Rotten Tomatoes score of 82 percent, F1 is not without criticism. Nicholas Barber ( notes, "While Top Gun: Maverick was a masterpiece that pulled viewers into events in and out of the cockpit, F1 is simply a competently assembled collection of underdog sports-drama clichés. It never convinces you that its protagonists are human beings." Clarisse Loughrey (Independent-UK) writes, "While director Joseph Kosinski and cinematographer Claudio Miranda can certainly shoot cars as well as they can planes, F1 represents the spiritually bone-dry, abrasive inverse to all of Maverick's giddy pleasures." From Apple Original Films, F1: The Movie is produced by Jerry Bruckheimer, Kosinski, seven-time Formula 1 world champion Lewis Hamilton, Pitt, Dede Gardner, Jeremy Kleiner, and Chad Oman. Best of GoldDerby 'It was wonderful to be on that ride': Christian Slater talks his beloved roles, from cult classics ('Heathers,' 'True Romance') to TV hits ('Mr. Robot,' 'Dexter: Original Sin') 'It almost killed me': Horror maestro Mike Flanagan looks back at career-making hits from 'Gerald's Game' to 'Hill House' to 'Life of Chuck' Stephen King movies: 14 greatest films ranked worst to best Click here to read the full article.
Top Gear
a day ago
- Entertainment
- Top Gear
F1: The Movie review: "a crowd-pleasing, feel-good blockbuster"
Movies This is Formula One's unabashed love letter to itself... and it's a great read Skip 14 photos in the image carousel and continue reading You could argue that, as a sport, every race in the Formula One calendar is its own self-contained movie. The locations are mostly glamorous, the cast of characters is varied and handsome, there are heroes and villains, and action aplenty. That's the vibe that was so ingeniously mined by Netflix's Drive to Survive , the ultra-glossy quasi-reality show turbocharging the sport's appeal, particularly in America, for years the F1 refusenik. F1: The Movie takes all that equity and fires it into the stratosphere. This is F1's unabashed love letter to itself, a licensed product in a similar vein to the wildly successful Barbie movie. If you've been paying any attention at all, you'll know that the film's cast and crew inserted themselves into the F1 world championship during 2023 and '24, lining up on the grid at Silverstone, Monza and Abu Dhabi, amongst others, and generally doing a remarkable job of blurring real life with fantasy. Was that Brad Pitt in the media pen high-fiving Fernando Alonso after a Grand Prix? Yes it was. Advertisement - Page continues below Pitt, one of the few actors left who can 'open' a movie, plays Sonny Hayes, a journeyman racer we first meet as he contests the Daytona 24 Hours for an old mate. He lives in a converted 50-year old Ford Econoline van, a free spirit and gambler who races on a 'one and done' basis for the thrill of it, and refuses to accept the winner's Rolex. Nice shorthand. But when his old teammate from way back when, Ruben Cervantes (Javier Bardem), suddenly reappears, an emotional back story is swiftly sketched in. Hayes was a youthful F1 ace, destined for greatness, until he suffered a career- and almost life-ending accident during a race. We see the footage in flashback, and if it looks a lot like Lotus F1 driver Martin Donnelly's horrific crash at Jerez in 1990, that's because it is. (Donnelly gets a prominent thank you in the closing credits, and rightly so.) You might like Cervantes is now the owner of ailing F1 team, Apex GP, with creditors closing in and a shifty investor called Banning (an amusingly oily Tobias Menzies) scheming in the shadows. Ruben needs an experienced old hand to steady the ship and mentor talented but hot-headed newcomer, Joshua Pearce (Damson Idris). This is not, it must be said, a wildly original premise. Pitt is better looking and much younger than Obi Wan Kenobi or indeed Yoda, but the story arc follows the age-old pattern. Old-timer arrives to general disbelief, dispenses wisdom and gnarly one-liners, and proceeds to show the nay-sayers how it should be done. Hayes, quickly identified by Apex GP's technical director Kate McKenna (a stand-out performance from the brilliant Kerry Condon) as a 'lone wolf', turns out to be more of a team player than he first appears. Not to mention something of an aerodynamics wizard. Advertisement - Page continues below He's also prone to the sort of maverick driving style that would give today's race stewards chronic heart palpitations He's also prone to the sort of maverick – but of course – driving style that would give today's race stewards chronic heart palpitations. It's all highly entertaining provided you don't drill too deeply into it. It's a rare blockbuster movie indeed in which tyre compounds and the redesign of a racing car's floor provide major plot pivots. We get to see wind tunnels and driver-in-loop simulators at work, and gatecrash team briefings. There's real heart to the story but also wilfully cheesy chunks of dialogue. Look, you've just got to go with it. F1: The Movie is directed by Joseph Kosinski ( Tron: Legacy , Oblivion , Top Gun: Maverick ), a petrol-head and F1 fan, which helps, and a masterful technician of a film-maker, which helps even more. Pitt and his co-star Idris, a charismatic match for the Hollywood A-lister, spent 18 months on and off learning how to drive single-seaters. The Apex F1 cars are actually converted F2 cars, equipped with 360-degree mini-IMAX quality cameras. So the close-ups and long shots of the actors' faces are for real, the action rendered with gut-punch impact by DoP, Claudio Miranda. You can almost feel the cornering Gs, and will find yourself wincing instinctively when the drivers brake. Our friends at Sky F1 do a great job, no question, but Hollywood clearly still has plenty of tricks up its sleeve. As you'd hope, given the film's rumoured $300m budget. (Apple has bankrolled most of it, sparking rumours of a possible bid for the F1 broadcasting rights.) Thank you for subscribing to our newsletter. Look out for your regular round-up of news, reviews and offers in your inbox. Get all the latest news, reviews and exclusives, direct to your inbox. And so to the tricky question of who this film is really for. There are shades of The Colour of Money here, Martin Scorsese's 1986 masterpiece starring Paul Newman and a young Tom Cruise. But explaining a pool-room hustle is easier than deciphering an F1 race, an expositional task which falls here to Sky F1's redoubtable David Croft and Martin Brundle. F1 newbies might still find themselves floundering, while experts will naturally find ways of spluttering indignantly into their popcorn. There are also cameos from a variety of familiar pit-lane faces, who clearly couldn't resist their big screen moment. Lewis Hamilton, whose company Dawn Apollo was one of the producing partners, personally ensured as much factual and technical accuracy as could reasonably be expected in a mega-budget fictional tale. F1: The Movie hits some high notes, a crowd-pleasing, feel-good blockbuster with old-school heroes to root for. Resistance, ultimately, is futile. F1: The Movie opens in cinemas nationwide on 25 June
CNN
a day ago
- Entertainment
- CNN
Brad Pitt had no trouble driving ‘F1' race cars. Off screen, he just tries to be ‘calm in traffic'
Brad Pitt really enjoyed playing a race car driver in his new film 'F1: The Movie,' but it's not the same for him when driving off screen. The star talked to 'Extra' about the thrill he felt portraying Sonny Hayes in the movie. 'It's like nothing I've ever experienced before,' Pitt said. 'There's this strange calm that happens in the car and this total focus and presence that, like, I've never experienced from anything else.' But when it comes to real life, Pitt said, he is often 'trying to be calm in traffic.' 'I'm one of those that feels like I'm always on the racetrack and I need to, like, chill,' he said. 'I just need to chill. So that's this year, just trying to chill. Enjoy the sights, don't sweat the traffic.' 'I'm not doing very well, by the way,' Pitted added. In the fast-paced drama, Pitt's character is a retired driver who returns to the track against a younger racing star, played by Damson Idris. Pitt wasn't bothered by the older versus younger storyline. 'It's a funny thing because I see the new generations coming in and it's really exciting what they're doing, and the movies are about a place in time, in our time,' Pitt said. 'I really enjoy it, but I so enjoy what other people are doing, so it's less of a hunt and more of an appreciation, you know, as the natural evolution happens.' 'F1' is in theaters June 27.
