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Cut the Chicane: F1 season opener unveils liveries, bringing in mixed reviews

Holly Gustavsen February 20, 2025
In honor of the 75th anniversary of Formula 1, teams and fans gathered at The O2 in London for a first-of-its-kind season launch.
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Cinephilia: ‘No Time to Die’ marks Daniel Craig’s strong but complex return

Andrew Harwood October 11, 2021
"No Time to Die” emerges upon the larger scale of what a Bond film does best: to entertain.
Mark Walton, a Boston University alumnus, spoke to Film and Television students on Friday about COVID-19’s impact on the entertainment industry. MIA KHATIB/ DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

Film and TV industry responds to COVID-19 digitization

Molly Farrar October 4, 2020
BU alum Mark Walton discussed how the entertainment business has shifted at Friday's COM event.
Flick Critique: Heroes come in all shapes

Flick Critique: Heroes come in all shapes

Victoria Lara September 24, 2018

No movie can take place without a protagonist, but what’s better than a good protagonist? An even better hero. Heroes are an essential aspect of major films, as they restore some faith in humanity and...

Sacha Baron Cohen’s new spy action-comedy “The Brothers Grimsby” is about Nobby (Cohen) and his adventures with his brother, and M16 agent, Sebastian (Mark Strong). The film opened nationwide on Friday. PHOTO COURTESY SONY PICTURES

INTERVIEW: Sacha Baron Cohen delivers outrageous comedy, unusual action

Bronsen Bloom March 17, 2016

“The Brothers Grimsby,” the latest from comedian Sacha Baron Cohen, is a comedy-action movie about a pair of orphaned twins who get separated at a young age. Sebastian (Mark Strong), the younger...

Daniel Craig stars as James Bond in new action adventure “Spectre.” PHOTO COURTESY METRO-GOLDWYN-MAYER PICTURES/COLUMBIA PICTURES

REVIEW: “Spectre” an action-packed spectacle lacking trademark Bond finesse

Alex Peña November 9, 2015

Daniel Craig’s reign of James Bond films have successfully brought Ian Fleming's character into the modern age. With lots of commercial and critical success, barring “Quantum of Solace,” many would...

MOOTS: The Duality of Franchises

MOOTS: The Duality of Franchises

Eric Moots March 17, 2015

As the summer blockbuster season rapidly approaches, it is interesting to see the movies that are being released this summer. “Avengers: Age of Ultron,” “Insidious: Chapter 3” and “Terminator:...

Colin Firth stars as Harry Hart (left), a spy who helps Eggsy, played by Taron Egerton, apply for Kingsman, a top-secret independent intelligence organization in “Kingsman: The Secret Service,” released Friday. PHOTO COURTESY OF TWENTIETH CENTURY FOX FILM CORPORATION

REVIEW: “Kingsman” offers bloody, but bloody good, thrills

Conner Reed February 13, 2015

Just over halfway through Matthew Vaughn’s new spy thriller, “Kingsman: The Secret Service,” Academy Award-winner and coiffed human teacup Colin Firth dryly utters this sentence: “I am a Catholic...

Gael García Bernal plays journalist Maziar Bahari, who worked during the 2009 Iranian presidential election riots, in "Rosewater," released Friday. PHOTO COURTESY OF OPEN ROAD FILMS

INTERVIEW: Journalist Maziar Bahari tells ‘universal truth’ of experience in Iranian prison in ‘Rosewater’

Hannah Landers November 17, 2014

Sporting a light grey pullover and a sensible pair of square-framed glasses, Maziar Bahari looks a lot like a dad. And while Bahari is a father, he is perhaps better known as the Iranian-born journalist...

Jake Gyllenhaal stars as Louis Bloom, a Los Angeles man who becomes involved in videotaping violent crimes and selling the videos for profit in "Nightcrawler," released Friday. PHOTO COURTESY OF OPEN ROAD FILMS

REVIEW: The abyss stares back in unsettling “Nightcrawler”

Cat McCarrey November 3, 2014

“Nightcrawler” embarks on a journey through darkness, even as it’s set in the city of eternal light pollution, Los Angeles. The camera lingers on the LA monuments, resting on landmarks chopped up...

Nobody does it better: Mendes’ Skyfall

Daily Free Press Admin November 11, 2012

It’s a brave new world for James Bond and MI-6 in Sam Mendes’ explosive 23rd edition to the Bond collection, but we expect no less from the man whose directorial debut was American Beauty.  In...

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