Moana 2’s Dwayne Johnson On Challenging Ideas Of Masculinity With Maui In The Sequel

Black Widow just came to the defense of the universe's new Starbrand - and most powerful pregnant superbeing -from the toxic male mindset.

What can we expect from Martin Scorsese's upcoming film The Irishman when it comes to aspects like tone and pacing? Per one of The Irishman's producers, Jane Rosenthal, this Scorsese joint is diverging slightly from the director's well-trod territory of looking at the inner workings of the mob — don't worry, there will still be plenty of that — by going into some esoteric and timely thematic explorations. Speaking with Deadline ahead of The Irishman's New York Film Festival premiere on Friday, September 27, Rosenthal opened up about the pacing of the movie. [caption id="attachment_796517" …

Stuber wears the look of a throwback buddy comedy. Its stars are a mismatched duo who are hilarious together as they’re thrown together in a relatively small-stakes action narrative that has them in shootouts and car chases. What makes Stuber modern and gives Michael Dowse’s movie its edge is how it provides conflicting examples of masculinity and looks for the middle ground between them. The comedy and the action still come first, but Stuber goes one step further by questioning both machismo and timidity in its male characters to find how both sides are flawed and that …

Bleecker Street has released the trailer for Riley Stearns’ new movie The Art of Self-Defense. The movie stars Jesse Eisenberg as a timid individual who feels afraid of everything so he decides to take up marital arts. However, his entry into this world leads him down a dark path thanks to his charismatic and mysterious Sensei (Alessandro Nivola). I really enjoyed Stearns’ previous movie Faults (which is about a guy trying to de-program a cult member), and I love the premise here. The Art of Self-Defense seems to be grappling with fragile masculinity and how that masculinity …