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Christopher Nolan is one of the most respected directors of the 21st century. While he technically made his debut with Following in 1998, Nolan's breakout work is largely considered to be Memento, which was released in 2000. This movie earned Nolan his first Oscar nomination, for Best Original Screenplay, based on the script he co-wrote with his brother Jonathan Nolan. Memento is perhaps one of Nolan's most classic examples of playing with time as a storytelling device, a motif that would become a signature tool throughout his work.

Memento was well-received, and Nolan's filmography has developed growing clout over the years. The director's first movie to be nominated for Best Picture ended up being Inception. From there, multiple other Nolan films would be nominated for Oscars, including Dunkirk and Oppenheimer. The latter film would go on to become Nolan's first movie to win Best Picture, and also earned the auteur an award for Best Director.

For more than two decades, Jeff Probst has been the proud face of Survivor. While the show is known for its thrilling factor, it was the host who truly made it popular. But behind the scenes, he was facing a personal battle that nobody knew about. This battle somewhat mirrored Christopher Nolan’s psychological thriller Memento.

Jeff Probst in a still from Survivor | Credits: CBS Broadcasting

And just like in the movie, Probst had a condition that severely affected his short-term memory, causing him to forget conversations, important details, and even some of his everyday moments.

The condition that affected Jeff Probst’s memory

After taking over hosting duties in 2000, Jeff Probst has been an important part of Survivor for more than two decades. He became a go-to person for the players in the game, helping them navigate their challenges. But in his real life, he was struggling on his...

Among the world-renowned filmmakers, Quentin Tarantino is one name that comes with instant recognition among anyone who has the slightest interest in cinema. Tarantino came into the world on March 27, 1963, in Knoxville, Tennessee, and gained both serious acclaim and a devoted fanbase through his storytelling methods.

Tarantino achieved his fame by going against typical standards. He also stands apart from his peers since he didn’t attend film school and lacked industry-related family ties. He gained knowledge about films by working at a video store that provided him access to a collection of different genres and filmmaking styles. His personal study gave him an independent outlook that separated his storytelling methods.

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He has won many awards, including two Academy Awards, two BAFTA Awards, and three Golden Globe Awards. The director’s works bring new meaning to contemporary filmmaking.

If you’re a fan of cinema, you’ll know the name Christopher Nolan. The director is one of the very few modern filmmakers who still gets to bring bold, creative visions to life on a blockbuster scale. The reigning champ of the intellectual box office hit, Nolan has enjoyed a storied career in Hollywood thanks to his consistency in producing pulse-pounding cinema that also has the capacity to make you think. His obsession with the theme of time, invisible special effects, and multi-layered plot structures have dazzled film viewers for decades at this point.

Nolan studied English Literature, believe it or not, at University College London. While at university, he was the president of the Film Society and met his wife and future producing partner, Emma Thomas, on campus. His first feature film was 1998’s “Following,” but his career really took off with the groundbreaking “Memento” (2000). The Guy Pearce...

Carrie-Ann Moss, aka Trinity from The Matrix, was surrounded by raining offers after the movie concluded a successful trilogy in 2003. Moss was going through a significant life-changing phase; she had to choose between the limelight and motherhood. Contemplating what she wanted more in the long run, the Die Alone actress took a willing break from her career to embrace motherhood.

Carrie-Anne Moss plays Jedi Master Indara in The Acolyte | Lucasfilm

The Matrix, a sci-fi cocktail spilling the trajectory of multiple realities, was first released in 1999, directed by Lana and Lilly Wachowski. The movie followed two sequels, The Matrix Reloaded and The Matrix Revolutions, in 2003 after attaining a remarkable triumph from fans and critics alike. Moss tasted the path of glory with the sci-fi trilogy starring alongside Keanu Reeves but decided to bid farewell to the cinema, only to return with more.

Carrie-Ann Moss embraced motherhood over films after The Matrix...

It’s time to look at the work of one of the greatest directors of our generation: Christopher Nolan. How big is Nolan these days? Interstellar, a movie which was never among the director’s top grossers, hit IMAX screens last week for its tenth anniversary, and screenings have been selling out constantly. The fact is – Nolan makes movies that belong on the big-screen, and he’s one of the few directors who’s arguably become his own franchise. For proof of that, one need only look at the fact that he’s planning a new movie, and the cast is jampacked with A-listers, because Everyone wants to work with Nolan.

A caveat – our Christopher Nolan movies ranked list is just one person’s opinion, and his work is divisive. Everyone has their favourites (and least favourites), so I’m hoping this ranking will open up some discussion in the comments below.

David Cronenberg has said that his new film The Shrouds – which has been making the festival rounds lately (you can read what JoBlo’s own Chris Bumbray thought of it Here) – was originally intended to be a Netflix TV series, but the streamer dropped it after paying him to write the pilot episode. So a feature film it is, and Sideshow and Janus Films have acquired all U.S. distribution rights to the film, with their plan being to give it a theatrical release next month. The Shrouds will be reaching theatres in New York and Los Angeles on April 18th, then will expand nationwide on April 25th. With those dates right around the corner, a trailer has dropped online and can be seen in the embed above.

In The Shrouds, Vincent Cassel, who previously worked with Cronenberg on Eastern Promises and A Dangerous Method, takes on the role of Karsh,...

The Dark Knight trilogy actor Gary Oldman recalls the note Christopher Nolan gave him that is one of the best he's received in his career. Coming off of successes like Memento (2000) and Insomnia (2002), Nolan entered the world of comic book adaptations with Batman Begins in 2005. Christian Bale played the role of Batman, aka Bruce Wayne, throughout Nolan's Dark Knight trilogy, with Oldman playing a prominent role as ally Jim Gordon, who eventually becomes Police Commissioner in The Dark Knight (2008).

During a recent interview with The Late Show with Stephen Colbert, Oldman recalls that filming one scene for The Dark Knight trilogy resulted in Nolan giving him one of the best notes he has ever received from a director. The note was surprisingly simple, with the director simply telling Oldman that there is more at stake for Gordon in the scene in question. Check out Oldman and Colbert's exchange below:

Stephen Colbert: “Speaking of Nolan,...

La obsesión de Sancho por detener a Augusto continuará este abril. © Prime Video

Prime Video ha anunciado la fecha de estreno de la segunda temporada de Memento Mori y ha compartido sus primeras imágenes. Además, la serie ha sido renovada para una tercera y última temporada.

La segunda temporada de Memento Mori, que constará de cinco episodios de 45 minutos, adaptará la segunda parte de la saga literaria Versos, Canciones y Trocitos de Carne, escrita por César Pérez Gellida. Esta nueva temporada continuará el duelo entre Augusto (Yon González) y el inspector Sancho (Francisco Ortiz), que intentará detener al asesino después de que huyera con Erika (Olivia Baglivi) de Valladolid. La obsesión por detenerle llevará a Sancho al límite, mientras Augusto sigue con su obra poética y mortal. A la historia se suma Gracia Galo (Anna Favella), una inteligente y templada inspectora italiana de gran madurez emocional que llega para equilibrar a Sancho.

Jon Bernthal is one of the greatest - and most underrated - actors working today. Best known for playing The Punisher among comic book fans, the Daredevil: Born Again star has delivered stellar performances in everything from The Bear to The Wolf of Wall Street and The Many Saints of Newark.

Now, he's geared up for Christopher Nolan's new movie The Odyssey. This retelling of the epic poem composed by Homer in the 8th Century also stars the McU's Spider-Man, Tom Holland, and both actors have been spotted in costume today.

While we believe the latter is playing Telemachus, the son of Odysseus, after some other recent images, there's no word on who Bernthal might be bringing to life in the fantasy epic.

We're used to seeing Bernthal with a beard, but the bald head is new and he certainly wouldn't be mistaken for Frank Castle right now. Daredevil: Born Again...

After The Matrix made Carrie-Anne Moss a household name, she was offered a wave of major Hollywood roles. However, at the time, the actor opted to turn them down.

Speaking to The Independent, Moss said she decided to step away from acting to focus on raising her family. "After The Matrix was such a big deal, I took a big, big break to have children and be with them," she said. "I remember being torn, having a little twinge like, 'Gosh, I’m getting offered such great things. That would be such a huge deal.' And I was holding my baby in my arms, and I remember thinking, 'At the end of my life, will it matter to me that I have another movie on my résumé? Or will it matter to me that I held my baby?' And I instantly thought, no. It was just a no-brainer.

Stars: Douglas Smith, Kimberly-Sue Murray, Carrie-Anne Moss, Frank Grillo, Jonathan Cherry | Written and Directed by Lowell Dean

Die Alone is the most recent film from Saskatchewan-based filmmaker Lowell Dean. If you’ve heard of him, it’s probably because of the over-the-top genre comedies WolfCop and Another WolfCop. But he’s done several other films, including the zombie film 13 Eerie and the post-apocalyptic action film SuperGrid, which I was lucky enough to catch along with a Q&a session with him at the Saskatoon Fantastic Film Festival a few years back.

Both zombies and a post-apocalyptic setting return in Die Alone, but it’s not a typical tale of the zombie apocalypse, although that isn’t easy to tell from the opening scenes. Ethan and his girlfriend Emma were heading to his cabin when their car crashed. Ethan wakes up to find Emma and most of his memories, are missing.

David Cronenberg is back in the director’s chair for The Shrouds this coming April, and you can definitely expect both graphic violence and graphic nudity from Cronenberg’s latest.

The Shrouds has been officially rated “R” this week for…

“Strong sexual content, graphic nudity, language and some violent content.”

From Sideshow and Janus Films, David Cronenberg’s The Shrouds will open on April 18 in New York and Los Angeles, before expanding nationwide on April 25, 2025.

Vincent Cassel (Irreversible, Eastern Promises) stars alongside Diane Kruger (Inglourious Basterds), Guy Pearce (Memento) and Sandrine Holt (“Fear the Walking Dead”).

Here’s the official synopsis: “In an eerie, deceptively placid near-future, a techno-entrepreneur named Karsh (Vincent Cassel) has developed a new software that will allow the bereaved to bear witness to the gradual decay of loved ones dead and buried in the earth.

While Karsh is still reeling from the loss of his wife...

David Cronenberg has said that his new film The Shrouds – which has been making the festival rounds lately (you can read what JoBlo’s own Chris Bumbray thought of it Here) – was originally intended to be a Netflix TV series, but the streamer dropped it after paying him to write the pilot episode. So a feature film it is, and Sideshow and Janus Films have acquired all U.S. distribution rights to the film, with their plan being to give it a theatrical release sometime in 2025. We don’t know a specific release date for this one yet, but the Motion Picture Association ratings board has revealed that The Shrouds has secured an R rating – primarily for sexual content and nudity! Here’s the reason given: Rated R for strong sexual content, graphic nudity, language and some violent content.

Pyramide Distribution will be giving the film a theatrical release in France on April 30th.

Did You Know Anora & The Brutalist’s Numbers Took Over A Major Christopher Nolan Thriller At The Bo? ( Photo Credit – Instagram )

As Anora director Sean Baker wrapped the 97th Academy Awards ceremony, seizing his record fourth statuette of the night, he roared, “Long live independent cinema” — a mantra that couldn’t have resounded better outside a ceremony exalting indie films over studio juggernauts and streaming titans.

Anora clinched five wins, The Brutalist nabbed three, and A Real Pain, Flow, and others—all original films without the tag of sequel, remake, biography, or adaptation attached to them—galvanized the evening with one award each. Their victories now incite a box office rush, unlike anything the majors could muster.

Even months after its digital release, Anora and The Brutalist saw theater admissions soar post-Oscar night. Anora’s Monday take vaulted over 400% from the prior week, Tuesday’s surge past 350%, pushing its domestic...

Following his Oscar-winning feature film Oppenheimer (2024) which swept the Best Picture, Best Director, Best Lead Actor, Best Score and more categories at the 96th annual Academy Awards, Christopher Nolan’s next project is taking shape.

Read on for everything we know about the inspiration, story, cast and more

When does Christopher Nolan’s The Odyssey come out?

The film is currently set for a release in Imax July 17, 2026.

Has Christopher Nolan’s The Odyssey started production?

Yes, filming is underway in Morocco, and Sicily is another destination on the list.

What is Christopher Nolan’s next film about?

Just before Christmas, it was revealed that Nolan’s latest project would be epic in more than one sense of the word as it will adapt Homer’s epic poem composed around the 8th century Bce. Universal revealed the news.

“Christopher Nolan’s next film The Odyssey is a mythic action epic...

Our hero Ethan is contending with a strange kind of cyclical amnesia that makes dealing with the flesh-eating undead a good deal harder

As this highly derivative but mildly absorbing Canadian horror thriller kicks off, we meet Ethan (Douglas Smith), a young man seemingly on the verge of killing himself. He looks out over a picturesque stretch of Saskatchewan landscape bathed in magic-hour glow before we cut to a welter of confusing, often blood-soaked flashbacks (or flashforwards) – and his voiceover then explains that although his memory doesn’t work so well, he’d rather not remember most of his life anyway. That’s because unfortunate Ethan is suffering from a kind of cyclical amnesia, not unlike the disorder that bedevilled Guy Pearce’s character in Memento, which compels him to keep reintroducing himself to people he’s met many times before. This is a particularly dangerous condition to have because...

British filmmaker Christopher Nolan has established himself as one of Hollywood's brightest talents and among the very finest directors working today. His filmography ranges from the bombastic sci-fi spectacle of Interstellar to the dramatically charged Memento to sweeping war epics such as Dunkirk. No matter which genre or subject matter Nolan wishes to take on, it can be assured that it will be executed with technical precision and monumental scale.

Guy Pearce has always been that underrated gem in Hollywood—stealing scenes, delivering impeccable performances, and somehow still flying under the radar. From the mind-bending mystery of Memento to the gritty crime drama L.A. Confidential, Pearce has been delivering cinematic gold for decades. But guess what? He was often overlooked until recently when his role in The Brutalist won him an Oscar nomination.

Guy Pearce in The Brutalist | image: A24

Yep, Hollywood is suddenly waking up to his brilliance, after Pearce appeared as the sociopathic industrialist Harrison Lee Van Buren alongside Adrien Brody in The Brutalist. So now, Pearce has become the name on everyone’s lips. And guess what? Fans are getting curious to know just how rich he is. Wondering if all that hard work has at least turned into serious cash, people want to know about his net worth. So let’s dive right into it,...

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Apart from being a meticulously brilliant filmmaker, and creating thought-provoking films, Christopher Nolan is highly revered in the entertainment industry. His films are often praised for their complex storylines, grand cinematography, and direction. However, the actors’ performances are equally important to a movie’s success. All characters played well are imperative to a film’s success. And the perfectionist he is, Nolan makes just the right choices when it comes to his cast.

Furthermore, the British filmmaker’s ability to elicit great performances from actors has not only his films but also these actors’s careers. Here is a ranking of the top 10 performances from Christopher Nolan movies.

10. Aaron Eckhart as Harvey Dent/Two-Face in The Dark Knight (2008) Harvey Dent/Two-Face | Credits: Warner Bros.

One of the most iconic supervillains, Two-Face is materialised on screen by Aaron Eckhart in The Dark Knight. This...

Chicago – “Banr” …the touching and passionate tale of a husband, wife and daughter during the mother’s Alzheimer’s dissolution …made its World Premiere at the 31st Slamdance Film Festival on February 21st, in Los Angeles. Writer, actor and director Erica Xia-Hou represented the film during the premiere. For film information, click Banr.

After 40 years of devotion, an elderly couple (Sui Li and Baoqing Li) and their daughter (Erica Xia-Hou) face a heartbreaking farewell … he succumbs to a heart attack, while she battles Alzheimer’s … and the wife and mother becomes trapped in a cycle of fragmented memories and a desperate search for her family, as love fades into the cloudy mists of non-recognition.

’Banr’ at 31st Slamdance Film Festival

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HollywoodChicago.com interviewed of writer/director/actor Erica Xia-Hou of “Banr” in anticipation of the World Premiere at Slamdance.

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The Brutalist star, up for an Academy Award for the first time, talks about awards fuss, living with his ex and making his new film Inside in an actual prison

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After his acclaimed performances in films such as LA Confidential, The Proposition, Memento, The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert, Animal Kingdom and The Hurt Locker, you may be surprised that Guy Pearce has just been nominated for an Oscar for the first time: for his turn as the sociopathic industrialist Harrison Lee Van Buren in The Brutalist. Or maybe you haven’t noticed Pearce’s Oscars campaign because he keeps rubbishing his own career: he was “shit” in Memento (“I’m bad in a good movie. Fuck!”), worse in Neighbours (“I played the same thing and it fucking drove me nuts”) and has cheerfully owned up to acting in “a bunch...

Christopher Nolan's 2006 thriller, The Prestige, is set to land on a new streaming service in March.

Nolan's 2006 film, The Prestige, will drop on Hulu on March 14. The thriller, which unites Christian Bale and Hugh Jackman, follows two stage magicians in 1890s London, who develop an intense rivalry with one another. Obsessed with outdoing the other, the rivalry inevitably grows out of control, leading to dire consequences. Jackman and Bale lead the stacked cast, which also includes the talents of Nolan movie regular Michael Caine, Scarlett Johansson, Rebecca Hall, Piper Perabo, Samantha Mahurin, Andy Serkis, and the legendary David Bowie as Nikola Tesla. Nolan co-wrote the script alongside his brother, Jonathan, who would serve as a writer on several of his other movies.

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These days, Christopher Nolan is busy dominating the box office and riding high off making the first blockbuster to win Best Picture in 20 years. But back in 2000, he was barely an up-and-coming director. With just one self-funded film to his name (1998's "Following"), the director finally had a modest budget from an independent film studio and set to work turning his brother Jonathan's short story idea into a film.

In Jonathan's original story, "Memento Mori," a man named Earl suffers from anterograde amnesia and uses notes and tattoos to help his future self remember key information about his life, with the ultimate goal of finding the mystery individual responsible for murdering his wife. When working on the screenplay adaptation, however, Christopher Nolan came up with the idea to tell part of the narrative in reverse, thereby ensuring his film version,...

Hollywood has seen a lot of actors with failed marriages, and Guy Pearce’s is yet another name on the list. Tying the knot back in 1997, the now-57-year-old actor, with hits like Memento (2000), The Brutalist (2024), and L.A. Confidential (1997) on his resume, he found himself and his wife, Kate Mestitz, undergoing a divorce around 18 years later.

Guy Pearce. | Credits: First Snow / Freestyle Releasing.

But throughout the time that they were together, the actor could sincerely admit that she was “the greatest love of my life,” as he recently claimed, years after their divorce. In fact, the Marvel actor had gone through so much in his life with his ex-wife and ostensibly found such a comfortable and safe place with her that he even let out his Kevin Spacey fears to her.

Guy Pearce claimed Kate Mestitz was “the greatest love of my life” Guy Pearce. | Credits: Memento / Lionsgate.

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Guy Pearce, the guest of this episode of The Hollywood Reporter’s Awards Chatter podcast, is one of the most gifted screen actors of his generation.

An England-born Aussie, he has given standout performances in films such as 1994’s The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert, 1997’s L.A. Confidential and 2000’s Memento; 2009’s The Hurt Locker and 2010’s The King’s Speech, both of which went on to win the best picture Oscar; and in the 2011 limited series Mildred Pierce, for which he won an Emmy and was nominated for Golden Globe and SAG awards, and the 2021 limited series Mare of Easttown, both opposite Kate Winslet.

Most recently, though, Pearce has garnered rave reviews for his portrayal of Harrison Lee Van Buren, a millionaire Pennsylvania industrialist who becomes the patron of a Jewish architect who survived the Holocaust and came to America, in Brady Corbet’s The Brutalist, a...

Ficción post-apocalíptica con sello Scott. © Getty Images

De acuerdo con Deadline, Jacob Elordi –que sustituyó a Paul Mescal por conflictos de agenda con las películas de Los Beatles–, Margaret Qualley, Josh Brolin y Guy Pearce protagonizarán The Dog Stars, la nueva película de Ridley Scott que a sus 87 años sigue dando caña.

Adaptación de la novela de Peter Heller bajo el guion de Mark L. Smith para 20th Century, The Dog Stars nos sitúa nueve años después de que la vida en la Tierra haya desaparecido casi por completo a causa de una epidemia. Hig (Elordi) es un piloto de avioneta fumigadora que vive en un aeródromo abandonado de Colorado, acompañado por su inseparable perro Jasper y por un vecino y ranger con el que mantiene una tensa tregua: Bangley (Brolin). Pero Hig no se resigna a que su vida sea así. Día tras día, sale en busca de algo más allá del vacío,...

The epic period drama film, The Brutalist, which stars Adrien Brody as Jewish Hungarian architect László Tóth, who attempts to find his place in America over several decades, was a big winner at the Feb. 16 BAFTA Awards. The A24 film from director Brady Corbet, who co-wrote the script with Mona Fastvold, took home four trophies at the 78th British Academy of Film and Television Arts Awards, per Deadline.

Brody won for Leading Actor in The Brutalist, which also stars Felicity Jones (Rogue One: A Star Wars Story), and Guy Pearce (Memento). The actor, who won an Oscar for his performance in 2002’s The Pianist, was up against Timothée Chalamet (A Complete Unknown), Colman Domingo (Sing Sing), Ralph Fiennes (Conclave), Hugh Grant (Heretic), and Sebastian Stan (The Apprentice)in the leading actor category. Brody previously was nominated for a BAFTA in 2003 for The Pianist.

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Christopher Nolan has become known for crafting films of immense scale that make powerful emotional statements, but he’s also a master of classic cinematic suspense. The acclaimed director often structures his films with unconventional timelines and perspectives, allowing him to shock the audience with ingenious plot twists that would make M. Night Shyamalan jealous. The inverted chronology of Memento and the questioning of reality in Inception lead to Nolan’s most famous surprise endings, but one of his less high profile works is even more shocking. The Prestige packs in more delightful swerves than any of Nolan’s other films, and the period piece’s final twist stands as arguably the most mind-blowing and satisfying in his filmography.

Image Source: Warner Bros Christopher Nolan is no stranger to pushing the boundaries of cinematic storytelling. Over the years, he has redefined what movies can achieve with groundbreaking works like Memento, The Dark Knight Trilogy, Interstellar, Tenet, and his latest historical opus, Oppenheimer. Known for his intricate plots, philosophical depth, and eye-popping visuals, Nolan’s films challenge audiences to rethink time, reality, and human connection. Yet, even among this stellar filmography, one title stands out as the purest example of his genius—Inception. Released in 2010, this masterpiece takes viewers on a mind-bending trip through layered dreamscapes. Its daring concept of “dreams within dreams,” coupled with stunning effects, Hans Zimmer’s iconic score, and an ambiguous ending that sparked endless debate, all cemented Inception as a modern classic. But what did Nolan himself think about creating this cinematic puzzle box? He once shared that Inception was one of his boldest risks as a filmmaker.

We may be getting round 2 of The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert.

In a wide-ranging career tribute and conversation Thursday night in front of a packed crowd at the 2000-seat Arlington Theatre ahead of their receiving the Santa Barbara Film Festival’s Cinema Vanguard Award, Best Supporting Actor Oscar nominee Guy Pearce, on stage with his The Brutalist co-star and Best Actor Oscar nominee Adrien Brody, made some news.

Moderating the evening, I saved a choice clip of one of Pearce’s memorable early performances as salty drag queen Felicia in 1994’s Australian hit comedy, The Adventures Of Priscilla Queen Of The Desert to run towards the end of the two-hour tribute, and then asked him what memories it brought back. To my surprise Pearce revealed he is in talks with original writer/director Stephan Elliott and co-stars Hugo Weaving and Terence Stamp about a possible sequel, saying...

Ridley Scott is pressing ahead with The Dog Stars, adding Margaret Qualley, Josh Brolin and Guy Pearce to the cast.

During his press tour for Gladiator II, Ridley Scott revealed to Film Stories that a sci-fi project had been added to his upcoming slate, that was going to be a quick reunion with Paul Mescal. However, it would later emerge that Mescal had left the project because of his commitment to playing one of the Fab Four in Sam Mendes’ upcoming films based on The Beatles.

Still, the project is The Dog Stars, and it’s coming next from the bearded one.

Last month, Jacob Elordi would be announced as the new lead actor in The Dog Stars, and now we have a pretty good idea of the film’s supporting cast too. Margaret Qualley, Josh Brolin and Guy Pearce are all (according to The Hollywood Reporter) in final negotiations to join the cast,...

Ridley Scott’s pandemic thriller, The Dog Stars, adds some significant star power today with Margaret Qualley, Josh Brolin, and Guy Pearce joining Jacob Elordi for an epic that finds a civilian pilot living a lonely life on an abandoned Colorado airbase with his dog and a hard-as-nails ex-marine. When a band of scavengers called The Reapers invades their space, Hig and his compatriots must prepare for battle.

The Dog Stars hails from 20th Century Studios and is based on the 2012 novel by Peter Heller (Burn, The River, The Painter, The Last Ranger). Initially, Scott was reteaming with Gladiator II star Paul Mescal for The Dog Stars, but scheduling conflicts with his part in Sam Mendes’ Beatles anthology kept him from participating. Sources say Mescal plays Paul McCartney in Mendes’ upcoming film, making him essential to the project.

Here’s a synopsis of Heller’s novel:

“Hig’s wife is gone,...

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For lifelong cinephiles, the kinds of folks determined to experience as many movies as the medium has to offer before they hit the soil, revisits are an extravagance. Sometimes, they're essential. Jean-Luc Godard's films are dense with ideas and, especially later in his career, visual information. You leave the first viewing with merely an impression of what he's saying, but the meat of his thesis doesn't completely shake out until a second or perhaps third go-round. Meanwhile, a film like "Memento," with its fractured narrative told from the perspective of an amnesiac, might not make total sense until you retrace Leonard Shelby's journey on a subsequent watch.

And then there are movies we return to over and over because they never fail to work their rare magic. Dating back to my early childhood, I've seen Steven Spielberg's "Jaws...

Leonard Shelby can try to remember Sammy Jankis all he wants, but Guy Pearce would truly like to forget Memento. Despite Christopher Nolan’s film being a breakout for both the star and its director, Pearce insists he gives an absolutely terrible performance in it, even too bad to forget.

Speaking with The Times, Guy Pearce — who earned his share of acclaim for Memento, although most went to Nolan’s screenplay – admitted that his performance as the tattooed amnesiac is one he genuinely despises and it stands as the chief reason why he hasn’t worked with the director since. “…I’m having an existential crisis. I watched Memento the other day and I’m still depressed. I’m sh*t in that movie. I’d never thought that before, but I did this Q&a of Memento earlier this month and decided to actually watch the film again. But...

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In terms of modern filmmaking, it's hard to do better than Christopher Nolan. Even dating back to his early works such as "The Prestige" and "Memento," it was clear that this man was something special. Everyone is going to have their favorites and yes, to an extent, film is a subjective medium. That said, Nolan's broad critical acclaim coupled with his ability to deliver a commercial hit makes him unrivaled in the 2000s. Rather quantifiably, he has proven himself to be the most consistently bankable director working in Hollywood today, and one pretty eye-popping stat proves it.

Nolan had a run from 2008 to 2017 that was, in a word, ridiculous. That run includes the $1 billion beloved blockbuster smash "The Dark Knight," his mind-bending thriller "Inception," DC's one-time highest-grossing movie ever "The Dark Knight Rises," the ambitious modern sci-fi classic "Interstellar," and...

An actor with a unanimous approval rating, we always wondered what ever happened to Guy Pearceafter all these years. While Hollywood seemed to have abandoned him, Brady Corbet never forgot about his talents. Of all The Brutalist's accomplishments, its most valuable is its confirmation of Pearce's brilliance as an actor. Of course, anyone who has seen Mementois well aware of his rich on-screen presence, but it appears Pearce, who received his first Academy Award nomination for his performance in The Brutalist, does have one unwarranted hater: himself. After a recent re-watch of Christopher Nolan's breakout film, Pearce wished he could transform into his character, Leonard Shelby, and quickly lose the memory of his performance, one that he referred to as "shit." Guy, we can confidently say that you're wrong about your evaluation of your mesmerizing and haunting performance in Memento.

In an industry that likes to pigeonhole actors into particular roles, Guy Pearce has proven himself equally adept as a leading man or as a supporting character in a variety of films. Scroll through our photo gallery below as Gold Derby reexamines the 10 best Guy Pearce movies, ranked.

Born in England on October 5, 1967, his family relocated to Australia when Pearce was 3 years old, and he became a competitive bodybuilder as a teen. His acting career began when he was cast in the Australian soap opera Neighbours in 1986.

Pearce’s breakout film role was as drag queen Felicia Jollygoodfellow in the surprise hit Australian film The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert in 1994; just three years later he found success in American films with the Oscar-nominated L.A. Confidential, and has built an impressive resume of diverse films and television series in the nearly three decades since.

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We've already brought you some pretty exciting rumours today (including major new details on The Fantastic Four: First Steps) and, in this roundup, you'll find lots of noteworthy MCU updates.

These come our way from The Cosmic Circus' Alex Perez, and we'll start with news on the Young Avengers/Champions. As suspected, Marvel Studios is going with the latter name because these heroes, well, aren't that young. It's said that Kate Bishop will lead the team, with S.A.B.E.R. and Nick Fury possibly involved in assembling the next generation of Avengers.

Fury supposedly has tabs on many young heroes, including Ms. Marvel, Hawkeye, Ironheart, Cassie Lang, America Chavez, Wiccan, Speed, Skarr, and Amadeus Cho.

There's no mention of Hulkling, though the site explains he's likely to be a big part of the "Annihilation" arc and, down the road, a storyline involving Wiccan. Marvel Studios also has no immediate plans to introduce...

Gazer, the dark neo-noir thriller in the vein of Memento, has shifted into a new release date. With it comes a moody new poster.

Metrograph Pictures will now release the film in theaters on April 4, 2025. The film was initially set for February 21, 2025.

Gazer is directed by Ryan J. Sloan.

The neo-noir thriller follows “a young mother (co-writer Ariella Mastroianni) who, due to a unique condition that progressively affects her perception of time, is trying to save money for her daughter’s future before it’s too late. She takes a risky job from a mysterious woman with a dark past, which leads her to become entangled in a tense web of revenge, deceit, and murder.”

Ariella Mastroianni, Marcia Debonis, Renee Gagner, Jack Alberts, and Tommy Kang star.

Daniel Kurland wrote in his review for Bd, “In fact, the film feels like a very post-modern deconstruction of many of Alfred Hitchcock’s films,...

Melisandre wasn’t just some side character in Game of Thrones; she was dropping prophecies, setting people on fire, and making us question everything (literally!) But if there’s one moment that had us absolutely fuming, it’s that scene. The one we still refuse to forgive.

Carice van Houten in Game of Thrones | Credits: HBO

And guess what, dearest gentle readers? Carice van Houten loved filming it. While we were screaming at our screens, she was having an absolute blast.

Carice van Houten’s favorite Game of Thrones scene: The shocking Shireen sacrifice Carice Van Houten in Game of Thrones | Credits: HBO

Melisandre had a lot of spectacular moments in Game of Thrones, but one stands above the rest — for not the right reasons. And, as it turns out, it was Carice van Houten’s favorite scene to film.

The Red Woman pulled off some major feats in the series,...

David Cronenberg has said that his new film The Shrouds – which has been making the festival rounds lately (you can read what JoBlo’s own Chris Bumbray thought of it Here) – was originally intended to be a Netflix TV series, but the streamer dropped it after paying him to write the pilot episode. So a feature film it is, and Sideshow and Janus Films have acquired all U.S. distribution rights to the film, with their plan being to give it a theatrical release sometime in the spring of 2025. We don’t know a specific release date for this one yet, but a new teaser trailer has arrived online and you can check it out in the embed above. We saw the previous teaser trailer eight months ago.

Pyramide Distribution will be giving the film a theatrical release in France on April 30th.

In The Shrouds, Vincent Cassel, who previously...

Guy Pearce recently re-watched Christopher Nolan’s Memento, a film he very memorably starred in, and let’s just say he didn’t like what he saw.

Have you ever found an old video or a photo of yourself and wondered what happened there, how did I let myself get immortalised in a situation like this? Maybe it was a terrible haircut or a really bad outfit, or perhaps an old taping of a school play and your memories of it don’t quite match what’s playing on screen.

For Guy Pearce though, that moment came with a rewatch of Memento.

That’s right, Christopher Nolan’s breakthrough film, that many of us remember fondly, had Pearce seemingly shuddering with disgust.

In an interview with The Times (here via Variety), Pearce recounts his experience watching himself as Leonard, a man suffering from amnesia, who uses tattoos – and other memory aids,...

The non-linear structure of Munjal Yagnik’s debut aims at Memento-like noir but doesn’t gather the narrative shards into a compelling whole

Mulholland Drive and Memento are celebrated examples of how narrative fragmentation can dovetail well with the philosophical heart and aims of film noir. While this low-budget thriller doesn’t have the finesse of either of those films, it does at least aim high in its sundered viewpoint on the jealousy-filled menage à trois at its centre. Debut director Munjal Yagnik plays it entirely non-linear to begin with, before settling into a more conventional but still mobile flashback structure.

Mark (Gregory Waits) wakes up in disarray, quickly turning into despair when he walks into the bedroom to find (what we assume is) his partner dead on the bed. But the next scene reveals he has been playing away: his wife, Sidney (Nadine van Asbeck) returns home to find him frantically cleaning.

Actors are typically known to be a little hard on themselves, with many avoiding watching their final, cut-together performances at all, but Academy Award nominee Guy Pearce is happy to engage with a little self-evaluation. Well… not exactly happy.

In a recent interview with The Times of London, the Australian actor reflected on his work in Christopher Nolan’s mind-bending crime thriller “Memento” and the “existential crisis” that was brought on from revisiting it in a recent viewing.

“I watched ‘Memento’ the other day and I’m still depressed. I’m shit in that movie,” Pearce said. “I’d never thought that before, but I did this Q&a of ‘Memento’ earlier this month and decided to actually watch the film again. But while it was playing I realized I hate what I did. And so all this stuff about an exec at Warners being why I’ve not worked with Chris again?...

Guy Pearce is his own biggest critic. If anyone needs any proof of that, then they can look no further than his recent comments about his appearance in Christopher Nolan’s early movie, Memento. Released in 2000, the debut feature film of the director who would go on to make the greatest Batman movie, several mind-bending blockbusters, and the Oscar-winning Oppenheimer, saw Pearce taking on the lead role as a man who is hunting his wife’s killer, but has no ability to recall his recent memories. According to the actor, he was “sh-t” in the film.

Let’s get the obvious out of the way. Scoring 94% from both critics and audiences on Rotten Tomatoes, and turning a paltry $5-9 million budget into a $40 million box office hit, makes it hard to label Memento as having many failings. In fact, many reviews of the movie specifically single out Pearce’s “unforgettable...

Guy Pearce is embarrassed by his performance in 'Memento'.The 57-year-old actor recently rewatched Christopher Nolan‘s 2000 thriller and admitted he regrets his acting choices in the flick, calling himself "s**t".He told The Times: "I’m having an existential crisis. I watched ‘Memento’ the other day and I’m still depressed. I’m s*** in that movie. I’d never thought that before, but I did this Q A of ‘Memento’ earlier this month and decided to actually watch the film again."But while it was playing I saw that I hate what I did. And so all this stuff about an exec at Warners being why I’ve not worked with Chris again? It came crashing down. I know why I didn’t work with Chris again — it’s because I’m no good in ‘Memento.’”Guy previously claimed that he had never worked with Nolan...

Veteran actor Guy Pearce recently shared a surprising and candid assessment of his role in Christopher Nolan’s breakthrough film “Memento,” despite the movie’s critical acclaim and his own numerous award nominations.

In an interview with The Sunday Times, Pearce, 57, revealed his deep dissatisfaction with his performance as Leonard Shelby in the 2000 psychological thriller. “I’m still depressed. I’m shit in that movie,” he said after rewatching the film following a recent Q&a session.

Pearce’s self-criticism goes beyond typical actor modesty. He gave himself a rating of “five out of ten” for the performance, explaining that his approach to the character was fundamentally flawed. “I was trying to do a flippant attitude but it was all wrong,” he noted, referencing legendary actor John Gielgud’s advice to “never be bad in a good movie.”

The actor’s comments challenge the film’s celebrated status. “Memento” earned Pearce multiple award nominations,...

Guy Pearce has made a new revelation about his performance in 2000’s Memento: “I’m shit in that movie.”

During a recent interview with The Sunday Times, the actor got candid about his thoughts on his role as Leonard Shelby in the Christopher Nolan-directed film. “I watched Memento the other day and I’m still depressed. I’m shit in that movie,” he confessed.

Pearce said he’d “never thought that before, but I did this Q&a of Memento earlier this month and decided to actually watch the film again. But while it was playing I realized I hate what I did.”

Memento follows Leonard Shelby, an insurance investigator, who suffers from anterograde amnesia and uses notes and tattoos to hunt for the man he thinks killed his wife, which is the last thing he remembers.

The Brutalist actor’s latest comments come a few months after...

It might be one of the most popular films of the early aughts, but “Memento” star Guy Pearce has recently realized he can’t stand his role in the movie. “I watched ‘Memento’ the other day and I’m still depressed. I’m s–t in that movie,” the actor told The Telegraph in an interview published Saturday.

The actor rewatched the movie ahead of a planned Q&a event, he added, and “while it was playing I realized I hate what I did. And so all this stuff about an exec at Warners being why I’ve not worked with Chris again? It came crashing down. I know why I didn’t work with Chris again — it’s because I’m no good in ‘Memento.'”

The comment followed a question about why Pearce was not cast in Christopher Nolan’s Batman film that shortly followed “Memento.” Pearce had...