They say never meet your heroes…
Like most of us, I grew up watching all the Rocky films, and @TheSlyStallone alongside @Schwarzenegger are my film action heroes! When the call came for @expendables , I said yes there and then, no questions asked!!
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Uma Thurman, Sarah Shahi, Rachel Hilson, Ellie Bamber, Clifton Collins Jr., Stephen Fry, Thomas Flynn, Aneesh Sheth, and Malcolm Atobrah are set to reprise their roles in Red, White & Royal Wedding, with Henry Ashton and Alex Høgh Andersen also joining the cast.
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Nia DaCosta directs the hell out of HEDDA, a gossipy, jazzy tension riddled chamber piece of escalating manipulation amid a night of debauchery among high society. Tess Thompson is absolutely electric and fierce, overcoming the inescapable stageiness of the adaptive work #TIFF
Hedda is a blast! Nia DaCosta crafts a raucous bacchanal with Tessa Thompson as a vicious agent of bisexual chaos. Loved the witty, dastardly script and DaCosta’s fanciful and energetic direction. Thompson and Nina Hoss are ruthlessly captivating. #TIFF50
I knew within 15 minutes that Nia DaCosta & @@TessaThompson_x got me with HEDDA. Utterly sumptuous. Thompson runs away with it, dripping poison in such a beautiful, controlled way. I want to write pages about this movie and everything in it. Full review soon! @AmazonMGMStudio
HEDDA: a bolder, more modern reimagining of Ibsen's play expertly directed by Nia DaCosta with a terrific Tessa Thompson at the helm, and an equally brilliant cast backing her up. Beautifully filmed and scored, and (mostly) lands its thematic and narrative beats well. #TIFF50
HEDDA receives a sexier, darker, and queer adaptation from Nia DaCosta where all hearts break and hell lets loose over the course of a single evening villa party. Sean Bobbitt’s camerawork and lighting is gorgeous throughout, Hildur Guðnadóttir’s score swings between brooding and lively, while Tessa Thompson and Nina Hoss are absolutely phenomenal, holding us in their grasp with their emotionally fierce and riveting performances. Though it takes some time to find its rhythm and the writing initially keeps the audience at arm’s length, the second half comes alive as the party thins out and the twists pile on.
#HEDDA well highlights the value of continuing to adapt iconic work. The movie is very clearly rooted in Henrik Ibsen’s play but it is dripping in Nia DaCosta’s authorial expressivity. It’s just so incredibly clear that she had a set of very specific ideas and qualities that she wanted to bring to the story, and knew exactly how to make it all happen with her A+ cast and crew.
Nia DaCosta delivers her best film yet with HEDDA. Beautiful cinematography, chilling score, and amazing production design. Tessa Thompson is devilishly chaotic in the lead role. Her on-screen chemistry with Nina Hoss is fiery and palpable. Really enjoyed the theme of control.