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Charles Roven

Congratulations to Oppenheimer winning big at this year's Academy Awards. Well deserved.

Oppenheimer (2023)

Visually striking, magnificently performed and expertly written, Oppenheimer is the kind of movie that doesn’t really contain any twists but makes you feel like you need to see it more than once. This is a movie that sticks with you.

In 1954, J. Robert Oppenheimer (Cillian Murphy) attends a private hearing before a Personnel Security Board to dispute his clearances. As the man who helmed the Manhattan Project, Oppenheimer feels personally responsible for the use of nuclear weapons. He seeks to limit their use and the development of future, more devastating weapons. As part of the hearing, Oppenheimer’s past is examined. Everything from his time studying experimental physics in Cambridge to his working relationships with famed physicists, his supposed communist ties and his many extra-marital affairs are laid bare.

The first thing to discuss is the picture’s running time. Oppenheimer clocks in at about 3 hours if you include the credits. That’s a lot but only in the sense that you probably shouldn't start watching it at 10:30 pm. In practice, it doesn’t feel long; not at all. In fact, the extended running time is one of the reasons why this film is so successful. There are A LOT of people to keep track of. We meet Albert Einstein, Niel Bohr and other physicists you haven’t heard of. More relevant to Oppenheimer's personal life is his second wife, “Kitty” (Emily Blunt), the woman he has an affair with, Jean Tatlock (Florence Pugh), his brother, Frank (Dylan Arnold), the director of the Manhattan Project, Gn. Leslie Groves (Matt Damon), and the man who recruits him, Lewis Strauss (Robert Downey Jr.). If this movie was cramming everything in 90 minutes, you’d struggle to remember who’s who, what are they doing and why.

Having that extra bit of time to process everything is a blessing. Those extra minutes also allow director Christopher Nolan (who co-wrote the screenplay with Emma Thomas and Charles Roven) to show us what makes Oppenheimer tick. There’s an immensity to the picture. We understand the destruction these weapons are capable of and the responsibility that accompanies them because we saw how big a project it was, how long it took and how worried the people were during their development. The secrecy, the uncertainty, how it consumed the lives of those involved. We understand the magnitude of what Oppenheimer and his team unleashed when no one else seems to.

One of my favorite things about biographical films is that they teach you about people. Specifically, they teach you to love some and hate others. Well, maybe that says more about me than about the movies. During Oppenheimer, you’ll develop a love-hate relationship with many people. On the one hand, Oppenheimer is so mature in his handling of the nuclear equation. In other aspects of his life, he’s so irresponsible he threatens to doom us all. Why can’t he stop cheating on his wife? Why can’t he understand that associating himself with communists puts him and his work at risk, regardless of how little he actually believes in the political system’s merit? The one you’ll develop the strongest feelings for is undoubtedly Lewis Strauss, but he’s in the movie a lot. You might excuse him as a… complicated person.

Pairing the pink-infused Barbie with Oppenheimer, preferably as a "Barbenheimer" double-feature (two 5-star movies in my book) is fun and begs an important question: which do you watch first? I saw both, back to back. The funny thing is that in some ways, they're not as different as they'd seem. Both, for instance, contain surreal fantasy sequences that allow us to peer into the protagonist's mind and ask big questions about where their titular characters belong in our world, how they affect(ed) it and what we, as audiences, can learn from that. The main difference is that Barbie is often funny and uplifting, while Oppenheimer is somber and heavy. That might make you lean towards the doll movie second, as a way to leave the theater feeling good, but honestly, you can't go wrong with the reverse order either. While Oppenheimer can feel overwhelming, teetering towards the depressing, it's also so well made, so powerfully acted and so grandiose of an experience that ultimately, it makes you feel good to have witnessed it. See them both. See them more than once - just don't start your marathon at 10:30 pm. (August 11, 2023)

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Oh yeah! We had a really good time with that movie. The fans really liked the movie, and people who didn’t know anything about the game really liked the movie. So we are definitely looking to make another one of those."

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Oscars 2024 - Winners!

Here are the winners at the 96th Academy Awards: Hollywood, CA – March 10: Chirstopher Nolan and Steven Spielberg during the live telecast of the 96th Annual Academy Awards in Dolby Theatre at Hollywood & Highland Center in Hollywood, CA, Sunday, March 10, 2024. (Myung J. Chun / Los Angeles Times) Best PictureOppenheimerEmma Thomas, Charles Roven and Christopher Nolan, Producers Continue…

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Oppenheimer

★★★★★ Apabullante. Acercarse al cine de Christopher Nolan es cada vez más una experiencia sobrecogedora y, por momentos, intimidante. La capacidad del cineasta británico para embarcar al espectador en sus historias ya desde el mismo arranque es algo digno de alabar en estos tiempos de multipantallas y déficit de atención generalizado. Porque, a priori, plantear una biopic de tres horas sobre ‘el…

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THE 96TH ACADEMY AWARDS 2024 BEST PICTURE - OPPENHEIMER - Emma Thomas, Charles Roven and Christopher Nolan (Producers) DIRECTING - OPPENHEIMER - Christopher Nolan Photo by Matt Sayles/©A.M.P.A.S.®

Oppenheimer é grande vencedor do Oscar e produção celebra filme com "coração e alma, falhas e genialidade"

Oppenheimer foi o grande vencedor do Oscar 2024 com sete estatuetas. Christopher Nolan e sua equipe relembram momentos marcantes da produção em celebração a vitória. Leia a entrevista completa:

Oppenheimer foi o vencedor do prêmio mais esperado da noite no Oscar 2024. Após a vitória, os representantes do Melhor Filme foram para a Sala de Entrevistas da Academia para falar mais sobre o projeto. Emma Thomas, produtora do filme e esposa do diretor Christopher Nolan, aproveitou o momento para reforçar a importância da representação feminina na indústria cinematográfica e elogiou o grande…

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Al Pacino after presenting Best Picture to Christopher Nolan 23 years later after working with Christopher in Inmsonia (2002)

The Hamster Factor

The Hamster Factor

A documentary following Terry Gilliam through the creation of Twelve Monkeys.

No sugar-coated PR making-of, this is a real look behind the scenes. Budget constraints, editing choices, test screenings, marketing decisions.

In hindsight it's easy to talk, but I can understand that it's a challenge to decide how to promote a movie like this.

And the doc is as much about the movie as it is about Gilliam. He wants to realise his artistic vision with a Hollywood movie budget. But at times it becomes clear that his vision continues to evolve during filming and that he's full of doubt. Which is interesting to see, but understandably also something producers are wary of. It's a brave decision by Gilliam to give the doc crew this much access.

Honey that is NOT his name 😭

By now, folks are very familiar with the way Marvel Studios works. What at first seemed like a very out of the ordinary approach—forming a “Brain Trust” of creative-types to hash out the studio’s inter-connected universe plans—has now become commonplace for any big studio wanting to enact a big multi-franchise blueprint. The one that’s probably of most interest to fans, of course, is the Brain Trust over at Warner Bros., which is putting together that studio’s slate of inter-connected DC Comics adaptations.

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https://deadline.com/2024/05/mercy-jeff-pierre-joins-chris-pratt-movie-amazon-mgm-studios-1235919796/

Good for Jeff!

Details as to his role are under wraps. But Pierre joins an ensemble led by Chris Pratt, which also includes Rebecca Ferguson, Kali Reis, Annabelle Wallis, Chris Sullivan, Kenneth Choi, Kylie Rogers and Rafi Gavron.

Set in the near future when capital crime has increased, Mercy follows a detective (Pratt) who is accused of a violent crime and forced to prove his innocence. The film written by Marco van Belle (Arthur & Merlin) is currently in production for release in theaters worldwide on August 15, 2025. Charles Roven is producing alongside Atlas Entertainment executive Robert Amidon, as well as Bekmambetov and his production banner BEL’s producer Majd Nassif.

Currently a series regular on The CW’s Walker, Pierre is frequently recognized for his multi-season recurring role on Shameless. Previously a series regular on Freeform’s Beyond, he’s also recurred on ABC’s The Rookie and Once Upon a Time, and been seen in War Dogs with Jonah Hill and Miles Teller. The actor is represented by Buchwald, Main Title Entertainment, and Meyer & Downs.

That's awesome! Congratulations, Jeff!!! Sounds like he has his hiatus plans set.