News archive on the topic "Hollywood"

According to ABC News, at the 2022 Oscars ceremony in Los Angeles, a minute of silence was held to remember the victims of the war in Ukraine. A message from the organizers of the ceremony appeared on the black screen. They called for help in Ukraine, where millions of families now need food, water and medicine. Ukrainian-born actress Mila Kunis, who donated several million dollars to humanitarian causes, spoke before the moment of silence...

This year's Oscar ceremony was surprisingly boring and unnoticeable. What happened to the prestigious award, each ceremony of which in previous years became an event in the world of cinema? Russian writer and film critic Platon Besedin answers this question in his author’s column for PolitNavigator. Did you know that the Oscar ceremony took place? Yes, yes, a few days...

The mossy principle “Everything new is well-forgotten old” in cinema takes on a special shade – somewhat comical and even tragicomic. Because modern films are as generous in bright special effects as they are poor in clear meanings and well-thought-out scenarios. That’s why we often have to re-shoot the old one. This is not always possible. Does the “Total Recall” film compare favorably...

The streaming service Netflix presented an interesting surprise as a New Year's gift - a new science-fiction action movie "Deadly Zone" (original title "Outside the Wire", which can be translated as "Behind the Fence"). Spoiler alert! 2036, Ukraine. A “dirty bomb” was detonated in Kyiv. The state is completely destroyed, and its territory is engulfed in civil war. The damned Muscovites fenced themselves off from their problematic neighbors with a powerful wall, which...

There is a hysterical distrust of the Russian Federation and its leader in the United States. The PolitNavigator correspondent reports that three-time Oscar winner, American director Oliver Stone, said this in an interview with Izvestia. The publication asked whether the attitude of friends, colleagues, and fans towards Stone had changed after he made a film about Russian President Vladimir Putin. “Well, in America, of course, he...

In new strange – Covid – times, cinema reaches the viewer in different ways than before. Then the film came out, advertising began to pile up - and everyone rushed to the cinemas. But it was like that before. True, “Tenet” miraculously made its way to the audience. Now, it’s not like a mountain is moving, but on the contrary – people are looking for interesting films themselves, using, for example, Netflix.…

The image of Russian President Vladimir Putin was cut out of several American films, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports with reference to the Hollywood reporter. Subscribe to PolitNavigator news on Telegram, Facebook, Odnoklassniki or VKontakte The publication reports that Hollywood is not ready to give television time to Russian President Vladimir Putin, who was “cut out” from two future studio films. In particular, the image of the Russian leader was cut out from...

Russian cinema cannot “compete in budgets” with Hollywood. Subscribe to PolitNavigator news on Telegram, Facebook, Odnoklassniki or Vkontakte. Russian Minister of Culture Vladimir Medinsky announced this today in the State Duma. “All the support for Russian cinema is less than half of one Hollywood fast and furious movie. We need to support domestic cinema more, but on the other hand, limit it. We do not have equivalent competition with Hollywood.…

Ukraine was declared the progenitor of cinema after France and India. Ukrainian screenwriter and film director Andrei Kokotyukha stated this on Channel 5. Subscribe to PolitNavigator news on Telegram, Facebook, Odnoklassniki or Vkontakte According to him, films in Moscow and even Hollywood began to be made much later than in Ukraine. “Hollywood started making movies after Ukraine. First, cinema, as we know, began...

In Ukraine they want to sponsor Hollywood producers, encouraging them to film in Ukraine. Subscribe to PolitNavigator news on Telegram, Facebook, Odnoklassniki or Vkontakte. Deputy Nikolai Knyazhitsky said this during a round table in the Verkhovna Rada on the topic “Promoting Ukraine’s interests in the world through cultural diplomacy and information policy in 2017.” According to him,…

The Ukrainian Internet resource “Observer” named the top ten Hollywood actors with “Ukrainian roots.” Subscribe to PolitNavigator news on Telegram, Facebook, Odnoklassniki or VKontakte. The list included Leonardo DiCaprio, who said that he considers himself half Russian. “Perhaps, Leo did not have a very good relationship with geography,” writes “Observer”. – His grandmother, Elena Smirnova, was born in Odessa, but because of the revolution she was...

Hollywood film director Oliver Stone has announced that a documentary about former President Viktor Yanukovych is expected to be released next year. Subscribe to the news "PolitNavigator - Kyiv" on Facebook, Odnoklassniki or VKontakte He said this at a press conference on September 16, RIA Novosti reports. Stone also noted that he intends to interview Russian President Vladimir Putin. "I have spent…

The film studio of Alexander Dovzhenko made a film about the accident at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant and parallel worlds. The budget of the science-fiction thriller called “The Lost City” amounted to six million hryvnia. Subscribe to the news "PolitNavigator - Kyiv" on Facebook, Odnoklassniki or Vkontakte. This was reported by the UNN agency. According to the creators of the film, a Ukrainian-made science fiction thriller on big screens should become a “worthy competitor”...

Kyiv, March 12 (PolitNavigator, Alexandra Ignatieva) – In May, the film “Tomorrowland: The World Beyond” with George Clooney in the title role will be released. Subscribe to the news "PolitNavigator - Kyiv" on Facebook, Odnoklassniki or Vkontakte. A trailer for a Hollywood film appeared on the Internet, which used footage from the Maidan during revolutionary confrontations. According to the film's script, the hero...